Apparently he took the criticism that the cover of Part 1 was boring to heart, and decided that a doomed battle with the Warner Brother lawyers was just what he needed to increase the action in Part 2.
Well, that’s either Jared Leto and Margot Robbie from the Suicide Squad movie, or some pair of people very convincingly cosplaying as lookalikes to them. Either way, the cover designer’s royally screwed if this ever ends up in court: as noted in the comments section for this cover, you need a model release for anyone whose photos you’re using in addition to permission in writing (or print) from the various entities that have the fictional characters copyrighted (D.C. and Bob Kane’s estate for the Joker as well as Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and the Warner Brothers’ animation, film, and television divisions for Harley Quinn) to go using their likenesses on your cover. (Fortunately for said designer, what’s more likely to happen is Amazon will get an angry “What the hell are you doing allowing this chump to use our copyrighted characters on his book cover!?” cease & desist letter from Warner Brothers, and will respond by taking the page down and not allowing the author to restore it until he gives the book a new cover.)
Apparently he took the criticism that the cover of Part 1 was boring to heart, and decided that a doomed battle with the Warner Brother lawyers was just what he needed to increase the action in Part 2.
They do look like Harley Quinn and The Joker don’t they?
“Look like.”
Well, that’s either Jared Leto and Margot Robbie from the Suicide Squad movie, or some pair of people very convincingly cosplaying as lookalikes to them. Either way, the cover designer’s royally screwed if this ever ends up in court: as noted in the comments section for this cover, you need a model release for anyone whose photos you’re using in addition to permission in writing (or print) from the various entities that have the fictional characters copyrighted (D.C. and Bob Kane’s estate for the Joker as well as Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, and the Warner Brothers’ animation, film, and television divisions for Harley Quinn) to go using their likenesses on your cover. (Fortunately for said designer, what’s more likely to happen is Amazon will get an angry “What the hell are you doing allowing this chump to use our copyrighted characters on his book cover!?” cease & desist letter from Warner Brothers, and will respond by taking the page down and not allowing the author to restore it until he gives the book a new cover.)