Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass | 
pickI am not typically a Harley Quinn fan, but when this book won an Eisner recently I decided to try it out since I've enjoyed the other DC YA graphic novels.
This backstory gives an excellent view into the mind of a troubled young girl dealing with the loss of her home and her family. When she finds a new family that accepts her, she yet again is faced with losing everything and thus Harley Quinn is born.
I ended up really liking this one. 💚
pickCertainly deserving of the Eisner nomination. A very cool take on Harley Quinn's origin. Sent to Gotham City to live with her grandmother, Harley falls in with a group of queens, demands to be friends with Ivy, crossed paths with an enigmatic joker, and puts a whole lot of boogers in their place. Timely and topical, it keeps the DC spirit while offering something original.
pickI‘m glad to have discovered digital #comics on Hoopla because #graphicnovels are really hitting the spot for me lately. This origin story, written by the amazing Mariko Tamaki, is smart, funny & has “a lot of unresolved literary allusions.” Harleen gets her Harley Quinn persona idea from the supercool drag queens she lives with. Her social activist friend Ivy inspires her to take action… sometimes misguided but always with a good heart. #LGBTQ
Harleen wondered if plants think people are jerks.
This is not a story about feeling good and safe. It's lots of things, okay? But it's not that. It's also not a story about giraffes or cupcakes. Because cupcakes are just little fake cakes and do not deserve a story.
And yes indeed, our happy heroine Harleen was happy as a kitten on a radiator.
The Stalk from Saga (inset) looks a lot like Hello Dali‘s costume, don‘t you think? Was Harley Quinn artist Steve Pugh influenced by Saga artist Fiona Staples? #comics
pickHad a mini graphic novel readathon this weekend. Plus a novella and a short story collection. Tagged book was the last, and my favorite, of the lot.
pickA great origin story for Harley Quinn. The art was cool and the main character had some details which made the normally insane personality make a little sense.
#currentlyreading This is really cool so far!! I‘m still at the very beginning where she is forming with soon the be Poison Ivy. It‘s awesome!! Side note- my psychiatrist put me on Haldol - ( finally!!) and took me off Geodon which I have been on for years but is making me gain weight. Check up on all of your depressed buddies, or reach out if you aren‘t feeling well yourself!! 👍🏽👍🏽😊😊❤️❤️💪🏽💪🏽 Here‘s sleeping #Stormy 😻😻
🚨 Interview Alert 🚨 Recently we had the chance to chat with Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me) about writing for graphic novels, and reimagining Harley Quinn for her latest book Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass. It was a great conversation and the book is great, too!
You can check out the interview wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/Mariko-Tamaki
Well I tried! But there were so many sales, and coupons and finds, that my month of reading graphic novels equated to me basically reading... 4. 🤦♀️🤦♀️The shelves are no lighter.
pickWow! So it kept both the older idea I‘ve had of who Harlequin is, and define her at the same time. Her own monologue through the book adds a nice piece of who she is. Her costume change from the skimpy cheerleader outfit, thatJoker gave her to wear, to an amazing whole body red, black and white outfit we all know best was my favorite. Or that she never lost the pizazz jump in her step. Now she‘s after Joker who left her in prison-easy escape
Alright. So far tho grouping have had a very good run of DC ladies, so here Harleys graphic novel. She‘s one of those characters everyone loves that I haven‘t really understood yet. Let‘s see if this changes my view on her - crazy, passionate, twisted psychologist, turned evil by Joker emotional abuse.
pickI don‘t read a lot of graphic novels, but this ARC caught my attention and I‘m soooooo glad I read it. It‘s a wonderful spin on a great character, with some fun appearances from other classic Batman characters. Throw in some beautifully done commentary on societal structures and other real-world issues, and I‘m giving this one a solid 10/10.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 (due to length of excerpt) Thanks to NetGalley I received an early excerpt of this graphic novel. We are introduced to Harleen Quinzel who goes to live with her grandma- only her grandma has died so she is now living in an apartment with a drag queen who goes by Mama. We also get a chance to see how Harleen becomes friends with Ivy. The excerpt is only 28 pages but I am excited to read the remaining novel when it is released next year.
Finished Misfits by Jen Calonita. Now onto book two. #reversereadathon @DeweysReadathon #arc #netgalley
