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MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT MEDIA

and the reasons why i like them

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JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

Noriaki Kakyoin - I just think he's neat

Risotto Nero - he's emo

Kars - HE'S HOT!!!!

Joseph Joestar - goofy as fuck

Josuke Higashikata - he's so silly it's unreal

Leone Abbacchio - depressed alcoholic? that's a favourite character right there

Caesar Zeppeli - I like him :]

Pannacotta Fugo - I think he's an interesting character (also because of phf)

Robert E.O Speedwagon - waifu

Diavolo - pathetic little bitch

Vinegar Doppio - pathetic little meow meow

Guido Mista - he's pretty chill, I like him

Ghiaccio - fuck dude why do I like all the angry ones

N'doul - i saw him and immediately liked him

Narciso Anasui - i could fix him.

Enrico Pucci - birthing hips

Okuyasu Nijimura - love me a dumb bitch

Rohan Kishibe - cunty

Foo Fighters - water

Hot Pants - please step on me

Diego Brando - DINOSAUR!!!

Johnny Joestar - he was really well written! also he looks like a twink

Yasuho Hirose - silly!!!

Josuke Higashikata8 - silly!!!

Santana - silly!!!

Wamuu - big man tits

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SCOTT PILGRIM

Matthew Patel - pathetic little emo (my favourite breed of man)

Scott Pilgrim - pathetic simp (me too)

Ramona Flowers - please step on me

Lucas Lee - himbo

Knives Chau - Silly!!!

Wallace Wells - he's an icon

Young Neil - Silly!!!

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STARDEW VALLEY

Sebastian - emo

Elliot - he has nice hair

Abigail - slay queen

Sam - silly!!!

Shane - depressed alcoholic

Krobus - silly!!!

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OURAN HIGHSCHOOL HOST CLUB

Tamaki Suoh - stupid blond bitch

Haruhi Fujioka - you go girl

Honey - cutie patootie

Mori - love me a good silent type

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CHAINSAW MAN

Denji - he's so relatable (i want to touch tits too)

Power - CAT LOVER

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UNDERTALE + DELTARUNE

Kris - non binary icon

Suzie - lesbian icon

Ralsei - icon

sans - haha funny skeleton guy

Papyrus - autistic icon

Flower - the flower

Toriel - love her

Alphys - lesbian icon

Undyne - lesbian icon

Mettaton - gay icon

Grillby - he's HOT (get it?)

Queen - feel like a fem queen

Lancer - an icon

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POKEMON

Ingo - haha funny train man with no memories

Emmet - haha funny train man

Pierce - emo

Raihan - silly!!!

Leon - silly!!!

Hop - silly!!!

Arven - :(

Melli - stuck up bitch

Adaman - "bisexuals are gonna love this guy"

Irida - silly!!!

Brock - simp

Allister - silly!!!

Jessie - girlboss

James - crossdressing icon

N - long hair

Volo - i HATED this guy at first, then thought "nvm he's cool"

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OMORI

Kel - silly!!!

Aubrey - auby

Hero - slay king

Mari - yippee!!!

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DIALTOWN

Randy Jade - pathetic

Phonegingi - GET THE FUCK OFF MY PORCH

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DAYSHIFT AT FREDDY'S

Dave - vegas

Jack - i like him

Dee - you go girl

Roger - baby

Harry - i like him

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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S

Glamrock freddy - way to go superstar

Funtime Freddy - same va as diavolo

Michael Afton - Michael Afton

William Afton - JUST FUCKING DIE ALREADY

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WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL! IRUMA-KUN

Alice Asmodeus - gay icon

Clara Valac - silly!!!

Ameri Azazel - girlboss

Opera - non binary icon

Kalego Naberius - emo

Sabro Sabnock - HE'S GOT SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IT'S GREAT

Lied Shax - silly!!!

Shichiro Balam - gentle giant

General Furfur - same english va as diavolo

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my i7 ships so far!!! (i am a multi shipper = i am an en fan and content is few and far between)

gakuyama (old mfs slay) listen gaku is a legitimate kid of a loveless marriage while yamato is an illegitimate kid of an affair- they both relate and parallel each other in their rich celebrity trauma its so cool /r or /p i wanna see them bond also matching clothes??? hello???

yukimomo (my mom likes yukibanri its so jarring to talk abt this w/ her??? im sorry i have mommy issues i didnt expect to fix them through re:vale shipping) there's just something so slay about the relationship theyve built yk??? also they literally do a married couple gag pls

also update theyre actually married now ashdhsjsks

haruka, iori, and tamaki in any combination romantic or platonic (i accidentally kin haruka and now im dying) supposedly its popular in jp but not in en but HIGH SCHOOLER TRIO HELLO i just think theyre idiots (dumb, dumb, secretly also dumb) and haruka is just my soul in an idol

