Why Don't People Like The Killing Joke?

[TheRealDetectiveChimp]

The movie is terrible, but I love the comic. It’s a great exploration of the destructive relationship between Batman and the Joker.

@CynicalPink says it better than I ever could.

@CynicalPink

First and last panel of the book:

Identical. I love the cyclical nature of it. I don’t believe in a definitive conclusion to the book (maybe Batman killed Joker, maybe not - longwinded viewpoint here), but I think this can be taken to suggest the latter. Batman didn’t kill Joker; they’re doomed to repeat this mad game of cat and mouse, their actions endlessly overlapping, rippling, multiplying along the way.