I will never look at the end of ''The Killing Joke'' the same way again.

[Mr 9.8]

Still all up to 'interpretation', But this certainly makes the ending that much more interesting.

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/08/16/when-batman-killed-the-joker-at-the-end-of-the-killing-joke-grant-morrison-talks-to-kevin-smith/

 

When Batman Killed The Joker At The End Of The Killing Joke – Grant Morrison Talks To Kevin Smith

[Maccai3]

i thought this was well known?

[Ryan.]

What's the payoff? I'm at work and can't watch the video.

[Mr 9.8]

i thought this was well known?

Then why did DC make it 'In continuity'?

[Rmfn33]

Wow that is very interesting

[Larryw7]

I didn't pick up on it when I read it the first time(mainly because I saw it as part of "continuity" when it was first released), but upon re-reading it a few years ago, I saw that the ending was very ambiguous.

[Ryan.]

What's the payoff? I'm at work and can't watch the video.

 

[jaybes]

i thought this was well known?

 

+1 ? Was Kevin just too blown out to catch it? I've always thought that about the ending.

 

[techvoodoo]

I've read that story several times and I never picked up on that in the ending. New perspective on an amazing tale for sure.

[HarveySwick]

 

Wow, completely missed that as well.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I'll say it, I didn't think "The Killing Joke" was that great... Sorry...

[jaybes]

I'll say it, I didn't think "The Killing Joke" was that great... Sorry...

 

? For its time...it was phenominal. Might not have the same effect if it was released last Wednesday.

 

[manetteska]

So what did everyone think the ending was, if not this?

[Larryw7]

So what did everyone think the ending was, if not this?

 

That Batman and Joker share a joke, a few laughs, and then the Joker is taken back to Arkham.

[Prince Namor]

Always saw it that way. That's why I thought it peculiar that DC adapted parts of it into continuity.

What's more interesting to me is hearing Grant Morrison talk about Alan Moore in a positive way.

[Bronty]

^ yeah I was never quite sure what happens at the end either. I always assumed it was sort of left up to your interpretation

[TheMightyJohn]

^ yeah I was never quite sure what happens at the end either. I always assumed it was sort of left up to your interpretation

 

This is how I always looked at it.

[Davenport]

Still all up to 'interpretation', But this certainly makes the ending that much more interesting.

 

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/08/16/when-batman-killed-the-joker-at-the-end-of-the-killing-joke-grant-morrison-talks-to-kevin-smith/

 

When Batman Killed The Joker At The End Of The Killing Joke – Grant Morrison Talks To Kevin Smith

What makes it so ambiguous is the center panel. It shows Batman grabbing Joker by the shoulders, not the neck as Morrison proclaims. The laughter stops, the siren stops, and there's silence...

 

 

 

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I'll say it, I didn't think "The Killing Joke" was that great... Sorry...

 

? For its time...it was phenominal. Might not have the same effect if it was released last Wednesday.

 

Maybe that was it then. I read it years later.

[jaybuck43]

GUYS!!! Spoiler Alert This Thread!!! I haven't read it yet!