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Joker VS the daycare shortage.
4 days ago
Karno's Rare-Because-He-Never-Has-Time Blather:
So I schwung through the local library the other day, Spotted a manga compilation out of the corner of my eye:
JOKER: One Operation Joker vol. 1, by Satoshi Miyagawa and Keisuke Gotou
Huh, DC characters done by Japanese mangaka? Looks interesting. And the cover art was striking: A manically grinning Joker holding a baby wearing a bat-eared hoodie.
I was delighted when I discovered that the cover was a honest representation of the contents: In a fight with the Joker, Batman is knocked into a vat of chemicals - a mirror of the Joker's origins. The vat transforms him into a baby. And since there's little point to the Joker without Batman, Joker decides to raise the baby back to full-grown Batmanhood.
From there in, it's basically a domestic comedy, with the Joker struggling with single fatherhood (Harley Quinn turns out to be worse than useless as a helpmate for child-rearing). The creators, while clearly enjoying themselves, keep a straight face throughout. The hilarity of the story doesn't come from obvious gags, but from the Joker's weirdly relatable struggles with single parenting. Sleep schedules, diaper sizing and disposal, finding a reliable daycare, so he can finally get out to do some lucrative crimes to pay his expenses, etc.
I'm amazed the editors at DC had the balls to sign off on this. Check it out if it comes your way. It's....long-term funny, is that the right word? At least to those with a mildly evil sense of humor.
JOKER: One Operation Joker vol. 1, by Satoshi Miyagawa and Keisuke Gotou
Huh, DC characters done by Japanese mangaka? Looks interesting. And the cover art was striking: A manically grinning Joker holding a baby wearing a bat-eared hoodie.
I was delighted when I discovered that the cover was a honest representation of the contents: In a fight with the Joker, Batman is knocked into a vat of chemicals - a mirror of the Joker's origins. The vat transforms him into a baby. And since there's little point to the Joker without Batman, Joker decides to raise the baby back to full-grown Batmanhood.
From there in, it's basically a domestic comedy, with the Joker struggling with single fatherhood (Harley Quinn turns out to be worse than useless as a helpmate for child-rearing). The creators, while clearly enjoying themselves, keep a straight face throughout. The hilarity of the story doesn't come from obvious gags, but from the Joker's weirdly relatable struggles with single parenting. Sleep schedules, diaper sizing and disposal, finding a reliable daycare, so he can finally get out to do some lucrative crimes to pay his expenses, etc.
I'm amazed the editors at DC had the balls to sign off on this. Check it out if it comes your way. It's....long-term funny, is that the right word? At least to those with a mildly evil sense of humor.
Though I'd strongly advise everyone to never use Amazon.
I use Amazon so much that the delivery probably thinks to himself, damn, I have to go there again. That is where I buy most of my computer stuff from. I used to use Newegg, till the became rotten-egg when I tricked one of my best friends thinking that he was buying a new motherboard that ended up being an open box. Newegg would have nothing to do with it. I ended up giving the MB a try but after two months of non stop crashing, I ended up just buying a new X870E, and that new MB hasn't given me any problems for over a month.
Unrestrained capitalism sucks.
I've somehow managed to never give them a dime.
One of the reason why I use Amazon is because I don't live near a big city because I chose the life to raise critters that require land.
Best Buy cut out their physical media section, so I have less options for that now.
Yeah, you may be stuck with mail order, then. You can still avoid using them, though.
I live in a major metropolitan area, so I have plenty of choices to usually buy what I want and need directly from people locally, and when I do buy things to be delivered, I've still managed to avoid using Amazon.
The the biggest scammers are the market place sellers, and so many fall for the.
There ARE reliable sellers out there that aren't Amazon.
Yay, misogyny veiled as an allegory on adoption systems!
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