Fandom is a tricky thing. I’ve been a fan of many things for as long as I can remember. The first fandom I truly fell into as an all-consuming, make-it-my-whole-personality way was probably the Wizard of Oz (books ONLY thank you). My tween years were filled with reading all the Oz books and writing about […]
I haven’t bought a comic book in a couple of years at least. I think not since Runaways (written by Rainbow Rowell) ended, but new run of Birds of Prey is set to debut next comicbook day, and this one looks to be a take that matches what I like best about the Birds. The […]
Years ago, I started a Birds of Prey fansite on geocities.com. It wasn’t called Birdwatching yet (that came later), but It did really well and was popular and a hub of at-the-time otherwise unavailable nitty-gritty information about not only the Birds of Prey comic but its starring characters: Black Canary and Oracle. I spent a […]
The Mary Sue had a cool post today asking readers, “Who Is Your Favorite Superhero, and Why?” to which I — naturally — wrote a love letter to Black Canary. I figured I should save it for posterity, so here is a fresh post on this long-neglected blog. Happy 70th Anniversary, Dinah. You are THE BEST. […]