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The First Ever Drawing Of Batman’s Nemesis – The Joker

It is one of the highest grossing movies of all time. Batman – The Dark Night was a huge success and maybe it was due to the untimely death of Heath Ledger. In that movie, Heath made a legendary performance as the Joker that we will forever remember. There have been many different Jokers throughout the movie’s history, and it might lead you to wonder where the Joker originally came from.

The fact is that Jerry Robinson, the creator of Batman, Robin and the Joker, drew Batman’s arch enemy and nemesis back in 1940. Jerry was only 18 years old at the time the Joker was created. Little did he know that the character would take the top spot in the history of villains.

Jerry, who is now 88 and happily watches his creation grow and grow each day, actually let us in on the first drawing of the only true villain. The simple and truly mindblowing impact the drawing had speaks for itself really. I mean, once again it’s proven that simplicity is everything when it comes to concepts and ideas. So without further ado, here is the first ever drawing of Batman’s nemesis – The Joker.

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com