cyberghostface: (Joker)
cyberghostface ([personal profile] cyberghostface) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2018-09-12 05:00 pm

Batman: White Knight #1 - Special Edition



"We know the Joker is a genius, we know he's relentless, and we know he can play the crowd, so why not make him a politician? Frank Miller modeled him after David Bowie. Chris Nolan showed him as a controlled sociopath. I see the Joker as Don Draper." -- Sean Murphy

So obviously this is an old issue with the entire series being finished and posted here months ago. That being said, DC is rereleasing the first issue for free both in stores and digitally for Batman Day to promote the upcoming trade so I am posting the first issue in its entirety. 















































[personal profile] arthur_wynne 2018-09-14 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought this was an intriguing premise, and I really like the art, but it falls down in my opinion because the story is trying to have it both ways - painting a status quo that draws on a long history of character development and relationships, and at the same time has Gotham unaware of the true nature and danger of the Joker. There's no way you get to Dick operating as Nightwing with the Joker still "never convicted of anything more than Armed Robbery".