By any combination means haruka/tamaki, haruka/iori, tamaki/iori, or haruka/tamaki/iori are all very cool I also like any of those platonically i legit just want them to hang out thats literally it

gaku/tsumugi basic ship but listen- gaku and tsumugi are THE HETS THAT THE GAYS ROOT FOR like mari and hero or elle and tao theyre just that iconic (disclaimer i am in fact one of them queers) actually no not het i think theyre both queer to some degree and bond over it i thought theyd infuriate me but theyre genuinely cute

rikutouma idk where this ship came from but it slapped me and i dont hate it (thatswhatshesaid-) i dont love physical intimacy in general but if yall think touma leads & riku follows YOU ARE MISSING OUT not even in a sussy way btw even with XOXOs riku initiates & touma gay paniks

p.s. I LOVE TUMBLR WTF- what i need a whole ass thread for on twitter i can shove into one post on tumblr- tumblr my love i will sing the praises

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hi! im homura/kano mod, but you can just call me chai. i opened an edit blog, because i like making shitty aesthetic stuff. if you want to request something from me, first read this post.

• my english isn't really good, so sorry for any possible grammatical mistakes, or something.

• actually, im taking requests only from pmmm and kagerou project.

• i can open and close requests in every moment, so check out my description!

i dont want you to interact with me in any way (reblog, like, comment, request) if:

• you are hard yaoist/yurist, you ship real people if they don't want to be shipped, terf, map, lgbt-phobic, anti-kin, proshipper or you think that your non-canon ship is the only right one and no one can think different than you

• you run a gorecore/yanderecore, racist or nsfw blog

and pls don't laugh at mami tomoe's death it isn't funny

i don't have very large blacklist, but i have some things that i don't like/i feel uncomfortable with.

• mami tomoe's death jokes. ya i know that i already wrote this but really. stop.

• horny kyoko x tsundere sayaka (like what the fuck,,,)

• romantic tsubomi kido x shuuya kano (broship/friendship is okay!)

• self harm stuff

• madohomu w/ homucifer

• kaerena

my madoka whitelist:

• madoka kaname

• homura akemi

• sayaka miki

• kyoko sakura

• mami tomoe

• nagisa momoe

• iroha tamaki

• yachiyo nanami

• tsuruno yui

• sana futaba

• felicia mitsuki

• rena minami

• momoko togame

• kaede akino

• juri oba

• chiharu hiroe

• tart

• alina gray

• madohomu (w/ moemura and coolmura)

• madosaya

• kyomado

• madomami

• homusaya

• broship homumami

• broship/friendship kyosaya

• kyomami (kyomami my beloved...)

• iroede

kagepro:

• shintaro kisaragi

• momo kisaragi

• ayano tateyama

• tsubomi kido

• shuuya kano

• kousuke seto

• ene/takane

• konoha/haruka

• mary kozakura

• shinmary

• shinyano

• setomary

• setokano

• harutaka

in the moment, I can make:

• icons; square or circle. give me size (my common is 300 x 300).

• pride icons; i prefer square, but i can also do circle. any flag, except map/zoophile/sexualities that aren't valid.

• layouts; three icons and three headers (my common size is twitter header, 1500 x 500).

• moodboards. usually nine pictures. tell me if you want specific core or themes.

• mobile wallpapers. give me size.

• desktop wallpapers. my common size is full hd.

• edit sets; six icons, two mobile wallpapers and one desktop wallpaper.

• (experimentally) stimboards.

THAT LIST MAY CHANGE!

[penzyroamin]

Hi I know it’s been a bit but I’m the confused bi anon. I really really appreciated your response and it wasn’t too long. You made me feel a lot better. I was wondering if you could maybe suggest some books, tv, movies with bi female characters. Thanks soo much for the entire last response . You are absolutely incredible and so sweet. This means more to me than you could ever know❤️

of course!! i’m glad that my first response helped <3

disclaimer of course: i’m not bi! so i’m not an Authoritative Source on bi rep and what people want to see more of. i do actively seek out stuff about lgbtq+ characters, specifically girls and women, so i have some recs! however, i’ll also be adding some things that some bi folks i know have recommended because while lesbians and bi women have a lot in common, these are at the end of the day representing them, not me :)

extra-super favorites will be bolded! i’m putting this under a read more because... i read a lot of books. and recommended a lot of them.

books:

her royal highness by rachel hawkins-- this book is a pretty easy read-- don’t expect any massive revelations about life from it, and you’ll have a good time!!! essentially, a bi texan girl named millie, after having her heart broken by her friend-turned-sort-of-gf, goes to boarding school in scotland and ends up rooming with the princess, flora. if this sounds outrageous and sappy, that’s because it is! and i love it! sexuality isn’t a BIG part of this book, but it’s discussed, and it’s just a generally fun enemies-to-lovers story about a bi aspiring geologist and a no-fucks-to-give lesbian princess and them falling in love!

fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg-- hello this is actually my favorite book! unlike hrh it is... a LOT to read. it essentially follows 2 stories-- one about a housewife named evelyn and her friendship with an old woman named ninny threadgoode who she meets at the old folks home her mother-in-law stays at, and the other about the stories ninny tells her about her sister-in-law idgie and her partner, ruth. the book was published in 1987, and ruth and idgie’s story is set during the great depression, so they aren’t actively labeled as lesbian or bi, but it’s made obvious enough through coding and the fact that ruth has relationships with men prior to idgie while idgie spends her entire childhood pining after ruth. both storylines are fantastic-- they have a lot to say about the lives of southern women in the 30s and 80s, and about race relations at both periods. i’ll warn you that there are depictions of extreme racism and of abuse, but it handles both delicately. it’s a critical piece of southern literature, and a landmark for lgbtq+ storytelling. as a bonus, my copy has a bunch of great recipes in the back, so if you read it you might chance upon an edition with those in it. if you like poignant period pieces about wlw relationships, women losing their damn minds, and abusive men getting what they deserve, this is the book for you! you will sob. this is a fair warning.

