Intermedial Joker: the evolution of the character from comic to film and TV

Abstract

This essay tries to analyze the fictional super villain the Joker as a transmedial character, this one probably strays from the traditional idea of literary character, as it was not originated in a novel or a play but in a comic book. A comic book character will not die and its adventures will continue for a long time if people want spent their money on it. The Joker himself first debuted in 1940. It's important talk about the character's mental illness in relation with his ability to change his own personality. Transmedia storytelling is based on the idea of different medium participating together in creating one story. Comic books are always adapting their stories to every possible medium that can be succesfuland taking what they can from them in order to keep on going the character evolution.

Este ensaio intenta analizar o súper villano ficticio o Joker como un personaxe "transmedia", este probablemente se afasta da idea tradicional do personaxe literario, xa que non se orixinou nunha novela nin nunha obra de teatro senón nun cómic. Un personaxe de cómic non morrerá e as súas aventuras continuarán durante moito tempo se a xente quere gastar nel o seu diñeiro: o propio Joker debutou por primeira vez en 1940. É importante falar sobre a enfermidade mental do personaxe en relación coa súa capacidade de cambiar a súa propia personalidade. A narración de "transmedia" baséase na idea de diferentes medios que participan xuntos na creación dunha historia. Os libros de cómic sempre están a adaptar as súas historias a todos os medios posibles de xeito exitoso, tomando o que poden a partir deles para continuar a evolución do personaxe.