Artist: Carmine Di Guandomenico, Will Robson
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: April 4, 2023
We are seven issues into this series, and Mathew Rosenberg seems intent on TRYING to be funny rather than giving readers an engaging story. I guess he thinks that people will keep returning for his lame humor and ham-fisted satire, but the only reason most are coming back each month is that this is a Joker book. A horribly written Joker book, but still a Joker book. So, let's find out if Rosenberg can get out of his damn way and make things a little bit more interesting this month...
Not much progresses the overall plot in this issue. That might be a spoiler, but is it? IS IT?!?!?! Filler issues have become par for the course in this series, and you know what they say? If every issue is a filler issue, then... well, then the series must suck! If you disagree with me, why is the only memorable thing from the first six issues a lame joke from a backup story?
So, for almost all of this issue, the Joker is chasing and fighting Kate Spencer, Manhunter. Rosenberg also has Kate Spencer chasing and fighting the Joker to mix things up. And then to mix things up further... You know where this is going. Besides going on for too long, the scenes are filled with one-note, repeated, lame jokes. In the last issue, the jokes were all about LAX Airport and were cringe-worthy, but the shit about Manhunter should be Womanhunter are even cringe-worthier if that is even a thing.
I must remember that this isn't a mini-series, and I wish it was right now. Because then we would have been done with it last month, and Matthew Rosenberg could stop embarrassing himself. I thought the whole Joker solo series thing might be played out when the previous series ended, and now I know that is the case.
Check out our Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 Video Review
I feel bad for the art team because Carmine Di Guandomenico tries their hardest to give this book some redeeming quality, and really if you buy this, I'm guessing it would be for the art. I say, "if you buy it," but I'd stay clear of this one at all costs, including the ridiculous $5.99 DC thinks people will spend on this garbage! Either wait for the trade or when it hits the DC App because then this whole lot of nothing will at least be cheaper!
Bits and Pieces:
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #7 continues mucking about, content to tell lame jokes while barely inching the overall narrative forward. The art is good but can't be relied upon to do all the heavy lifting. Maybe this book isn't for me since I don't like clowns. The twist is, I'm not talking about the Joker.
3.5/10
I loled at the end, this book is bad, the only reason I still follow it is because it has Jason on it but even that's a trick on the real clown's part since he's only used on one page most issues and he acted pretty dumb overall.
ReplyDeleteit's so bad - i am here for Jason as well, though we don't get much
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