![]() Overall, the female characters are diverse in ethnicity, age and sexual identity, and are all shown to be clever, tough and resilient. While main character Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) doesn’t quite make it to antihero status - she’s self-absorbed and makes many self-serving decisions - Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) consistently put others’ needs ahead of their own. Characters swear often, using words such as “f-,” “s-,” “a-” and more. One character smokes, and it’s implied in one scene that a character gets a sniff of cocaine, giving her a boost of confidence. Frequent drinking includes comically downing shots and drinking margaritas to celebrate sisterhood. The main villain cuts his victims’ faces off while they’re still alive, and people (including a family with children) are gunned down, with blood splatter. That said, violence is nonstop: Sometimes it’s silly fantasy, but many other times it’s graphically brutal. Rape overtones are consistent, but the women aren’t harmed sexually. But in this case you can probably look for a poster designed by Conner or something not having "Wonda Woman" written on it.“ Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” is a violent action fantasy based on DC Comics’ infamous supervillain “girl gang.” It takes place after the events of 2016’s “ Suicide Squad” and seems to be aiming to be the female version of “ Deadpool.” The movie’s theme is about women standing up to their male oppressors and showing that, when they work together, they’re unbeatable. Skip this trainwreck unless art is literally all you care about. Which begs the question why does this comic have Black Label emblem on it? Why does it pretend it's R rated while clearly its narrative and dialogues are meant for tweens (at most)? Throwing few F bombs and sprinkling it with blood doesn't make something mature. She'd be a perfect fit for series targetting your typical normies, preferably younger girls. It's upbeat, it's detailed, each character looks unique, and panels featuring action/movement feel dynamic. I may dislike (strongly) Conner as a writer, but she's a fantastic artist and I adore her expressive cartoonish style. Now, all the terrible things I can say about its cynical reasons to exist, script and dialogues, do not discredit the art here. Let's instead team them up for no damn good reason, to merely tick a box and pretend the the main cast is now canonizez in the comics so no one can state the movie has nothing to do with the source material and took its cript from its ass. No, that'd take time and effort to craft. Hence now they double down on desperately trying to convince us that Harley and Birds of prey belong together, but not because they share good stories and entire story arcs. No doubt DC's greenlit this book, alongside Azzarello's monstrosity filled with racial and sexual insensitivities, on ly because WB wanted to promote the awful movie they've spawned and that got nowhere because it didn't appeal to anybody, especially people who know and care about comics, meaning the core audience they should have pandered to. ![]() specifically one line: "I wanna go pontoon boatin' with Powwa Girl an' Wonda Woman". ![]() But boy, oh boy, was there a surprise for me waiting on the third page. After reading the second I was growing progressively more tired and hopeless. ![]() After reading the first page of the comic I was mildly annoyed. Aside from her reinvented regressed personality and sheer bloody stupidity, the overused accent is an important factor in making me want to punch a wall every time I read her dialogues. ![]() For someone who has Harley set as the avatar, I have very low tolerance for her post Paul Dini self. ![]()
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