Joker by Brian Azzarello

This is the Joker of the movie told by one of his henchmen.

A nice idea and parts of it work very very well–Joker’s interaction with other members of the Rogue’s Gallery, the shadow of the bat that falls over everything in Gotham, etc.

But, the Joker does not wear any new masks in this story–the same crazed force of nature maniac that we get in the movie–there could have been a lot more here. Seems like the writer was afraid to actually take the character anywhere.

The art is good bordering on great–there is so much good work being done right now.