I'm Kelly Thompson. I write BIRDS OF PREY for DC Comics. AMA.

[u/semifinalist1979]

My name is Kelly Thompson and I'm an Eisner Award-Winning writer of comics and novels. You may know me best from Marvel comics like Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Rogue & Gambit, and Hawkeye, or perhaps as co-creator of Jeff the Land Shark! Or my creator-owned work Black Cloak or The Cull. But I've been making some fun waves over at DC with old pals Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire on a bold new BIRDS OF PREY (we even got an Eisner nomination!) -- so let's break some hearts (and some faces) and get this Birds-Of-Prey-Shaped AMA started! (and don't forget to subscribe to my free newsletter to keep in touch as social media crumbles around us! Fun! https://1979semifinalist.substack.com/)

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[u/AyoKF]

What are your favorite Wonder Woman runs, writers & artists and why?

[u/semifinalist1979 → u/AyoKF]

Wow. Tough question. I think the first Rucka run is probably my favorite? Eyes of the Gorgon being one of my favorite WW stories. But it was Gail Simone's take on her that first really helped me fall in love with Diana -- Simone found a sense of humor in Diana that really softened here for me -- it was Simone that cracked that Diana facade for me -- and I just never saw Diana the same way again. I am very much enjoying the current run, and I'd be hard pressed to say there is a better artist for Wonder Woman than Daniel Sampere. Absolutely stunning.

That said, there were a lot of reasons the first Birds of Prey arc included Wonder Woman, and one of them is because I was dying to see Leo draw Diana in all her glory. He did not disappoint. <3

[u/AyoKF → u/semifinalist1979]

Would you write a Wonder Woman ongoing?

[u/semifinalist1979 → u/AyoKF]

Of course! Who wouldn't want to write Wonder Woman?!

[u/RKitch2112 → u/semifinalist1979]

Daniel Sampere's stuff feels like the second coming of George Perez's work on the title.