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scans_dailyBesides her regular series, of course.
In September and early October, Harley has a graphic novel and three mini series on the way.
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is a coming-of-age story about choices, consequences, justice, fairness, and progress and how a weird kid from Gotham's poorest part of town goes about defining her world for herself. From Eisner Award and Caldecott Honor-winning author Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Supergirl: Being Super).
Harleen is a tough, outspoken, rebellious kid who lives in a ramshackle apartment above a karaoke cabaret owned by a drag queen named MAMA. Ever since Harleen's parents split, MAMA has been her only family. When the cabaret becomes the next victim in the wave of gentrification that's taking over the neighborhood, Harleen gets mad.
When Harleen decides to turn her anger into action, she is faced with two choices: join Ivy, who's campaigning to make the neighborhood a better place to live, or join The Joker, who plans to take down Gotham one corporation at a time.
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is at once a tale of the classic Harley readers know and love, and a heartfelt story about the choices teenagers make and how they can define--or destroy--their lives.
Mariko Tamaki article...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.advocate.com/art/2019/7/16/when-harley-quinn-met-her-drag-family%3famp
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
(W) Jody Houser (A) Adriana Melo (CA) Elena Casagrande
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are taking their show on the road in this new miniseries! They'll have to evade villains and heroes alike while they explore their relationship and unpack their time and experiences at Sanctuary. Set after the events of HEROES IN CRISIS and smack in the middle of "Year of the Villain," it's a journey across the DC Universe that will change their friendship forever...if they live that long!
Harleen
(W) Stejpan Sejic (A/CA) Stejpan Sejic
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions. On that road I saw a pale man, and he smiled at me..." Dr. Harleen Quinzel has discovered a revolutionary cure for the madness of Gotham City-she just needs to prove it actually works. But with the criminal justice and mental health establishments united against her, the brilliant young psychologist must take drastic measures to save Gotham from itself. Witness Harleen's first steps on a doomed quest that will give birth to the legendary super-villain Harley Quinn in this stunning reimagining of Harley and The Joker's twisted and tragic love affair by visionary storyteller Stjepan ejic (AQUAMAN: UNDERWORLD, SUICIDE SQUAD, Sunstone).
And finally...
In Gotham City, where heinous acts of violence are a daily occurrence, the GCPD relies on Harley Quinn, a young forensic psychiatrist and profiler, to consult on their toughest cases. But Harley is haunted by one case in particular—when she found herself at the center of a horrifying crime scene the night she discovered the body of her roommate, left with the signature of a notorious serial killer—the Joker.
When a series of gruesome displays of murder appear throughout the city, the past and present collide as Harley’s obsession with finding the depraved psychopath responsible leads her down a dangerous path. She must decide how far she is willing to go, and what lines she is willing to cross to solve these cases once and for all.
In September and early October, Harley has a graphic novel and three mini series on the way.
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is a coming-of-age story about choices, consequences, justice, fairness, and progress and how a weird kid from Gotham's poorest part of town goes about defining her world for herself. From Eisner Award and Caldecott Honor-winning author Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Supergirl: Being Super).
Harleen is a tough, outspoken, rebellious kid who lives in a ramshackle apartment above a karaoke cabaret owned by a drag queen named MAMA. Ever since Harleen's parents split, MAMA has been her only family. When the cabaret becomes the next victim in the wave of gentrification that's taking over the neighborhood, Harleen gets mad.
When Harleen decides to turn her anger into action, she is faced with two choices: join Ivy, who's campaigning to make the neighborhood a better place to live, or join The Joker, who plans to take down Gotham one corporation at a time.
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is at once a tale of the classic Harley readers know and love, and a heartfelt story about the choices teenagers make and how they can define--or destroy--their lives.
Mariko Tamaki article...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.advocate.com/art/2019/7/16/when-harley-quinn-met-her-drag-family%3famp
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
(W) Jody Houser (A) Adriana Melo (CA) Elena Casagrande
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are taking their show on the road in this new miniseries! They'll have to evade villains and heroes alike while they explore their relationship and unpack their time and experiences at Sanctuary. Set after the events of HEROES IN CRISIS and smack in the middle of "Year of the Villain," it's a journey across the DC Universe that will change their friendship forever...if they live that long!
