Is the joker gay
Make The Joker gay again
The Joker is a comic book nature with almost 80 years history, half of which he was portrayed as homosexual - for instance, in such significant graphic novels as Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns or Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum: A Earnest House on Serious Earth. Neal Adams claimed that The Joker was and always had been homosexual. This opinion was distributed by other comic books authors and artists for decades. That is why it’s so significant to me and other gay readers to return his homosexuality.
The Joker repeatedly confessed his feelings to Batman and showed an interest in other men. Also there was Joker’s unnamed boyfriend in the graphic novel Devil’s Advocate. The Joker has many feminine traits - he uses lipstick, paints his nails, wears high heels and sometimes does crossdressing. We realize that some of these things is stereotypical, but it gives a very clear picture. Over the years, there were plenty of other queer moments in comics, cartoons and video games (especially in Batman: Arkham series).
However, in the late nineties someone de
This isn't new communication but it's something I recently discovered. Scott Snyder as you know has written Joker as being romantic towards Batman with plenty of innuendo. For the trade of 'Death of the Family' however the trades seem to have removed all of Joker's 'flirting'.
Some examples:
It seems love editorial deliberately went over and removed every bit of sexual innuendo from the Joker. Scott Snyder specifically said he views the story as creature a "love letter to Batman from the Joker" so you have to wonder what was happening behind the scenes.
Is the Joker Gay? Revisiting Queer Representation and the Clown Prince of Crime
An essay by guest blogger Valentina Rossi.
I originally wrote the essay Is the Joker Gay? Homosexual Representation and the Clown Prince of Crime for the anthology The Guy Who Laughs – Exploring the Clown Prince of Crime from Crazy8 Push in Since then, the Joker has been going through some new permutations, as is his innateness. Recently, I was asked to translate my essay into Spanish for the comic site Zona Negativa, which I did with the generous permission of editors Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. I took the occasion to revisit, augment and correct my original essay. This is the result of feedback about the original communicate , recent developments, and lively discussion with my coauthors.
I present here the new material adapted endorse into English, as an informal blog entry rather than a proper essay. The original text is available in The Male Who Laughs – Exploring the Clown Prince of Crime, and can be acquired in Amazon.
I've had this nugget of information for a while, but only recently got the relevant scans done to illustrate that I didn't construct it up, given the evidently obscure nature of the info. I don't want to misrepresent anything, so this post will take a little bit to get to the point. But, please, peruse on.
I've owned this one Batman book called the Comics Files Magazine Spotlight On Batman Filesfor a few years. It was published in by an independent group called Heroes Publishing Inc., who also put out guides to other comic properties along with sci-fi and horror TV shows. To the left and right are the front and help covers to their Batman book - click the thumbnails to enlarge.
The novel describes Batman's history up to the time of publication, with chapters about the Golden Age, the New Look, the "Englehart/Rogers Age" and "the Miller Revolution". It