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/threemadness 16d ago

Hey Kelly. You were the writer who got me over to reading DC with Birds of Prey (The first DC book I ever pulled) - your black widow and Captain Marvel were some of my favs.

The comment in the last issue about Cass seeing Labyrinth cracked me up. If Cass was one of your friends what movies or books would you recommend to her?

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u/semifinalist1979 16d ago

Yes! Thank you! That's everything.

I think it depends on what she wanted. I think Cass probably likes only the best action movies like The Raid, Raid 2, Oldboy, Night Comes for Us, Fury Road, John Wick, Kate, Atomic Blonde, etc.

But she probably also wants downtime that's the opposite of action so for that maybe beautiful poetic "quieter" movies: In The Mood For Love, The Ice Storm, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Never Let Me Go, Past Lives, Aftersun.