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Gran Leon Books - The Joker
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List Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: DC Comics
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401215811
ISBN: 1401215815
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2008-11-04
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: 2008-11-04
Studio: DC Comics
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Editorial Reviews:
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An original hardcover graphic novel that tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City--from the creative team behind the graphic novel Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none to happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been "away." What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others. Brian Azzarello brings to The Joker all the visceral intensity and criminal insight that has made his Vertigo graphic novel series 100 Bullets one of the most critically-acclaimed and award-winning series in all of comics. A Look Inside The Joker
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Summary: Not a classic
Comment: To be honest, this didnt engage me much. Azzarello's narration-style lack-of action stories might serve for good storytelling sometimes, but this is mostly a hit / miss graphic novel. Visually its got its own style, which serve the script very well. Absolutely love the cover.
A necessary buy if you are a fan, but others might want to stick with The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, Arkham Asylum and other seminal Joker stories / novels.
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Summary: Finally, a Joker story that's pure "Mistah J"...
Comment: If you're like me then, even though you do love and adore the Bruce-man, whenever the Joker was involved you have always felt that you never got enough. Again, if you're like me, you've proably been watching the series, reading various comics (all of which ended far too soon) and you've thought, "Hey wouldn't it be great to just follow the Joker around for a day?" Well Happy Fans, I am so please to announce that your wish has come true...
"Joker" is gritty, yes, distinctly "Ledgeresque", for sure, but the thing that stands out is the depth of the storytelling. Writers and Readers will be impressed with arch of the story and the "main" character (better descibed as the narrator, put the Joker in any story and there really is only one main character) manages to hold his own as a device and a character. The narrator, Jonny Frost, is the audience, watching, following, and on some level, understanding the Clown Prince. After all, if you've been following the Joker in any capacty, you have established SOME theory as to the "how" and "why" and "what will he do next"?
Art fans will be delighted as well. If you think you "know" comic illustrations and are prett sure what to expect, you'll be impressed with how...intellectually illustrated the book is. Panel after panel is brillantly motivated into the next. Also, certain physical similarities between Jonny Frost and The Joker are to strictly be ignored...or not, depends on how you're reading the story (from the panels I had seen, I was sure "Joker" was a retelling of the Joker's backstory, happy suprise!) Also, the storyline is not "one night" as the description...describes, a brillant tension is created by the fact that the story is better paced than that. Also, definitely get the hardcover - behind the jacket is one of the best panels in the comic impressed on the front in lieu of a cover title, very cool.
Harley fans may be somewhat disappointed at her role in this particular comic. Azarello's promise about her character is pretty much fulfilled throughout the book. Don't go in expecting her usual witty comments and fawning demeanor. This Harley is basically silent and more of a muscle than ever before. There are times where she seems more of force of nature herself rather than anything understandable. She even appears and disappears within the story in a kind of ethereal manner, at one point you're not sure if she's dead or alive until she pops out of something. However, The Joker is given such a rigorous character analysis in the book, perhaps the writers meant Harley to be the bastion of mystery for a change. There are, however, a few key panels that give an insight into this Harley's and this Joker's relationship. No spoilers here...but let's just say a famous Arleen Sorkin quote was taken to heart.
For the die-hard Batfans who like nothing more than watching their boy descend from the skies and drive a bad guy six inches into the pavement...well, let's just say this is a Joker fanz novel. (Yes, novel, whch is how strongly it reads.) However, instead of obligatory panel after panel of Batsy brooding in his lair trying to figure out where the Joker is...ever wonder what the Joker was doing while inbetween those moments that he KNOWS Batman is watching? Again, the psychological tension created by the ABSENCE of certain characters is one of the book's strengths. While The Joker is typically pictured as the ultimate one in control, half the time pulling Batman's strings and ultimately being brought down at the last moment, Azzarello gives us the Joker's downward spiral in a unique turn. And when the big climax is revealed, we are left knowing absolutely, one-hundred percent, who is the ultimate BAMF of Gotham City. The results may - fittingly - suprise you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: short and sweet
Comment: awesome artwork, good story, but was shorter than I was expecting. I was hoping it would be longer like to the length of the watchman or something like that. But, all in all a good read.
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Summary: Pleased with the Joker
Comment: I bought this book for my son, who is a big fan of the Batman films, and he is reading or looking at something in this book every day. I feel I made a good choice.
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Summary: Grandchildren's gifts
Comment: I knew my grandchildren were fans of the latest Batman movie, and chose this for a gift. They both loved it!!!
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