Harley Qwednesday :: Comics!

For the first year or so of the Harley Quinn comic book, Terry and Rachel Dodson were the husband and wife art team (Terry on pencils and Rachel on inks) in charge of bringing Harl to visual life (along with writer Karl Kesel.)

Debuting in December 2000, 'Harley Quinn' was a fun comic with insanely cute art thanks to the Dodsons.

I loved the playfulness of the Dodsons' art - it made the fun of Kesel's scripts that much more...fun.

I collected the series while the Dodsons and Kesel were on it. The Dodsons left first, then after maybe two years Kesel left the title. It got a little more 'serious' after that and wasn't fun any more so I dropped the title.

I'm sure these aren't worth much, but as I recall they were a lot of fun and I recommend any Harley fan pick them up, at least through Kesel's run as writer.

And even if you don't read them, all the covers are fame-worthy!

Harley Qwednesday :: Heeellllooooooo nurse!

First up for today's installment of Harley Qwednesday, an Arkham Asylum video game Nurse Harley.

From MollyMcIsaac.com

And next up is cosplayer Jessica Nova in the more traditional Harley costume.

You can read an interview with Jessica Nova over at Derf's Domain.

Seeya Nextime!

I Like Turtles!

I picked this Raphael up from the swap meet a few weeks back for a couple reasons...

First off, Raphael is probably my favorite of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I like his anger infused, no BS New Yorker attitude.

Second, the red bandanna and relatively nondescript design of this more modern turtle figure (unlike the original TMNT toys, there is no 'R' on Raph's belt and his knee pads and elbow pads are a generic brown, ) means he's more of a throwback to the original Eastman and Laird turtle designs, and could be imagined to be any one of the four.

This Raphael figure is marked '2003' on the base of his foot and was made by Playmates.

I know the toy company NECA released some very 'original comic' accurate TMNT figures but I haven't gotten one yet, so until then this Raph is a pretty close approximation of their original look and fits nicely in my hodgepodge collection of second-hand TMNT toys.

Harley Qwednesday :: Alone Again, Naturally

Huzzah for Harley Qwednesday! The best day of the week, next to garbage day of course. (If your garbage is actually picked up today consider yourself doubly blessed.)

First up for today's edition I bring you an illustration of Harley by the best artist ever...me!


Harley go BOOM!

And next up I give you a real treat. Get a load of this picture from an actual honest to Grodd real OKCupid user:

I wonder if the Joker knows that his gal pal is on the prowl?

Yeah, she's tempting alright, but you know what they say about online dating pictures vs. the real thing.

She'd probably just show up to the date in normal clothes.

Tease.