Why are clowns called clowns instead of clowns?

Because the clown comes from the king of playing cards, the meaning of the clown is one-sided, and the meaning of the clown is closer to the clown.

A clown refers to a person who wears exaggerated clothes, makes up as a clown, and laughs at the audience with interesting actions, dances, magic, etc. Often refers to a person who deliberately makes a fool of himself; Stupid and ridiculous person.

Wild refers to the trump card of size; A person who loves to tell jokes; Idiot, loser. The clown is just a collection of the three, and the clown is Robinson's inspiration from the king of playing cards. In addition, clowns like telling jokes and try to tell them well; But in the eyes of Xiong Haizi, drunkards and idols, clowns are waste and jokes; King of size first joined playing cards as a "substitute" for other cards. When a card is lost, Joker can be used as any lost card, and the clown is no exception.

The source of clowns

At first, the creator wanted to create a new story for the upcoming Batman issue 65438 +0. Jerry Robinson realized that he should create a super villain image, which can be seen many times, comparable to Batman. In his vision, this will be an existence that can make trouble for Batman, a devil-like evil and funny and despicable person. Robinson found inspiration from playing cards, named the character clown, and designed a playing card with the clown's head as a concept map.

Bill Finger believes that only the clown image with abnormal thinking is incomplete. Finger refers to the appearance of actor Conrad Veidt in the movie The Smiling Man, giving the clown a terrible smile, thus creating the outline of the story. Later, bob kane and Robinson finished painting together. In this way, the clown was born, and he officially appeared in the first story of Batman 1.