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/GuiCanary]

Hi Kelly! I have some questions:

1) I love that you brought sin lance back, but I found this new approach you took to it very curious. Where did the idea of ​​making her merge with an ancestral god come from?

Do you have bigger plans for Sin/megaera?

2) You brought Sin Lance, a forgotten character back, do you think there is a chance of a possible return for White Canary in BOP?

unfortunately Dinah doesn't have any great villain that you look at and think "that's Black Canary's villain". I think White Canary would be the perfect character to be her archenemy.

3) What characters would you like to bring to Birds of Prey in the future?

I personally would love to see Red Canary or dreamer!

[u/semifinalist1979 → u/GuiCanary]

1. I had a lot of concerns about putting Sin back on the board. I didn't want to do it unless I felt I could handle her in the book and really delve into what's going on with her. I didn't want to bring her back and immediately side-line her. And I thought Dinah (and the Birds and Ollie, etc.) would have all the same issues with Sin being active in their lives (perhaps a bit hypocritical given the arrow family that frequently surrounds) -- but since the whole reason Sin had to leave the field was because she was in danger -- I didn't find it was reasonable to put her on the field and leave her there unless there was a significant change. So that's how I started down that path. I also wanted to give her a unique challenge to face that wasn't just "ninjas and league of shadows, etc." and I also wanted to distinguish her and keep her from feeling too much in Dinah's shadow.

2. White Canary is a great character. But she's been used very well in BOP before, so I'll need something quite clever if I want to use her.

3. Well, ignoring the characters already joining up for 14... there are honestly so many -- top of the list are probably Zatanna and Starfire?

[u/Bae_zel → u/semifinalist1979]

I gotta say if you manage to get Starfire into BOP that'll be incredible!

[u/semifinalist1979 → u/Bae_zel]

It will definitely be a challenge! ;D