Cosplay Feature: Harley's Joker is ummm...JOKER

July 31, 2014

Cosplay Feature: Harley's Joker is ummm...JOKER

Photo by Renoben Photography

Many cosplayers will make various outfits spanning different characters and forms of nerd media. Within that collection of outfits, some will create different versions of the same character or update it with the new skills they've acquired. I'm a pretty fair example with this method as I've done 4 versions of Nighwting with this latest one being a Steampunk version. Last I checked, the cosplayer I'm featuring today is probably the only one I follow that focuses on one character doing multiple variations of. This especially works for him as Harley's Joker is literally The Joker from the Batman mythos. Anthony Misiano dons the Clown Prince of Crime at practically every convention he goes to. The page name not only represents the fictional "love" between Harley Quinn and The Joker but it's also referencing his girlfriend Alyssa who also cosplays with him as Harley Quinn and has her own page appropriately dubbed "Joker's Harley".

So what makes Anthony's Joker so lifelike? I'm willing to bet most of it is on the make-up and evil grin which he so perfectly nails. The variation of outfits range from the classic yellow vest and purple jacket with matching gloves, to the same vest with a giant purple trench-coat. Both Anthony and Alyssa have replicated famous images from their history such as Joker and Harley posing romantically done by Alex Ross, to the cover of the cult graphic novel "The Killing Joke" by Brian Bolland! In addition Anthony will either have a purple cane with a golden ornament on top or a plain crowbar referencing the brutal death of the second Robin, Jason Todd. I'm very excited to hear that both Anthony and Alyssa will be attending NYCC this year and I would love to see them while dressed up as Nightwing, I can imagine the kind of pictures we could take :D.