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson-- i haven’t personally read this one, but i’ve heard great things about it from everyone i know who has! an anxious black bi girl in indiana has to win prom queen at her mostly-white school in order to get enough scholarship money to go to the college of her dreams, but ends up falling for mack, another girl running for queen. 

@landlessbud wanted me to shout out red, white, and royal blue by casey mcquinston-- you’ve almost definitely heard about it before (first son and prince of wales, enemies-to-lovers with a side dish of political drama), and it is primarily about a mlm romance, but nora is a fabulously fun bi girl side character and there’s a lot of great stuff about figuring out your sexuality in it.

leah on the offbeat by becky albertalli-- i’ve read a lot of complex thoughts on this book, and mine are... i like it! it’s flawed, sure, and i wish it had handled a few things a little better, but you know what? it’s cute as fuck! leah is a fat bi drummer, and she’s super cool! abby is a great love interest, and she goes through a whole bi realization throughout the book. all in all, it’s just a fun wlw high school romcom with a couple solid dramatic beats and a lot of goofball shenanigans. also, if you were an american girl kid??? one scene in this book will make the entire experience worth it for you.

harley quinn: breaking glass by mariko tamaki and steve pugh-- hey, we’re in graphic novel territory now! this book is RAD. a really neat look at gentrification, community solidarity, giving people what they deserve, and fantastic lgbtq+ found families. teenage harleen quinzel is taken in by a group of drag queens, and is caught between two sort-of love interests-- mysterious vigilante the joker and classmate and community activist ivy-- and the different forms of protest and resistance they represent. the art here is STUNNING, and it’s a great read!

laura dean keeps breaking up with me, by the great mariko tamaki with art by rosemary valero-o’connell-- the vast majority of the characters are lgbt, with a lesbian main character, and the supporting cast including a bi nonbinary character, a bi girl character, and two mlm characters! this is mostly a piece about modern lgbtq+ teenagers and the way toxic relationships take over our lives. it’s one of the most cathartic things i’ve read in a LONG time, and especially if you’re at a point where your sexuality feels kind of vague, this is a great read because it embraces that vagueness by not needing to clearly label the characters and celebrates whatever point of clarity the characters are at. probably some of the most gorgeous art i’ve ever seen in a book, with a beautiful black-white-and-pink color scheme and a really neat approach to visual storytelling.

movies:

i don’t watch many movies, because i get bored really quickly hskdhskhds. but the movies i DO watch are usually gay!

wowie zowie its fried green tomatoes again!-- fannie flagg came back to adapt this into a film and HOT DAMN is it just as good. the plot is primarily the same, with some stuff obviously cut or trimmed to make it a two hour movie instead of a 450 page books fhsjdhsjhds. mary-louise parker plays ruth!!! it got a GLAAD award and an oscar nomination, and god it’s good. there are a couple scenes in here that i think are going to be in my mind until the day i die. the level of pure butch energy that idgie radiates in this film is a one-hit k.o. and it KILLS me.

birds of prey-- listen. this is not a profound movie. harley’s bisexuality isn’t emphasized, and romance is basically nonexistent in this movie. there is some... quite graphic violence. that said, this movie is so fucking fun. it’s mostly just a bunch of women fucking up everyone who crosses them while margot robbie gives a gleeful performance that you can just TELL she enjoyed the fuck out of. the last 20-30 minutes of this movie are the absolute best part, with a long sequence that kind of reinvented what an action/superhero movie could be for me. again, bisexuality isn’t a massive part of this-- it’s mentioned, and then harley just continues on in her gloriously campy outfits and breaks peoples’ knees. again, i CANNOT overemphasize just how fucking good the last 20-30 minutes are. this movie knows what it is and it embraces it. also, women beating people up in costumes that don’t horrifyingly objectify them is always a plus!

imagine me & you-- i’d be remiss if i didn’t mention this one, considering it’s probably one of the most iconic wlw romcoms. a woman named rachel, while at her own wedding, meets a florist named luce, and they fall in love. it’s a very sweet look at questioning your sexuality when you were already secure in it, and rachel’s husband wins “most genuinely understanding guy in a wlw movie” award. it has a lovely happy ending, and articles have been written about the importance of rachel being a bi character who a) gets a happy ending and b) isn’t shamed for figuring out her sexuality later on or slutshamed. this is just... a sweet movie. it’s the romcom a lot of us need in our lives. also, a LOT of floral imagery.

