#sträter

[der-gefallene-engel]

Menschen mit Depressionen, das sind für mich keine schwachen, sondern die stärksten Leute, die rumlaufen. Weil für sie jeder Tag ein Kampf ist.

[youmagnificentbeast]

i think, as one of the ten TM fans in germany, i should get Torsten Sträter as TM and Kurt Krömer as his assistant in a german version. as a treat.

[rogue-bard]

Manchmal hört man als Schreiberling den Text eines Comedians und kann nur denken: "Goals".

Ey, der Mann kann schreiben.

[dave-ivanov]

Unter dem Titel "Joker - The World" hat Panini eine schöne Graphic Novel veröffentlicht, bei der Autoren und Zeichner aus den verschiedensten Ländern ganz eigene Versionen des Jokers mit einer Prise schwarzen Humors, eigener Kritik oder Lob an das eigene Heimatland oder manchmal auch der typisch-europäischen Überheblichkeit zutage tragen. Das ist durchaus unterhaltsam und die Zeichenstile sind sehr unterschiedlich und künstlerisch. Besonders gefiel mir bereits die amerikanische Eröffnungsstory und der Wahnsinn des Protagonisten war in jeder Story erkennbar. Obwohl die deutsche Story von Dortmunder Torsten Sträter kommt, stellt er ihn nicht als Witzfigur da, aber benutzt natürlich seinen Wortwitz und eigenartige Nachnamen, wie man das von ihm kennt. Zudem nimmt die Story ihren Ausgang in der Musikwelt, die jedem Blog-Leser hier bereits dieses Exemplar schmackhaft machen sollte. Der Nachtdetektiv taucht nur selten auf, aber ich glaubte auch nur als Kind, dass die Welt einen Batman bräuchte. Heute ist das anders.

[salvadorbonaparte]

For anyone interested in Gendered Language and Racism in German

[journalofunhappiness]

People suffering from depression, to me, are the strongest people walking around because for them, every day is a struggle. - Torsten Sträter

[gingerrootingforyou]

Denn er weiß: für die anderen Kastantienmännchen ist er eine Gottheit. Wie King-Kong. - Torsten Sträter

[allmyandroids]

Torsten Sträter und Michael Kessler in einer Show....das wird so verdammt gut!!! Und so viele babys sind bei LOL Staffel 5 mit dabei, I am happy c:

[mrsbutterbirne]

Hör zu

„Weil du mir so viel bedeutest,sag ich dir, wie es mir geht: Ich habe Depressionen..

das fühlt dich an, als ginge ich durch nassen Sand, hüfthoch, jeder Tag ist gleichzeitig Berg aber auch Tal ein unüberwindlicher abstieg, ich weiß noch was Freude ist, nur fühlen kann ich sie momentan nicht, ich bin wie ein leeres Zimmer, durch das ein Wind weht der alles betäubt und ich habe Gedanken, die so schwer sind, als würde ich Bergauf rudern, und alles in meinen Kopf ist zugestellt mit WOZU‘S?

Ich muss meinen Wert jeden Tag neu schätzen.

Was du Alltag nennst, ist für mich eine Mauer. Und ich schäme mich-ohne Grund.

Das weiß ich…aber auch dafür schäme ich mich, ohne Grund.

Vermutlich ist das auch alles Super schwer nachzuvollziehen, und wenn du das nicht nachvollziehen kannst, bin ich drüber froh. Den das bedeutet, dass es dir gut geht.

Es gibt immer Hoffnung.

Aber ich könnte Hilfe gebrauchen.

Denn da muss ich jetzt durch…

Kommst du mit?

~Sträter über Depressionen

[fractualized]

Alright, I wanna say more about Joker: The World other than flagging misprints (only one I saw, fyi), so here's a little round-up!

🃏 United States: "Epilogue is Prologue" Writer: Geoff Johns Art: Jason Fabok

Of course we kick off with a Three Jokers epilogue like oh my god why are you doing this to me stop trying to make three Jokers happen Johns what did we ever do to you

For a 6-page story, I could bitch a lot about it, but maybe in a separate post. Generally, it got an eyeroll from me because I am out of patience, but if you're into Three Jokers and/or really love Fabok's art, maybe it'll be one of your reasons to pick this book up.

Anyway, onto something new and engaging!

🃏 Spain: "Spring Break" Writer and Artist: David Rubín

Spain features Joker on a little vacation, with the narration being from a postcard he's writing to Batman. He talks about the corruption of this city, and how it makes him homesick, but not for the reason you'd first expect.

I liked this one! Put it in the plus column!

🃏 Germany: "No Jazz" Writer: Torsten Sträter Artist: Ingo Römling

This is my favorite art! Colorful lil Joker managing his big thugs and throwing them out windows. I had a hard time picking one panel. But besides that, it has a fun story that credits Joker for the conditions at Wacken Open Air, a heavy metal music festival, in 2023. The music is not to his taste. :(

Another plus!

