Not sure if you’ve heard, but the Joker is hot stuff right now. With the Joaquin Phoenix movie absolutley mopping up at the box office and spurring some, uh, spirited discussion, we figured it’s a good time to remind ourselves of the Crown Prince of Crime’s roots.
We’ve dug up a few good deals on Joker-centric comics so you can squeeze in some last minute summer-ish reading before the winter freeze comes.
An MCU star crossed the aisle to heap praise on DC’s Joker recently when Avengers: Endgame’s Josh Brolin — who played the universe-balancing Thanos (and cable in the Deadpool X-verse) — wrote a poignant post in Instagram after watching Joaquin Phoenix’s performance.
“To appreciate ‘Joker’ I believe you have to have either gone through something traumatic in your lifetime…or understand somewhere in your psyche what true compassion is…,” Brolin stated, lauding the film for making people “want an answer and a solution to the violence and mental health issues that have spun out of control around us.” You can check out Brolin’s post here, as well as read some of his words below.