Dustin Nguyen’s title to his homage to Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s The Killing Joke, refers to a rare psychiatric syndrome of the same name. Meaning “a madness shared by two” pretty much sums up Batman and Joker’s relationship. On his DeviantArt account, Nguyen stated: ”I love this book, and this panel ended the book for me so well. Originally, I didn’t want any color in this piece, like the original panel was b&w. but since it’s a stand alone, I thought it was okay, and also, thinking back to the joke the Joker tells at the end, I decided to go with some whimsical carnival tones. Desaturated to give it a place in time.”
The Killing Joke is one of those stories that you either love, or hate. Readers and critics have praised it as the ultimate Joker story, yet Alan Moore having gone on record as saying “I don’t think it’s a very good book. It’s not saying anything very interesting.”
So whether you praise or trash the story, you can’t help but admire the inspiration it’s given to a generation, which gives us amazing art which, in turn, inspires others.
October 14th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I recently re-read The Killing Joke, which is included in a fairly new collection of everything Moore did in the DCU (not counting Swamp Thing). It’s not as good as “For the Man Who Has Everything” or “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow.” It’s not groundbreaking, and I think there have been better Joker stories. But it still boasts amazing art and still packs a wallop at times. So I would tell Alan to shut up and accept the praise his fans give him just this once.
The best stories in the book, BTW, are his GLC work. Even knowing the twist ending of “Mogo Doesn’t Socialize,” it’s still just that cool.
October 15th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Really? Other than Alan Moore, I’ve never heard anyone say anything negative about K.J.
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The story is amazing. and this homage to the final scene in the story is epic and shows (once again) why dustin is the best artist in the buisiness.
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