tv shows:

ok, i’ve got a confession. i reaaaaaaally don’t watch much tv. seriously, the only shows i’ve watched a substantial amount of recently have been parks and rec, schitt’s creek, the good place, and gilmore girls. i have a really REALLY short attention span.

that said, eleanor from the good place is bisexual!! the good place is a really wild ride, it’s half afterlife comedy half philosophical musing, and it will almost certainly make you gasp, laugh, think, and also probably cry. also, eleanor is just buckets of fun and she, like many of us, is often blown away by tahani (jameela jamil) and her beauty.

ummm shows i haven’t watched entirely or at all but that have bi women in them and seem pretty good: black lightning, sex education, jane the virgin, arrow. 

if you haven’t already watched it, do not believe what people are going to tell you about watching glee. it will drag you into a pit of despair and white men rapping, and it’s quite biphobic to top it all off.

i hope you enjoy at least some of these!! i tried to include some of my own favs and some that were pointed out to me, so i hope that at least a couple connect with you and make you feel better. again, the bolded ones are my 100% favorites. i love you and i’m glad you reached out again!!! feel free to send some more asks later on <3

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My Top 10 Favorite TV Halloween Costumes

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#10. Daphne Moon as Elton John

Frasier 906 10/30/2001

This ep had everyone dress up as their personal heroes, and Daphne, ever the style icon of the cast, picks Sir Elton John. I wish I’d found more ‘guys as girls’ and ‘girls as guys’ costumes for this list, but this’ll do for Daph. 

#9. Barney Stinson as America

Barney was always the best dressed of all the HIMYM cast, but definitely on Halloween, he pulled out all the stops in each of the eps. While I must give a nod to Top Gun, Karate Kid and Devil, this one is Peak hilarity Barney, and leads to the American Barney vs Canadian Barney fight. A definite Winner!

#8. Phoebe Buffay as Supergirl

These next two are both characters as Comic Book Heroes. Friends picked only from DC ladies, and Phoebe definitely nailed Supergirl. Monica’s Catwoman is pretty good too, but is a little dull compared to Michelle Pfeiffer’s look from the 92 film. Phoebe away!

#7. Stan Kyle Kenny and Cartman as The Avengers

And now the Marvel entry. Or rather the South Park boys as the Earth’s mightiest heroes. Even with Stan only present as Cap on an iphone, they still pretty much nailed it (If only they’d had Wendy to play Black Widow, it’d be complete!). I like how they all kinda picked the right one: Cartman as the Hulk, the cool and troubled Kenny as Iron Man, the stoic and nice  Stan as Cap, etc. 

#6. Mary Jane Watson as a Vampire

From characters dressing as Marvel to Marvel dressing as  characters! I wish there were more Marvel shows with Halloween eps to draw from, but SSM will have to do. MJ as always is a fashion icon and her vampire costume is my favorite “sexy” costume for a girl on TV - because it makes sense for MJ’s character to wear something demonstrative. 

#4. Clark Kent as Zorro

And now for DC Halloween costumes! Smallville’s Halloween ep is silly as f but it is fun to see Clark dressed as Batman’s favorite character. I guarantee you that’s why they did this.

#4. Ochako Uraraka as a Witch

Not sure where these costumes came from, but as usual Uraraka is the winner for best fashion sense of all the BNHA girls. She really likes dressing up as a witch, doesn’t she? Must be because she’s always DEFYING GRAVITY.

#3. Anya as a Bunny

Anya had by far the best Halloween costumes of anyone on Buffy, but this one definitely wins. In an episode all about confronting your worst fears, what could be better than to dress as your worst fear of all, BUNNIES?

2 Kyoya, Tamaki and Todoroki as sexy vampires

So what is the dude  equivalent of the Sexy Lady costumes that pervade on Halloween? Well, if anime is anything to go by, it’s the Vampire Look. I picked from 2 different anime here, but Bishonen anime boys in Vampire getups are definitely a sexy pick-me-up for the ladies. 

1 Leslie Knope as Rosie & Buttercup

Couldn’t decide between Leslie’s two big killer Halloween costumes so I picked both! Leslie’s definitely the Style Queen of Halloween. Rosie the Riveter and Princess Buttercup, a nice mix of red and blue colors. I hope I’m still this great at costuming in my late 30s. #LeslieKnopeisLifegoals

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Teen Harley Quinn Gets New (& Better) Origin in BREAKING GLASS

Harley Quinn may have been created as the Joker's girlfriend, but she's built a legacy and role in the DC Universe all by herself. It's about time Harleen got an origin story that focused on the young woman she always was, and the battles the forged her - as opposed to the man who 'broke' her. Which is exactly what Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is here to deliver.

The new graphic novel for young adults is traveling back to Harley's own days in that demographic, as a fifteen year old kid from Gotham poorest neighborhood. Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (Supergirl: Being Super) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Steve Pugh (The Flintstones) are telling the tale, re-imagining the circumstances that led Harleen to become the Harley Quinn. Only this time, it's based on family, fairness, and what one girl can prove capable of when her friends are put in harm's way. And any fan who reads Breaking Glass is likely to wonder how her origin was ever any different.

