Hello, boys and girls!  I’ve been away for a little while getting my ducks in a row, so to speak, and I sure did miss writing for ya.  Been working on some fun little projects, but that might be for another time: Let’s get down to brass tacks!

Gail Simone divulged in an interview with Comics Alliance,”I don’t plan to let go this time. I left the book in good hands with some very talented people and they did swell work and all, but I’ll personally bite anyone who tries to take this book in the face…It’s classic Birds of Prey but maybe just a little tougher and a little naughtier. I’ve been given some really surprising approvals and I think long-time readers and newbies will find it quite unlike any other comic on the stands. I’ve always said the secret of the book is that it’s a female buddy cop story, basically, and that is a surprisingly rare thing in all media.”

Of course everyone knows she’s been keeping the torch burning with Secret Six and, if you’ve been reading recently, that she has teamed up with comic great John Ostrander in a crossover for Blackest Night that started in Suicide Squad.  She has also hinted at a future cross with the Six and the Birds.  Exciting, no?

Above is what DC released as the cover of Birds of Prey#1

What can we expect?  “Someone wants the band back together, and it’s NOT the Birds. Zinda gets a date. A long-promised headquarters is built. Black Canary kicks ass. Huntress thinks a certain big league bat villain should be left to die. A bird is charged with murder. Another might be working for the other side. And Catman leaves a naughty phone message for the wrong person. Everything’s right because it’s so, so wrong. I love this book.”

–ExSleepyInk