Joker Paperback – January 1, 2012

Excellent! Terrific writing and awesome artwork. I was hooked the whole time. I read the whole book in one sitting. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Joker or superheroes in general. Thanks again for another great read.

Brian Azzarello's does take an interesting perspective of a minor henchman and expands out his relationship to the Joker in way that illuminates post-Nolan era joker as a insane, but gritty figure in crime. His role as an agent of chaos is expanded on as well, but other characters are hollowed out for Joker. Harley feels more like a stripper, The Penguin feels like a bookie, and killer croc a muscle gangster. Riddler is underused and Two-Family is more or less botched. Luckily Azzarello doesn't focus on these parts of the story much and the relationship and perspective of one of the Joker's drivers dominates the books. Batman's presence in the book is felt by his absence until the end, which was an effective story telling technique. The end, however, felt rushed.The art in the book is very good, although it is definitely pulling its cues from the designs around the Nolan films and not prior Batman design. Overall, worth a read.

I am a fan of Batman, I know my lore of the Dark Knight, but I am unfamiliar with the Joker. this tale by Brian Azzarello, is, I think, one the most original tales of the Joker. It differs from TV and most movie portrayals, because of the seriousness of the Joker. He is not funny, ha-ha, he's funny in a psychopathic killing way. He is literally consuming the city he preys upon. When he is not murdering folks indiscriminately, while covered in blood, racing from victim to victim, he espouses his self-loathing, and his missing of the Batman. He has a sidekick in this tale of woe, his name is Johnny Frost, and he is your narrator of this trip down the rabbit hole, realizing to late that you can't have a rattlesnake as a companion, you still end up getting bit. I didn't talk about the plot too much, because I would hope to encourage readers to try this standalone tale. It is an interesting about on the madman

I don’t normally read comic books but I am glad I read this one. It was funny and very well written. I highly recommend it!

This book is so much fun. Start to finish chaos. Sometimes the story is a little hard to follow, but it doesn't stop until the very end... Jonny Frost is a great character. Though the art for him is very inconsistent. The art is soo good. Joker looks like Heath Ledger's Joker. Read this. It's worth it.

Great graphic novel, both for the writing and for the art. Fast-paced and with a compelling storyline. Love how the Gotham criminals are depicted against each other. It shows what each of them are capable of, and what their place was amongst Gotham City's underworld. Of course, all under the vigilant eye of the Bay himself.

Ok graphic novel. Simple story but nice artwork. Would have liked to see Batman more and a more complex plot.

I downloaded the book 1st on my Kindle app, since I'm always on the go and I hate messing up my books, magazines, and comics, it makes it much easier to just read from my Kindle app. I loved the story so much that I bought a physical copy for myself and my cousin (the biggest Batman fan I know) as a Christmas gift. He doesn't normally read comics anymore, but he absolutely loved everything about this.Story wise, what we both loved about it was seeing the Joker from the eyes of one of his flunkies. It was a much more fascinating insight on how it would feel to actually deal with the Joker if you met him in real life. And as a psychologist (BA from Purdue, working on a MS in Applied Behavior Analysis) it really kept my interest.

Quando pensava que não encontraria um quadrinho tão magnífico para ler quanto A Piada Mortal e Batman Ano Um, me deparo com essa hq. Estou estupefato com tal trama. A arte usada não poderia ser mais adequada. Obviamente vai para minha lista das melhores hq de heróis (ou vilões?).

It was an intriguing tale told from an assistant's perspective, and portray's Joker's madness excellently. Joker is an idea and a man to be feared, for his insanity is contagious, and can spread like a plague.

Una novela gráfica con acción tan vívida que pareciera que uno está viendo una película cuyo desenlace es tan fugaz que uno quiere seguir leyendo más.,simplemente genial estar en los ojos de Johnny Frost atestiguando de primera mano lo que joker es.

A dark, twisted, utterly terrifying story. One of the best DC stories I’ve ever read! I would highly recommend this.

Molto bello, una grafica intensa, cupa al punto giusto. Ottima caratterizzazione del Joker, story telling fluente, bei colori. Decisamente buon fumetto.