Kirby's Kids Holiday Special - The Kids Talk Batman The Killing Joke PART ONE

Happy Holidays Kids! Doc and Angus embrace the madness that is The Joker in Alan Moore's masterpiece Batman: The Killing Joke. This work would go on to influence the direction of The Dark Night in comics and popular culture for the decades that would follow its initial publication in 1988. In PART ONE they introduce the work, dive into a Kirby Kernel, engage in a little Creative Chatter, and go mining for some influential hidden gems in Comics Archeology. In PART TWO they will review the comic book story and the 2016 animated film. This work launched Batman into a whole new realm along with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns in 1986. Batman: The Killing Joke https://www.amazon.com/Batman-Killing-Joke-Deluxe-New-ebook/dp/B07XQK1C12/ The groundbreaking Batman tale is back in a new deluxe edition. Looking to prove that any man can be pushed past his breaking point to madness, The Joker attempts to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. Refusing to give up, Gordon struggles to maintain his sanity with the help of Batman in a desperate effort to best the madman. Leave a message at [email protected] Join the Community Discussions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2024 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kirbyskids.com/2023/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com