It’s National Comic Book Day! Celebrate today by reading a comic book,visiting your favourite comic shop or reading an interesting exploration of the history of Batman and The Joker! Did you know that this hero/villain duo first appeared as a comic strip in 1940? Read Michael Nicols’ article, “I Think You and I Are Destined to do this Forever: A Reading of the Batman and Joker comic and Film Tradition through the Combat Myth” from the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 23.2, recounting the history of this famous comic duo from 1940 up until the release of The Dark Knight.
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