Joker

Chris of Chris' Invincible Super-Blog has been thinking about the Joker. Here's a taste:

From the start, he’s an amazing visual, and it’s a complete inversion of the classic hero and villain formula. Batman was inspired as much by Count Dracula and the Shadow as he was heroes like Zorro, with a costume designed to frighten, but he’s still the good guy. The one in the bright colors with the big smile who does magic tricks… that’s the one you need to watch out for.

It's the sort of thing you'll like if you like that sort of thing.