Clowns zijn grappig of angst aanjagend, maar dat neemt niet weg dat ze in 'onze' nerd/geek cultuur een grote rol spelen in films, comics en video games. Daarom heeft de website Topless Robot nu de deze lijst gemaakt met acht van deze grappen tappers. Mijn favoriet van de lijst is geworden:

3) Clown/Violator, Spawn

It's a common misconception of the general public that the Clown and Violator are two separate characters. But maybe if they actually picked up a comic book instead of denouncing the medium, they'd realize that the two are actually one and the same. That's right, a demon takes the form of a schlubby clown (that sort of resembles Danny DeVito in Halloween makeup) when walking the earthly plane to mentor his Hellspawn charge, Spawn. And why not? Instead of masquerading as, say, a schoolboy or guy in a suit with slick-back hair -- like other pedestrian demons tend to do -- why not make it something that won't arouse too much suspicion yet still manage to creep people out at the same time? In essence, the Clown/Violator is a matryoshka doll from Hell: open up the clown and a demon comes out. Still, there's only one thing more frightening than the Clown/Violator and that's John Leguizamo's portrayal of the character in 1997's unforgivable Spawn movie.

It's a common misconception of the general public that the Clown and Violator are two separate characters. But maybe if they actually picked up a comic book instead of denouncing the medium, they'd realize that the two are actually one and the same. That's right, a demon takes the form of a schlubby clown (that sort of resembles Danny DeVito in Halloween makeup) when walking the earthly plane to mentor his Hellspawn charge, Spawn. And why not? Instead of masquerading as, say, a schoolboy or guy in a suit with slick-back hair -- like other pedestrian demons tend to do -- why not make it something that won't arouse too much suspicion yet still manage to creep people out at the same time? In essence, the Clown/Violator is a matryoshka doll from Hell: open up the clown and a demon comes out. Still, there's only one thing more frightening than the Clown/Violator and that's John Leguizamo's portrayal of the character in 1997's unforgivable Spawn movie.