Content Warning for stereotypes built from homophobia and transmisogyny that are present in the Joker’s portrayal across the years.
The art in this header is Alex Ross’s 2015 piece “Mind if I Cut In”
“In some ways, the Joker is a dark reflection of who Batman is. The loss of Bruce Wayne’s parents could’ve driven him to that edge, to where he could’ve become the Joker himself. But instead, he fought against that. Batman’s trying to bring order to the world. The Joker’s trying to bring chaos to the world.”
—–Dan Didio, Superheroes Decoded, Part One: “American Legends”
If the word “camp” is applied at all to the eighties Batman, it is a label for the Joker. This sly displacement is the cleverest method yet devised of preserving Bat-heterosexuality. The play that the texts regularly make with the concept of Batman and the Joker as mirror images now takes…
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though I respect that a lot 