This week’s JOKER ART FOR THE MASSES comes from a commission made by renowed comic book artist JASON ALEXANDER known from the series ABE SAPIEN and POISON ELVES.
What I like most about this picture is that, similar to ALEX ROSS’ “Tango with the Devil” ,Joker and Harley are together in the picture, with Joker in the spotlight and Harley as an ornament. This in my opinion shows successfully the relationship between these two rogues. Not that I condone any of this behavior, but I imagine Joker as a man so full of himself, that nothing but himself matters. Everything else (including people) are just props for one of his plans, an ornament in his canvas of murder, but never a person…always a thing.
In here, Harley becomes an object again, a ‘table’ where Joker is supporting himself casually, smiling at the camera and ignoring Harley who stands like a doll, without an expression. Even the guns in his hands have more prominence in the picture than the poor Harley that precariously tries to fulfill her pudding’s whims. This nice piece was made in pen and ink around 2000 for a fan.
