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Harley And Ivy #3
Batman: Harley and Ivy #3
The slam-bang finale to the miniseries by Dini & Timm, guest-starring Batman! Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn slink back into town with the hard-won Zombie Root, only to blow their own cover as they discover that Hollywood's trying to make a bundle off of their infamy! And when Batman catches up to them, this movie's really gonna blow its budget!
25 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2004
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Paul Dini
726 books716 followersPaul Dini is an American television producer of animated cartoons. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond and Duck Dodgers. He also developed and scripted Krypto the Superdog and contributed scripts to Animaniacs (he created Minerva Mink), Freakazoid, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. After leaving Warner Bros. In early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the popular ABC adventure series Lost.
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
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July 22, 2016
We're two crazy chicks with a mission!
January 5, 2024
Harley and Ivy taking on Hollywood is so fun. Also, I think it’s in this issue that they had Joker say Mark Hamill’s lines about Yoda and the Dagobah system. Now gonna reread the Harley Quinn and Batman and Batman and Harley Quinn comics and then continue on through Justice League Unlimited comics.
November 30, 2024
As part of the Official DC Discord, I read this issue as part of the book club. Here are the questions and my answers alongside it:
1. How have Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy’s personalities and motivations evolved over the course of the series? Do you think their relationship has changed since the first book? If so, in what ways?
I believe that Harley and Ivy have definitely grown closer since the first book. In the first issue, Ivy was tolerant of Harley and tried everything she could to get away. But by the third, they are inseparable and focused completely on whatever sporadic goal pops up in front of them. In this issue we saw Ivy was still trying to develop the zombie virus but quickly ditched it and used it for a harebrained Harley scheme.
2. Harley and Ivy often have morally ambiguous goals. In this book, how do their actions challenge the ethical framework of the story? Are there moments where you sympathize with their causes, even if their methods are questionable?
In book 3, there is not a moment where I sympathize with their cause, as in this book it is completely self-focused. From book 2, they shifted from a saving the planet mindset back into villainous tropes where they are obsessed with their perception in the world. It has taken such a hold that they can't handle a Hollywood production of their story without their direct control. And although it works out majorly well with Harley's direction, she also uses terrible workplace practices and puts a lot of their stunt doubles in real danger, which is hugely unacceptable. But there is one moment where I sympathize with Ivy. In the middle of the entire scheme, she wakes up one night in a panic after a bad dream where she was worried the world would see her as a fraud. At this point I sympathize with her decision to throw her evil scheme away and instead focus on helping Harley. She easily could have continued with the world domination, but in her mind took the harder approach, which can be commendable.
3. After finishing the third book, where do you think the future of Harley and Ivy might go? Do you think their journey will continue in new directions, or will they always be defined by their chaotic nature?
The end of the book seems to suggest the characters have returned to the status quo, with Harley bothering Ivy and Ivy trying to get as far away as possible. I believe they will continue to follow the same loop, where they escape and work together and grow close, only to end back up in the same cells across from each other. Deep down they have great admiration for each other, but their methods will always lead them back to their starting point.
4. In what ways do Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy serve as symbols of larger themes (such as rebellion, freedom, environmentalism, etc.) in this series? Do you think these symbols are explored more deeply in the third book?
Within the series as a whole, Harley and Ivy serve as symbols of rebellion and self-freedom. In smaller ways they are forces of environmentalism, but that is only what is used as a catalyst to push them forward, such as Ivy's quest for the zombie virus to take over the world and change human nature to her whim. But this power is inherently within the characters, as shown when Ivy uses a similar power against the Presidente in the second book. On an overall level, they serve as a rebellion against society to force it to give them their sense of freedom and representation. This is especially shown in the third book, as by this point they have dropped world domination for the sake of the environment in favor of correcting their image and making sure that society does not inhibit their nature. They even use the zombie virus as a force of the environment to rebel against society.
1. How have Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy’s personalities and motivations evolved over the course of the series? Do you think their relationship has changed since the first book? If so, in what ways?
I believe that Harley and Ivy have definitely grown closer since the first book. In the first issue, Ivy was tolerant of Harley and tried everything she could to get away. But by the third, they are inseparable and focused completely on whatever sporadic goal pops up in front of them. In this issue we saw Ivy was still trying to develop the zombie virus but quickly ditched it and used it for a harebrained Harley scheme.