RELATED: Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy Begin Their New Team-Up Series!

Screen Rant had the chance to speak with Tamaki and Pugh about creating this new graphic novel, the new drag club origin for Harley Quinn, their brand new incarnation of The Joker, and more. Read on for our full interview, along with preview pages showing Pugh's work, and the official trailer for Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass.

I'll start by asking how you were approached for not just a young adult graphic novel from DC, but one giving Harley Quinn a new, teenage origin story. Was it easy for you to sign on?

MT: For me this is kind of a follow up to Supergirl: Being Super, in that I was in a conference room with a bunch of DC people talking about what I might do next. A similar project was offered up as something that I might do, and then when they asked me I had two very obvious questions. The first was who is the character I wanted to do, and I immediately wanted to do Harley. I get the first pick of everybody so I got Harley right away. Then when we talked about illustrators I was like, 'Steve Pugh, it has to be Steve.' Part of it is because I had just read The Flintstones series. I just thought that kind of physicality that he had in those comics I thought was something that would keep it in a style that felt real. Which was really important to me. It was ridiculous. It took a year to get approved but in terms of selection process, it was very simple.

Was Steve hard to convince?

MT: Steve was about to do something else when he agreed to do this!

SP: Yeah! I was lined up to go on rotation on one of the big DC monthlies, but Marie Javins, the editor showed me the script and I very ungraciously backed out. And DC were lovely about it, they totally supported me but they were surprised. I utterly loved the script, utterly loved the characters. And I wanted to be involved immediately. So it was a no-brainer for me.

You both got the chance to answer a question that most Harley fans have never even though to ask, which is: 'Who was Harley Quinn in high school?' Or even, 'What if her origin story had started while she was still in high school?' How did you land on this version of the story?

MT: To me it seems like a standard teenage story, and high school is part of that. I think it was a natural place to start to think about, in terms of the origin of someone's hero story, in terms of deciding to be a hero. And I think that school seemed like a great place to put her to encounter a bunch of different influences. She has multiple influences in this book. She has the drag queens that she lives with. She has this girl, Ivy, who she goes to school with who is incredibly smart and knows a lot about history and things that Harley is not very interested in. Then she has this other influence of the Joker. I think the thing about high school is it's a nice melting pot to put people in where they naturally encounter certain things. And especially because I wanted there to be a history of activism and a place for her to learn and talk about that stuff. That seemed like a natural setting for it.

In terms of this style of Harley and the rest of the characters, was that something you two took a lot of time to sort out. It's a different version of a lot of things readers will both recognize from DC Comics, and their real world high schools. Was that also a natural process?

SP: I really took my cues from what Mariko had put on the page. My planning stage is quite poor. I read the script and I imagine how it looks, I see it as a movie. But when I'm doing sketches and things, it never really works. Everything that I find works for me gets kind of designed on the page as the characters are moving about. I'm very much a sequential artist, I'm not very good at coming up with pin-ups or covers or things like that. I kind of find the characters as they're performing, and saying the lines, and emoting. That's how it worked, so it was very much script first and then I kind of ran with it and checked in to make sure I was on beat and in the right area of what everybody wanted.

It feels like these graphic novels are different from the regular ongoing comics, where you go in knowing that you're following someone, and will likely pass to someone else. Here, you get to design from the ground up, both in story and artwork. Do you start by asking what the version of Harley is that YOU want to make, or something you want to see in the character that you maybe haven't before?

MT: Yeah. Yeah! It's funny because I do feel like it's a narrative process: the first thing that I pictured was Harley Quinn on the bus on her way to Gotham. And what that character looks like, and really imagining a past and present and future for this character. I think the way she's designed is in terms of what she would have. She has this kind of knapsack type thing, jeans and a sweater, and her cap. It's what she would have on her. But at the same time, it's also us trying to get her to that place of the iconic Harley Quinn. What are all the things that she's narratively going to encounter that will take her to the place where she looks like the superhero that we know?

It was a matter of finding those things, and when I first saw Steve's character sketches for these concepts that we were looking at, it was really helpful. Because I could imagine this very excited and excitable kid, and what she would be like. It really helped because it gives you a personality, and a visual to go on that then feeds you for the rest of the story. Also we had the scripts but then we were editing in little chunks, so I could see her becoming more of a person on the page.

I imagine it all has to be in service of that core question of who Harley is, no matter what else you change. Was that something you each had in mind when entering this project, or something that you had to discuss to arrive at together?

MT: I think Steve and I mostly worked--like these last two days are the only times that Steve and I have ever spoken!

SP: [Laughs]

MT: We work through our editor Marie Javins, and I will say, she was a really good rudder for keeping us on track. That's a really amazing part of the DC Comics Editors, because they are so well acquainted with who these characters are, and the vast histories of them. They kind of keep you on track. They're the guards in the bowling alley, when you're playing in the little kids' bowling alley... Just making sure that you don't go so far out of what's legible as this character. But I feel like at the same time, Harley is such an iconic personality. That kind of playful strangeness of her is so pungent, that it was really easy to stay within who that person was. Or who she is. For me.

