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iamlenneth:Wonder Woman - Portrait 2 by...

iamlenneth:

Wonder Woman - Portrait 2 by *hidrico

Wow.

See, it's funny, I see people mocking WW's outfit all the time, but the truth is, done well, it is one of THE most impressive real life costumes. I have seen some that look great on the page and goofy in real life, but look here, how effective these colors, and this outfit is, when done well, with a convincing cosplayer.

Stunning!

megan rosalarian gedris: Birth Control 101 For Idiots

megan rosalarian gedris: Birth Control 101 For Idiots:

bemusedlybespectacled:

This is hormonal birth control.

As you can see on the box, you take exactly one pill per day. To make sure it works, you need to take one pill every day at the same time, or it stops working. You take only one pill, and you keep taking them regardless of what you…

THANK YOU.

DragonCon

Just wondering if you've got any plans to attend DragonCon this year. It's a huge, awesome con, and I know everyone there would love to have you!

— a-red-robin

The two big cons I haven't yet attended, really, are MegaCon and DragonCon. I BELIEVE both have asked me to attend this year (my hubby takes care of my appearances, mostly).  I would love to see DC, I hear it's a hoot, but I'm not sure about it at this time. Sorry!

 

The Merry Soul: See no Evil, Hear no Evil

The Merry Soul: See no Evil, Hear no Evil:

themerrysoul:

You might be wondering about the above picture. You might recognize DC's third Doctor Mid-Nite, Pieter Anton Cross but not the lady in blue. There's a bit of a long story regarding how this pic came about. To cut to the chase, skip to the very last paragraph.

I'll start with a quick chat…

Just reblogging for an important reminder and adorableness in the image.

tommytiberi:Oh my white Jesus.I enjoyed having the Secret...

tommytiberi:

Oh my white Jesus.

I enjoyed having the Secret Six beat these racist scumbags so much I had them do it again a few issues later. WHAT A SHAME. :)

Emerald City Comicon

I don't think I've posted about this here yet (if I did, I apologize!).

This is one of my favorite cons of the year. It started very small, and grew huge, and now it's one of the best cons in the country, right in beautiful downtown Seattle.

The organizers are lovely people (one of them is in the cult favorite band, KIRBY KRACKLE), and they do everything they can to make sure the event is better every year. They go above and beyond to bring amazing guests and programming to the Pacific Northwest.

http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

It's March 30-April 1st.  I have had to miss the last two years due to trips overseas, but I am thrilled to be invited back this year. I will be there all three days.

I hope as many of you as can possibly make it come to this event. While it has a ton of big media stars, it's still at heart a comics show, which makes it just ridiculous amounts of fun among all the events that seem to be more about tv and movies and whatever else is lying around the house.

Media guests this year include Billy West, Edward James Olmos, George Takei, Wil Wheaton, Tia Carrera, Kevin Smith and lots more.

Comics guests include: Greg Rucka, Robert Kirkman, David Mack, Greg Capullo, Phil Noto, Steve Niles, Terry Dodson, and tons more.

I hope you guys come and say hello.

Also, as an added bonus, my friend, the brilliant comedian and voice actor Eugene Mirman will be hosting his own comedy festival at the same time in Seattle, March 29-31, with guests like my other friend Paul F. Tompkins, and other amazing funny people like Bobcat Goldthwait, Todd Barry, and Bobby Tisdale.  Eugene himself is an absolute doll, a complete sweetheart, and one of the funniest live comedians you will ever see. To see him AND Todd Barry AND Paul F. Tompkins is just an opportunity not to be missed.

Here's info about the shows they are doing:

http://eugenemirman.com/

If you have the opportunity to be up in Seattle at the end of this month, you seriously owe it to yourself to check out these two wonderful events!

Bop

You mentioned a while back that you had some problems with working on the Brightest Day-era BoP series. What went wrong? If it's any consolation, I thought it was fine up until your last storyline got cut short.
— indestructible-theory




Purely editorial stuff. It sucks, but it happens, for one reason or another, an editorial and creative team just don't click. It's not one side or the other, it's just that the two sides don't fit properly. There's a lot of stuff in Volume Two that I like, that came off really well, but several factors, some of which I am to blame for, did prevent us from hitting the heights I had been hoping for. The lack of a consistent art team was a huge and unfortunate factor—we were really cursed there and it was no one's fault, really, artist after artist had personal crises that were unforeseeable and unavoidable.



