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Harley Quinn’sstar has never been brighter in the DC Universe , and DC is fete with a prestigious new digital laughable titledHarley Quinn : Black + White + Red . The 14 - issue weekly miniseries promises to bring out some of the giving writing and visual talents in their stalls to tell apart Harley tarradiddle using only the three chromaticity in her trademark coloration dodge . To show they ’re serious , and lure in established fan hungering for more of Harley ’s best , the first chapter ofBlack + White + Redacts as an extra level set in the world of 2019’sHarleen , perfect with the paying back of its creator , who ’s realize one last hooray with the harlequin .
Harleenwas a three - payoff miniseries thatretold Harley Quinn ’s originas a romantic thriller doused in psychological horror . Published under DC ’s Black Label transmission line of mature - readers comics , written and illustrated bySunstonecreator Stjepan Šejić , and letter by Gabriela Downie , the storyput reader in Harley ’s shoesas she struggled against the cruelness of Gotham and the spiritlessness of Arkham Asylum , only to light into the snare of an alluring , devastating new lover : the Joker .
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too soon this June , Šejić revealed to fanson Twitterthathe was wishing farewell to DCin Holy Order to focus on personal projects . The writer / artist emphasized that his human relationship with the Batman company remained positive and that he was " going out with a bang " with a final study for the publisher . That final work is " Harleen : Red " , the storyteller ’s entree inBlack + White + Redthat offers a smell at his incarnation of Quinn after she was committed to the asylum where she once worked . The tale habituate its vividness treatment for thematic significance , telling a story of just what the colouring material red means to the romantically - inclined supervillain . Here ’s the preview :
Šejić is known for having a lighthearted and joyful approach to his comics , and it ’s unmistakable that he ’s having playfulness with this unique format . As Dr. Quinzel finds herself in the part of the patient , the visuals work as firmly as the negotiation to severalize the taradiddle . Harley ’s scar , suffered in her autumn from gracility , are brightly seeable against her grayscale peel . She see to it herself in the therapist , figuratively and literally , as Harley ’s mirror look smirks beside her . Because Harley believes that the " colouration therapy " is pointless , like everything else in her medically committed life , the presumptively depressed card is colorless to us , along with every other detail in Harley ’s man . Only her thought process break the monochrome layout .
As DC announce , future chapters ofHarley Quinn : Black + White + Redwill let in other illustrious industry figures , wander from co - creator Paul Dini , Tom Seeley and Juan Ferrerya , and Daniel Kibblesmith to artist who are writing for DC for the first time like Mirka Andolfo and Riley Rossmo . Black + White + Redpromises readers stories that are creator - drive , fuel by storytelling quality , untethered by persistence , and showcasing entirely distinctive optic styles in ways lecturer have n’t seen them before . " Harleen : Red " is draw unspoilt on that hope .
DC Comics’Harley Quinn : Black + White + Red # 1is available now from digital strip providers .
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