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

Co-Authored by:

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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... )

At a recent convention here in Australia, John DiMaggio (voices the Joker in Under the Red Hood) was invited as a guest. I'd had a couple of nice encounters with him on facebook through my very vocal support of his work and so I expected to get a friendly nod when I went up to get his autograph and photo ( Read more... )

I have the strangest feeling I've blogged on this very topic before, but I can't for the life of me remember when and I couldn't find anything when I did a quick search. So forgive me if I'm repeating myself.Everytime some pointed political topic comes up in fandom, I get to thinking about why I love the Joker so gosh-darned much ( Read more... )

I wanted to bump this one back up because there has been a recent conversation in the comics community concerning the very theme of this essay, but applied in a more general sense to female characters. Some links for your perusal - worth reading!:
Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad For Women
Reasons Why She May Not Be So Awesome
Strong Women ( Read more... )

I just came across this clearly translated-badly-and-possibly-by-babelfish-from-another-language-than-English account of Harley's origin story.

It provides many lols:

Harley Quinn (Dr. Harlin Kvinzel) - avatar animated television series Batman, the latest - and in a series of DC Comics. Name conceived as a play on the word "harlequin" - hence its ( Read more... )

This very topic has been delved into on this eljay, on countless internet forums and communities but also no-doubt at conventions, coffee shops and through pen-pal correspondence dozens of years ago... it's nothing new to any dedicated Batgeek and probably not to most casual fans either. But now a University Philosophy Lecturer (well lah-di-dah ( Read more... )

Second in the series of meta-articles I and some friends began last month, exploring the psyche, persona and nature of everyone's favourite henchwench, Harley Quinn!

A Cartwheel of Contradictions: Who Is Harley Quinn?

Part Two: The Loneliest Number

Co-Authored by:
lovedatjoker
zhinxy
itllcometome
benicio127Harley's appeal as a character has an obvious effect on the audience: we want ( Read more... )

A con-goer writes up a short report on this panel.Harley was covered too apparently ( Read more... )

I did it again. I thought: I've got HEAPS of time to get out two reviews this month.

Just a week and a half to go till month end. Good grief.

But who cares when so many of you get to go to San Diego Comic Con tomorrow and for the next four days? When you guys get to go to panels like this:

10:30-12:00 Comics Arts Conference Session #9: Is the ( Read more... )