Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Barbara Gordon (Batman: The Killing Joke - 1989)
Description
The jokes just keep on coming because it's still Auguste! This time, that means we are covering the clown prince of Gotham, the Joker, with the 1989 graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland.
We talk about the history of "fridging" and how this well known example might not be as exemplary of the trope as it is known for! Also: throne of babies!
This podcast is a proud part of the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective.
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Music credit to Alex Besss (@AlexBesss_Music on YouTube) "Dance with Fate" (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
References:
Watson, Lauren C. (2018). “Bearing Witness to Female Trauma on Comics: An Analysis of Women in Refrigerators”
Women In Refrigerators website, history - https://lby3.com/wir/r-gsimone.html
Phillips, Nickie D. and Staci Strobl. (2013) “Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way.”
United States
