Joker

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The scourge of Gotham City reaches new levels of complexity and intensity in these two uniquely crafted stories from the New York Times best-selling and Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo ( Batman: Damned, Luthor). Batman: Year One: Batman | Gotham City Police Department ( Commissioner Loeb, Arnold John Flass& Howard Branden) | Falcone Crime Family ( Carmine Falcone& Johnny Viti) | Catwoman | Joker IGN Comics: Fans have been waiting to see Joker for quite some time. I know you do quite a bit of cover work for Marvel and DC, but are there any other upcoming projects you can mention at this time? No me pareció especialmente buena como " The Killing Joke". Sin embargo, pretendo estar leyendo un poco más de Batman — Year One entre otros— y sus villanos en los próximos meses. Some people have criticized the fact that there are horrible scenes of murder but yet we cover up Harley Quinn's nipples. To that I say that as a creator, when you walk in these territories you make a personal choice in regards to what you feel serves the story best. We never claimed to want to do a story that was extreme in every way. Again, it all comes down to controlling the reading experience as much as possible and the sexual scenes needed to have a different touch.

IGN Comics: What were the critical themes and emotions to draw out for the reader in the book? Does a book focusing on the Joker fundamentally change how you might approach a similar Batman-based project? Bodyguard Babes: In this story, Harley Quinn serves this role to the Joker. She's never seen speaking on panel, though presumably she can, Jonny just doesn't notice it. I also really like the idea of people 'feeling' their way around the characters in certain moments. Just giving them that extra touch of detail that almost enables the reader to see what kind of skin they have, see the reflection in a person's eyes, etc., etc. Like I said, I'm not sure if I was able to pull the effect off completely, but hopefully it helps me learn better how to tell an effective story.Both are rather dark and deconstructive takes on the Batman and Superman universes with their respective arch-nemeses acting as Villain Protagonists. Hate Sink: While The Joker is usually a villain who is too funny, laughable and over-the-top to be hated, the same cannot be said of this version. In fact, the author made it clear that this Joker was designed specifically to reverse the most idealized features of the character. This book stands as a harsh rebuke, reminding everyone that despite how "fun" or "cool" the Joker's chaos is, he's still a monster. In a final attempt to escape, Joker and Frost flee to a nearby bridge. While Joker is "screaming through tears", Jonny inexplicably finds himself laughing, unable to stop. They find Batman in wait, and Joker, being provoked by Batman's tauntings, shoots Frost in the chin. As Batman and Joker fight, a dying Frost laments on how the Joker is a disease as old as mankind, all while falling off the bridge to his death. It's presumed that the Joker was defeated by Batman afterwards and taken into custody for his actions. Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Riddler | Clayface | Joker | Mr. Freeze | Catwoman | Penguin | Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy

And while it isn't a terrible story by any means, it's just not all that meaty or engaging once you strip away the visuals. <--which I thought were awesome, by the way. The Bat-Man (with Cliff Chiang, unproduced series intended for publication under the First Wave imprint, then under Vertigo, c. 2010–2011) [34] [35] I’m not a huge grim-and-gritty kind of guy when it comes to comics. I can enjoy and respect a well-told tale regardless of what angle it takes, but when I read a Joker story, I want it to be wild and over the top and so outlandish that it could only happen in a comic—not suburban New Jersey.

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Bermejo: My hope is that people read this and realize that the Joker is not somebody you want to know. Certainly with Ledger's amazing portrayal, I think a character like Joker can end up a bit glamorized. That's cool for certain interpretations, but ours set out to really take you into this s**t storm of a few days in the life of a murderous bastard. Of course, given that it's a mainstream character and an integral part of a huge franchise we could only take things so far. That said, we really did our best to get dark and dirty within the confines of what we were working with. Hopefully it will represent an extreme that other people might not need to have repeated. Spider-Man's Tangled Web #14: "The Last Shoot" (co-written by Azzarello and Scott Levy, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, anthology, 2002)

Includes the "Silencer Night" short story (art by Eduardo Risso) from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 (anthology, 2000) This was really interesting. The focus of this was on the Joker and getting a deeper look into his character through his actions and dialogue. The narrative was told from one of his underlings, a young hood named Jonny Frost, who served as Joker's right-hand man. The story took the criminal element as Joker attempted to retake the city of Gotham after being released from Arkham Asylum. This time the author highlighted the Joker's mental illness and instability throughout the story. Joker by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo is not a study of the Clown Prince of Crime. That is The Killing Joke. This one is more grounded, a gritty crime story (with a whiff of film noir) told from the perspective of his trusted henchman, Jonny Frost. So there is no groundbreaking stuff that happened here, just a slice of life, the life of a deranged murderer. Evil Versus Evil: Most of the book is Joker vs. Two Face's criminal empire. Batman doesn't even step in until Harvey Dent, terrified by Joker's threat to "kill" one of his personalities, makes his own Bat-Signal and pleads with Batman to intervene. The character "666" from Mark Waid and Alex Ross' 1996 mini-series Kingdom Come is physically modeled after Azzarello. [33] Bibliography [ edit ] Early work [ edit ]Cruel and Unusual Death: How does the Joker react to a man insulting his club, eyeing his girl, and then insulting the Clown Prince himself? By skinning him alive. Loveless (with Marcelo Frusin (#1–5, 9–10), Danijel Žeželj (#6–8, 13–15, 22–24) and Werther Dell'Edera, 2005–2008) collected as: Bermejo: Definitely a coincidence. I certainly don't want to take anything away from Nolan or Ledger, they did something spectacular and iconic with the character, but the reality of this particular situation is simple: Brian and I were already well into this graphic novel when they released the first photo of Ledger. In fact, I was drawing the sequence where Joker walks into the Italian restaurant. I admit, I freaked out when I saw the photo. I immediately called Brian, and I remember he was like, "It doesn't really look anything like your Joker." I still feel like all they really have in common is the carved smile. Irvine, Alex (2008). "Loveless". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. pp.116–117. ISBN 978-0756641221. OCLC 213309015.