James Gordon Jr, Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, The Joker, Roulette, Hugo Strange

Marry, Screw, Kill: Cinematic Villains

"Ah yes, another morning in a beautiful little town called Gotham City. You're all tuning into my little pirate radio, trying to get the good word on a bad situation. They want to shut us down and shut us out but we're just too much to resist. So I creep through your airwaves, right up to your front door. Who am I? Well no need for mystery there. It's your faithful host, your neighbor, The Riddler here. Asking questions to answer YOUR questions. That's the thing, isn't it? The thing you know is creeping over the horizon. Do you have questions, Gotham? I think you do. The answer's always there, if you look for it. Riddle Me This, Gotham City listeners. When is a criminal not a criminal?"

I know this has nothing to do with what I typically post, but I just had to show it. All this does is prove that the only thing more powerful than God is the almighty $

"It looks like I'm smiling, too. But I'm not..."

In honor of Creature Commandos' finale, I decided to do some art of Dr. Alexander Sartorious a.k.a Dr. Phosphorus. His episode is without a doubt my favorite.

I don’t know why, but seeing The Joker just chilling on a sofa in shades, a faded purple suit, and magenta shirt is oddly satisfying.

Neo Joker

Before she met the Clown Prince of Crime, Marian Drews was a depressed, self harming bank teller who had nothing to live for. She'd often cut her wrists in full view of everyone else, just to see if anyone cared enough to stop her. Then one day, she met the love of her life. The Joker robbed the Bank that she worked at, and pointed a gun at her head. Suddenly, she wanted to live. Instead of killing her, The Joker handed her a sack and told her to load it with money from the vault. Halfway through this, he started to call her Harley. Already terrified, Marian just went along with it, afraid that if she didn't that he would kill her. As soon as they left the bank and escaped the cops, The Joker handed her Harley's old costume and told her to put it on. It turns out that the original Harleen Quinzel had left Joker's crew a few months ago, and Marian had a striking resemblance to the former psychiatrist. As soon as they got back to his Ha-Hacienda, The Joker bandaged her wrist wounds, and then buried his head in her lap and began to cry. It was then that Marian realized that The Joker wasn't a monstrous demon, just a deeply damaged man who wanted someone to love him. Just like that, she became his new Harley Quinn. Sometime during their partnership, she modified the costume and made it look more like a Roller Skater than a Classic Jester. One night after The Joker broke out of Arkham Asylum for the umpteenth time, Batman chased him to a medical warehouse and force fed him a bottle of unknown pills. These pills had a rather unexpected effect on The Joker, restoring him to his former sane self. Returning to his identity of Jack Napier, he tried to propose to who he thought was Harleen Quinzel, but Marian rebuffed his advances. She loved The Joker, not Jack Napier. Before she could force makeup on Jack's face, she was kicked in the face by Harleen Quinzel, who had come to save her "Puddin". While Jack and Harleen were trying to make Jack the new councilman of Gotham City, they used very corrupt means in order to prove that Batman is the worst thing for the city. They used a combination of Clayface and Mad Hatter's mind-control tech to mind control all of the super villains of Gotham to go on a rampage and destroy a library that Jack had recently built in Backport, and all to prove that Batman can't solve every problem. Meanwhile, Marian decided to become the new Joker while Jack was gone from the role. She then found a warehouse where Jack was stashing all of the villains and the mind control tech. Cutting a deal with the Mad Hatter, she and Jervis mind-controlled the villains in order to go against Jack's orders and destroy the city. After attacking Wayne Manor, they managed to steal the blueprints for a giant freeze ray constructed by Thomas Wayne and Baron Von Fries, Mr. Freeze's father. They then found the ray and used it to freeze all of Gotham City, and gave the GCPD an ultimatum: either Jack turns back into The Joker, or she lets everyone in the city die. After a strained alliance between Batman and Jack Napier, Jack turned back into The Joker and battled Neo Joker within the caves where the ray was stationed. When the walls collapsed, Jack tried to sacrifice himself by driving the Batmobile into a narrow causeway and ejecting Harleen Quinzel onto one of the motorcycles, telling her to go and get Neo Joker. Fortunately, Jack survived and Marian was captured after she and Harleen had a fight. She was then taken to Arkham Asylum and became one of it's newest inmates. However, she got what she wanted, as Jack’s pills wore off and he become The Joker once again.  

A Clockwork Purple

Suicide Squad: Get Joker #1

My name is my mission, and my mission is... Anarky!

Happy Halloween!

Batman: All The Deadly Days - Cast

After getting captured by Batman, Robin, and Batgirl during his latest heist on the 4th of July, Calendar Man isn't out for parole until after December 31st, 1999. Julian is going to spend the turn of the new millennium behind bars. Any plans he had for that day, and trust me, he had big plans, won't come into fruition. But that's not the worst part. The doctors at Arkham wind up trying a new therapy technique on Julian, keeping him in a room where he can't tell when the days begin and end. While not being the most mentally sound villain, this technique sends Julian completely off the deep end. After the doctors release him early on good behavior, a more deranged Calendar Man decides to prove how big of a threat he is. Even though he missed the date by 2 weeks, Julian decides to trigger a little Y2K of his own by sending Gotham into chaos with electromagnetic pulses.

Red Hood / The Jokester (Earth 3)

Welcome to Earth 3, one of the craziest and darkest Earths in the multiverse. This is a world where those destined to be paragons of Justice & Honor instead devolved into symbols of Terror & Doom. But likewise, those destined to be symbols of Terror & Doom instead chose to be paragons of Justice & Honor. One such example is Gotham City's heroes. Their original hero was the Red Hood, a swashbuckling vigilante who brought much-needed justice and freedom to a city crushed under the oppressive fist of Owlman. Armed with a grapple hook/sword cane, razor-sharp playing cards, & his upbeat and jovial attitude, he patrolled the streets of Gotham, fighting evil wherever he saw it. No one ever knew who he truly was, but they never cared. All that mattered to the good citizens of Gotham was that he was there to help and protect them. Unfortunately, his career ended after Owlman figured out who he was. Wanting to rid himself of this perpetual thorn in his side and make a statement to all of Gotham, Owlman tracked Red Hood down to his home, murdered his pregnant wife, and then dragged him to the Ace Chemical plant. He then tied Red Hood up and beat him savagely while live-streaming the entire thing for all of Gotham to see. He then unmasked Red Hood before throwing him over the railing into one of the chemical vats. All of Gotham mourned the death of their guardian, feeling as though their hope died with him. Fortunately, their hopes wouldn't die for long. About a month later, a new hero appeared in Gotham going by the monicker of The Jokester. No one knew for certain who he was, but he vaguely reminded them of the Red Hood, though they certainly had their differences. Red Hood is a mysterious swashbuckling rogue out of a romance novel, whereas The Jokester is a manic trickster with a slightly twisted sense of humor. Red Hood also hid his face behind a mask while Jokester struts around with his face for all to see. The Jokester also wields more gadgets, all with his signature comedy theme; including his primary sidearm, his firework-shooting jester staff. He also seemed to have a specific vendetta against Owlman, openly targeting him and his supervillainous protege, Talon. If Red Hood was an annoyance to Owlman & Talon, then The Jokester was his arch-nemesis. After a few years of the two being caught in a never-ending game of Cat-and-Mouse with each other, Jokester went from a one-man act to a player on a global scale when he was offered a seat in the Legion of Justice, led by the superhero billionaire Alexander Luthor.