The Joker is coming back to town soon in a new big-screen movie, Joker: Folie A Deux, which pairs Joaquin Phoenix's Joker with Lady Gaga's new role as Harley Quinn. If you're looking to celebrate the new movie with some reading material, then these upcoming graphic novels will put a smile on your face.

First up, you can get a pocket-friendly edition of Joker for just $10. This is one of the graphic novels available under the new DC Compact Comics imprint, and is a reprint of Lee Bermejo's and Brian Azzarello's cult-classic story. If you like your clown prince of crime to be gritty and disturbing, you'll get a kick out of this tale as it takes the Joker back to the streets of Gotham and follows him across a single night of revenge, murder, and mayhem.

Another great tale that was recently told was Batman: The Joker Year One. Written by Chip Zdarsky and featuring an all-star team of artists like Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Sorrentino, and Stefano Nesi, this story explains what happened after the Red Hood fell into a vat of chemicals and emerged from the other side as a pale and dangerous new man.