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Joker by Brian Azzarello
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it was ok
bookshelves: comics-graphic-novels, library

I don't understand why so many panties are damp for this (or for the latest Dark Knight movie for that matter, but that's another argument). The art is good but not great. Artistically, the Joker here is obviously modeled after Heath Ledger's. The story is ok. The Joker gets out of Arkham Asylum and goes around killing people? Quelle surprise. I guess it's 'edgy' if you don't get out much, but I really didn't see anything new here. Telling the tale from the viewpoint of the henchman-wannabe-badass was a good idea, but loses steam early on. The man's got no depth and is therefore uninteresting. You want nutjob bad guys and over-the-top violence in your comic books? Read Garth Ennis. He seems to stay awake nights trying to come up with ways to be disturbed. It gets old. Tell me a good story and give me some artwork that makes me say "Wow."

Note to dust jacket blurb-writers: Telling a story at night does not make it 'noir.'
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Reading Progress

Started Reading
December 1, 2008 – Finished Reading
January 2, 2009 – Shelved
January 2, 2009 – Shelved as: comics-graphic-novels
August 23, 2010 – Shelved as: library

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Sisi Emm I was under the impression this image of the Joker existed before Heathy. Just smoke?


message 2: by Eric (new)

Eric the joker in the dark knight movie is obviously modeled after lee bermejo's design, you mean.


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