Its a big month for writer G. Willow Wilson.
Marvel,handing the character off to writer Saladin Ahmed for the foreseeable future.
But in between ending and beginning these comics, Wilson has also returned to novels withThe Bird King.
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Its not something we study at school, its not something were familiar with.
They would be shocked and think you were crazy.
As one of the sultans concubines, Fatima has only ever known a life of sexual servitude.
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Shes tired of being acted upon; she wants to be the driving force in her own life.
Their quest is inspired byThe Conference of the Birds, a real-life Sufi text.
But they have no idea how the story ends or what it might mean for them.
Fatima is beautiful and graceful.
Fatima has no interest in being saved, Wilson says.
When I sat down to writeThe Bird King, I really wanted to tell a platonic love story.
In this case, I wanted to explore a different kind of love, Wilson says.
Fatimas other main relationship in the book is more adversarial.
Theyre very much opposites.
Luz is really symbolic of what I think we today would call imperial feminism,' Wilson says.
you could be powerful and really evil!
Shes not interested in being more just or more peaceful or spreading equality.
The Bird Kinghits stores this week from Grove Atlantic.
