Christian Cooper

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Christian Cooper (born 1963) is an American science writer and editor, and also a comics writer and editor. He is based in New York City. In 2023, Random House published Cooper's memoir, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World. He gained cultural notoriety after a false police report was made by a white woman who went viral for her erratic behavior while calling the police on him in a New York park in 2020, known as the Central Park birdwatching incident.[1]

Career

Cooper is currently a senior biomedical editor at Health Science Communications and has become a frequent substitute co-host for the public access television news series Gay USA.[2][3] On May 16, 2022, National Geographic announced Cooper would host a show on their American TV channel called Extraordinary Birder, exploring the world of birds alongside experts in the field.[4] The show premiered on June 17, 2023.[5]

On June 8, 2024, Cooper won a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Daytime Personality category for his work on Extraordinary Birder.[6]

Comics

Cooper was one of the first openly gay editors at Marvel; colleague and friend Kelly Corvese was the first.[7] He introduced the first gay male character in Star Trek, Yoshi Mishima, in the Starfleet Academy series,[8] which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 1999.[9] He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel, Victoria Montesi[8][10] and created and authored Queer Nation: The Online Gay Comic.[11] Cooper was also an associate editor for Alpha Flight #106 in which the character Northstar came out as gay.[8][12]

Cooper has written stories for Marvel Comics Presents, which often feature characters such as Ghost Rider and Vengeance. He has also edited a number of X-Men collections,[13] and the final two issues of the Marvel Swimsuit Special.[14]

Personal life

Born in 1963 to parents who were both teachers, Cooper found his interest in birds while reading a birdwatching book during a roadtrip from his Long Island childhood home to California.[15] In the 1980s, he was president of the Harvard Ornithological Club, and is currently on the board of directors for NYC Audubon.[16] Cooper has a long history of LGBT activism including being the co-chair of the board of directors of GLAAD in the 1980s.[17][18]

On May 25, 2020, Cooper was involved in a confrontation with a dog walker in Central Park, with the woman calling the police over a disagreement on whether her dog should be leashed in the area, characterising Cooper's behavior as "threatening".[19] The incident led to the creation of Black Birders Week,[20] and is the basis for Cooper's online comic book about racism, illustrated by Alitha Martinez and published by DC Comics, called It's a Bird.[21]

Bibliography

  • Marvel Comics Presents:
    • "Return of the Braineaters" (featuring Ghost Rider and Werewolf by Night, with pencils by John Stanisci and inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, in Marvel Comics Presents #107–112, Marvel Comics, 1992)
    • "Siege of Darkness" (featuring Ghost Rider, with pencils by Reggie Jones and inks by Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #144–146, Marvel Comics, 1993–1994)
    • "Tower of Blood" (featuring Vengeance, with pencils by Reggie Jones and inks by Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #147–148, Marvel Comics, 1994)
    • "The Price" (featuring Vengeance, with Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #149, Marvel Comics, 1994)
    • "Dangerous Games" (featuring Vengeance, with pencils by Reggie Jones and inks by Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #152–153, Marvel Comics, 1994)
    • "Altered Spirits" (featuring Vengeance, with pencils by Reggie Jones and inks by Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #156–157, Marvel Comics, 1994)
    • "Final Gambit" (featuring Vengeance, with pencils by Reggie Jones and inks by Fred Harper, in Marvel Comics Presents #175, Marvel Comics, 1995)
  • Darkhold #1–16 (with Richard Case, Marvel Comics, 1992–1994)
  • Excalibur #77–81 (Marvel Comics, 1994)
  • Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #1–19 (with pencils by Chris Renaud and inks by Andy Lanning, Marvel Comics, 1996–1998)
  • Songs of the Metamythos (as C. F. Cooper)
  • "It's a Bird" (with Alitha E. Martinez, Mark Morales, Emilio Lopez, and Rob Clark Jr., DC Comics, 2020)
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