I also feel that the cast was a little big. Hawk and Dove and Savant and Creote in particular didn't get the room to shine that they deserved and required. That, too, is my fault. But when you think you are doing an ongoing, you always feel there is time to get around to things like that.




In retrospect, it might have been a better idea to do a new team. Much as I love the classic mix, and sales were really very, very good, I do think it would have been great to do something with a newer cast, maybe keep just Huntress or Canary and add new characters who don't get much of a spotlight. The fun of Bop was always the relationships, I think, and it would have been enjoyable to throw a bunch of new ones into the mix.




This is something I think Duane Swierczynski is doing a lovely job on in the new book. The title has been around a long time, and while I am thrilled that readers supported us on Volume Two the way they did, I can certainly see the appeal of a newer team motivation and dynamic. So, while I was very bummed at the time, in retrospect, I am glad the book has a new life and direction with a really talented creative team.



(Postscript:  WOW, this formatted badly.  I do know where the paragraph breaks should go, sorry this came out as a block, for some reason!).

H-hi. Hello! I- uh, just wanted to say that I am a big fan of your work and that I am excited that you are coming to Denver Comic Con, here in CO. <3 I am... not sure what else to really say other than I hope you are having a good evening/day/morning an

Thank you! I am really looking forward to it…I'm trying to do mostly cons in areas I haven't been to before this year.  I'm always stopping through the Denver airport, but have never really seen the city, so I'm looking forward to it. Anyone who has helpful tips about what to see during the convention, I would love to hear them!

H-hi. Hello! I- uh, just wanted to say that I am a big fan of your work and that I am excited that you are coming to Denver Comic Con, here in CO. <3 I am... not sure what else to really say other than I hope you are having a good evening/day/morning an

Thank you! I am really looking forward to it…I'm trying to do mostly cons in areas I haven't been to before this year.  I'm always stopping through the Denver airport, but have never really seen the city, so I'm looking forward to it. Anyone who has helpful tips about what to see during the convention, I would love to hear them!

filmsfoodandfandom:gailsimone:alexandraerin:I love this...

filmsfoodandfandom:

gailsimone:

alexandraerin:

I love this bit of graffiti at a rest stop in Secret Six: Unhinged, because it's the sort of thing you would see in the U.S. in a world that was mostly equivalent to ours, but with the addition of Superman. 

I find theology in the DCU to be fascinating. I myself am an atheist, but it's very difficult to imagine what my belief system would be in a universe where the Spectre is the right hand of God and people have actually gone to Hell and returned.

Plus, the angels/demons/metahuman corollary is very rich and interesting.

I think you could still be an atheist, but your approach would have to explain the difference between metahuman powers and miracles.  I find it all very compelling, and I obviously go to that well pretty often. I have had people yelling at me for 'supporting' religious views that I don't hold, but that the characters do, which I always see as understandable, but a little bit of a sad statement on how we process fiction currently.

Hello, Mrs. Simone! We've chatted a few times before on twitter, but this entry made me cave in and get a tumblr so I could throw in my two cents.  One of my favorite parts of the DCU has been its willingness to incorporate different mythologies and gods into their continuity. Yes, Marvel does as well, but I especially love how DC has fearlessly decided to depict traditional Judo-Christian deities and culture alongside, say, Wonder Woman and the Olympian gods.  Things like Grant Morrison's Zauriel in his run of "JLA,"  Ostrander's "Spectre," Gaiman's "Sandman," and Mike Carey's "Lucifer" have had some of the strongest and most fascinating depictions of aspects of the faith that I hold dear.  But I can understand how somebody can be an Atheist in the DCU even though the literal Christian God is a part of its universe. It reminds me of Michael Holt, Mr. Terrific, a man who has literally fought alongside gods before. He's an Atheist. He rationalizes his Atheism in such a universe by believing that "magic" and "gods" are all a part of science that hasn't been discovered yet.  But again, I think that one of the strengths of the DCU are all of the people of faiths and gods.  Gail, I know that you are an Atheist, and I completely respect that.  I am a devout Christian, so I believe in the Christian God and no others.  But just because we don't believe in other gods like, say, the Hindu Pantheon, doesn't mean that they aren't real to other people.  And that's why having so many gods rub elbows is so awesome.

For a long time, it seems like every mention of religion in superhero comics was fairly disparaging. Far too often to be coincidence.

I like the idea of multiple pantheons in the DCU and MU…but it does bring up the question of what specifically is the difference between a god and a meta-human.