She was far more emotionally raw and verbally expressive in these comics. It must have been so hard to follow Lake Bell's immaculate embodiment of Ivy in the show-she's so funny, dry, witty, alternating between withdrawn and forceful depending on the situation. I think the only thing that sometimes took me out of the narrative is the story and voice with Ivy. I really like seeing the way their romance and immersion in this community takes shape in Tee Franklin's hands. Ivy and Harley are decked out in a campier way than they ever are in the show, where they're strangely more grounded and subtle (if it's possible for any of these characters to be subtle). There's a lack of jealousy when someone thinks someone else is hot in a way I have yet to see in the show (maybe they're saving it for season 3, which I haven't seen yet!) but which I see constantly in queer communities. There's a queer resistance and queer community with Vixen and the other characters. I think at one point after Ivy and Harley spent a romantic night together there are some lovely queer things scattered on the floor, including a vibrator tucked into the corner of the frame.
While the show is obviously overtly queer, these comics have elements of queerness and little gay details that don't appear in the show. I also like that the comics have a different queer flavor than the show. (I do like that she is somewhat in control of the narrative at times, talking directly to me, which gives her a lot of autonomy that this character doesn't always have in every adaptation.) In all these ways, Tee Franklin really does Harley right. That role in the relationship really suits her, I feel, without limiting her-because of course she has all of her omnipotent, violent, potty mouth glory happening too. She feels close to the show but also has a different sort of innocence about her because she's so in love with Ivy-there are lots of places where she's just sort of gazing at Ivy and wondering what she'll do next. I also really enjoyed Harley's voice in this series. I'm really happy to have found Max Sarin. I'm thinking in particular of all the times Ivy and Harley are holding one another, and how they change positions incrementally between panels. While reading, I did so much staring and admiring at these illustrations, and there was so much commitment and consistency frame to frame. They're actually the reason I found, and was drawn to, the comic-I was looking up fan art and saw Max Sarin's gorgeous, gorgeous drawings, and I stalked them to the source.
For one thing, the drawings are just stupidly beautiful, fluid, and expressive and they do something that the show cannot with its animation.
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