Author: Matthew ManningPublisher: Universe
ISBN: 0789322471
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Explores the character of the Joker and his significance as the quintessential villain.
The Joker
Author: Robert Moses PeasleePublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626746796
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there has been a great deal of scholarly attention on superheroes, very little has been done to understand supervillains. This is the first academic work to provide a comprehensive study of this villain, illustrating why the Joker appears so relevant to audiences today. Batman's foe has cropped up in thousands of comics, numerous animated series, and three major blockbuster feature films since 1966. Actually, the Joker debuted in DC comics Batman 1 (1940) as the typical gangster, but the character evolved steadily into one of the most ominous in the history of sequential art. Batman and the Joker almost seemed to define each other as opposites, hero and nemesis, in a kind of psychological duality. Scholars from a wide array of disciplines look at the Joker through the lens of feature films, video games, comics, politics, magic and mysticism, psychology, animation, television, performance studies, and philosophy. As the first volume that examines the Joker as complex cultural and cross-media phenomenon, this collection adds to our understanding of the role comic book and cinematic villains play in the world and the ways various media affect their interpretation. Connecting the Clown Prince of Crime to bodies of thought as divergent as Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche, contributors demonstrate the frightening ways in which we get the monsters we need.
Author: Brian Azzarello
Author: The Jokers
Author: Albert CosseryPublisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590174011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Who are the jokers? The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set. The jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose. And the jokers are Karim, Omar, Heykal, Urfy, and their friends, free spirits who see the other jokers for the jokers they are and have cooked up a sophisticated and, most important, foolproof plan to enliven public life with a dash of subversive humor. The joke is on them all.
The Joker
Author: Andrew HudginsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476712735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This edition includes a packet of Andrew Hudgins's favorite jokes, plus original commentary by the author. Since Andrew Hudgins was a child, he was a compulsive joke teller, so when he sat down to write about jokes, he found that he was writing about himself—what jokes taught him and mistaught him, how they often delighted him but occasionally made him nervous with their delight in chaos and sometimes anger. Because Hudgins’s father, a West Point graduate, served in the US Air Force, his family moved frequently; he learned to relate to other kids by telling jokes and watching how his classmates responded. And jokes opened him up to the serious, taboo subjects that his family didn’t talk about openly—religion, race, sex, and death. Hudgins tells and analyzes the jokes that explore the contradictions in the Baptist religion he was brought up in, the jokes that told him what his parents would not tell him about sex, and the racist jokes that his uncle loved, his father hated, and his mother, caught in the middle, was ambivalent about. This book is both a memoir and a meditation on jokes and how they educated, delighted, and occasionally horrified him as he grew.
The Joker: Year of the Villain (2019-) #1
Author: Anthony BurchPublisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In the Year of the Villain, what’s a Clown Prince of Crime to do when the world has started to accept doing bad as the only way to live? Out-bad everyone else, of course! The Joker is on a mission to get his mojo back and prove to the world that there is no greater villainy than the kind that leaves you laughing. This special one-shot is co-written by legendary film auteur John Carpenter (The Thing, Halloween) and Anthony Burch (the Borderlands video games), making for a Joker comic that’s twisted in ways you never imagined!
The Joker (2021-) #1
Author: James Tynion IVPublisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Following the events of Infinite Frontier #1, The Joker is the most wanted man in the world! But the Clown Prince of Crime is several steps ahead of law enforcement-and he’s on the run overseas. James Gordon, facing retirement, realizes this is the manhunt of his life and the last piece of a storied career…but what mysterious and deadly forces are also in pursuit of The Joker? And in the backup story, following the events of the smash hit Punchline #1, DC’s most controversial new villain navigates the infrastructure of Blackgate Penitentiary-while on the outside, Harper Row takes up the mantle of Bluebird to stop her brother from falling under Punchline’s influence.
The Joker Talking Bust and Illustrated Book
Author: Matt ManningPublisher: RP Minis
ISBN: 9780762494088
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With this talking collectible figure, Batman's arch nemesis and supervillain extraordinaire, the Joker, is here! Kit includes: 3¿-inch The Joker bust mounted on a base, with 10 diabolical sound bites Phrases include "Joker here!" "The Joke's on you, Batman!" "Life's a bowl of cherries, and this is the pits!" I'm not mad at all, I'm just...differently sane!", "Welcome to the madhouse, Batman!", and "Let's get this party started -- with a bang!" The Joker: Behind the Smile, 48-page book of The Joker history, featuring full-color illustrations throughout
DC Comics: The Joker: Quotes from the Clown Prince of Crime (Tiny Book)
Author: Darcy ReedPublisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781683836995
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to the most memorable quotes by Gotham’s clown prince of crime, The Joker! As one of Gotham’s most notorious criminal masterminds and Batman’s archenemy, The Joker has shared lots of cracks and quips throughout his comic history. Now readers can enjoy the clown prince’s wisdom in this collectible tiny book. Part of an exciting new series of miniature comic book titles, this book compiles all of The Joker’s cleverest quotes and wittiest banter along with classic artwork in an appealing mini package.
