Assignment 2 character research

The Joker

Image of the Joker from Batman Arkham City.

Melrose, K. (2011). After 20 Years, Mark Hamill Bids 

a Fond Farewell to The Joker. Retrieved from http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/19/after-20-years-mark-hamill-bids-a-fond-farewell-to-the-joker/

The Joker is one of the most iconic characters suffering from clear mental illnesses, though not mind altering in the same way dementia is, his insanity is just as damaging. Since i will need to make two characters i'd like to try and come up with some kind of dynamic between them. I said in my brief i was going to create characters that either suffered from or treated mental illness, my intention in the last project was to explore the painful loss of a family member to a disease like dementia  i feel as though i should go for something a little less serious this time, it may help my current mood shift to the melancholy. Though it tends to come a go, i'm just like that. The Joker however is the perfect example, he's a different kind of crazy and has multiple dynamics, he has himself against the doctors of Arkham asylum, his twisted relationship with his previous doctor and now girl friend Harley Quinn who has her own host of mental issues.

Harley Quinn concept.

Whitworth, J. (2010). Harley Quinn Concept Art. Retrieved from http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=37604

Finally there is the obvious relationship between the Joker and Batman, though unconventional batman basically serves as a pacifying orderly.