Why did his popularity endure for so long? What about this clown makes him so endearing more so than practically any other capeshit villain?
>>151002330dark, brooding and serious batman who stands for law and ordercolorful, joking and crazy clown who lives for chaos and prankseasy to draw him as his opposite number, and the rest is batwank history
>>151002330Its a good character
>>151002330whitney elisworth was onto something for a good whilenow all they need to do is make the guy less of a suck-the-fun-out-of-life-up
>>151002330He used to be funny. Then Stephen "need the white to write" King psyop'd the entire world that clowns are scary somehow and then he became the #1 edgy boy.
>>151002353Joker is at his best when hes still funny. My favorite iteration is still probably the BATB joker from the 2008 cartoon because of how fun he was. Joker should be menacing and dangerous but he shouldnt be the edgiest batman villain imp but he should be the funniest
>>151002330these are those reasons:1966 tv series1989 film1993 animated tv seriesseveral videogamesgood comicbooks pre 1999arkhma vidya gamesthat film from 2008that other film from 2019
>>151002353>>151002371Joker doesnt work if hes not funny. Its part of his identity as a character. Thats why '89 is the best live action one, even better the Heath.
>>151002330Bolland is such a great artist.
>>151002411I agree
>>151002330Baby's first Tyler durden
>>151002425I love his Judge Death too.
>>151002460Judge death is such a kino villain so i agree yoo
>>151002473I love how there is this version of the cover out there too. Not by Bolland, but very meta Bolland.
>>151002817Heres the art without the text btw
>>151002330he attacks Batman psychologically - and there is alot of material there. It makes him stand out compared to whatever villain of a weak Batman mashes to paste. Batman is never weak physically but mentally he is still a traumatised boy, so the joker's attacks are always threatening when the writers actually know what they are doing. Also he has permanently hurt parts of Batman's life like crippling Barbara so he isn't all for show either. Finally - he is written to actually really like Batman so he isn't angry or rage filled like 90% of villains but obsessed which enables his comedic elements to shine.
>>151003023Oh also his backstory is vague and intentionally never confirmed allowing headcannon and an aura of mystery around him that no origin story could or ever should actually flesh out.
>>151003023>>151003030I like that the joker has never been confirmed to have any one backstory but something tells me they will try to make him have a concrete origins someday soon to sell some eventAlso what is it with people pretending to be the joker IRL. Theres like three i can name off the back
>>151002353His first appearance was him just being a clown-themed criminal murderer
his anus is tight
>>151003882TAKE HIS FUCKIN RAGS OFF
>>151003269Jesus, was this the fault of the scanner, or was their lettering THAT shit back then? Robin turned into 'ROBW'.
>>151003984Lettering was pretty bad back then. Ive seen alot of 40s comics and the quality can be abysmal
>>151003269why doesn’t Bruce smoke anymore?
>>151004082Not conducive to peak physical condition
Joker worked because he had many breaks, in the 60s wasn't as prominent in the comics , and late 60s and early 70s was on a break til engleheart return storyIn the 80s outside Miller , shooter and Moore or the film wasn't in many stories In the 90s outside Batman TAS barely was in other medium(neither films nor comics).In the 00s was shilled a lot, so much that after flashpoint it was forced to have a one year break.And this decade is not as shilled as the 00s, he has that multiversal story by Chip and is one of the two villains in DCko, but is not as shilled as the las two decades.
>>151004757I thought the joker showed up alot in the 80s and 90s tho
>>151002862yep, this one is going into my death compilation
>>151004913>death compilationSo judge deaths rekt compilation?
>>151004913Surprised you didn’t have it. That’s such an iconic image of Death.
>>151002397This, he was still a dangerous mobster made only more dangerous because he was more unhinged and had all of his inhibitions removed from the chemical dip, but Nicholson Joker was both trying to be funny and actually funny, not trying to be incidentally funny or ironic.
>>15100509989 batman is underrated as fuck. A shame the sequels arent as good
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>>151002330It's because The Joker and Batman are the two halves of The Shadow. If you combine both characters together, you get The Shadow.>dark and brooding man dressed in black>has a rich playboy public identity>mysterious background - may not even be human>has a bunch of different identities/personas>laughs like a maniac and tosses himself into hopeless scenarios no ordinary man would survive>will rescue and reform good people into allies, or blackmail/manipulate/groom them>looks and acts like a supervillain mob boss draculaBatman's earliest comics were not only rip-offs of Shadow pulps from Street and Smith, but Commissioner Gordon, Red Hood, and even The Joker were all ripped straight from stories written by Maxwell Grant (a pen name for Walter B Gibson, Theodore Tinsley, and others) for the magazine. The Joker was pulled from Tinsley's Whisperer pulp story "The Grim Joker". The Whisperer's lead character is named Commisioner Gordon. Bob Kane might have stolen Batman from Bill Finger, but Bill Finger (and Gardner Fox) certainly stole a lot of The Shadow from Gibson and Tinsley.
