Alessandra Mortt

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Birds of Prey v1 #109

This is one of the few Bop pages that I get credited for a lot that I didn’t write.

It was written by the great Tony Bedard, one of the most underrated writers out there. Smart, imaginative, with great empathy and plotting skills, the fact that he’s not a household name is just a crime.

Many times, even when friends wrote the Secret Six, or the Tranquility characters, or even the Boppers during my tenure, it would be a little painful. It often felt that the surface characteristics would be there, but the subtext that gave them life would be missing (I am not putting on airs, I’ve made the same mistake myself, more than once).

Tony wrote the Boppers in his own style, but it still FELT like the Boppers. Here, he has a very tricky and funny and sexy scene, it’s very much about the characters, not the titillation (although, hell, there’s some pretty good titillation).  Sigh.

Great writer, sad his run didn’t last.

Just to add…the art on this is so refreshing and wonderful!  Sexy without objectifying.  ”Realistic” (as far as one can be in comics) proportions.  And I LOVE Scandal’s “chins” - showing how a woman (or just any person ever) gets that smushed look when she reclines like that…that’s something you wouldn’t get in a book drawn my Benes, or Land, or Liefeld, or any of the scores upon scores of shitty artists who get hired time and again out there in comicdom.

Well, that’s because it’s the might Nicola Scott, whose talents are just funky ridiculous. She’s amazing, she makes even mediocre material look great and she elevates great material even beyond that.

She ought to have shrine, that girl.

Plus, here’s a thing. She eats like a horse. I was at a dinner once with her where she DID eat horse (true). And if you are at her table, she will grab food off your plate with her fork and eat it without even looking away while having a conversation. You look down, and part of your meal is gone because Nicola snatched it when you weren’t looking.

Great, great artist, I really miss her. We both wanted her on Batgirl but DC had other plans. I’m thrilled with Ardian, so it worked out, but she and I always want to work together as much as possible.

^ I approve of the term ‘Funky Ridiculous’ to describe Nicola Scott and all of her awesome-ness :D

I cannot wait to read Earth 2 and see her art in that when it comes out and I really hope that you get the chance to work with her again Gail :)

Perhaps on a new Secret Six miniseries >.>

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It wouldn’ve been great to have her on Batgirl, not that I’m complaining or anything. But one has to admit hers is a beautiful style :)