There’s been a lot of talk about The Joker this year. Told through the eyes of his loyal (but naive) henchman Jonny Frost, JOKER is a true noir crime novel: a harrowing journey into a city of rain-soaked streets, dirty sheets and nothing but bad choices. The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he’s none too 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, of course, The Batman, and heaven help them all. This original graphic novel tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City. Read on below for a full, spoiler free (even thought it’s eight years old now) review of the graphic novel “Joker” and why it still stands up as a unique interpretation of the character.īrian 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 of all time. With the rictus grin of the harlequin of hate plastered across movie posters and website headlines all over the world, maybe it’s time to take a look back at a graphic novel that took a very different look at the Joker with Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo’s “Joker”.
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