Harleen
(W) Stejpan Sejic (A/CA) Stejpan Sejic
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions. On that road I saw a pale man, and he smiled at me..." Dr. Harleen Quinzel has discovered a revolutionary cure for the madness of Gotham City-she just needs to prove it actually works. But with the criminal justice and mental health establishments united against her, the brilliant young psychologist must take drastic measures to save Gotham from itself. Witness Harleen's first steps on a doomed quest that will give birth to the legendary super-villain Harley Quinn in this stunning reimagining of Harley and The Joker's twisted and tragic love affair by visionary storyteller Stjepan ejic (AQUAMAN: UNDERWORLD, SUICIDE SQUAD, Sunstone).
And finally...
In Gotham City, where heinous acts of violence are a daily occurrence, the GCPD relies on Harley Quinn, a young forensic psychiatrist and profiler, to consult on their toughest cases. But Harley is haunted by one case in particular—when she found herself at the center of a horrifying crime scene the night she discovered the body of her roommate, left with the signature of a notorious serial killer—the Joker.
When a series of gruesome displays of murder appear throughout the city, the past and present collide as Harley’s obsession with finding the depraved psychopath responsible leads her down a dangerous path. She must decide how far she is willing to go, and what lines she is willing to cross to solve these cases once and for all.
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Date: 2019-07-17 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-17 07:40 pm (UTC)With all the talent on these, I expect at least one to be Eisner-caliber, but I hope to God DC (or at least the readers) will finally tamp things down a little after this and start spotlighting other members of Arkham's Most Wanted...
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Date: 2019-07-17 09:03 pm (UTC)As for why Harley and the Joker get so much more attention than the rest of Batman's rogues, the Joker has a movie coming up. Harley has one and an animated series coming. It's the same reason Spidey is the main guy at that other company.
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Date: 2019-07-17 11:52 pm (UTC)Yeah, no Harley homage, there...
https://pahlawanfiksi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Featured-Gwenpool-dan-Harley-Quinn.jpg
No blue, just pink! Totally different!
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Date: 2019-07-18 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-07-18 12:18 am (UTC)Oversized cartoon mallets didn’t originate with Harley.
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Date: 2019-07-18 06:18 am (UTC)But getting back to the claim that started this, that DC is doing Harley books to cash in on Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool, Harley's book started in 2013. It was it's surprise success that led to the Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool titles.
It's been a decade since the Arkham games gave Harley a high profile beyond comics readers, several years since she was the breakout character in the Suicide Squad comic that led to the solo book (which spun off all those specials and mini series), and a few years since she was the breakout character in the Suicide Squad movie (why we're getting a Birds of Prey movie). So, why are folks here acting like Harley projects are some mysterious thing that just happened out of the blue? They've been doing them for six years, now.
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Date: 2019-07-18 03:00 pm (UTC)As flint pointed out your big comparison is primarily based off something that Gwenpool had first.
It’s far more likely that both current directions were trying to cash in on Deadpool, with Gwenpool because at the time Marvel was trying to spite Fox and come up with ways to replace the X-Men with characters they would own and with Harley DC was retooling her from her classic Dini appearance to make her their Deadpool crazy character.
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Date: 2019-07-18 04:41 pm (UTC)http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hFLTJ79rqto/VqHso4iInII/AAAAAAAASJs/aDIr_znqA_E/s0-Ic42/RCO003.jpg
It became her thing.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cha3428ijPw/VqHl9hHMR2I/AAAAAAAAQbI/4hUOjPqN8es/s0-Ic42/RCO023.jpg
It was a trait she picked up from the Joker, who used to break the Fourth Wall, even back in the 1970s.
https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/6/64770/1297533-jokerburgers.jpg
Part of his insanity is being aware he's in a comic book.
http://cdn.star2.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/str2_wow0103fourthwall_thejoker_usebigenoughtoreaddialogue.jpg
Of course, Ambush Bug and She-Hulk had breaking the Fourth Wall as their gimmicks years before either Deadpool or Harley were created. And, let's not forget how Clark Kent used to wink at us all the time, or the Golden Age Batman's fondness for turning to the reader in the middle of the story to remind us that crime doesn't pay. He'd literally just stop mid scene and address the readers directly.
Regardless, Gwenpool was an in joke regarding characters like Deadpool, Harley, and Squirrel Girl, meta-ing the meta characters. It's not like they're thinking in terms of making her a movie franchise. She's not like Deadpool or Harley in the sense that you can make moves and TV shows about her. You can't explain her to non comics fans. Hell, you can't even explain her to comics fans that haven't read any books featuring her. I know. I've tried.
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Date: 2019-07-18 06:03 pm (UTC)They created her because the Gwenpool variant cover was very popular with fans, and they had her break the fourth wall because they wanted her to be an original character but her look was stylized after Deadpool's so there had to be some connection to him.