SP: Yeah, she's just endless charisma, enormous potential, looking for something to aim herself at. That quest for a purpose for family and for someone to care about her, and someone for her to care about. I feel like that's the common thread that's always been in Harley's journey. Falling in with the wrong sort, and falling in with the right sort, and which side grabs her destiny.

MT: Yeah. Yeah.

It seems a unique challenge, to decide who is this Harley and what is this story about.... now what does she look like? Because you know there is a whole army of cosplayers just waiting to show their love by bringing these looks and personality to life. I am so eager to hear any insight you can offer about developing that wardrobe--I imagine it starts with the natural progression you spoke about, but where do you go from there?

MT: Did you just read a lot of teen magazines Steve, what was the process there?

SP: [Laughs] Just observation, I suppose. I just remember people from college and how they carried themselves, and how they kind of experimented with looks. Harley is just exactly at the age when you're trying to find yourself, and the costumes were about--as Mariko said--she starts with what she's got. A gym bag that she's hooping her arms through and using it like a haversack, and the woolly hat. Then she picks up things along the way and creates looks. The drag queens help her out and widen her horizons. It moves organically and in many ways, a lot of this stuff is made up on the page. There is an enormous amount to be said for planning ahead. But what I tend to find is if I do character sketches and work it all out beforehand, the things that work in the character sketches almost never translate to the sequential panels. Because you don't see the character from that front-on, side-on view, you see them doing things. And things that work in a design in those kind of character sketches don't really flow when the character's leaping onto a ladder, up the side of a building, or something. It's really just kind of instinct.

Well you touched on what has to be one of the best changes you make in this origin story, which is to give Harley Quinn a drag mother. And I will now not be able to to ever see it any other way...

MT: Yayyyy!

SP: [Laughs]

So where did the idea of MAMA and her crew come from, and what was that like, bringing this drag paradise to life?

MT: I am an obnoxious fan of RuPaul's Drag Race, and drag. Certainly for me, my introduction to--my own personal style really evolved when I was a teen going to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Meeting a group of people who are incredibly theatrical, and playing with gender, was definitely something that was very fundamental to me. I wanted to have a figure that was a caring, loving figure for her. The head of an atypical family. I don't know, sometimes I think Mama looks like... relatives that I have? [Laughs]

We really wanted to surround her with people who were very comfortable outside of the status quo, so to join her there and give her a group of people to fight for, was really important for the story. Then coming up with drag names is one of my favorite things to do for this book. One of the drag names is--my friend Billeh Knickerson, who is a poet, Mia Culpa is the drag name that he came up with--and then I asked him if I could use that. Then for me it's also my history with queer theater, having them really embrace Maxima Impact. This really big, over the top drag. Which I think is the perfect place to put somebody who is figuring out their superhero persona.

 SP: It was just so great. It was so great to be doing a book where the characters were emoting, and acting, and not just kind of doing the "grrr" face for 22 pages. Designing them was a challenge, but it was also a lovely experience, you know? I always work out from the yes. Like on The Flintstones, with Fred, I wanted a big slab of a man. But the eyes had to be like super, super kind.

MT: Yeahhhhhh.

SP: That's where I started with Mama as well. Working out from the eyes and then just seeing a face that you could trust. You would put your life in her hands. And at the same time, wanted to make sure that the world looked after her. The other drag queens had their own personalities in and out of drag, and Mariko wrote very specific bios for each of them. I worked that into their designs, their facial structure, and the style of cheekbone or how hooded the eyes were. There is a certain Scottish character in there, and I've got a lot of Scottish friends, I made sure... There is a very specific look around the eyes and the cheekbones of a Scottish man, and I worked all that in. Just a fantastic cast to work with, I love these characters. And I've been them quite often in the mirror! [Laughs]

MT: [Laughs]

SP: To work out how each of them look. They've each got a specific body language, a specific way of moving around the scene.

MT: I was saying to Steve later, one of my favorites scenes is when you see the drag queens out of drag, and you can see their physicality our of drag, and connecting that to them in drag. I think that's really fascinating in the comic.

When you're taking this story into that community, is there an added sense of responsibility to portray those people, that style, that culture, in a respectful way?

MT: I think there is a responsibility when you're representing people to be accurate. I definitely have a lot of amazing people who helped me and gave me advice and answered questions that I had, so I wasn't just going on the fact that I watch RuPaul's Drag Race every day [Laughs]. I don't think that makes me an expert in anything. I certainly felt a responsibility to make sure that people were being well-represented, or that I was considering what was going into their presentation in this. I mean the point is not just to make the story diverse, but to make the story interesting. I think that multiple perspectives in this story is what makes it interesting. It is very much a Harley Quinn story, and I hope Harley Quinn fans enjoy it, but I also think there is a story that is about all of these influences on her, that make her a more interesting character as a result.

