I may be $20 closer to the poor house, but at least everyone will know I’m a bum with style.

It’s been over a year since the viral marketing for The Dark Knight really got cranked up. In that time, people have learned second languages, taken first steps, and gotten promotions at work. I, on the other hand, have spent most of my time following the ad campaign and avoiding showers.

An early whispering campaign has already begun in Hollywood for a posthumous Oscar to be awarded to Heath Ledger for his brilliant performance of the villainous Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

“Yeah, it’s the most fun I’ve had, playing a role.” said the late Heath Ledger in an interview with FHM Online while the actor was on location in Chicago during the filming of The Dark Knight in 2007.

I took one look at it and I said “Oh my god, I need this!” You can expect it in stores in August, which will probably be the month you have to go on welfare after all the awesome Dark Knight collectibles hit stores.

Toy stores released a rare collectible Heath Ledger as The Joker doll this week. Moments later the dolls were sold out, just like that.

“I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach…” – Aaron Eckhart. Do we have a picture of what Eckhart was talking about? See for yourself!

There’s a rumor floating around Cinema Blend that a scene in The Dark Knight featuring The Joker playing possum in a body bag might be cut due to negative reactions from audiences in test screenings. It’s just a rumor, so take it with a shovel full of salt.

After a solid hour of trying calmly to explain the situation, I was reduced to shouting profanities about Jim Gordon and my local police force in the waiting room just as the night was starting to get busy.

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The viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight is really heating up, almost to the point of being silly. Today, someone left links to these videos in the comments of one of our previous articles.

Happy April Fool’s Day, Dark Knight fans — as you may or may not have already seen, the Clown Travel Agency has updated its website and sent its crazy minions (all of you) on a wild goose chase or two, scouring the world for more clues as to where The Joker might make his next appearance.

I will admit that it is pretty damn hard to keep up with all of this viral marketing for The Dark Knight. There have been bus tours, questions of seriousness and even some cakes with cell phones baked into cakes. Now, we get a Clown Travel Agency.

The preliminary autopsy of actor Heath Ledger has proved inconclusive, meaning a need for more extensive testing.

The New York Times has confirmed that Ledger was found dead in his SOHO apartment earlier this afternoon.

A friend of FSR comes swooping in with great first-hand knowledge of Heath Ledger’s demonic Joker!

For the five of you who only read this site, this will be brand new to you.

As we anxiously await the online debut of the Dark Knight trailer, we get a two new posters that we are supposed to see, and something else that wasn’t meant to be online yet…

Yesterday it was Batman from behind… Today it’s Heath Ledger.

Last night a lucky audience got to see the trailer for The Dark Knight in front of I Am Legend. And you can guess who else was there…