When DC Comics relaunched Harley Quinn earlier this year with writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Riley Rossmo at the helm, the former Clown Princess of Crime debuted an all-new look, which borrows elements from a number of her previous incarnations. Rossmo has now shared several Harley redesign concepts for the title that ultimately did not make the final cut.To celebrate the release of Harley Quinn #5, the artist shared Harley's unused costume concepts in a post to Twitter. In addition to Phillips, Rossmo tagged Harley Quinn inker Jay Leisten, colorist Ivan Plascencia and letterer Deron Bennett. The concept art paints a picture of how Rossmo experimented with different outfits, hairstyles, makeup and weapons for Harley.
Phillips wrote the two-part limited series Future State: Harley Quinn, which launched this past January as part of DC's Future State event. In March, the publisher then relaunched its mainline Harley Quinn series with a new issue #1. Phillips returned to write the series, with Rossmo joining her on the project as artist.
Per the full synopsis for Harley Quinn #5,
Did I miss something, or is there another new creep in a funny costume tryin’ to take over Gotham? Villains in this city are like that multiheaded hydra monster: blow a few up in Arkham Asylum, and 50 more pop up in ridiculous costumes thinkin’ they’re worthy of one of those fancy character variant covers. And here I thought bustin’ outta Hugo Strange’s new headquarters and savin’ the clowns was gonna be my biggest problem today.
Written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Riley Rossmo, Harley Quinn #5 is available now from DC Comics. Issue #6 goes on sale Aug. 24.
Source: Twitter