🃏 Italy: "Strategy of Tension" Writer: Enrico Brizzi Artist: Paolo Bacilieri

This one is similar to the Spain story in that we have Joker on a vacation of sorts in Bologna, where he teaches a class on storytelling. His students protest against the government, and after one bloody day, Joker decides the authorities deserve "the fruits of their madness."

More on the philosophical end, had me pondering, another good one.

🃏 Brazil: "City of the Mad, Cemetery of the Living" Writer: Felipe Castilho Artist: Tainan Rocha

Arkham Asylum is franchising, and to prove they can handle the inmates, "Colônia Arkham" in Santana da Mantiqueira is accepting a transfer of the Joker. While there is sentiment against the facility, comparing it to the horrors of Hospital Colônia de Barbacena, there are also crowds outside the new facility to welcome Joker. Joker is basking in his fandom until his barber relates how the old Colônia manufactured madness instead of resolving it.

This is the third story with Joker contemplating horrors and corruption outside himself, and it's refreshing against all the stories where he personally is The Worst Thing Ever. Thumbs up.

🃏 Mexico: "The Wrestler" Writer: Alvaro Fong Varela Artist: Oscar Pinto

In Mexico, we're dropped in the middle of a festival, but the story revolves more around Joker's beef with a local wrestler, Ocelotl. Ocelotl was unable to complete a job for Joker, it seems, and Joker is offended that he sent his son to report the failure instead of appearing himself. And you know things end badly when you've irked Joker.

I'm kind of neutral on this one. I like the art, but the story is middling and drops in a "lesson" for Ocelotl at the end. The Batman stinger gave me a chuckle, though.

[7] Czech Republic: "Kafka, Beer, Semtex" Writer: Štěpán Kopřiva Artist: Michal Suchánek

This is a contender for my favorite story. Candidates for the Czech Joker (shown above) are interviewed by a panel overseen by the original, and each one explains their philosophy behind their crimes. Joker's choice in the end isn't particularly surprising, but the candidate's stories are fun and the art is dynamic.

Plus column!

🃏 Turkey: "Fool's Bootblack" Writer: Metin Akdülger Artist: Ethem Onur Bilgiç

In Istanbul we go back hundreds of years, when Ezekiel Arkham is among the Europeans visiting the city to take pieces of it back home. Like many westerners, he's been invited to a theater performance that night, and the Jester is encouraging his squad of shoe shiners to polish the shoes of all the patrons. The Mad Bat knows he's up to something and sweeps him away for interrogation.

Another neutral. I like the scheme, and I had to laugh when the Mad Bat's attempt to interrogate without a beating fails fast, but the story feels drawn out and the ending didn't really land for me.

🃏 South Korea: "Copycat" Writer: Inpyo Jeon Artist: Jaekwang Park

The Czech Republic tale introduced others taking on Joker's mantle, but this is the first story where other Jokers are fully center stage for a copycat spree in Busan. (And the original Joker does not make a showing.) Our protagonist is a cop who tries and tries to talk them down, but eventually the copycats become familiar with him, turning him into a target.

I'm on the fence about this one. The art is great, but it treats Jokerism like virus which… eh.

🃏 Argentina: "Funeral" Writer: Matías Timarchi Artist: Germán Peralta

In Buenos Aires, the story is also not about Joker. We follow a boy who grows up as part of his father's hooligan gang. He tries to take his father's position, but he's beaten down and not taken seriously— until he finds inspiration in stories of a homicidal clown in Gotham City.

On the fence about this one too. It's interesting how the protag's story isn't so different than the variations we've seen of Joker getting involved in crime early in life, before the vat, but it also leans into the issue of defining Joker more by outlandishness than by humor. You could see Joker himself remarking on that difference, but the story ends before that opportunity.

🃏 Cameroon: "Black Therapy" Writer: Dr. Ejob Gaius Artist: Bertrand Mbozo'o Zeh

In Cameroon, the protagonist already works as a clown, and he's frustrated by the lack of respect he receive in his community. But he's guided by a book, ominously titled Breaking the Chains of the Mind, into searching for the moment he can claim his salvation.

I had trouble connecting the dots on some details in this one. It's also another "spreading Jokerism" story that leaves me with more questions than the South Korea story. Joker is actually involved in this case, so it's part of a plan and not a virus, but… what is the plan? I don't think any of these stories are slotted for continuation, so it's just a case where it ends and you're like, well OK, I guess those answers are never coming.

🃏 Poland: "The Royal Jester" Writer: Tomasz Kołodziejczak Artist: Jacek Michalski

In Wawel Castle, Joker admires the painting of Stańczyk, from one of those memes you kids like. After the tour guide explains the painting's significance, Joker lingers behind to steal it, but he's foiled by Zawisza, a Black Knight with less patience for the clown than the Dark Knight.

It was nice to dig back into Joker himself as the book nears its close. His reasoning for why he finds the painting so attractive that he traveled to Poland is as lofty as you'd expect for him. There's more scene setting than necessary at the start, but by the end, I really liked this one.

