They say this comic book was the driving force behind Heath Ledger’s brutal portrayal of Joker in the movie “The Dark Knight”. It might be the case, because Joker, in this book was at his most brutal ever. Alan Moore left no inhibitions at how violent and mad Joker can be.
Which includes Joker shooting Commissioner Gordon’s daughter in the spine, showing no remorse in mentally torturing Gordon, trying hard to make him crumble into madness as he oftentimes says that the only difference between a sane man and a psychotic criminal was “one bad day”.
“one bad day” might have caused Joker’s slide into the dark side as the story interchange with flashbacks of Joker’s old life which may give hints of his possible origin. But no one can be certain as Joker says “Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another… If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!”
Alan Moore, presented a possible origin of Joker when he was still a normal human being and this creates a Joker presented in both extreme personalities, which makes “The Killing Joke” a rarity in terms of storytelling.
And did i hear someone mention something about Borland’s art in this book?
The facial expression of each characters really gives life to the story, the shadows, the colors, the minimal colors during the flashback scenes all makes up for an eye feast at the same time.
The colors was lurid and brimming with intelligent eye for details. Borland and Moore really concocted a very creative partnership in this graphic novel.
From start to Joker’s last joke at the end, it was a short read (bitin konti) but a really great read. Something you can’t help but read over and over again.
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