Re read the killing joke and what really struck me was how terrible

>>94714458
So, typical comic book dialogue.

>>94714458
>anon doesn't know about the telegraph poles

>>94714458
>It was to on the nose, explicity explaining the themes.
Why not?

>>94714458
was joker kill?

Considering how many people misinterpret the ending, I'd still say it's too subtle for the average cape reader.

>>94714549
Yes. Notice the light beam going out in the last panel after joker tells the story about the two mental patients.

>>94714458
Get off /co/, Alan.

>>94714578
But that is just because comic books is the lowest form of art

>>94714608
That would be twine games.

There are two things to keep in mind:
>1: Even good works can become overrated, and
>2: Even Alan Moore looks back on it as a writer who's embarrassed of his early work.

I've always had mixed feelings about TKJ, and that's okay. As OP noted, it's like 90% amazing, maybe 10% questionable. And I'd contend that the dialogue is great, it's the MONOLOGUE that's a bit on-the-nose but that's forgivable because it's the villain being a villain. It's not like what Joker says is meant to be true or profound.

>WHY AREN'T YOU LAUGHING?!
>Because I heard it before... AND IT WASN'T FUNNY THEN

>>94714549
>>94714584
No

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>>94714608
Lower than "adult" coloring books?

What do you nibbaz prefer. Original or the re-color?

>>94714782
Original

>>94714782
The original could get a bit garish at times but the recolor is worst. Sucked all the life right out of it with its "realism."

>>94714887
Yeah. It gets a bit to much at times but that style fits the tone of the comic. I feel like there is a perfect mix between the two.

>>94714608
Isn't that video games?

I hate to use the term "overrated" but it fits here more than anywhere else.

Even Moore has admitted he was barely trying with this thing.

It feels like just a one-off Batman Annual that they decided to turn into its own standalone OGN for sales purposes.

>>94714782
Original. The recolour takes away a lot from the visual storytelling.

>>94714780
Is there anything different about an adult colouring a picture compared to an adult solving a maze or the crosswords and sudokus in newspapers and magazines?

>>94716925
Puzzles and shit are intellectually stimulating at the most basic level, coloring is just an exercise in aesthetics for people who're bad at making art of their own.

>>94714782
Original 100%. The psychedelic colors are more than half of what made the original great.

Fact: almost all "great" comics are actually just ok