Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 6
Page 6
Picture of the Joker’s hand holding the face of one of the people picked up off the street. Their are tears in their eyes Joker’s other hand is holding the blade. Other victims are in the background.
Joker: Just a couple of quick movements.
Close-up of the Joker cutting the victim’s cheek from mouth to ear.
Joker: And then just a little motivation to smile.
Joker is kicking the victim someplace sensitive, such as the genitals or stomach. This causes the victim to scream, ripping their cheeks open.
Joker: And then they will always be smiling, just like I do.
Picture of the victim’s face with scars where their cheeks were cut.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 5
Page 5
Picture of the Joker’s silhouette, with a wide-brimmed hat on his head, smelling a flower.
Joker: The world would be such much better place if everyone smiled as much as I do.
Close-up of the Joker’s smile.
Joker: But it is not enough to just smile, no, it takes work to gain a smile like mine.
Picture of the Joker holding a straight-razor or scalpel.
Joker: But why not make it easy on these poor, smileless folk? I could do the work for them.
Random shots of people being grabbed off the streets, (businessmen, children, women, indie kids).
Joker: It wouldn’t be too hard.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #1.5 Page 4
Page 4
The start of Joker’s first story. The art for the Joker’s stories should be completely different from the rest of the series. It should be heavily impressionistic and vivid in its colors. Also, the panels should be somehow broken, or no panel lines at all, with each scene blending into the other.
Location: Non-descript
Joker: You know, I’m a smiling kind of person.
Joker: Some people naturally scowl,…
Joker: And others always look sad,…
Joker: While others work oh-so-hard on that stern, authoritarian demeanor…
Perhaps use a picture of Batman for the authoritarian demeanor caption
Joker: But smile, and the world smiles with you.
