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Well, I was going to post the finale of Two-Face, Part II today, since I had the whole thing ready to go, but LJ ate it. Not all of it, but at least a day's work. Since I'm too tired and too upset from the setback, it'll be another day or two before I get that rewritten and posted. It's fine, it'll just give me a chance to do it better this time! Oy, I'm gonna throw up.
In the meantime, please accept the following from an issue of The Amazing World of DC Comics, 1975, wherein writer/editor Jack C. Harris (self-proclaimed creator of Arkham Asylum, as well as a Two-Face fan who shares my initials, so I feel some kinship there) proves his geek cred by describing step-by-step his methods for Two-Face cosplay! Bear in mind, this appeared shortly after Harvey's return from years of obscurity in O'Neil and Adams' Half an Evil," so the character was still relatively new to many readers! Plus, bonus Sergio Aragones! Everybody wins!
Oh, he is adorable. And priding himself on taking second prize for his Two-Face costume? Yeah, definitely feeling a kinship there!
A couple years after this, Harris would prove his devotion to the character a second time by rewriting the entire character's origin for the Bronze Age! I've reviewed that story here, and if you'd like to read the entire thing, it's all been posted up here by the groovy guy Diversions of the Groovy Kind. It's a neato attempt at developing the origin that never quite panned out, but I rather enjoy it for all that. I think that it fits nicely in the Bronze Age universe right along with Duela Dent being his daughter.
As if that weren't enough to solidify JCH's cred as a major Two-Face fan, I found the following buried in the back of The Art of Walter Simonson, a trade paperback dedicated to stories by the legendary artist. It was too tricky to crop on its own, so as another bonus, you get cool concept art for a Green Lantern film that never was! Because I'm generous (read: lazy and lack photoshop) like that!
So yeah, I think it's safe to assume that JCH is a fan, which is awesome. For these alone, he deserves to go into the Two-Face creator Hall of Fame, if such a hall existed. Maybe I should get on it. Who else would deserve inclusion? I'd vote for Andrew Helfer, Ty Templeton, J.M. DeMatteis, and maybe Judd Winick. But even still, aside from maybe Ty coming the closest, I can't think of any creator who has achieved the heights of passionate geekiness that Jack C. Harris did in the above essay. So to JCH, my brother in fandom and initials, I salute you, you great big geek, you!
Okay, sleep now. Tomorrow, rewriting the post. As always, thanks for bearing with delays and long-windedness, folks.
In the meantime, please accept the following from an issue of The Amazing World of DC Comics, 1975, wherein writer/editor Jack C. Harris (self-proclaimed creator of Arkham Asylum, as well as a Two-Face fan who shares my initials, so I feel some kinship there) proves his geek cred by describing step-by-step his methods for Two-Face cosplay! Bear in mind, this appeared shortly after Harvey's return from years of obscurity in O'Neil and Adams' Half an Evil," so the character was still relatively new to many readers! Plus, bonus Sergio Aragones! Everybody wins!
Oh, he is adorable. And priding himself on taking second prize for his Two-Face costume? Yeah, definitely feeling a kinship there!
A couple years after this, Harris would prove his devotion to the character a second time by rewriting the entire character's origin for the Bronze Age! I've reviewed that story here, and if you'd like to read the entire thing, it's all been posted up here by the groovy guy Diversions of the Groovy Kind. It's a neato attempt at developing the origin that never quite panned out, but I rather enjoy it for all that. I think that it fits nicely in the Bronze Age universe right along with Duela Dent being his daughter.
As if that weren't enough to solidify JCH's cred as a major Two-Face fan, I found the following buried in the back of The Art of Walter Simonson, a trade paperback dedicated to stories by the legendary artist. It was too tricky to crop on its own, so as another bonus, you get cool concept art for a Green Lantern film that never was! Because I'm generous (read: lazy and lack photoshop) like that!
So yeah, I think it's safe to assume that JCH is a fan, which is awesome. For these alone, he deserves to go into the Two-Face creator Hall of Fame, if such a hall existed. Maybe I should get on it. Who else would deserve inclusion? I'd vote for Andrew Helfer, Ty Templeton, J.M. DeMatteis, and maybe Judd Winick. But even still, aside from maybe Ty coming the closest, I can't think of any creator who has achieved the heights of passionate geekiness that Jack C. Harris did in the above essay. So to JCH, my brother in fandom and initials, I salute you, you great big geek, you!
Okay, sleep now. Tomorrow, rewriting the post. As always, thanks for bearing with delays and long-windedness, folks.
