Today in Comics History, February 5: Happy birthday, Bruce Timm!

Born on this date, this one right here: comics and animation creator, artist, designer, producer and voice actor Bruce Timm! He's written for, showrun, and produced the DC Anaimated Universe, which kicked off with his co-creation of Batman: The Animated Series and includes the Superman and Justice League cartoons. He's also written a lot of comics: Adventures of the Mask for Dark Horse, Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine for Marvel, and a slew (is that the past tense of cole slaw?) of DC Comics in the Animated Adventures universe, including the acclaimed The Batman Adventures: Mad Love special. Oh, and he co-created Harley Quinn! Whatta clown.


from Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International: San Diego one-shot (DC, September 2014), script by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, pencils and inks by Javier Garron, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by John J. Hill
Addition on February 4, 2023: New material printed in green.

Mind you, Bruce can be a pretty draconian boss.


from Harley Quinn (2014 series) #0 (DC, January 2014), script by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, pencils and inks by Bruce Timm, colors by one o' these guys, letters by John J. Hill
Happy birthday, Bruce!


from Heartthrobs #1 (DC/Vertigo, January 1999)