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A Cartwheel of Contradictions: Who Is Harley Quinn? Part Three "Her Middle Name is Welcome"
Third in the long-ago begun series of meta essays exploring the persona and psyche of Harley Quinn!
A Cartwheel of Contradictions: Who Is Harley Quinn?
Part Three: Her Middle Name is Welcome
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“What The Joker Teaches Us About Creating Great Villains”
An enjoyable article that touches on some awesome points. Excerpted:
Great Nemeses are Soul Mates
In many ways, no one understands Batman better than the Joker. They complete one another. The Dark Knight jumps all over this theory. Take these Joker quotes:
Don’t talk like one of them. You’re not! Even if you’d like to be. To them, you’re ( Read more... ) -
REVIEW #46: GOLDEN OLDIES - "The Joker's Utility Belt" (Batman #73)
Writer: Bob Kane
Artists: Dick Sprang & Charles ParisSo. HOLY GUACAMOLE. It's been closer to a year than not since updates. My life got totally CRAZY last year and I ended up feeling pretty overwhelmed by anything and everything so updating my websites slipped right to the bottom of the pile ( Read more... ) -
Coming Soon: The Joker: A Visual History of the Clown Prince of Crime
This'll be one to get, for sure! The Joker is a character who has taken on zillions of intriguing looks and attitudes over the years - this'll be a fantastic book to flip through!
A comprehensive look at the greatest comic book villain . . . ever. Since his first appearance in 1940’s Batman #1, the Joker stands alone as the most hated, feared, and ( Read more... ) -
REVIEW #45: "The King of Comedy/Tears of a Clown" (Shadow of the Bat #38 & #39)
Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: Bary Kitson & John Stokes & Scott HannaWOW. It sure has been a long time inbetween updates. Time just slipped away, as it does. I kept making plans to update and then something would come up and well... as you can see, it never quite worked out. I think I partly needed a break - have been very busy and coping with a bunch ( Read more... ) -
Updates!?!
I'm two months behind on this blog, for which I apologise. Life's just been pretty crazy of late.
I'm planning to get back on track this month though, so stay tuned! This year I'm planning to do a few more regular features, follow on from some older ones and such!
In the meantime, please check out the Haven for some updates, including a video ( Read more... ) -
Happy Holidays!
Wishing you all the very, very best for the festive season - thanks for sticking with LDJ over this last year! Next year LDJ will be THREE YEARS OLD, OMG! So exciting! Even though I don't update as much as I would like, I am still reasonably happy with how things progress here and I love all the comments and contributions you guys make as well! So ( Read more... ) -
REVIEW #44: GRAB-BAG - Little of This, Little of That
Batman/Hellboy/Starman
Writer: James Robinson
Artist: Mike MignolaJoker's appearance in this is pretty much 'blink and you'll miss it' - there's really not a lot to comment on at all ( Read more... ) -
Heart to Heart with Harley: A Message from Harley Quinn to Queer Geek Youth
This is my contribution to the "We Got Your Back" and "It Gets Better" projects - enjoy! :) Feel free to share around!
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