Wow. A friend just messaged me the news that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in New York. I thought he did great work in A Knight’s Tale, Lords of Dogtown, The Brothers Grimm, Brokeback Mountain and Casanova among other roles, and was looking forward to his portrayal of The Joker in the upcoming Batman movie. Man, what could’ve been.

As an addendum to today’s strip: I’m not saying it was intentional, but did anyone else find some of the ads featuring The Joker for The Dark Knight, eerily similar to the imagery from the The Crow movie? You’d think Warner Bros. wouldn’t want to evoke another film whose on-the-rise, young actor died during production, but every time I’d see Heath Ledger as The Joker on a billboard, especially the ads that looked bleak and desaturated, I couldn’t help but think of Brandon Lee.