Alan Moore and Brian Bolland gifted the world with a stark and troubling look at one of comic’s most iconic, and dark villains in Batman: The Killing Joke way back in 1988. Â While this is a Batman title, the issue is clearly about the Joker, at least to this reader. Â This New York Times bestseller … [Read more…]
Batman has seen countless iterations over his 75 years since his creation by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Â We’ve seen him in comic books, TV shows, movies and cartoons. Â He’s been in blue, gray, black, silver and white. Â Despite, or more likely because of, all of these variations there is still much heated debate about … [Read more…]
The timing of this post really has nothing to do with the upcoming release of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. It has more to do with a debate I read about which Joker was better, and someone saying, I kid you not, “You only like Ledger in that movie because he died.” Really, no kidding. … [Read more…]