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Review of Brian Azzarello’s ‘Joker’ Graphic Novel
After the amazing success of the Dark Knight movie, I was expecting the comic world to be flooded with stories about Heath Ledger-esque Jokers and a saturation of the market to make me cry. Luckily DC comics did not do this, but in October they did release one in a similar vein, Brian Azzarello’s Joker. Released solely as a graphic novel, I did not really notice this and took it at face value and DC trying to turn a quick buck. But friend of the Dead Pixels Podcast, SuperRadMike, told me otherwise and was great enough to write a review to shed some light. Mike’s review after the break…
Hola Creeps, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of reading Joker, the new graphic novel from DC Comics. Written by Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets & Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel) and art by Lee Bermejo (100 Bullets). The premise is focused on the Joker’s release from Arkham Asylum and is told in the perspective of new character, Jonny Frost. Jonny picks him up from Arkham and through the story becomes part of the Joker’s gang. In this novel you get a better insight on the Joker and watch his struggle to take back his throne as crime lord of Gotham City. You also get reacquainted with such villains as Killer Croc, Penguin, the Riddler, Harley Quinn and Two-Face. The story focuses more on Joker’s sadistic side, not as far as Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke would go, but still pretty sadistic. You also get to witness a little bit of a human side to him as well. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Batman story or looking for a graphic novel without the attachments. My rating: 8.5. Go buy it. Adios Creeps.
Joker is available at most Comic Book Shops for about $19.99, Hardcover, Color, 128pgs
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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