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Batman Day
"If the police expect to play against the Joker, they had best be prepared to be dealt from the bottom the the deck." ~ Batman (Issue #1), April 25, 1940
"Holy tartan trews, Batman!" Although Batman doesn't have an official tartan of his own (despite his Scottish ancestry), one of his archenemies does - the Joker! This tartan, designed from the trousers worn by Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the 1989 Batman film, is a tribute to the supervillain who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940), published by DC Comics. Introduced as a psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor (the victim of a work-related slip into a vat of chemical waste), the Joker's character morphed into a goofy prankster by the late 1950s (in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority) before returning to his darker roots during the early 1970s. Although the Joker possesses no superhuman abilities, he uses his expertise in chemical engineering to develop lethal concoctions and thematic weaponry, including razor-tipped playing cards, deadly joy buzzers, and acid-spraying lapel flowers. What a card!đ
For Batman Day, we can't leave out the most dangerous of all of Batman's arch enemies! The Joker (also known as the Clown Prince of Crime, the Harlequin of Hate, the Ace of Knaves, and the Jester of Genocide) has his own official tartan designed as a tribute for the first of the Batman film series by Warner Brothers, Batman (1989), directed by Tim Burton.
The film starred Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman, alongside Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. In the film, Batman is widely believed to be an urban legend until he actively goes to war with a rising criminal mastermind known as "the Joker".
With very dark origin stories, the Joker, has been listed among the greatest comic book villains and fictional characters ever created.
The purple and blue design for the tartan trousers worn by Jack Nicholson as the Joker was re-created from film stills by Andy Garringer and woven by House of Tartan in July 2008.
For a retrospective on the film and its legacy, click the Joker!