Batman - Rire et mourir

In 2000, French publisher Delcourt collected Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s definitive, psychologically dense Batman story—a single, self-contained issue that peers into the Joker’s fractured mind. With Janine Bharucha’s coloring, this masterwork of psychological horror and intricate art redefined the Clown Prince of Crime for a mature audience. It remains a landmark in Batman’s European publishing history, a chillingly humanizing portrait that matters as much for its craft as for its dark, resonant take on villainy.