2. Harley and Ivy often have morally ambiguous goals. In this book, how do their actions challenge the ethical framework of the story? Are there moments where you sympathize with their causes, even if their methods are questionable?
In book 3, there is not a moment where I sympathize with their cause, as in this book it is completely self-focused. From book 2, they shifted from a saving the planet mindset back into villainous tropes where they are obsessed with their perception in the world. It has taken such a hold that they can't handle a Hollywood production of their story without their direct control. And although it works out majorly well with Harley's direction, she also uses terrible workplace practices and puts a lot of their stunt doubles in real danger, which is hugely unacceptable. But there is one moment where I sympathize with Ivy. In the middle of the entire scheme, she wakes up one night in a panic after a bad dream where she was worried the world would see her as a fraud. At this point I sympathize with her decision to throw her evil scheme away and instead focus on helping Harley. She easily could have continued with the world domination, but in her mind took the harder approach, which can be commendable.
3. After finishing the third book, where do you think the future of Harley and Ivy might go? Do you think their journey will continue in new directions, or will they always be defined by their chaotic nature?
The end of the book seems to suggest the characters have returned to the status quo, with Harley bothering Ivy and Ivy trying to get as far away as possible. I believe they will continue to follow the same loop, where they escape and work together and grow close, only to end back up in the same cells across from each other. Deep down they have great admiration for each other, but their methods will always lead them back to their starting point.
4. In what ways do Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy serve as symbols of larger themes (such as rebellion, freedom, environmentalism, etc.) in this series? Do you think these symbols are explored more deeply in the third book?
Within the series as a whole, Harley and Ivy serve as symbols of rebellion and self-freedom. In smaller ways they are forces of environmentalism, but that is only what is used as a catalyst to push them forward, such as Ivy's quest for the zombie virus to take over the world and change human nature to her whim. But this power is inherently within the characters, as shown when Ivy uses a similar power against the Presidente in the second book. On an overall level, they serve as a rebellion against society to force it to give them their sense of freedom and representation. This is especially shown in the third book, as by this point they have dropped world domination for the sake of the environment in favor of correcting their image and making sure that society does not inhibit their nature. They even use the zombie virus as a force of the environment to rebel against society.
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February 7, 2015
¡OH! Estuvo muy bueno, me gusto mucho.
Fue tan cómico. Harley: ella es un desastre andante... Se le ocurren las cosas mas locas. Desde que inicie ya estaba riéndome.
"Que valor el de este principiante ¡imitando a mi pudin!"...
Le dice al Joker "pudin"...En serio, todo lo que hice fue reírme. Batman es tan serio, y leer sobre Harley alegra el momento. Mas que esto sigue pasando con Batman alrededor, le da un punto de vista diferente a todo este universo de Batman.
¡En el set!Resulta que ellas ven como una buena opción tomar el dinero de esos productores y ademas controlar una película que grabaran sobre Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn(porque no les gusto las personas que iban a interpretarlas) Y con solo decir que Isley dejo a Quinzel encargada de la película. Y así tendrán suficiente dinero para volver a Gotham.
Como ya dije, me gusto mucho estas dos chicas trabajando juntas, mientras Isley es centrada en lo que hace; Harley es un desastre.
Fue tan cómico. Harley: ella es un desastre andante... Se le ocurren las cosas mas locas. Desde que inicie ya estaba riéndome.
"Que valor el de este principiante ¡imitando a mi pudin!"...
¡En el set!Resulta que ellas ven como una buena opción tomar el dinero de esos productores y ademas controlar una película que grabaran sobre Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn
Como ya dije, me gusto mucho estas dos chicas trabajando juntas, mientras Isley es centrada en lo que hace; Harley es un desastre.
January 2, 2017
“Hooray for Harleywood” from BATMAN: HARLEY AND IVY #3
Quinn: “Now where was I –? OH YEAH! See, this time, the Shelley Winters character has a mad, passionate love affair with the Gene Hackman character ...”
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Quinn: “Now where was I –? OH YEAH! See, this time, the Shelley Winters character has a mad, passionate love affair with the Gene Hackman character ...”
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June 22, 2014
A whole issue of Dini and Timm bagging on the Batman movies...genius.
January 2, 2017
También me falto leer uno, mierda.
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