For as much as I love the madness that was the comics of the 1990s, I cannot even imagine how incredible it must have been to be a comic-loving kid (or weird comic loving adult) in the 1950/60s p...
https://comicsalliance.com/weirdest-silver-age-batman-panels/
You know what's weird about the Joker? I mean, yes, there are a lot of things that are weird about the Joker that are kind of inherent in the fact that he's a murderous clown who primarily exists...
https://comicsalliance.com/tweeterhead-batman-classic-joker-statue/
Jared Leto is the second name on the poster for Suicide Squad. The only actor billed above him is Will Smith; Leto is listed ahead of actors like Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, and Viola Davis, wh...
https://comicsalliance.com/suicide-squad-joker-deleted-scenes/
DC Comics’ big summer event one-shot DC Universe: Rebirth #1 goes on sale this week, and the internet is abuzz with news, reveals and spoilers concerning one of the biggest comics of the year. ...
https://comicsalliance.com/dc-universe-rebirth-reveals-spoilers/
Ever since he made his debut in 1940's Batman #1, the Joker has been the arch-criminal among arch-criminals, the one villain who can truly lay claim to being Batman's nemesis. As a result, he's m...
Today is, of course, April Fool's Day, which means that there's a pretty good chance that you're going to be spending a good amount of time dodging "pranks" that are really just lies masquerading...
https://comicsalliance.com/on-the-cheap-joker-solo-series-1975/
If you watched the DC Comics panel at last weekend's WonderCon in Los Angeles, then you saw the reveals of all the titles and most of the creative teams for the company's upcoming "Rebirth" event...
https://comicsalliance.com/joker-true-identity-justice-league-reveal/
Welcome to The Issue, where we look at some of the strangest, most interesting and most distinctive single issue comic stories ever to grace the medium. You know the ones; silent issues, sideways...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-issue-morrison-van-fleet-batman-clown-at-midnight/
While rumoured for several months, it has been officially confirmed via CBR that Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will both return to their iconic roles as Batman and The Joker in DC’s latest anima...
https://comicsalliance.com/conroy-hamill-animated-killing-joke/
Anyone following FOX’s Gotham (those brave souls) well-remembers the proto-Batman series’ quick introduction of almost-Joker figure Jerome, before Season 2 seemingly put a cap on the characte...
https://comicsalliance.com/gotham-joker-jerome-returns-cameron-monaghan/
50 years ago today, the classic Batman TV series premiered, kicking off a three-year run as one of the greatest adaptations of comic books ever made --- and while Adam West and Burt Ward's earnes...
It's Thanksgiving here in America, which means that the streets of New York City are being overtaken by the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! It's a pretty big deal for those of us who enjoy...
https://comicsalliance.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-1989-joker-video/
Many of comics’ most popular characters have been around for decades, and in the case of the big names from the publisher now known as DC Comics, some have been around for a sizable chunk of a ...
Q: I feel like The Joker is a very unsympathetic villain. Does he have any sympathetic qualities or moments? -- @DonNohVarr A: Huh. Well, I've got some good news for you, Don: I'm pretty sure tha...
https://comicsalliance.com/ask-chris-246-sympathy-for-the-joker/
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series ...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x26-batman-sets-the-pace/
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series ...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x25-the-joker-trumps-an-ace/
Jared Leto’s Joker will be an important component in Suicide Squad, but we may get to see him on screen before then, as it’s being reported that Leto will make a cameo appearance in Zack Snyd...
https://comicsalliance.com/batman-superman-joker-cameo-rumor/
This weekend, Suicide Squad director David Ayer revealed our first look at Jared Leto in full Joker costume. It was a smart move, in a sense — this way, Ayer and Leto put the image out there ah...
Well that didn’t take long. Following David Ayer’s recent teaser image of the character and Jared Leto’s own candid Snapchat pic, the director has officially revealed the first legitimate p...
The return of the Joker and his latest rein of crazy over Gotham comes to an end in April with the concluding chapter of Endgame in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman #40. The effects of the ...
I'm going to be totally, 100% real with you for a second here, people: I have read a lot of comic books about the Joker. I mean, that's kind of inevitable when you dedicate yourself to becoming t...
https://comicsalliance.com/on-the-cheap-five-great-joker-stories-to-grab/
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series ...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x15-the-joker-goes-to-school/
I enjoy both photographs and reminders that our time on this Earth is fleeting and that we will all one day leave our lives, becoming as ephemeral as memories and ghosts, so naturally I like Snap...
The 1966 Batman television show was one of the most successful and influential adaptations of comic books to mass media of all time. Over the course of three seasons and 120 episodes, the series ...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-batman-66-episode-guide-1x06-batman-is-riled/
With long runs on hit titles like Captain America, Daredevil, Sleeper, Fatale, Criminal and more, writer Ed Brubaker has cemented his position as one of the most prominent writers in American com...
Look, we all know James Franco is a weird guy. He has practically made a career out of being a weird guy. But it's still sort of astonishingly strange how the actor and director came together wit...
https://comicsalliance.com/batman-beetlejuice-banana-boat-song-video-james-franco/
If there's one thing we've learned from our years on the Internet, it's that there's no aspect of comics that can't be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amount...
https://comicsalliance.com/the-top-five-scariest-villains-in-comics/
To say that Greg Rucka had a profound impact on DC Comics in the 21st Century is underselling things quite a bit. After arriving on the scene in the late '90s, he became one of the few writers to...
https://comicsalliance.com/batman-greg-rucka-gotham-central-interview-retrospective-part-three/
To say that Greg Rucka had a profound impact on DC Comics in the 21st Century is underselling things quite a bit. After arriving on the scene in the late '90s, he became one of the few writers to...
https://comicsalliance.com/greg-rucka-batman-interview-career-retrospective-part-one/
When Gotham Bay is plagued by a mysterious toxin, boatloads of fish are turning up with a grotesque disfigurement: The trademarked Joker perma-smile. Batman -- working alone again -- is energized...
The Arkham Sessions is dedicated to the psychology of Batman, so it seems almost like an ethical duty to cover a movie about Arkham Asylum, Gotham City's mental health facility for the "criminall...
https://comicsalliance.com/arkham-sessions-assault-psychology/
I was an unabashed fan of the 1989 Batman movie around the time of its release (particularly after it hit VHS), but the years have worn down my appreciation of it, and quite a few aspects of it d...
https://comicsalliance.com/batman-89-video-game-nintendo-tim-burton-sunsoft-review-video/
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman movie, The Arkham Sessions takes a break from analyzing the psychology of Batman: The Animated Series to pay special tribute to the l...
https://comicsalliance.com/arkham-sessions-batman-89-tim-burton-psychology-podcast-video/
Character mash-ups -- especially when they involve Star Wars -- can get pretty tiresome, but I can give them a pass when they involve the original actors who portrayed the iconic characters in th...
https://comicsalliance.com/joker-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-video-star-wars-weekends/
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