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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT This June, the Justice League's inimitable warrior, Big Barda, stars in her very own Young Adult graphic novel from DC Comics. Ahead of Barda's release, writer/artist Ngozi Ukazu spoke with Screen Rant about how she discovered New Gods lore, working on DC characters after the success of her original webcomic Check, Please!, and — of course — the power of love in superhero storytelling.
Related DC’s BARDA Gives The New God Warrior A Graphic Novel of Her Own Screen Rant has all the details on Barda, a new YA graphic novel that reveals the backstory of the iconic New God and her path to self-discovery. SR: Yeah, that is like, a perfect pullquote, so thank you. What got you interested in the New Gods lore in particular in the first place? So you grew up reading DC, how did you end up working on Barda?
But then again, I actually did not know as much about the Fourth World. And when I wanted to develop these characters, when I pitched Barda to DC, that was when I finally was like, “let me go deep into these original comics.” Mister Miracle, New Gods, Forever People, that entire trio of series that Jack Kirby released all at once. Like, I know he was a little bit older than .
NU: Young Adult stories are some of my favorite stories to tell because they are coming-of-age stories. They're characters figuring out their place in the world, figuring out who they are. And when we see Barda, yeah, usually she is fully formed. A lot of superheroes that we see, they all have their origin story, and then they have them out in the field, out on the streets, out in the cosmic landscape, in Barda’s case.
Big Barda fans are in luck: Barda is currently co-starring in Birds of Prey by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero, available now from DC Comics. Be sure to check out Birds of Prey #4 in particular, which features a thrilling face off between Bard and Wonder Woman herself. Because he was an idea factory! The fact that in like, New Gods issue one, he introduces Orion, Highfather, Lightray, the concept of New Genesis and Apokolips , Darkseid, Kalibak, all in one issue?! No one can do that. But with a character like Barda, he also introduces her with a bang. I think she just shows up in Mister Miracle, and we're like, "Oh, okay, this is a fantastic character." We don't know much about her.
And I just wanted to honor that passion and honor those feelings, because in interviews that I read, he talks so much about the idea of freedom and how that is truly the thing he values most. Maybe he was responding to his lack of freedom, because he was working at Marvel, I don't know. Barda's Story Embraces Love of All Kinds Including Her Iconic Romance with Mister Miracle Close SR: I love that you also brought up the differences between Check, Please! and Kirby. Making boys kiss, everyone's favorite activity on the Internet! Because, well, I mean, in Mister Miracle, right, there's that really touching moment near the end Kirby’s run where Barda and Scott finally, you know— With Barda, she has all of these examples of where she wishes there would be love.
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