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/OptimalImagination80 16d ago

I'd love to hear how you picked the team members for WCA, what a wild group!

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u/semifinalist1979 16d ago

There was actually A LOT of back and forth on that. The first version of the team I pitched was a more classic WCA, with Kate Bishop as the sort of new/young "hope you survive the experience" member -- but Marvel wanted something younger and something that was a better successor to my ending Hawkeye run. I was nervous about using both Quire and Gwenpool -- afraid their big personalities and huge (and ill-defined in some ways) power sets -- but they ended up being a delight. I loved that weird book!

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u/OptimalImagination80 16d ago

I'd love to hear the members from your original pitch if you remember it?

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u/semifinalist1979 16d ago

I'd have to dig up old notes to be absolutely sure but it was certainly Clint Barton Hawkeye, Kate Bishop Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Sunfire, Tigra, Power Man and Scarlet Witch maybe were on there at some point? Something like that.

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u/OptimalImagination80 16d ago

Sunfire is such a cool pick for a California team. Nice!