"I got energy to burn . . . or mutilate . . . or whatever." -- Harley QuinnJust ridiculous, trashy fun. It's Harley Quinn - would those familiar with her expect anything more?The psychiatrist-turned-homicidal Gal Friday to the Joker splits from Gotham City after she inherits a multi-story building in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. From there out the 'plot' is basically a clothesline to hang on the zany though occasionally darkly-humored vignettes. Quinn works as a therapist at a retiremen...

Enh... just okay. Personally, I like the more-slapstick, less potty- and dark-humor Harley of the pre-"New 52" era.

Read as a digital arc. Thank you NetGalley and the publishers!So, I didn't like it.The first issue was this somewhat interesting Dream Sequence, in which Harley has this 'conversation with the writers', and together they try out artists for her comic book.I say somewhat interesting, because there was no real story here, but it was fun to see the different artists switch things up from page to page. Here are a few examples:Art Baltazar Adam HughesDarwyn Cooke So. There was that. And even though i...

3.5 StarsHarley Quinn is one of those characters that pulls me in because of the psychology of the character. The whole fact that Harley Quinn is pretty smart (there was some fudging on her psychology doctor exams) and successful well before she ever falls into villainy was a huge draw. I loved that she fell prey to a psychological disorder of her own and allowed herself to fall for someone who was far from good for her, and then spent years going back and forth between loving and hating him. So...

Harley is my girl. I've loved her since she was created for Batman: The Animated Series and I'll read/play/watch anything she's in. I can understand why people might not like her, but for me she's a fascinating character. She also was a real doctor so we'll get moments like this: She's smart but that's often buried under the insanity. And when she finds someone that threatens her, her friends, or animals they often meet a bloody end. This series is wonderfully gory and over the top and I enjo...

Harley Quinn is the love of my life.

They say a person should never buy a book because of it's cover but I went ahead and did it anyway probably because it featured a hot girl in a tight outfit with a big ass mallet wearing roller skates with crazy looking eyes. What's not to like? Well, I'm glad I don't listen to people because I loved this book from top to bottom. It's a brilliant joyride through the unhinged psycho-circus Harley Quinn calls a life brought to life by the inspired vision of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. I mus...

If you are a fan of humor/action comics like Deadpool and Lobo, then you'll probably really enjoy this series. I prefer the slightly more serious version of Harley Quinn in the Suicide Squad series.The series has some good (and sexy) art, and the stories are silly but still entertaining. Poison Ivy shows up and we meet a pretty interesting new cast of characters. A good read overall, but don't expect any serious drama out of this one. If you are a fan of Harley Quinn, this will at least be worth...

Time fer some whackin’ an’ some hackin’! I got these in its single issues (including both edition of #0, regular and director’s cut) but I am choosing this edition to make a better overall review.This TPB collects Harley Quinn (Vol.3) from #0 to #8 inclusive.Creative Team:Writers: Amanda Conner & Jimmy PalmiottiIllustrators: Chad Hardin & Stephane Roux NEW LIFE, SAME MADNESS Awww... ...my cute little psycho. Dr. Harleen Quinzel has been doing some jobs for the Suicide Squad, so she got t

Fun rendition of Harley Quinn's adventures. What I love about her is that she has her own sense of right and wrong and a warped but unique moral compass. This was portrayed very well here. The art was beautiful with rich coloring and detailed paneling. The shadows and lights were seriously impressive. The different threads of the story line were interwoven collaboratively into a collective that made sense in its unique HQ way. The secondary characters and their interactions with HQ allowed for t...

Crazier Than a Sack o’ Rabid Monkeys!According to Wikipedia, the comic-book character Harley Quinn was first introduced to the DC Universe in 1992 via TV’s Batman: The Animated Series, and was only subsequently added to the comic-book canon. I have never watched much Batman on TV myself, and most of the Batman comics I’ve read are from the 1940’s, so I’m no Harley Quinn expert. When I picked up this first volume of the New 52 relaunch, I was hoping for nothing more and nothing less than an acces...

Ok guys, here is my rather late contribution to Sidekicks week.As one may reasonably deduce from the rating, I disliked this book with every fiber of my being. It is a well known fact that in order to be a good comics fan, you must:(a) enjoy gratuitous violence(b) not expect anything bordering on a plot unless as a last resort(c) be prepared for all sorts of wild weirdness in the artOr that's what the Harley Quinn writers seem to think anyway. And to some extent, I am pretty much a person who re...

I just KNEW I would fall in love with Harley Quinn !!!!

(B+) 78% | GoodNotes: An oddity, the comedy's both dark and sprightly bright, some decent laughs: a great first half, the latter’s just alright.

Cramathon read #3: COMPLETE!This was honestly so fucking great. I found myself laughing out loud SO MANY TIMES. I'm so glad that I finally decided to delve into the DC Universe and I will definitely be continuing on.

I was really enjoying this until about 2/3 of the way in. Then I started feeling nauseous, like I'd eaten too much candy or something.The beginning is great! The art is gorgeous! Harley is insane! I love gorgeous and insane. And I like Harley (when she's minus the Joker, as she is here).Good, great. The beginning is really meta, with Harley fantasizing about getting her own comic and a dozen or so artists coming in and trying out their different styles and scenarios for her.Good, great. Then Har...

Looking at DC objectively right now, besides a great many other, bigger fixes, they need a few things: 1) with the Joker going AWOL at the end of Death of the Family, they need a prominent clown character as they’re kind of known for that, 2) they need a female character series to at least attempt to balance out the overwhelmingly male centric titles, and 3) they desperately need a fun character – too many New 52 titles are dark, grim, gritty and miserable. So it makes perfect sense to give Harl...

~TRIGGER WARNING: date rape, sexual assault, transphobia, rape, violence against women, queer baitingI can't begin to describe my love for Harley Quinn. As one third of the Gotham City Sirens, she already has a long history of being an incredibly smart woman, who interned at Arkham Asylum, and began falling in love with the Joker. The Joker then Manipulates then Harleen Quinzel into setting him free.There are differing ways that she is introduced as a villain--my favourite being, funnily enough,...

In the Suicide Squad DC sub-universe, Harley Quinn is my absolutely favorite character. This volume introduces her (again) and it is non-stop acid humor and action cover to cover. A must.

It's no surprise this was far from sane or sedate. Harley Quinn can lay claim to neither. I really liked the artwork, the look of the character and the bright color throughout. Both were gorgeous. I really liked how they had every artist who ever drew Harley draw some panels near the beginning. I think the story stays true to Harley's antiheroic, if not villainous nature, without her coming out as overtly psychopathic. I freely admit I am squeamish about overtly psychopathic/sociopathic lead cha...