![]() It's not meant to be that real, and in many ways, it can't be. Related: Joker Almost Released Online, Not In Theaters, Due To BacklashĪnd while this may have been his point, he's dealing with a world in which maniacal costumed clowns go around meticulously renovating and painting abandoned carnivals in order to provide a theatrical battleground for their fiendish schemes. They're not even fictional characters that have any bearing on anyone you're likely to meet in reality.Īnd once this criticism takes root, it becomes difficult to untangle it from what many consider to be the best aspects of the story. Whereas in The Killing Joke, what you've got is a story about Batman and the Joker, and while it did draw interesting parallels between these two fictional characters, at the end of the day that's all they are, fictional characters. There are some nasty scenes in Watchmen, but Watchmen is an intelligent meditation on the nature of power so it is actually talking about something which is relevant to the world in which we all live. I've got no problem with nasty scenes as long as they are for a purpose. Moore himself has stated that he found the final product to be weak because it was “very, very nasty” when compared with his contemporary work Watchmen in an interview with. Fans and critics have since celebrated the absolute clarity with which Moore and Bolland distill the dichotomous nature of Batman and his arch-nemesis, and how closely they mirror each other, for better or for worse.īut the creators have often responded less glowingly about their own feelings towards the work in interviews. Interwoven into this twisted tale is the story of one Joe Kerr and his increasingly tragic and sympathetic life events that led him to become The Joker (possibly, the truthfulness of this origin is intentionally left vague). The story is best described as a realistically-oriented deconstruction of the classic “Golden Age” Batman yarn and concerns a fiendish scheme by the Clown Prince of Crime in which he shoots and paralyzes Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, in order to drive her father, Commissioner Jim Gordon mad with grief. Related: Batman: Killing Joke Wasn't Meant To Be Canon – Why Did DC Change It? What’s more, The Killing Joke has been a critical success for decades, won an Eisner Award upon its release, and has enjoyed massive surges in popularity with every successive, yet divisive film adaptation. Certainly, Bolland and Moore are two of the most lauded creators in the industry, and it would be difficult to gainsay any work by the duo, particularly Bolland in this particular book. From the rising-star creative team of Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty) and Xermanico (Flashpoint Beyond), this is an epic tragedy not to be missed! Retail: $7.Influence does not necessarily indicate quality. So he'll reshape the city to fit his needs in a deadly pursuit of stardom. Creating a new identity, he pursues his dream of acting only to find that Gotham City isn't the only place with an overwhelming sense of dread to it, and that he might not have what it takes to make it in the City of Angels. After years of doing battle with Batman in Gotham City and distancing himself from his dream, Clayface goes out west to Los Angeles. However, his life went off course when he became the shape-shifting monster known as Clayface. (W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Xermanico (CA) XermánicoĪll Basil Karlo ever wanted to be was an actor…no…one of the greatest actors there's ever been. ![]() Batman: One Bad Day: Clayface and Superman Space Age #3 are published tomorrow by DC Comics.īATMAN ONE BAD DAY CLAYFACE #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A XERMANICO
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