The creators and voice behind the iconic character



Felicity Smoak? Is that you?

Nope. That’s the Hollywood Reporter today, talking about the iconic Harley Quinn, who made her debut on the Batman: The Animated Series in September 1992.



Did you know that, until then, Harley Quinn hadn’t graced the pages of any comic? Did you even know she didn’t come from “comic canon?” Can you even try to imagine comics & their counterparts without Harley Quinn at this point? Hard to believe her origins, isn’t it, given how accepted she is as as part of comics and assumed by many to “just have been there all along,” right? The truth is way more familiar to us than that:

Harley Quinn grew to become one of the most popular female comic book characters of all time — first giving The Joker a partner that would change his character forever — and then moving on to become both a feminist icon and merchandising phenomenon, a character who has spanned cartoons, comic books, videogames and now the big screen, with Margot Robbie stepping into the role for Suicide Squad.



Felicity Smoak is, in my opinion, well on her way to following those bold footsteps. She was intended as a one-off character in one ep but quickly became a favorite and regular fixture on Arrow. She’s crossed over to multiple other DC shows. She’s Oliver Queen’s partner on Arrow and changed his character, too. She’s an icon for many, is slowly launching her own merchandise with an action figure, Funko Pop figure, clothing and other items/accessories. She’s appeared in video games, digital comics, and even print comics. She, literally, could be “this generations” Harley Quinn-esque success story.

So take a little time to reach out to the Arrow show runners (like Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle, Greg Berlanti), WB Shop, and DC Comics / Geoff Johns to remind them how much you love Felicity Smoak and what YOU want to see for this amazing character in merchandise, in comics, etc. Oh, and maybe thank Emily Bett Rickards for helping bring this amazing character to life and help launch all this. Who knows where we’d be right now without her?