Gwynplaine
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
"In 1940, comic book artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger used Gwynplaine's lanky physique and grotesque grin as the visual inspiration for the Joker, Batman's archenemy. There the similarity ends, however; Gwynplaine is an embittered hero, while the Joker is a psychopathic criminal more similar to Hannibal Lecter. In the 1970s, Bob Kane acknowledged the inspiration for the Joker, and it was later explicitly referenced in the graphic novel, Batman: The Man Who Laughs. Comic book artist Brian Bolland said that watching The Man Who Laughs was one of his inspirations for drawing the graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke (1988)." --Sholem Stein |
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Gwynplaine is a character in the novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo. Conrad Veidt played it in the The Man Who Laughs.
