Green-Ghost
07-28-2003, 02:19 PM
From The Pulse (http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/pulse.cgi?http%3A//www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi%3Fubb%3Dget_topic%26f%3D36%26t%3D001237) :
At the San Diego ComiCon, DC announced plans for a limited series featuring the clown princess of crime, her gal pal who causes everyone to itch, hanging out in their own three-part limited series. Batman Adventures: Harley and Ivy is created by Harley’s “daddies” Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Dini gave THE PULSE some tidbits about this upcoming wild and crazy adventure.
THE PULSE: We’ll start with the basics … what inspired this limited series?
PAUL DINI: The characters got a great reaction every time we paired them up in the TV series. It seemed natural that we'd continue their adventures in a comic book story.
THE PULSE: You and Bruce Timm work together a lot. What do you like about working with him? How well do you collaborate?
DINI: For starters, he's the most gifted artist I've ever worked with. His storytelling is phenomenal and he draws the sexiest, most appealing women bar none. There's a sequence in the first issue where Harley has to apologize to Ivy for something stupid she's done and it's all communicated without dialogue. Bruce made the interplay between them cute, hysterically funny and, in a weird way, kind of touching. No artist can pull off a scene like that the way Bruce Timm does. Also, once we sit down and start shooting around story ideas, they come very fast and furious. We're constantly challenging each other to come up with good ideas, or laughing at some bit of business we think is funny. We've always been on the same page with pretty much everything we've done together.
THE PULSE: Is this an "animated" adventure that takes place in that universe or the mainstream DCU?
DINI: Animated. It could easily be a spin-off for a Harley and Ivy animated series, though it's probably too adult for the kiddie afternoon spot where we originally ran Batman: The Animated Series.
THE PULSE: What role does Batman play in this series? Is he friend or foe?
DINI: Batman is not an ally of the girls in this series. He does play a limited part in most of the stories, but this is mainly the girls on their own.
THE PULSE: What do you like best about working on Harley?
DINI: She's just a delight. Harley operates in her own little mental universe and as a writer, tapping into that is an excuse to be very playful and silly. You play by her sense of logic, which is basically all the rules are tossed out the window.
THE PULSE: How is working on her different than working on one of your other mischievous characters like Jingle Belle?
DINI: There are similarities, but Jing is less of a screwball and a little more focused. Jing lives in a North Pole fantasy world, but still has to adhere somewhat to its rules, if only so she can break them. Harley goes her own merry way, in and out of one adventure after another, doing whatever amuses her at the time.
THE PULSE: What do you think would happen if Jing ever met Harley?
DINI: What do you mean, "if"? Who do you think keeps supplying Harley with all those goofy popguns and exploding toys?
THE PULSE: Wow … that answers so many questions! So, why should Bat fans check this three part series out?
DINI: If fans loved the look of the animated series and the tone of some of the lighter episodes, then this is definitely right up their alley.
THE PULSE: What other Bat projects are you working on?
DINI: Nothing at the moment, but never say never.
At the San Diego ComiCon, DC announced plans for a limited series featuring the clown princess of crime, her gal pal who causes everyone to itch, hanging out in their own three-part limited series. Batman Adventures: Harley and Ivy is created by Harley’s “daddies” Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Dini gave THE PULSE some tidbits about this upcoming wild and crazy adventure.
THE PULSE: We’ll start with the basics … what inspired this limited series?
PAUL DINI: The characters got a great reaction every time we paired them up in the TV series. It seemed natural that we'd continue their adventures in a comic book story.
THE PULSE: You and Bruce Timm work together a lot. What do you like about working with him? How well do you collaborate?
DINI: For starters, he's the most gifted artist I've ever worked with. His storytelling is phenomenal and he draws the sexiest, most appealing women bar none. There's a sequence in the first issue where Harley has to apologize to Ivy for something stupid she's done and it's all communicated without dialogue. Bruce made the interplay between them cute, hysterically funny and, in a weird way, kind of touching. No artist can pull off a scene like that the way Bruce Timm does. Also, once we sit down and start shooting around story ideas, they come very fast and furious. We're constantly challenging each other to come up with good ideas, or laughing at some bit of business we think is funny. We've always been on the same page with pretty much everything we've done together.
THE PULSE: Is this an "animated" adventure that takes place in that universe or the mainstream DCU?
DINI: Animated. It could easily be a spin-off for a Harley and Ivy animated series, though it's probably too adult for the kiddie afternoon spot where we originally ran Batman: The Animated Series.
THE PULSE: What role does Batman play in this series? Is he friend or foe?
DINI: Batman is not an ally of the girls in this series. He does play a limited part in most of the stories, but this is mainly the girls on their own.
THE PULSE: What do you like best about working on Harley?
DINI: She's just a delight. Harley operates in her own little mental universe and as a writer, tapping into that is an excuse to be very playful and silly. You play by her sense of logic, which is basically all the rules are tossed out the window.
THE PULSE: How is working on her different than working on one of your other mischievous characters like Jingle Belle?
DINI: There are similarities, but Jing is less of a screwball and a little more focused. Jing lives in a North Pole fantasy world, but still has to adhere somewhat to its rules, if only so she can break them. Harley goes her own merry way, in and out of one adventure after another, doing whatever amuses her at the time.
THE PULSE: What do you think would happen if Jing ever met Harley?
DINI: What do you mean, "if"? Who do you think keeps supplying Harley with all those goofy popguns and exploding toys?
THE PULSE: Wow … that answers so many questions! So, why should Bat fans check this three part series out?
DINI: If fans loved the look of the animated series and the tone of some of the lighter episodes, then this is definitely right up their alley.
THE PULSE: What other Bat projects are you working on?
DINI: Nothing at the moment, but never say never.