Seriously. Being The Joker is no laughing matter.The Joker left the campy, groovy ‘60’s in the dust some time ago. Maybe rearranging Robin’s (Jason Todd) hairline with a tire iron was a turning point for him. Who knows? Let’s leave that debate for the comic book scholars. The family friendly cartoon version usually portrays him as 25% Insanity – 50% Madcap humor – 25% Menace.Brian Azarello plays with these percentages a bit, but doesn’t let you in on the formula. Sure the crazy is still there, t...

The Joker is let out of Arkham and looking to reclaim his turf. This isn't your typical Joker story. It is in fact an Elseworlds tale without the label. This is Batman's Rogues reimagined as rival gang leaders and street thugs. The story is told through the eyes of a two bit criminal, Jonny Frost, as he looks to upgrade to the big time by volunteering to be Joker's driver. This allows us to see the Joker at his most menacing, a compete psychopath. He's clearly based on Heath Ledger's Joker, all

Brian Azzarello/Lee Bermejo + Joker = classic tale of power and revenge! Highest recommendation! After Batman: The Killing Joke I would say this is the most in depth look at what makes the Joker 'tick' - a very disturbing tale of revenge and power that will stay with you as you read more about this iconic character.

Welcome to the most overhyped Graphic novel of the year. Boring, pointless, and containing nothing interesting to say about The Joker either as an Icon or a Character. Boring, both over and under plotted, and with art that crosses the line from simply ugly to fucking stupid (Gotta Love 2 Fast 2 Furious Riddler).Those hyping it as the next Killing Joke are kidding themselves.

Off the Damn Side of the City, Man!“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture,” Alfred Hitchcock once observed, and that rule of thumb is arguably even more relevant for comic books than for movies. The Joker is usually described as the greatest comic-book villain of all time, yet he is often written as little more than a clownish, spectacularly absurd nut case who happens to be obsessed with keeping the Batman on his toes. Not all that interesting.Occasionally, though, a

Joker is one of those DC characters that I find extremely intriguing. I've seen him characterized as a literal joke and I've seen him characterized as a person that truly embraces the malice within. I've been reading the single issues of the new Joker book and so far they've been amazing. And while those mainly focus on Gordon, they have made me even more interested in reading more stories related to the Joker. This specific book was available on Comixology so I decided to check it out. It's a r...

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-bada...

Plotwise, I thought this was kind of overrated. It's ok.Not amazing. Not mind-blowing. Not OHMYGODTHATCHANGEDTHEGAME.It's ok.The gist is that Joker gets released from prison because he's 'not crazy' anymore. <--what the actual fuck? That's not science. Anyway. The next few weeks or so is told through the eyes of this low-level thug who volunteered to pick him up. The book seems to be a more realistic crime tale than a superhero comic, and the tone would fit just about any gritty cop show on tv....

Thank you, Brian Azzarello, for this Joker mini series. Batman only has two scenes, so this book is one for the villains, pure Joker. Azzarello creates a low level thug named Jonny Frost (read: Joe Chill?) who narrates and serves as Joker's right hand man. Let me tell you, Jonny sees some wild shit. So wild, at one point he stands on a rooftop edge for an entire afternoon he's so dumbfounded at what's happening. Yeah, it's pretty intense. What's most brilliant about the writing is the Joker is a...

I thought this was a pretty good story. I didn't think the graphics were too great but there was something about the story I really liked. It seemed sort of laid back to me but still the Joker if that makes any sense. Jonny Frost gets to pick up the Joker when he gets let out of Arkham. Jonny hangs out with the Joker and takes him all around. He tells the story in his perspective. I mean that's not the whole story with Jonny telling it, he just tells his thoughts as well. We get appearances from...

We’ve all read (or seen) the story before: the savvy but borderline crazy street-level crimeboss goes about his day, protecting his turf, extorting money, consuming copious quantities of drugs and alcohol, skinning a guy in a strip club, and having some laughs. It’s equal parts scary and depressing, and maybe even a little bit thrilling.This time around, instead of being some slick-haired mobster type, our antihero is the Joker. Does that make the story scarier? More depressing? More thrilling?

In this one-off non-canon book, writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo, both extraordinary artists, imagine a more realistic take on Joker partly in the style of Chris Nolan’s “Dark Knight” film. The story is told through the eyes of Jonny Frost, a low-level thug sent to pick up a newly-released Joker from Arkham Asylum. Joker sets about reclaiming his criminal empire against Two-Face with the help of Killer Croc. Re-reading this 4 years after I first picked it up, the book still retains

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. The art was s...

7.8/10Even if the Joker is in the asylum , it doesn't mean the city is not his anymore and now that he is out, people going to find that out the hard way.This is quite different from other stories i read with Joker, here we see a raw, gritty and more realistic version. Basically he is a mentally unstable crime boss that is going to make his hands dirty in order to take back the control of the city. This is one of the scariest versions of the character, there is nothing charming here just a very

The Joker is one of the great Batman villains. While others from Penguin to Two Face are to be considered dangerous criminals, none match the Joker for sheer bloody minded havoc.The Joker has been released from Arkham (for some stupid reason) and Johnny Frost has chosen to be his flunky. Frost walks down a dark path of madness and horror as he learns just what it means to work for the Joker. Azzarello's Joker is awesome!Dark, humorous and completely bat-shit crazy. As is said in the story, for t...

3.25Tras la liberación del Joker del asilo Arkham, este se ve en la necesidad de recuperar a toda costa aquello que le pertenece: su ciudad, Gotham. Visto desde los ojos de su nuevo esbirro, nos percatamos de una nueva visión del malvado villano, posiblemente, esa que sólo sus más fieles seguidores son capaces de ver.A lo largo de la entera extención de la novela nos encontramos con una historia más bien densa, sin ese toque característico de humor que siempre parece estar presente en el hombre

Not my favorite protagonist, but good insider information.

Brian Azzarello's graphic novel tells a gang war story set in Gotham City and focuses on The Joker after some dumbass at Arkham Asylum granted him an early release and he just strolls out of there of his own accord. The story is told through the eyes of a two-bit, low-level hood named Jonny Frost, who's the only one with the balls and ambition to pick up The Joker on his release and join him on a rampage through the Gotham City underworld to re-stake his claim.The stand-out element in this scuzz...

This is a dark comic with a Heath Ledger look-alike Joker.And I dare say it's a comic about Jonny Frost since it's told from his point of view.As I said it's a dark comic with a really scary Joker. And I have to say I prefer the classic Joker with the purple suit and his jokes. This one is just a madman without a funny bone in his entire body.Also, there's Harley Quinn.She's reduced to a stripper who doesn't have a single line in the entire comic. That doesn't work for me as Harley is the reason...

Damn Brian.Writer Brian Azzarello’s 2008 GN Joker pays homage to the Batman Dark Knight film released that same year and artist Lee Bermejo’s depiction of Joker looks like Heath Ledger’s iconic portrayal. It’s dark and gritty and mean and captures the essence of the character.Describing a day when Joker is inexplicably released from Arkham, we follow THE DC villain as he visits rival crime lords to reclaim his turf and told from the perspective of a minor league hood who gets noticed and picked