Batman Poster #30 FRAMED Joker and Harley Quinn #1 (1999) Alex Ross

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You are purchasing the item pictured, framed. Priority mail, tracking and $50 insurance is included with purchase. Item will be bagged to protect from dust, packed in packing peanuts and boxed. Just open box and hang it on the wall…makes a perfect gift!

In the early 1990s, just as the Batman live-action feature films were starting to swirl the bowl from a creative standpoint, Batman: The Animated Series breathed new life into the franchise on the small screen. To flesh out their cartoon version of the Dark Knight, artist Bruce Timm and writer Paul Dini came up with a highly stylized milieu where classic villains from the comics interacted with new, original creations. The most popular of these was Harley Quinn, a onetime Arkham Asylum psychologist who flips her wig and becomes the Joker’s manic gun moll. Harley first appeared in a 1992 episode of B:TAS and quickly migrated to the world of print. Her origin story was recounted in the acclaimed 1994 graphic novel Mad Love- set within the animated universe- and retold in this 1999 one-shot, which established her within the main Batman continuity. As if to signal the shift to the big-time, cover artist Alex Ross depicts a decidedly nubile Harley worshipfully gazing up at her “puddin'” in the midst of what appears to be a tango. Ross based the exquisite composition (shown here with all of the typography removed) on a classic Arrow dress-shirt ad. The Joker, one of the most feared villains to not just face Batman, but also to have come out of the DC Comics stable, and Harley Quinn, his beautiful but blundering cohort. Designed, drawn and painted by award-winning Artist, Alex Ross, the image of The Joker in “Tango With Evil,” was taken directly from Ross’s own likeness. Harley Quinn. The character is a frequent accomplice/girlfriend of the Joker, and is also close to Poison Ivy, from whom she gained her immunity to poisons and toxins. The character was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. The art is by Alex Ross. Harley Quinn, the nickname of Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, M.D., is a fictional character, a super villain in the DC Universe. The character was introduced on September 11, 1992, in Batman: The Animated Series and later adapted into DC Comics’ Batman comic books, first appearing in The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993). As suggested by her name (a play on the word “harlequin”), she is clad in the manner of a traditional harlequin jester. The character is a frequent accomplice/girlfriend of the Joker, and is also close to Poison Ivy, from whom she gained her immunity to poisons and toxins. The character was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm and was originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin in Batman: The Animated Series and its tie-ins. The character was voiced by Hynden Walch in The Batman animated series. In the Birds of Prey series, she was portrayed by actress Mia Sara (and Sherilyn Fenn in an unaired version of the pilot episode). Throughout her animated depictions, she is shown to speak with a pronounced Brooklyn accent. A psychiatrist on the Arkham Asylum staff, she falls for her favorite client, the Joker, and vows to emulate his criminal ways — as well as his prankster schtick. But the Joker isn’t keen on too much romance; girlfriends, to him, are as disposable as henchmen, and we all know how long they last in his gang. Nelson Alexander “Alex” Ross is an American comic book writer/artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels, on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, which Ross also co-wrote. Since then he has also done covers and character designs for Busiek’s series Astro City, and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative art for Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, and DVD packaging art for the M. Night Shyamalan film, Unbreakable. He has also done covers for TV Guide, promotional artwork for the Academy Awards, packaging design for comic book tie-in video games, and his renditions of superheroes have been merchandised as action figures. Ross’ style has been said to exhibit “a Norman-Rockwell-meets-George-Pérez vibe”, and has been praised for its realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters. His rendering style, his attention to detail, and the perceived tendency of his characters to be depicted staring off into the distance in cover images has been satirized in Mad magazine. Because of the time it takes Ross to produce his art, he primarily serves as a plotter and/or cover artist. Comics Buyer’s Guide Senior Editor Maggie Thompson, commenting on that publication’s retirement of the Favorite Painter award from their CBG Fan Awards due to Ross’ domination of that category, stated in 2010, “Ross may simply be the field’s Favorite Painter, period. That’s despite the fact that many outstanding painters are at work in today’s comic books.” Alex Ross is considered one of the great comic book artists of all time, certainly the greatest of the last 15 years. His reinterpretation of classic comic book characters into artworks with the use of pencil, gouache, and his God-given talent has changed the way comic books are painted. From as young as 3 years old, Ross was drawing commercials from memory. By the age of 13 he was creating and drawing original comic books. At 23 years old, he was hired by Marvel Comics for the comic book event, Marvels. His hugely successful comic book series, Kingdom Come (1996), marks the change between the Dark Age of comic books, in which pessimism and gritty stories ruled, into the Modern Age of optimism and strong superheroes.