Sequential Noir

Birds of Prey #1
On sale MAY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by GAIL SIMONE • Art and cover by ED BENES • 1:25 Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
Soaring out of BRIGHTEST DAY, the Birds are back in town! Because you demanded it, fan-favorites Gail Simone (WONDER WOMAN, SECRET SIX) and Ed Benes (JUSTICE LEAGUE, GREEN LANTERN) reunite to reinvent the book where they made their explosive debut as a team. Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress and Lady Blackhawk all return to Gotham City where they belong – and they’ve brought a couple of new friends (or are they foes?) along with them!

Guest-starring a major Bat-villain and the first appearance of the most dangerous, most twisted new Birds villain ever!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

See also “Gail Simone Returns to ‘Birds of Prey’ in 2010 — EXCLUSIVE” @ Comics Alliance

With the news that Birds of Prey has been cancelled (see prior post), I’ve decided to cease all updates on this site. I blog regularly at LiveJournal and most of the posts here were crossposted there, so I’m not stopping blogging, just stopping blogging at CanaryNoir.com.

Thanks to everyone who followed my extremely occasional blogging here and who read my abortive web comic. I’ll be honest, it probably won’t get finished in spite of all my vows. Time has passed and my priorities have changed. If things change again, though, it could happen. If that does happen, I’ll post any future updates on this blog, but that’s it.

Story at Newsarama

I’m not surprised.  It’s just been so limp since Black Canary and Gail left.  I tried to like it, but I’ve mostly been indifferent.  The surprise is it seems to be tied into Batman: RIP as both NIghtwing and Robin are being cancelled at the same time — why is this surprising you ask?  Because BoP hasn’t been considered a Batman family book for a couple of years now.

I’m guessing there will be some sort of rework or relaunch for the involved characters after the RIP fallout, but in some sense, I’m relieved.  I’ve been stepping back more and more from comics, and this is just one more I can let go.  My fan heyday is over. It was a fun ride, but it’s good to move on.

Buffy, Season Eight just keeps getting better…

And issue #16 is due out in July—just in time for my birthday!

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Oh, Joss, you shouldn’t have! But I’m so glad you did.