Farewell, Mistah J
Dec. 8th, 2011 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomSadness. Artist Jerry Robinson has passed away at the age of 89. He worked extensively on the Batman comics in the 1940s, and was either the creator or co-creator of Robin the Boy Wonder and one of comics' most enduring and vibrant villains, The Joker. He also had a hand in the creation of Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's butler, and Two-Face, which makes him as central to the mythology as anybody.
What's your favorite Joker story? Surprisingly, at least to me, mine is neither "The Laughing Fish" nor "The Killing Joke", but the Batman Beyond animated movie, "Return of the Joker". Mark Hamill is of course perfect as Mistah J, and his hatred of (and determination to gain his long-term vengeance against) his truest foe simply reeks from every frame.
What's your favorite Joker story? Surprisingly, at least to me, mine is neither "The Laughing Fish" nor "The Killing Joke", but the Batman Beyond animated movie, "Return of the Joker". Mark Hamill is of course perfect as Mistah J, and his hatred of (and determination to gain his long-term vengeance against) his truest foe simply reeks from every frame.
