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Published: 2009-02-19 09:03:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 14207; Favourites: 366; Downloads: 2386
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Umm...happy belated Valentine's Day....'s a stupid holiday, anyway.
Behold the clever facsimile of a background!
Hey you guys, remember Mark Hamill's Joker? Wasn't he AWESOME?
I mean, I thought Heath Ledger was brilliant in "The Dark Knight", and I also thought Jack Nicholson was pretty fantastic.
But the Animated Series Joker will always be *my* Joker.
Harley Quinn and the Joker = DC comics.
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Amazing picture!!! Animated series Joker is definitely the best
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The best Joker ever, and this is one smashing rendition.
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Mark Hamill is by far the best scree Joker and is closest to the comic book. Great pic, any chance of the Mad Hatter?
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I be lovin' this.. And I agree with the animated Joker, he's my fav as well
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wow i love this cartton style of the Joker,he's really handsome!!!!
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The composition here is great, but I LOVE everything about your Harley!
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I always thought this was one of the best/ cutest parings ever, and i never even got into that animated series... i just KNEW
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Mark Hamill is DA BOMB. Joker + Harley = love! I also like how Harley is lovesick and Joker has the, "I know I'm awesome." look on his face.
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at this point I've decided you are more or less a woman after my own heart. Mark Hamill's Joker is also my Joker, without question. Apart from the voice and the laughter that knows no parallel, the characterization provided by the lines themselves.... perfect.
You've done him a nice tribute.
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Absolutely wonderful Valentine fanart
With one of my fave couples ever.
Drawn in a fantastic way.
I simply feel that mad, maaad love 
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Thank you kindly - glad I did 'em justice!
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Beautiful. I especially like the texture of the piece.
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I love this! You right, the MH Joker is the best! I love how drew the faces. Joker's is exactly like the animated series.
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To me, all the other Batman movies/shows are just wanna-bes. I grew up to Harley Quinn's annoying voice and Batman's square chin. Beautiful.
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Agree. It's just...the show that got everything right.
I love the Nolan films, but the animated series will always be first in my heart.
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I think the live action movies are like the live action version of the animated series.(Almost as good. 
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Aww! It's so cute! I love Joker's little self-satisfied smirk. and yes Hamill's Joker rocks da house. in fact it rocks all da houses! 
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Bweehee, thanks.
Yep, he's pretty much made of awesome.
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I am in complete agreement. And I think it spelt that wrong... *wonders*
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I love Mark Hamiall role of the Joker too.
I would have got his autograph, it didn't cost about a 100 bucks[true story].
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Daaaaaang. That is a bit steep though!
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Something I totally failed to comment on so far, and I really should have done: the lighting is ace and the playing cards are just brilliant at framing the overall picture :3
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Gorgeous pose on Harley <3
You know, I recently watched the "Mad Love" episode, and I nearly spat out my tea. I'm surprised it made it past the censors, since it was a really full-on depiction of an abusive relationship. I always remembered it as being quite funny and slapstick, but when I rewatched it, it was decidedly unfunny and depressing.
I think Harley is a much cooler character in the fan art than the original series that spawned her. In the series they always seem to depict her as completely dumb and uncreative :/
(But she's still the most awesome character ever :3)
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I'm with you on the tea-spitting there - I mean, heaven forbid anyone dies on the show, but they can show a maniac tossing his girlfriend out of a, what, six-story building?
That said, if you don't take it as a piece of children's entertainment, it's a great episode (and MAN, I love listening to Mark Hamill roll those r's!)...only funny in a sick, sad sort of way.
Eh, I think she's a great character even in the original series. Compared to Poison Ivy and Catwoman's femme-fatale brand of villainy...she's so naively loony!
Ever seen "Harlequinade" ([link] )? It sort of gives the impression that she's really not as much of a ditz as she acts. (Plus, she musters up the spine to actually pull a gun on the Joker. Points for that!)
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No wais 
That's a very cool ep, she certainly is a lot more proactive than in some of them (is it "Girls' Night Out" where she's constantly the butt of Ivy and Livewire's jokes about how stupid/incompetent she is? Not a lot of good feeling in that ep.)
Also, if I'd had access to Harlequinade when I was in the middle of my animation dissertation it would have made things a lot easier XD Especially the singing scene. Although that made me feel kinda sick ... "Please put down that acid"?? D: (Maybe I'm just oversensitive to this sort of thing ...)
I think my main problem isn't Harley herself or any of the other characters but the rather unsubtle way that the series writers at times seem to be saying "Domestic violence: it's AWWWWRIGHT!!" with only very half-hearted attempts on the part of the "good" characters to say otherwise. I mean, teaching kids that domestic violence is edgy and cool ... that's trying a leeeetle bit too hard to be "dark" imo.
Still, Harley is by far the most original female supervillain evar because she doesn't just go for the tired ol' "Lookit me, I'm so sexy. Yar, so sexy and feisty. I take myself ohh so seriously, because I'm so sexy and above it all. Watch me do a pouty face and say something clicheed about being a lady."
and that is why Harley Quin wins the innernets.
(Ima shush now)
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o, i like!! classic batman animated series joker. win.
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Glad you liked. That show does indeed win.
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I second this motion. The other Jokers are good, but he's /the/ Joker^_^
~K
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That said, Ledger is DAMN good. ...we must make you watch The Dark Knight.
Oh, and by the way:
You remind me of the babe. *grins*
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Yes, indeed, we must.
What babe?^_^
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Ah, Mark Hamil's Joker... brings back memories, alright!
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I really couldn't say, I love so many of them! But my favorite Joker episode is probably The Joker's Favor.
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This is excellent. Feels very B:TAS style.
Love Harley's happy face and the Joker's smug look.
He's looks like he's thinking... "Yep. This ol' clown has still got it!" Hahha.
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Thanks!
Bweehee. Something along those lines, no doubt.
The ladies, they are powerless to resist the purple.
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I wish when you say "ladies" you only mean Harls, but we all know there are girls out there who think the Joker is shmexy. Eep!
I think a Nolanverse Harley would work, but they would have to darken her like in the recent Joker graphic novel; as they "darkened" the Joker for the movie. He's not really the traditional Joker of the comics --- he doesn't use any of his traditional gags (Smilex, acid-squirting flower) , but is a more realistic take.
Thanks for drawing this, though! :-D
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Aw, c'mon - even the best of us have a Harley-esque thing for at least *one* version of the Joker!
That said, he's one of the only Bat villains I probably wouldn't want to bring home and feed. Admiration from afar is far safer.
You're right, a Nolanverse Harley would have to be a complete departure from the Bruce Timm model. But, gee...where's the fun in that?
I hear she has a, hem, silent role in the new graphic novel. And something about the writer regarding her as "essentially a stripper'.
This...sort of irks me.
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Yeah Devil's Advocate Joker isn't so bad.
I'm a big Harley fan, but (while I would have preferred if she spoke) I actually liked her depiction in the graphic novel. And I was worried about it, for sure, with her not speaking and all. She isn't essentially a "stripper"; but she DOES have a reverse strip scene, in which she puts her clothes on. I don't want to ruin it for you, but it is a "joke" and a ruse. She's still playful, just in ... a different sense. And the relationship between the two of them is quite well-depicted.
You should at least check it out:
[link]
:-D
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Don't worry, I fully plan on it - just haven't gotten around to it yet!
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I sent you a link for it so you can! :-D
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awww! i love how you drew the Joker! hahaa this is very cute!
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