SP: Yeah. I definitely felt the weight of responsibility. Because you know that when communities don't see themselves in particular media very often... you've got a responsibility to do it right. But at the same time you've got to put that responsibility to one side so you can do the work, and make the characters people, and not worry about making them too perfect, or too this, or too that. They've got to be allowed to breathe, and be empathetic, and live, and... You know, I took it seriously. I took it very seriously.

We all know that it is historic moment when a new version of the Joker in introduced. Without spoiling anything, what can you tease readers with for this new Joker? I don't even know where you would start in conceiving a new version, but from his first appearance, this is a Joker a lot of people will never be able to forget.

MT: I mean I don't know where Steve came up with the actual design of the Joker, but I was visually taken aback when I first saw it. Just, 'Oh my God!' It's so weirdly terrifying when you first see the Joker in this book. And again it really fits in with the story, it's not about taking an iconic character and putting him into the story, but this is the story of Harley Quinn, and who the Joker ends up being in this version of her life. It was kind of the x factor for me, because I had no preconceived visual of what the Joker would look like. And now I'm totally obsessed with this version of the Joker.

SP: Oh wow! That's very cool [Laughs]. Again, he was designed on the page. The Joker has a silhouette, we know what the Joker is supposed to look like, but I was trying to create this... it's a weird thing to say, but he's supposed to be a ransom note. You know when you cut out letters from a newspaper and paste them on a page? He's supposed to be a little bit like that. Just like Harley, he's finding himself and he's moving forward. He develops, over the story, and gets a little bit odder and little bit weirder, and his t-shirts get a bit more sinister each time. That was the thought process really. I won't describe what he looks like fully, but it's just a shopping bag full of ideas.

Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass is available now at most major book retailers. Head to DC's official page to order your own copy today, and read on below for the official cover and full plot synopsis:

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.

MORE: Harley Quinn is PREGNANT in Batman: Curse of The White Knight

source https://screenrant.com/harley-quinn-breaking-glass-book-novel/

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DC announced today new details surrounding its young reader imprints—DC Zoom and DC Ink—and revealed first looks at titles scheduled for release in fall 2019, all of which are available for pre-order below.

The cornerstone of today’s span announcement are two new graphic novels from DC’s middle grade imprint—DC Zoom—that will debut in October 2019:

THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID by acclaimed writer and illustrator Kirk Scroggs tells a lighthearted coming-of-age tale about a half-human/half-plant boy named Russell Weinwright. The book is completely written and drawn in first-person journal entries and features a fun, innovative lined notebook-style format.

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DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: AT METROPOLIS HIGH marks the first DC Super Hero Girls (DCSHG) graphic novel by new series writer Amy Wolfram. Wolfram is joined by DCSHG veteran artist Yancey Labat for this original story set in the same universe as the new DC Super Hero Girlsanimated series created by Lauren Faust that will air Sundays at 4 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network beginning March 17, 2019.

  THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID and DCSHG: AT METROPOLIS HIGH will be joined this fall by previously announced DC Zoom titles by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee, Shannon and Dean Hale with Victoria Ying, and Minh Lê and Andie Tong, among others. Books published under the DC Zoom banner target middle grade readers ages 8-12 and tell stories focused on friends, family and growing up.

DC has also confirmed on-sale dates and shared early looks at forthcoming titles from DC Ink—the publisher’s new young adult graphic novel line. DC Ink books feature thought-provoking stories for readers ages 13+ that focus on everyday aspirations, struggles and triumphs. The current DC Ink slate for fall 2019 includes HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS from Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh, and Marie Lu’s BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER prose novel adapted in graphic form by Stuart Moore with art by Chris Wildgoose.

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See below for complete creative teams and on-sale dates for all DC Zoom and DC Ink titles debuting in 2019 and January 2020. All 2019 titles are available to preorder now.

DC Zoom (ages 8-12):

SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT (April 2, 2019)—written by Ridley Pearson and illustrated by Ile Gonzalez

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SPACED OUT (June 4, 2019)—written by Shea Fontana and illustrated by Agnes Garbowska

DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE (August 6, 2019)—written by Michael Northrop and illustrated by Gustavo Duarte

SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE (September 3, 2019)—written by Art Baltazar and Franco and Illustrated by Art Baltazar

THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID (October 1, 2019)—written and illustrated by Kirk Scroggs

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: AT METROPOLIS HIGH (October 15, 2019)—written by Amy Wolfram and illustrated by Yancey Labat

BLACK CANARY: IGNITE (November 5, 2019)—written by Meg Cabot and illustrated by Cara McGee

SUPER SONS: THE FOXGLOVE MISSION (November 5, 2019)—written by Ridley Pearson and illustrated by Ile Gonzalez

DIANA, PRINCESS OF THE AMAZONS (January 7, 2020)—written by Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrated by Victoria Ying

GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY (January 21, 2020)—written by Minh Lê and illustrated by Andie Tong

  DC Ink (ages 13+):

MERA: TIDEBREAKER (April 2, 2019)—written by Danielle Paige and illustrated by Stephen Byrne

UNDER THE MOON: A CATWOMAN TALE (May 7, 2019)—written by Lauren Myracle and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart

TEEN TITANS: RAVEN (July 2019)—written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo

HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS (September 3, 2019)—written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Steve Pugh

BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER (October 1, 2019)—adapted by Stuart Moore from Marie Lu’s prose novel for the DC Icon series and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose

  About DC Zoom:

DC Zoom is a new middle grade graphic novel line from DC. The line will introduce DC’s most iconic Super Heroes to a new generation of fans with stories told by some of the most successful authors from the middle grade publishing space. DC Zoom titles will be standalone stories, not part of DC’s ongoing continuity, and completely accessible to new readers who have no previous knowledge of DC characters. The line will launch in April 2019 with the release of SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT by Ridley Pearson and Ile Gonzalez.