>>151006594to further elaborate>in some of the pulps and comics, The Shadow is described with pale skin >there's a big mystery as to what the Shadow's real face looks like (it's theorized that it might be some hideous scarring or flat out show that he's supernatural)>The Shadow's hideous smile and laughter --> The Joker>certain comic runs and the movie imply The Shadow may be a demon/fallen angel/nephilim (read The Nephilim Looked Like Clowns) >Heath Ledger's Joker is one big reference to The Crow (a Gothic movie about a man coming back from the dead with pale skin and dressed in black) and his Joker card is what Absolute Joker is referencing >Absolute Joker has his blood/adrenochrome chair where he eats babies = Dracula and the Nephilim drank blood and ate people
>>151006402The one with Pfifer/Devito was pretty good
>>151006714>The Nephilim Looked Like ClownsWhat the actual fuck anon?> When you hear the word ‘clown’, what is the first thing that comes to mind? It probably isn’t giant, bloodthirsty predators who ruled over humanity after usurping all the earthly kingdoms of an antediluvian age. Likewise, when one imagines Nephilim, it would be absurd to conjure up a scene of white-faced circus performers honking their horns and making fools of themselves in colourful costumes, right? The half-divine, half-mortal offspring of the watchers have been a contentious field of study for theologians and Christian contrarians for a long time. However, while most have focused their efforts on proving the existence of these beings, (until now) no researcher of the Nephilim has ever stopped to ask themselves earnestly, “What did these monsters really look like?” With respectful observation of ancestor spirit worship cultures, historical facts and a tongue-in-cheek passion, this book series bridges the gap between the seemingly disparate words: Nephilim and Clown. After reading this book, you will know that circuses are no joke; they are occult rituals. You will recognise that the clown as we know it today, is a purposefully crafted caricature of a much more ancient and fearfully colourful predator, still hunting us today... You will understand that The Nephilim Looked Like Clowns.
>>151006732It was good you are right
>>151006945Why are we on some retarded christshit schizo babble now?
>>151006945There's a reason Beetlejuice (and several other clown characters) wears black and white. It all goes back to the Hopi/Pueblo clown stuff.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_clown
>>151007354Youre a fucking retard dude. Fuck off with this satanic panic BS
>>151003225>Also what is it with people pretending to be the joker IRL. Theres like three i can name off the backLoser's without an identity or a real backbone or maybe going through a mid-life crisis trying to compensate by copying a comic book character who does whatever he wants with impunityIt can be alluring to mimic the actions of a Clown who's more or less getting away with it when your real life is spent getting fucked for your admittedly bad life decisions probably why the Gypsy Crusader fag chose the Joaquin Phoenix joker, saying he was doing this all because he was driven mad as a backstory
>>151007517>gypsy crusaderHow did he get out as soon as he did?
>>151007490you could be occult /x/-pilled instead of being upset and miserable, anonthere's more to the world than what you see
>>151002330The Dark Knight helped.
>>151002330Edgelords love the Joker. I personally think the Joker is a shit character and hope he drowns in hobo piss.
>>151007572He initially got out on good behavior before getting sent back for being retarded online while in prison. Him being sent back to prison was more or less a slap on the wrist for being retarded but nothing more than thatBut chances are he'll be sent back to prison again later on another charge of illegal possession of a firearm or assaulting someone he thought he could get away with doing that too
>>151002330Joker impersonators, cosplayers, and fans should all become victims to him and his buddies.
>>151003269They should stop writing Robin out of the Joker origins.
>>151007590No youre a fucking christcuck retard who needs to piss off with your satanic panic bullshit. I grew up around scum like you who think everything and anything is "le satan", /x/ should just be renamed /christfag/ the way you cross suckers over took and ruined it. Fuck you
>>151006594>Bob Kane might have stolen Batman from Bill Finger, but Bill Finger (and Gardner Fox) certainly stole a lot of The Shadow from Gibson and Tinsley.Those are different types of stealing. The former is far more egregious.
>>151002330He was the original Anonymous - he does it "for the lulz." Every generation of teenage midwits will have their edgy juggalo retard phase, and only the heterosexual male ones will grow out of it.
>>151009170You will be here forever.
