Batman Noir, The Killing Joke

by Rosswhatever on Twitter @rosswhatever
Recently I decided to go out and buy The Killing Joke hard cover but while I was searching for it I stumbled upon Batman Noir: The killing Joke, the book stood out on the shelf, it was completely black and white and caught my eye. The front cover was amazing; Brian Boland’s art was complemented by the black and white. The cover made me go to the counter and buy it.
I had never read The Killing Joke at this point and the moment I started reading it I fell in love with it, Alan Moore’s story is brilliant and full of depth that explores The Joker’s backstory and shows the readers how strong Jim Gordon is, even after being pushed almost to limit. I really cannot fault Moore’s attempt at Batman, it had a great story structure, the characters where wrote well and I thought that the Joker’s tragic backstory was brilliant.
Brian Bolland’s art works extremely well with Moore’s writing, the characters look great and the locations make Gotham look like a dark and troubled place to live, the fairground was one of my favourite locations because it was drawn with so much depth and shows the audience how much Bolland cares about the art. The Joker looks extremely creepy but before he becomes the joker he looks like a caring guy and I love that the same face can be drawn with so many different expressions and look totally different. I am glad that I picked this version of the book up because the black and white convey the darkness of the story and the art to the reader so well making the book look beautiful.
I love The Killing Joke so much and this version looks absolute great on a shelf especially next to other black and white hard covers but also stands out well against the colour hard covers. I would recommend Batman Noir: The Killing Joke to any batman fan or collector because it is simply amazing and is up there with Moore’s best work and the drawings are a piece of art, the art is worth the cost of the book alone.

 

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