The Killing Joke

[TheAQU4M4N]

has anyone bought the reprint? i don't think i've ever read it and its a rare find for the original so im gunna go buy the reprint

 

[Joker]

We have a whole Batman comics forum. The original isnt that rare, I picked mine up a few years ago (first print) for $15. And the reprint is worth having, but so is the original. The reprint has brand new coloring, and Bolland re-did some line work. But you should get both.

 

[Hush]

I got the reprint it took me two reads (i was hungry the 1st time) but i enjoyed it ALOT.

 

[yenaled]

Although Bolland has come a long way with his ability to colour - there is something about the original I prefer more.

The carnival scenes just look so boring now where the original is an array of colours - feels much more mental like it should.

 

[Joker]

Although Bolland has come a long way with his ability to colour - there is something about the original I prefer more.

The carnival scenes just look so boring now where the original is an array of colours - feels much more mental like it should.

The original was NOT colored by Bolland. He had no say in the coloring, which is why he wanted to do this version and color it himself, to get across what he was originally doing. I love all the people going "well, it should be like the original, cause of such and such," when really, if Bolland had colored it first, and then the original came out like this new hardcover did, people would be saying the exact same thing.

 

[DEMONS BLOOD]

I've got the original,but I do plan on picking up the reprint here sometime soon.

 

[yenaled]

The original was NOT colored by Bolland. He had no say in the coloring, which is why he wanted to do this version and color it himself, to get across what he was originally doing. I love all the people going "well, it should be like the original, cause of such and such," when really, if Bolland had colored it first, and then the original came out like this new hardcover did, people would be saying the exact same thing.

Doesn't really change my point though.

"I find the new colours a bit boring compared to the original"

Doesn't really matter who coloured what.

 

[DoomJester]

Which one is the reprint? The new hardcover version or the one reprinted in the Alan Moore DC stories or the stand-alone almost cardstock cover one? Sorry, I'm a little confused.

 

[Joker]

The hardcover has the new colors. The one in the Alane Moore DC trade and the stand alone with the cardstock cover are both the original colors.

 

[DoomJester]

Okay thanks. Part of me wants to check it out, the greater part of me thinks it isn't worth it.

 

[Killgore]

It's well worth it. Bollands coloring is so much better than the garish colors of the old one. And the extra story with the penguin at the end is good also.

 

[DoomJester]

Hmm... well, I am a big batman fan, maybe a used copy from Amazon isn't such a bad idea, the thing about the colors is good because something about the coloring never rubbed me right anyways.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

one of the reasons i wanted to pick this up was b/c i wanted some GN that was inspired by TDK, it sucks i wasn't around to buy the original but now i am able to read it..

 

[p.marlowe]

I own both and Love them.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

lucky..

 

[The Eagle Host]

The Man Who Laughs was better.

 

[Blader5489]

The Man Who Laughs was better.

Yeah, I agree.

 

[DoomJester]

Really? I never got to read it. I want to. DC has been really pushing my patience with expensive hard-cover stories that just don't (at least in my mind) warrant hard-cover. I know they are tacking on some money for that binding. There are a few Bat books I'm behind on. I'm trying to get more!

 

[RazTheGreat]

You know, I went out and bought this, due to all the hype the story has received, but beyond the "WOW" moment with the Joker and Barbara , I can't say I really cared for the story. In fact, I'd say if it wasn't for that single moment, that changed Batgirl into Orcale, this story really wouldn't get all the rave that it does.

Still, Bolland's art is just dreamy.

 

[webhead921]

I got it in the alan moore collection. It has the Killing Joke, plus some other great stories as well. It was well worth the money.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

^Same as me. But I did not get the ending,why did the Joker and Batman laugh? Also,the origin is very good...far better than the simple origin in the 1989 Batman film.

 

[Danger Mouse]

Generally not a huge fan of DC comics, I just bought the hardcover reprint of The Killing Joke with Bolland's coloring. I was blown away. Love it. This would certainly be up there in my limited collection of DC comics, along with Kingdom Come and The Red Son.

 

[Joker]

^Same as me. But I did not get the ending,why did the Joker and Batman laugh? Also,the origin is very good...far better than the simple origin in the 1989 Batman film.

You see, the Joker told a Joke, which was really a thinly veiled metaphor of how ridiculous the situation they constantly find themselves in is, and they both got it, and laughed, as you do when you get a joke. I don't see what's so complicated about that...

 

[Assassin]

One of the more over-rated of the Alan Moore stories

 

[Hans]

Although Bolland has come a long way with his ability to colour - there is something about the original I prefer more.

The carnival scenes just look so boring now where the original is an array of colours - feels much more mental like it should.

I feel the exact same way. The older, flat coloring just has something that newer colorsists lack. It doesn't work for everything, but for Bolland's art in this one, it worked perfectly.