The Bird and The Bat

Just call me Jill Wayne. Or Jill Pantozzi because that's my real name. Whichever. You can also call me The Nerdy Bird. Catch me at TheNerdyBird.com or @TheNerdyBird on Twitter.

The most memorable moments in DC history for women: Nominee #21

Just a pre-curser to my op/ed going up on Newsarama in a bit about the Batgirl/Oracle news. I wrote this a few months ago.

dcwomenkickingass:

What I’ve enjoyed about this series, other than the fantastic writing and insight, is having people who have a love for certain characters write about them. One of things I love about comics is the personal connection people have with characters. Where I have been able, I’ve invited guest posters to write about characters that I know they have an affinity for. Today’s guest poster is the talented Jill Pantozzi, “the Nerdy Bird” who writes for her own blog, Has Boobs, Reads Comics as well as the column “Hey that’s my cape!” for Newsarama as well as several other comics sites. Jill and I share a love for the same character. Can you guess who she is writing about?

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Can’t get enough of this amazing Oracle image by Rahzzah. oracle-create-a-thon: [image: a fan art of Oracle. The perspective is looking down on Oracle. She is seated in her wheelchair with a cup of coffee in her hands. Screens are reflected in her glasses. Yellow text at the bottom of the image reads, “Protecting Gotham City While You Sleep.”] I am LOVING this image. Oracle by Rahzzah on DeviantArt. Written by Rahzzah: the idea of this particular re-boot doesn’t vibe with me at.all.I don’t care when they want to change a characters origin, make them younger, make them “edgier”,give them a lame 90’s jacket with rolled up sleves… hell,give them an ass-ton of Liefeld pouches, I don’t really care…comics have always been an ever fluid,ever changing,often convoluted medium..but to take this particular character,one who really does stand for something in the hearts of people with disabilities, (and frankly a character that doesn’t HAVE to be Bat-Girl in that same way that Bat-Man pretty much HAS to be Bat-Man or Steve Rogers HAs to be Captain America in the eyes of most fans)..to take that character and pretty much throw out what,at least in my mind, establishes and shaped the true hero shes become just for the sake of “shakin things up” is bullshitI totally understand that D.C. isn’t setting out to be disrespectful or insensative, but I think that’s exactly what it is…so yeah, I hope any of you fellow artists out there who come across this also contribute something

Can’t get enough of this amazing Oracle image by Rahzzah.

oracle-create-a-thon:

[image: a fan art of Oracle. The perspective is looking down on Oracle. She is seated in her wheelchair with a cup of coffee in her hands. Screens are reflected in her glasses. Yellow text at the bottom of the image reads, “Protecting Gotham City While You Sleep.”]

I am LOVING this image. Oracle by Rahzzah on DeviantArt.

Written by Rahzzah:


the idea of this particular re-boot doesn’t vibe with me at.all.

I don’t care when they want to change a characters origin, make them younger, make them “edgier”,give them a lame 90’s jacket with rolled up sleves… hell,give them an ass-ton of Liefeld pouches, I don’t really care…comics have always been an ever fluid,ever changing,often convoluted medium..

but to take this particular character,one who really does stand for something in the hearts of people with disabilities, (and frankly a character that doesn’t HAVE to be Bat-Girl in that same way that Bat-Man pretty much HAS to be Bat-Man or Steve Rogers HAs to be Captain America in the eyes of most fans)..to take that character and pretty much throw out what,at least in my mind, establishes and shaped the true hero shes become just for the sake of “shakin things up” is bullshit

I totally understand that D.C. isn’t setting out to be disrespectful or insensative, but I think that’s exactly what it is…

so yeah, I hope any of you fellow artists out there who come across this also contribute something

DCnU Reboot

  • For all those who have asked, unfortunately I am not apart of the reboot at DC. I can't go into details right now so I have to leave it at that. I want to thank you all for the kind words to my work and for sure you'll see me again on a DC book.
  • The above is from Red Robin artist Marcus To. My thoughts: That is terribly disappointing to hear Marcus. Just know that tons of fans, including myself enjoyed your work a great deal and hope to see more published in the near future.