A brand new piece of official paintings for HBO Max’s Harley Quinn animated sequence pays tribute to the work of late, nice comedian guide artist George Pérez.
The paintings, shared to the official Harley Quinn Twitter account, comes from Jennifer Coyle, Dusty Abell, Jeffrey Purves, Peter Girardi and Megan Phonesavanh. It’s primarily based on Pérez and Romeo Tanghal’s cowl artwork for New Teen Titans #1. Within the homage, Harley Quinn herself stands in for Robin (Dick Grayson), with Poison Ivy standing in for Raven, Frank the Plant standing in for Starfire, Nightwing standing in for Wonder Girl, Batgirl standing in for Child Flash, Robin (Damian Wayne) and Harley’s tiger standing in for Beast Boy, and Swamp Factor standing in for Cyborg. Additionally becoming a member of the fray are King Shark and Clayface.
Wolfman and Pérez’s Run on Teen Titans Was Legendary
Created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani, the Teen Titans initially joined the DC Universe within the Nineteen Sixties. Nonetheless, it was Marv Wolfman and Pérez’s Eighties tackle the youthful superhero group that might turn out to be arguably probably the most defining. Written by Wolfman and illustrated by Pérez, New Teen Titans #1 was initially printed by DC in 1980. For his or her run, Wolfman and Pérez created the now-iconic characters of Raven, Starfire and Cyborg, in addition to re-defined the character of Garfield Logan/Beast Boy, re-christening him the Changeling. Additionally they finally gave Dick Grayson/Robin his most well-known alter ego of Nightwing as a part of “The Judas Contract.”
Wolfman and Pérez’s New Teen Titans has served as the idea for quite a few on-screen variations, together with the Cartoon Community animated sequence Teen Titans, its comedy-oriented spinoff Teen Titans Go!, the animated function movie Teen Titans: The Judas Contract and the live-action DC Universe/HBO Max sequence Titans. Furthermore, Pérez labored on quite a few different iconic titles for each DC and Marvel, together with Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wonder Woman and Avengers. Earlier this yr, Pérez handed away on the age of 67 following a battle with pancreatic most cancers.
Harley Quinn Is Nonetheless Going Robust on HBO Max
Starring Kaley Cuoco because the voice of DC’s Clown Princess of Crime, Harley Quinn initially premiered on DC Universe in 2019. The present returned for a second season in 2020 earlier than leaping to HBO Max for its long-awaited third season, which lastly premiered this previous July and concluded only a few days in the past on Sept. 15. Regardless of animation having an unsure future on the platform, HBO Max has formally renewed Harley Quinn for Season 4.
Harley Quinn Seasons 1-3 are at the moment streaming on HBO Max.
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