🃏 Japan: "The Unfunny Joke" (Chapter 1 of Joker: One Operation Joker) Writer: Satoshi Miyagawa Artist: Keisuke Gotou

It's disappointing that this anthology closes with a reprint instead of a new story. And I've read all of One Operation Joker! I had a good time! But come oonnnnnn.

That said, look, you got Joker trying to care for Baby Batman. What better silliness and unexpected heartwarmth could you want?

🃏

Unevenness aside, I liked seeing these takes on Joker from writers across the world, whether they were about the character himself or the way his influence may reach far beyond Gotham City. (Except for the Three Jokers thing. Stop it. Stop it.) If you're a Joker fan, I say pick this book up.

And maybe I'll finally read the entirety of Batman: The World now! After I finish going through the Duke Thomas comics. And finally get back to Batman RIP. Ohhh and I still gotta start Knightfall! And

[muscari-midala]

My journey travelling to Stuttgart for the comic con has started! Tomorrow I'll met the wonderful Tim Downie (Gonna die, I love him so much and I'm gonna meet him and see Others from the Baldus Gate cast!!) and also my favourite comedian Torsten Sträter! 🥰

[starchild--27]

Konzept:

My Chemical Romance Texte auf deutsch. Gelesen von Torsten Sträter.

[blondieart]

Yazoo my beloved. <3 Finally got around to doodle him (he was designed for me by my bestie @g0dp4rticl3). Explained over on my personal blog that the remnants are a thing in my story but they're not the remnants at all. As in, they have no direct connection to Seph (Kad is chill around him and is actually a fan of his work). So yeah, the trio live a happy life actually and I'm happy to go into that another day cuz I love talking about these stinky babs. <3 Slight spoiler(?): Jenova is a thing in my story but not in the way you'd expect. I cannot wait to introduce her along the way. Yaz is the local aroace menace who runs a boba tea shop together with Kadaj. He's no stranger to having admirers but politely turns down any advances. His dedication is fully on his little family (Kad would cause nothing but trouble if left on their own devices and Loz is too emotional to remotely care the way Yaz can). How is he still a menace? He may be polite behind the counter of the boba shop but he is silver tongued (no pun intended) and definitely not afraid to get into verbal fights because he WILL talk you into the ground and own the conversation with such a confidence. I imagine him to talk like Torsten Sträter (a fantastic German comedian). Despite his responsibilities he makes sure to have time for his hobby; shooting sport. It grounds him and caring for his gun is pure relaxation time for him at the end of the day. Also, he looooves banora white apple juice. If he ever meets Gen it's prolly the only instance where he loses his cool in the best way lmao.

Part of my personal little story "Sector VII". It's a wholesome slice of life story. Everything is ooc/my own spin on things, etc.

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[liebelesbe]

Ok another dream post before I go to bed:

Yesterday I had a dream that I was participating in some kind of parcour thingie that involved water, like you had to avoid being sprayed with water & the less wet your clothes were at the end, the better. And at the very end there was a corridor you had to run through where it was basically impossible not to get wet but I figured out a pattern so I could run through it and stay dry 😌 (AND i took off my shirt and balled it up and protected it with my body. just in case i messed up. bc the end goal was DRY CLOTHES not dry body). Anyways I did a good job yayyy and after you made it through the end there was a big water slide leading into a big pool and everyone had to go down the slide but I refused & everyone got kind of pissed at me bc EVERYONE who does good has to go down the slide!! but I didn't want to. I just chilled in the pool at the edge where I didn't have to do any swimming and there wasn't any splashing 😎 also a german comedian (Thorsten Sträter) was there for some of the dream. weird.

[lintubintu]

We were out and about, walking down the promenade, window-shopping together. We popped in and out of shops of all kinds--candy shops, toy shops, book shops, you name it.

A small antique shop sat on the corner of the city block. In the window, stood piles and piles of dishes, none matching the one below it. I ask if you want to go in; you say only if I want to. I give a breathy laugh at your indecision and push the door open.

It smells of aged paper and floral perfume inside. There's barely any room to walk around between the piles of stuff. Even so, we slowly side-step between them, stopping every few steps to admire long-forgotten talismans.

You pick up a gadget--you're not quite sure what it's for. You turn it over in your hand, and pry its long handles apart with ease. You slip your finger in between the long handles and squeeze it shut until it hurts.

"What's this meant for?" you ask me. I peer over to see what you're talking about.

"Oh, that's a nutcracker," I tell you. You snicker for a moment.

"You're a nutcracker," you say with a grin. Then, suddenly, a guffaw comes from behind the counter. Our heads snap up as we turn to look at the shopkeeper, who heard your joke and is now in stitches. We laugh some more, all together, basking in the joy of human connection.

💚

:D Perfect. Cue a sentence from one of my favourite comedy routines by Thorsten Sträter: "Du bist auch so´n Hubschrauber!"

Thank you dear <3