"There were a lot of odd steps to her creation. Things started off with this month of variant covers where Gwen Stacy was the theme. Much like Spider-Gwen was bitten by the spider instead of Peter Parker, it was sorta like, what if Gwen was Wolverine, what if Gwen is all of the Avengers, etc? And then there was what if Gwen was Deadpool? Chris Bachalo did that cover. For whatever reason, that particular character design seemed to be really exciting for a lot of fan artists and cosplayers. I think it’s crazy that a character that didn’t really exist, people were into the design so much, that they started dressing up as her. Marvel took notice of this and said, let’s make her real.
That’s where things get a little sticky because she is not Gwen Stacy and she’s not related to Deadpool either, because she exists in the main Marvel Universe and Gwen Stacy is still dead there. I think once we got to that, it was like, how do we make this costume work and this name work without her being either of those things. That was a meeting I had with the Deadpool editor, Jordan White, and the Howard the Duck editor, Will Moss, because her first appearance was going to be in this Howard the Duck back up. We just sat down at a diner and talked about how to make her work. I came to the table with like, what if she has a fourth wall breaking ability similar to Deadpool’s, but it comes from this place of knowing she is in a comic book because she is from a world where the comic books actually exist? She also sorta has that cavalier attitude Deadpool has because she doesn’t believe there is any consequences to her actions. Where I think things get interesting is, she does not have Deadpool’s training or super powers…or any super powers whatsoever. So, she is starting from the bottom as this mercenary type."
http://archive.is/YZQ7o
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Date: 2019-07-18 01:30 am (UTC)Furthermore, Gwenpool was introduced in 2015, when Harley still had black and red hair in the comics. She didn't change her hair to match the movies until the following year.
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Date: 2019-07-18 02:21 am (UTC)And it was Jim Lee that said she was the "fourth pillar of the DCU".
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Date: 2019-07-17 09:21 pm (UTC)Also her chest...muscles...things...so inaccurate it's hilarious
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Date: 2019-07-18 02:14 pm (UTC)Mod Note!
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Date: 2019-07-18 06:12 am (UTC)Add the Hispanic lesbian, the Asian girl, and a mixed race Black Canary, and I'm sure they realize this movie isn't for the Trump crowd. The Comicsgate folks mounted that huge campaign to sink the CM movie, and it made over a billion at the box office. Superhero movies don't need to be made with them in mind.
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Date: 2019-07-18 11:54 pm (UTC)And considering the recent live-action Ariel debacle, no that particular crowd hasn't quieted down.
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Date: 2019-07-19 02:28 pm (UTC)That's the perfect example of their losing to reality. The big studios aren't making blockbuster superhero movies diverse due to some Vast International Conspiracy, as the Comicsgate crowd claims, but due to the simple fact that blockbusters require a diverse audience to be successful. The big money isn't made from the comics, but from movies, cartoons, toys, and other merchandise. Just point out that catering exclusively to them would be bad for business.
Money talks. Why are so many DC projects centered around Batman, the Joker, and Harley? Simple. They move a lot of product.
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Date: 2019-07-18 09:21 am (UTC)Mariko Tamaki: Where do I throw my money into?!
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Date: 2019-07-18 09:56 am (UTC)Lineup is to be Black Canary, Huntress, Renee Montoya, and Harley Quinn. Art by Emanuela Lupacchino and writing by Brian Azzarello.
Now, I have nothing against lots of stories, if they are good. What used to be the Ink line has certainly proved they can publish good stuff, so I'm not worried there. Sejic's Harley Quinn story has been brewing for a long time and it's a labour of love for him. And getting Poison Ivy into an ongoing is long overdue, I just hope Houser and Melo aren't editorialised to death, but that they can set their own directions for the characters, and that they can get rid of that stupid wooden look for Ivy. But they already start in a hole due to Heroes in Crisis.
The outline for Garcia's story sounds like it can be a train wreck, though I have never read anything of hers. And I'll do a hard pass on Azzarello's Birds of Prey.
ETA: Garcia wrote Teen Titans: Raven which I liked. Though I'm not sure how her strengths there would transfer to a Harley Quinn origin story.
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Date: 2019-07-18 02:35 pm (UTC)Now, there's an example of good villains needing the right hero. Harley had Batman, and became iconic. Punch & Jewelee were stuck with Captain Atom. :)
The Sejic story should be great,. and the Tamaki story is promising.
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Date: 2019-07-18 03:25 pm (UTC)