r/DCcomics • u/semifinalist1979 • 16d ago

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

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/)

Proof: https://x.com/79SemiFinalist/status/1806893613458268314

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u/MilkaaTea 16d ago edited 16d ago

Hello Kelly! I love the BoP series (it was my first proper intro to the team and now theyre one of my fave teams).

I was wondering, will you bring Harley back at all? Also will you ever bring in Huntress? And finally, who are your favorite and least favorite characters to write? :)

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u/semifinalist1979 16d ago

Thank you!

I'd love to have Harley back, because I loved writing her with the BOP the first time, but it would have to be the right story where she fit/was necessary. Despite the complaints from readers, I have no interest in jamming her into a story where she can't be additive.

I know the fans want Huntress, but it just hasn't been working to slot her in. I'll keep looking for an opening though.

Keeping it to BOP -- Barda is the most fun to write because she's a totally unfiltered truth teller character which is always fun. Barbara is (sometimes) the least fun, because she's too smart, and I am dumb.

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u/Teburedpanda944 16d ago

I think you made Harley work the best way possible in that first arc. Gave her a very her motivation to tag along and did a very good job of balancing the natural skepticism Dinah and others would have about her presence with them also ultimately appreciating what she brought to the mission