  About DC Ink

DC Ink is a new young adult graphic novel line from DC. The line will introduce DC’s most iconic Super Heroes to a new generation of fans with stories told by some of the most successful authors from the young adult publishing space. DC Ink titles will be standalone stories, not part of DC’s ongoing continuity, and completely accessible to new readers who have no previous knowledge of DC characters. The line will launch in April 2019 with the release of MERA: TIDEBREAKER by Danielle Paige and Stephen Byrne.

New Details Announced For DC Zoom & DC Ink Titles DC announced today new details surrounding its young reader imprints—DC Zoom and DC Ink—and revealed first looks at titles scheduled for release in fall 2019, all of which are available for pre-order below.

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DC Comics Announces New Titles To DC Ink and DC Zoom Imprints

DC Ink and DC Zoom announced new titles at San Diego Comic Con 2018.

DC Ink (focusing on readers 13 and up) had previously announced Mera: Tidebreaker, written by Danielle Paige and illustrated by Stephen Byrne, Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale, written by Lauren Myracle and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Steve Pugh, and Teen Titans: Raven, written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo.

Joining them are Batman: Nightwalker, an adaptation of Marie Lu’s prose novel, hails from Stuart Moore and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose.

Dick Grayson: Lost Carnival will be written by Michael Moreci.

Gotham High is written by Melissa de la Cruz and illustrated by Thomas Pitilli.

Oracle Rising is written by Marieke Nijkamp.

Shadow of the Batgirl is written by Sarah Kuhn.

Truth or Consequences: A Jack Hyde Story is written by Alex Sanchez. (This is a working title.)

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed is written by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Wonder Woman: Warbringer, an adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s prose novel from the DC Icon series, comes from Louise Simonson.

DC Zoom (focusing on readers aged 8-12) had previously announced Super Sons: The Polarshield Project, written by Ridley Pearson and illustrated by Ile Gonzalez, DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out, written by Shea Fontana and illustrated by Agnes Garbowska, Batman: Overdrive, written by Shea Fontana and illustrated by Marcelo Di Chiara, and Black Canary: Ignite, written by Meg Cabot and illustrated by Cara McGee.

Joining these Zoom titles are Superman of Smallville, written and illustrated by Art Baltazar & Franco.

Dear Justice League is written by Michael Northrop and illustrated by Gustavo Duarte.

Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime is written by Derek Fridolfs and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen.

Green Lantern: Legacy is written by Minh Lê and illustrated by Andie Tong.

Diana, Princess of the Amazons is written by Shannon and Dean Hale.

Superman Smashes the Klan is written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Gurihiru Studios.

(Image via DC Comics)

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DC Zoom (ages 8-12):

SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT(April 2, 2019)—written by Ridley Pearson and illustrated by Ile Gonzalez 

DC Zoom and DC Ink updates

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SPACED OUT(June 4, 2019)—written by Shea Fontana and illustrated by Agnes Garbowska

DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE(August 6, 2019)—written by Michael Northrop and illustrated by Gustavo Duarte 

SUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE(September 3, 2019)—written by Art Baltazar and Franco and Illustrated by Art Baltazar

THE SECRET SPIRAL OF SWAMP KID(October 1, 2019)—written and illustrated by Kirk Scroggs 

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: AT METROPOLIS HIGH(October 15, 2019)—written by Amy Wolfram and illustrated by Yancey Labat

BLACK CANARY: IGNITE(November 5, 2019)—written by Meg Cabot and illustrated by Cara McGee 

SUPER SONS: THE FOXGLOVE MISSION(November 5, 2019)—written by Ridley Pearson and illustrated by Ile Gonzalez

DIANA, PRINCESS OF THE AMAZONS(January 7, 2020)—written by Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrated by Victoria Ying

GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY(January 21, 2020)—written by Minh Lê and illustrated by Andie Tong 

DC Ink (ages 13+): 

MERA: TIDEBREAKER(April 2, 2019)—written by Danielle Paige and illustrated by Stephen Byrne

UNDER THE MOON: A CATWOMAN TALE(May 7, 2019)—written by Lauren Myracle and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart 

TEEN TITANS: RAVEN(July 2019)—written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo 

HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS(September 3, 2019)—written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Steve Pugh 

BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER(October 1, 2019)—adapted by Stuart Moore from Marie Lu’s prose novel for the DC Icon series and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose

Source: DC