The Red Ten #6

[cyberghostface]

The ship explodes.



He flies to her grave and brings it back. They open it.

Comments

[cyberghostface]

I wouldn’t say it glorifies him. Without spoiling anything as I’ll post it after this the Oxymoron miniseries (the one that’s one story across four issues; there’s another that’s basically vignettes by different people) is sort of a deconstruction of Joker-type characters. The co-author John Lees (who did the Sink comics I posted last month) said he’s a big fan of the Joker but he’s not crazy about how since The Dark Knight he’s been viewed as a sort of aspirational figure by fans so the comic is kind of a response to that way of thinking.

[cricharddavies]

the Oxymoron miniseries ... is sort of a deconstruction of Joker-type characters.

No. It is not. Whatever the author might claim, it is an exaltation of that character.

[cyberghostface]

How exactly?

[cricharddavies]

The story ends with Oxymoron at large and triumphant. How can you possibly claim that it's not an exaltation of him?

[cyberghostface]

By that logic Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer is an exaltation of its protagonist.

[cricharddavies]

I'm not familiar with that movie except by reputation, but I believe that people have in fact made that very argument.

[cyberghostface]

Then they’d be wrong as well. A bad character not being punished at the end of a story does not mean they are being celebrated or glorified.

[cricharddavies]

I'd be fascinated to know what you'd consider to be a glorification of murderous villainy, if the conclusion of Oxymoron is not that.

[cyberghostface]

Grand Theft Auto. Hannibal. The Joker film.

Oxymoron was deliberately meant to be disturbing. It was far from a ‘fuck yeah’ ending. There was no ambiguity.