8 Things We Learned From DC's June 2019 Solicitations
4. DC Ink Tells A Whole New Harley Story
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Some of the most hotly anticipated comics to release in 2019 are actually coming from some whole new DC imprints, with DC Zoom and DC Ink bringing several books aimed at younger readers in the coming months. One of which is Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, a comic written by Supergirl: Being Super's Mariko Tamaki, with art handled by Steve Pugh.
Breaking Glass is set to release to the general public August 28 as a collected trade paperback, and tells the story of a 15-year-old Harley as she heads to Gotham for the first time. It's something of a departure for the character, with Tamaki retelling the character's origins in a brand-new universe, but it sounds brilliant, with the book discussing everything from gentrification, to activism, to the emergence of the Joker.
It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but Breaking Glass sounds like a genuinely inventive reinterpretation of Gotham City. If it can bring younger readers into comic book shops, then DC must be praised.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
