Gail Simone's Blog, page 1021

My man and I were rolling on the floor laughing last night while watching "The Mask of Matches Malone." Great episode of a great show. Thank you!

Aw, thank you!

I have had a blast working in animation. I’m not like a lot of comic writers, I don’t think of comics as a stepping stone to other stuff. To me, it’s the other stuff that is the sideline, the lark work (even when it’s difficult).  I like being a comics writer.

My script came in overlong, and had a bit more humor, but when cut down and edited, it was still great fun. That’s the brilliant show-runner, James Tucker. INCREDIBLY talented guy with real vision!

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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

^ That time that Scandal and Liana made the mistake of trying to set Bane up on a date 

Bane is many things, but he’s not exactly what I would call romantic O.O;

He does look kind of adorable in a tuxedo though

If Bane shows up in a tuxedo, I will love the next Dark Knight movie for all time.

VOTE TUX BANE!

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badguyshavetheworstaim:

so i’ve been rereading gail simone’s run on the original birds of prey. it’s—duh—amazeballs, but there’s one issue in particular that just smacked me in the face. it’s issue #89 and it features two of the greatest scenes that i’ve ever read in one comic. first, babs reveals to her father that she is oracle. the ensuing conversation honestly brought on the tears. so  thanks, gail, for making me feel like the nerdiest of nerds for almost losing it over a comic book.

second, this panel (and the larger conversation that takes place). babs doesn’t take batman’s shit and i can almost feel the pride emanating from the commissioner.

just had to throw that out there.

I don’t normally write Batman-as-jerk, I find that trope pretty thin and uninteresting. But in this case, we were matching some things that had been building up in both Birds of Prey and Batman’s own books for a while, and I wanted to show Barbara as having outgrown being intimidated. She was never a sidekick, she won’t be in Batgirl, either.

But the best part of writing these issues was Gordon. Just him saying, “I’m listening,” socked me right in the gut…how many of us would love to have a father say that?

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gailsimone:

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Battle of the red headed Bat ladies?

Batgirl #12 cover.

Oh, my, yes.

Hahahahahahahahaha, I have the best job ever.

Wait, what??

Also,

WHAT!!!! MUST GET ISSUE!!!

The best thing about it?

Both the great J.H. Williams and the brilliant Greg Rucka were totally supportive and helpful through the whole thing.

That is two goddamn fierce redheads on that page. :)

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beaschalantasyoulike:

Battle of the red headed Bat ladies?

Batgirl #12 cover.

Oh, my, yes.

Hahahahahahahahaha, I have the best job ever.

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dumbthingswhitepplsay:

masteradept:

slytherinmyswagkorra:

briyahginelle:

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nicocw:

yeezysdisciple:

horndog-millionaire:

nicocw:

Trayvoning is the new Planking.

No, that’s not me by the way.

LET’S MAKE THIS TREND HAPPEN. :D

how about you not be a racist dickhead….

LOL.  Explain how this is racist.  Do all black people die next to Skittles and tea or something?

explain how making fun of the death of a black kid who is a victim of racial profiling not racist? what you can do is jump off a cliff though

or we can just explain how it makes you a sociopath?
 

This is a thing…. It is a thing…. Sociopaths… I swear. People are so sick… absolutely disgusting. You are a waste. 

Dear Racists,

Your mother should have swallowed.

that’s so awesome how i took a break from tumblr only to see trayvon’s death being spit on and made into a meme

awesome job anti-black racists

awesome

Dear Asshole on the ground…I hope someone parks on you.

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filmsfoodandfandom:

gailsimone:

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“Goodbye, reserve JLA membership”.

Birds of Prey #2, by Gail Simone and Ed Benes.

Again, Ed Benes knows what to bring to a panel. The costume here is a little unfortunate, but especially in context, you FEEL the impact. I cannot tell you how many times I have asked for a fight to ‘look like it HURTS,’ and the artist simply doesn’t bring that kind of kapow.

I really do love working with Ed. I always know I have a wide, wide range of emotions I can ask for and he will always nail them.

Now if I can get the butt shots down to a manageable level!  ;)

I remember in one of the issues you two did in your first BoP run Black Canary and Cheshire fought in a giant hotel.  During the fight, Cheshire got knocked out of her window and into a pool. And then I remember that Cheshire continued to fight despite the fact that she was wearing nothing but a soaked white negligee. I had a hard time reading that fight because it was so ridiculously over-the-top. I just couldn’t stop laughing.  I love Benes, too. But did it ever get to a point where you had to pull him aside and say, “Benes, no, just…no…”?

I have to take the blame for that one, I thought it would be funny to subvert that notion, a woman in her lingerie fighting another in a pool. The idea was to make the scene COMPLETELY over the top and funny, as punctuated by the young couple watching the scene. And it’s brutal enough to have a bit of an edge, too.

There are three scenes that Ed gets blamed for that were actually my idea. That one, a panel in the first issue we did that has Black Canary using her legs to hold a businessman against a car door (the theme of that issue was legs, both Oracle’s and Black Canary’s, and the figurative power they carried in them)…I don’t regret either of those, they work well, and while they skirt the line of sexy and trashy, I don’t think they really cross it except in a humorous way.

But the third, I do regret…I asked for Ed to ‘go wild’ on a Penguin sex dream with the Birds, and the idea was really funny as scripted, but drawn, it was hard to distinguish as satire, it just looked like pandering. And that was actually toned down! The first version was naughty enough that we couldn’t publish it.

But in all three cases, they were my idea, so I take the blame.

What bugs me sometimes is when that stuff shows up at inappropriate times, and Ed really is not the worst offender at ALL. I think it’s okay during a fight or an action scene to ramp up the sex a little bit, I do it with all my characters in one way or another. But during a serious dramatic moment, it’s distracting. Ed takes those scenes seriously, and I love him for that.

But with artists who draw extremely sexual characters, sometimes you get a butt shot at the wrong time, and it’s not just men, some of the worst offenders I’ve worked with were female artists.

Agent Coulson is Great and All, But...

…I might be a little bit in awe of Agent Hill.

Holy CRAP, she’s awesome. It would be worth writing a SHIELD book just to have her kick ass!

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multiverseincollapse:

“Goodbye, reserve JLA membership”.

Birds of Prey #2, by Gail Simone and Ed Benes.

Again, Ed Benes knows what to bring to a panel. The costume here is a little unfortunate, but especially in context, you FEEL the impact. I cannot tell you how many times I have asked for a fight to ‘look like it HURTS,’ and the artist simply doesn’t bring that kind of kapow.

I really do love working with Ed. I always know I have a wide, wide range of emotions I can ask for and he will always nail them.

Now if I can get the butt shots down to a manageable level!  ;)

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Black Canary

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11” X 17” prints. S/N Editions of 20, available HERE.

These are beautiful!