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The Joker's Homepage

[Picture of Joker]On Zero Hour MUX [NOTE: New Web page coming soon.], I play the Joker, Batman's archenemy, scourge of Gotham City, and snappy dresser. He's always ready with a new bizarre (and often hilarious) plan to bring the city to it's knees and destroy his opponent. The fact that these plans, in the end, never work, no longer bothers him at all, which makes him even more dangerous, since he no longer believes he has anything to lose by being as nuts as possible. (I also play Harold Dayton, attorney extraordinaire, for when the Joker's incarcerated.)
The picture above shows how the Joker is portrayed on Batman: The Animated Series, which is actually one of the best animated shows on TV. How they consistently manage to pull off the menace of the Joker without actually having him kill anybody is one of the great mysteries of television, but they do it. It's consistently a good program (and it introduced Harley Quinn, someone who isn't in the comic books, but provides a fun counterpoint to the Joker's weirdness), and I highly recommend it. However, that's not why I included the picture. I included it because one of the most fun things about playing the Joker is that he has been portrayed in so many striking ways that visually, he's as distinctive as Batman himself (arguably even more so! I mean, other than that cowl and cape, all we know is that he has a jaw that looks like a cinderblock was implanted in it!) That brings us very nicely to...

The Joker Gallery

[Picture 1 from 'The Killing Joke']To your right, you'll see pictures from "The Killing Joke", which I used extensively in writing my application for the Joker. On the far right we see the Joker give his opinion of the abandoned carnival site where he will make his ploy to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. (If the image is too small, he's saying: "Don't like it? I'm crazy for it.")
[Picture 2 from 'The Killing Joke']

The other "Killing Joke" picture is of the Joker looking at his mutilated face for the first time. Talk about your punchlines.




[Picture of the Joker playing solitaire]On your left, you'll see a typical image of the Joker in Arkham Asylum, playing solitaire with his feet since he is restrained in a straitjacket. ("Shouldn't you be flapping around a belfry or something?" is what he's saying. Obviously Batman has visited him (WHY? WHY? WHY?) again.)
[Picture of the Joker asking you to shake. I hope these alt tags aren't taunting you too much. Feel free to download these images and look at them at your leisure.]When the Joker asks you to 'Shake.', don't. Just don't. It's not worth it.
[Really disturbing picture from 'Arkham Asylum']On the right is one of the most striking pictures from the classic "Arkham Asylum". ("Aren't I good enough to eat?") This disturbing work was entirely done in a style similar to this: the Joker's words always appeared in blood-spattered red, and his grin looked absolutely inhuman.
[Surreal picture of the Joker grinning] As you can see from the picture on the left, the Joker always brings out the surreal in artists.

The J-Files

The truth is dull. So LIE!

Here are some files about the Joker you might like to read. Or you might not. How should I know?