The Man Who Laughs: Exploring the Clown Prince of Crime
I’m proud to announce the release of The Man Who Laughs: Exploring the Clown Prince of Crime! If you’re a fan of DC Comics’ the Joker, this book is for you.
I’ve once again teamed up my fellow editor Rich Handley to bring you an anthology of varied essays discussing many aspects of the Clown Prince of Crime. The book contains a foreword by DCs “Answer Man” Bob Rozakis and an afterword by Steve Englehart, plus essays by such DC veterans like Robert Greenberger, Jo Duffy, and Paul Kupperberg. It’s published via Crazy 8 Press, with a cover by David Pipgras and layout/design by David Pipgras and Aaron Rosenberg. Grab a copy at Amazon.com.
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The Joker has been a goofy trickster, a giggling lunatic, a psychopathic killer, a methodical mastermind, a failed comedian, and an unstoppable force. It all depends on the writer and artist telling the story. He’s the Clown Prince of Crime, the Man Who Laughs, an agent of chaos. He has no special abilities or superpowers, but also no moral code or grip on reality. The Joker is charismatic, terrifying, unpredictable, and downright hilarious. The only method to this criminal’s madness is that there is no method. This anthology offers more than twenty perspectives on the yin to Batman’s yang, written by respected comic creators, historians, and industry insiders. So step right into the mouth of madness. The joke’s on us, and we’d like to let you in on it.
The Man Who Laughs Press Release
Table of Contents
Who Is the Joker? A Question from the Answer Man… By Bob Rozakis
Text Messages of the Dark Knight… By Tom K. Mason
The Banter and the Bat… By Michael Jan Friedman
Something Tastes Funny—That’d Be the Clownfish… By Duy Tano
My, What Big Teeth You Have!… By Bobby Nash
Is the Joker Gay? Queer Representation and the Clown Prince of Crime… By Valentina Rossi
The Joke Book: Laughing Along with the Joker’s 1970s Solo Series… By Lou Tambone
Delicious! The Joker as Latin Loverboy… By Jim Beard
Joker: Stop Punching Down … By Jo Duffy
The Joke’s on the Audience… By Robert Greenberger
From Laughing Magician to the Man Who Laughs… By Rich Handley
Don’t Get Even, Go Mad: Joker and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days… By Joseph F. Berenato
Empathy for Emperor Joker… By Paul Cornish
Toward a Short Comparison and Contrast of the Joker with Trickster Characters of African Folklore… By LaMarrison Forte
The Joker: Just How Crazy Is He???… By Glenn Hauman
Why Do We Care That the Joker Hates Nazis?… By Alex Galer
Missing the Joke(r)… By Brian Cronin
Whatever Joker Wants, Joker Goetz … By Keith R.A. DeCandido
Fixing the Laughter: Voice Casting the Joker on Batman: The Animated Series… By John Trumbull
Mountebank to Monster: The Bloody Road from “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge” to The Killing Joke… By Paul Kupperberg
Kill the Joker: An Afterword… By Steve Englehart
Get yours at Amazon.com.
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