DC’s ongoing Joker comic book series has been one of the publisher’s top ten titles sales-wise since its launch in March 2021. But now the publisher seems to be mixing things up and using the previously-announced departure of series creator-writer James Tynion IV to seemingly change the title’s format. The …
Read More »How a YA teen Joker pitch turned into a Hannibal-esque take on the Harley Quinn / Joker dynamic
We often see the Joker through the eyes of superheroes, but what does he look like from the perspective of a real-life crime expert, like an FBI profiler? Less superhero, more Hannibal? That recently happened in a DC mature-readers series called Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity (opens in new tab). And it …
Read More »Best Joker stories of all time
Though he may be best known as Batman’s arch-enemy, in recent years the Joker has become a leading man all his own with a hit movie and now his own upcoming solo comic book title. But the Clown Prince of Crime’s history stretches back decades – almost as long as …
Read More »Best Shots review – Batman: Three Jokers “delivers on the promise of the title and little else”
“I healed your greatest wound. So now I can be your greatest pain!” Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok’s Batman: Three Jokers has kept readers on edge for years since it was announced and it finally reaches its end during a year where current events feel more like the plot of …
Read More »Joker originally included a scene that would have revealed Sophie’s fate
It was the biggest question coming out of the Joker movie (opens in new tab): did Arthur kill Sophie during the final act? While the film’s cinematographer has already given the answer (opens in new tab), director Todd Phillips has revealed that they filmed a scene explicitly outlining what happened …
Read More »The Joker movie should be “in the running” for a Best Picture Oscar, according to film festival director
The Joker movie hype just won’t die down. Fresh off a flurry of five-star reviews – including our own which you can read here (opens in new tab) – the comic book film, starring Joaquin Phoenix and charting the Crown Prince of Crime’s origins, is now getting some serious awards …
Read More »The Joker movie gets an R-Rating and will include strong violence and sexual imagery
Joker fans can rest easy. The Joker movie is rated R – continuing a trend of Warner Bros. comic book movies to receive that rating, including Watchmen (opens in new tab) and V for Vendetta (opens in new tab) – and will feature strong language and violence, sexual imagery, and …
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