As for as magical characters go Zatanna is one of the best. I have always loved her. Trying to figure out her backwards spoken spells is always fun for me. I draw backwards often because of her. I get use my creative mind differently. That’s the whole point for being an artist or practicing a spiritual life. Having the opportunity to see the world differently.

Together

“All of us together. SDNIW ESAEC OT EB!” Zatanna*

The golden age hero and powerful magician Giovanni Zatara is missing and his daughter Zatanna Zatara uses her skill and her connections as a stage performer to search for him. In the process she finds that he is a well respected superhero. She receives assistance from, Batman and Robin, Hawkman and Hawkwoman, the Atom, Green Lantern and the Elongated Man. Eventually she finds that she herself is a powerful sorceress. Zatanna soon becomes the Justice League’s top Magical Member. She casts her spells backwards - if it can be said backwards it can happen. She continues to live in her family home Shadowcrest and she is one of the world’s foremost Stage Performers. Zatanna is normally pivotal in bringing together all other magical heroes in times of crisis.

Why do something alone, when doing it with someone is fun, easier and faster? The best way to learn about someone is to work with them. In his book “A Walk in the Woods”, Bill Bryson’s 1998 book about discovering the Appalachian Trail writes about fellow hikers. “You become part of an informal clump, a loose and sympathetic affiliation of people from different age groups and walks of life but all experiencing the same weather, same discomforts, same landscapes and same eccentric impulse to hike to Maine.” This is a lovely description of people working together. Right now look out the window the people on the street are “experiencing the same weather, same discomforts, same landscapes”.

Zatanna

First Appearance: Hawkman, vol. 1 #4 (October–November 1964)

Creator: Gardner Fox (writer) and Murphy Anderson (artist)

* “Worlds in Limbo”, Crisis on Infinite Earths, #5, 1985