I thought about amnesiac bruce and joker being detective buddies, and joker is just like eerily knowledgeable so gordon is just sus about him and bruce is just a proud malewife.

Alright excuse my compulsion to situate everything within a timeline, but. I love that now there's more than one story taking place before The Killing Joke that establishes Bruce empathizing and relating to Joker, and that Zdarsky clearly took inspiration from the one before his own for this aspect of Bruce and Joker's relationship.

The events of Zdarsky's I Am A Gun take place while Dick is a boy and still Robin, early in Batman's career... and so does Darwyn Cooke's amazing-showstopping-spectacular Batman: Ego. In Ego, we get another instance of Bruce's mind being split in two; there being a separation between Bruce and Batman, with the embodiment of Batman arguing for Joker's murder:

But Bruce says no. He says he isn't a killer:

Forever obsessed with how Darwyn Cooke so efficiently conveys how Bruce understands Joker, and relates to him. He knows Joker chose madness to deal with tragedy, that he was faced with the same choice Bruce was, and that Bruce could've become him. Because that's what Bruce lapsing into laughter and acting like Joker shows.

But the story is centred around Bruce in Batman: Ego, while in I Am A Gun... perhaps the best line to summarize it is Bruce thinking to himself, "Is the Joker broken too?" in Batman (2016) #128. It's not just the two facets of Bruce vs. Batman in this story, it's also the two facets of Joker: a human being, and a monster.

The conflict in Bruce is mirrored in Joker, and I am kissing Zdarsky on the mouth for acknowledging it and portraying it so beautifully. There's a monster in Bruce made out of hollow anger, and there's a human being crying for help buried inside Joker:

"He'll fix you." And Martha being the one to say this, the one who becomes Joker herself in a different world, a different Universe... perhaps it's not intentional, but it feels so relevant. In Flashpoint, Thomas Wayne is a Batman who kills. In New 52's Earth 2, he's a Batman who killed Joker himself. And in Bruce's head, it's Thomas Wayne arguing for Joker's death.

But I just love that keeping both I Am A Gun and Ego in mind, knowing that these thoughts and emotions were there for Bruce for years, makes The Killing Joke... even more poignant.

Bruce has been thinking about this for a long time. And all of it coming to a head with the iconic offer for help, with the one time Bruce offered Joker his hand despite what Joker had just done...

[clenches fist] It's beautiful.

art dump

You know that thing about batjokes fans choosing or creating a version of batjokes? I specifically choose amnesiac batjokes

Also anyone know amnesiac joker's name? Imma just name him jack wayne cuz they are murried.

Alright excuse my compulsion to situate everything within a timeline, but. I love that now there's more than one story taking place before The Killing Joke that establishes Bruce empathizing and relating to Joker, and that Zdarsky clearly took inspiration from the one before his own for this aspect of Bruce and Joker's relationship.

The events of Zdarsky's I Am A Gun take place while Dick is a boy and still Robin, early in Batman's career... and so does Darwyn Cooke's amazing-showstopping-spectacular Batman: Ego. In Ego, we get another instance of Bruce's mind being split in two; there being a separation between Bruce and Batman, with the embodiment of Batman arguing for Joker's murder:

But Bruce says no. He says he isn't a killer:

Forever obsessed with how Darwyn Cooke so efficiently conveys how Bruce understands Joker, and relates to him. He knows Joker chose madness to deal with tragedy, that he was faced with the same choice Bruce was, and that Bruce could've become him. Because that's what Bruce lapsing into laughter and acting like Joker shows.

But the story is centred around Bruce in Batman: Ego, while in I Am A Gun... perhaps the best line to summarize it is Bruce thinking to himself, "Is the Joker broken too?" in Batman (2016) #128. It's not just the two facets of Bruce vs. Batman in this story, it's also the two facets of Joker: a human being, and a monster.

The conflict in Bruce is mirrored in Joker, and I am kissing Zdarsky on the mouth for acknowledging it and portraying it so beautifully. There's a monster in Bruce made out of hollow anger, and there's a human being crying for help buried inside Joker:

"He'll fix you." And Martha being the one to say this, the one who becomes Joker herself in a different world, a different Universe... perhaps it's not intentional, but it feels so relevant. In Flashpoint, Thomas Wayne is a Batman who kills. In New 52's Earth 2, he's a Batman who killed Joker himself. And in Bruce's head, it's Thomas Wayne arguing for Joker's death.

But I just love that keeping both I Am A Gun and Ego in mind, knowing that these thoughts and emotions were there for Bruce for years, makes The Killing Joke... even more poignant.

Bruce has been thinking about this for a long time. And all of it coming to a head with the iconic offer for help, with the one time Bruce offered Joker his hand despite what Joker had just done...

[clenches fist] It's beautiful.

Art dump? Yes dump Art

two finished commissions! A design commission of a very VIBRANT sea elf named Athry, and another where I received a bg/race/class and designed off of that. (Noble, Tiefling, Aberrant Mind Sorcerer. Veil requested!)

Top image:

A crowd is to the People what a cry is to a voice

Middle:

We don’t want the Capitol, we want you to capitulate

Bottom left:

Before Macron, I had feathers

Bottom right:

Thieving on the Poor, Values of the Rich!

Last image:

The bludgeon is to totalitarian states what manipulation is to democracy ❤️

Credit: Olivier Loisel, Bordeaux protest, Thursday 23d March 2023.

i need y'all to steal and repost my anti-lawn memes to as many pinterest boards and facebook pages as possible

Unused cover for Endgame collection by Greg Capullo :')

clowns

GOTHAM: ZERO DAY

Batman Fan Anthology Comic by @thebeanbagboys

The artist is Eedaeth and the author is Mikopath!

To support them and the project, consider starting a Patreon subscription with them!

The story is an anthology, showing unique perspectives from varying members of the Gotham Rogue Gallery, such as Joker, Two-Face, The Mad Hatter, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, an original mystery villain, and of course Batman himself.

To get updates on the project, subscribe to their Patreon or follow them here, here, and here! They also have a Discord you can join, which I'm a part of!

They also are working on a really cool Minecraft Resource Pack that you check out here.

Some sad news: Isao Takahata, anime veteran and Studio Ghibli member passed away April 5th, 2018 of lung cancer. He’s worked on countless classic & beloved anime works, including the original Gegege no Kitaro, Himitsu no Akko-chan, the original Lupin The Third, Heidi of the Alps, Future Boy Conan, Anne of Green Gables, Horus: Prince of the Sun, Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and many more. He was 82 years old. Rest in Peace, Takahata-san. Your work will be beloved for generations to come!

Sending out this beauty tomorrow.

Hold up where? Which comic op?

Marvel Presents #5. The whole comic is basically the Symbiote trying to get Eddie laid(because they're low on phenylethylamine), then realizing that what he's actually attracted to is the Symbiote itself. Eddie agrees to a trip to the Bone Zone with it and there is a "tasteful cut to black" as Eddie says "watch the teeth'.

[Buy this shirt]

Wait what?? Did this really happen?? Links and Sources op pretty please?

Like I said, it's in Marvel Presents #5. You can get it anywhere you buy/read comics online. I do have some screenshots though.

Reblogging for the tender affection with which the T Rexes are holding hands.

Venom making breakfast for Eddie.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), dir. Andy Serkis

I love that Venom puts more effort in their partnership than some humans

i’m sorry this is the only way i can see their interaction

and so he did