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May 23, 2013 06:54 am PDT

The Man Who Laughs: grotesque Victor Hugo potboiler was the basis for TheJoker

The Man who Laughs is a graphic novel adaptation of a 1869 Victor Hugo novel that is chiefly remembered for inspiring a 1928 film whose poster-art, in turn, inspired the character of the Joker. As legions of disappointed Batman fans have discovered, the Victor Hugo novel is just not very good. It's one of Hugo's [...]



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