Dec 23rd 2011 By: Laura Hudson
2011 Year-End Infographics: Harley Quinn in the New 52
As the final days of the year wind inexorably down, ComicsAlliance continues its year-end wrapup with a series of infographics about comics in 2011 by Wired Art Director (and former Comic Foundry Editor-in-Chief) Tim Leong, who previously graced ComicsAlliance with his charts summing up Comic-Con 2011. Leong returns today with an visual analysis of the revamped version of Harley Quinn from DC's New 52. Click through for a larger and more detailed version, and check out Leong's previous year-end infographics here.
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I entirely agree with this chart. Each time they "slut up" Harley she becomes less interesting than the last. If they wanted to make the character more interesting they'd return her to something far closer to her Batman TAS roots.
December 29 2011 at 2:59 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyI'm sure there's a lot of white whine and male privilege down below. "Oh lady editor stop telling us about dead horses. Juggalos are kewl!"
December 26 2011 at 10:19 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replyhaha these infographics are great. it seems like interest in Harley has skyrocketed on this site since she started letting it all hang out. Heck, I'd hazard there have been more articles and references made to her post-reboot, than in the entire year previous. Anyways, Merry Christmas!
December 24 2011 at 2:14 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replywheres the actual numbers from which this chart was made? You don't make info graphics without info, nah mean? Everyone agrees its terrible, but so are info graphics on the internet that have no data to support their claims. It should be called an artists opinion graphic.
December 24 2011 at 10:04 AM Report abuse Permalink -8 rate up rate down Replypsst. it's a joke.
December 24 2011 at 11:03 AM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down ReplyIt wasn't all that apparent to me given how much "serious" reporting there has been regarding this. The kung fu one makes it very clear that these are jokes though, thanks Brian
December 24 2011 at 1:20 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate downI don't get how that's a paradox. It just signals an evolving readership that grows less and less impressed with T&A in bad books as each year passes, especially when it involves characters people already know (and this character had the advantage of debuting on a popular TV show so you don't even need to have ever read comics to think this was a dumb idea if it were described)
December 24 2011 at 3:45 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyPlease. The new costume does suck and is disappointment. But there hasn't been much interest in the character since about 2002 anyway.
December 23 2011 at 11:05 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThere sure is a lot of *facepalm* in the comments below.
December 23 2011 at 10:51 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyI don't think it's so much about skin, but maybe that DC editorial are missing the point to Harley. Remove her from the Bat-verse and she fails. Seperate her from Mr. J and or Poison Ivy, she fails. Over design her "iconic"/classic togs and she fails. No I can't "show my work" to you apologists that swear up and down that it's not that bad, and it's all fanboy outrage, I care for your opinion, as much as you do mine. These failures are my own personal views on the character and the book, which should be cancelled and it's place be taken by Dave Gibbons and Ryan Sook's KAMANDI, the Last Boy on Earth!
December 23 2011 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyDear ComicsAlliance writer,
The horse is dead. Stop hitting it.
Sincerely,
Sane comics fans.
Sane but apparently lacking in any sense of irony or self-awareness.
December 27 2011 at 10:51 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyAm I a bad person for not finding this funny at all?
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