July 20th, 2008A Brief History of the Joker
(Brian Bolland / DC Comics)
Sue me for not yet watching (and contributing to the $155M box office grossing) Batman: The Dark Knight movie. I do have plans to watch it, but it probably won’t be for another day or two. Thao is a bit more eager, because she needs to make sure she’s not left out of tomorrow’s Batman discussion around the water cooler.
I have no claim to being the biggest Batman fan, but I would say that I have been intrigued by the darkness of Batman Begins and what seems to be an even more sinister Dark Knight. With the unfortunate passing of Heath Ledger, there has been a lot of hype around the Joker character. I remember watching the first Batman movie on VHS where Jack Nicholson played the role of Joker. I was a bit impressed, because this was around the time I really took notice to Batman. I never asked myself the question, where did the Joker come from? But after reading a short pictorial by the Los Angeles Times, I was definately interested. Have a lookie!
