Gail Simone's Blog, page 1065
February 28, 2012
Hi! Just dropping a line to tell you you are awesome. I remember you from the Bendis Board when I was there, and the Catman/Bendis fan letters. You win the internet.
HA!
Thank you, I'd forgotten about those. Bendis was a good sport about it, even when I teased him about it mercilessly for years.
BENDIS LOVES CATMAN!
I am still at the Bendis boards, that's where my message board is. Brian has kindly hosted it for a good while now.
http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/forumdisplay.php?38-Gail-Simone
thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
thehappysorceress:
meesely:
Birds...
Birds of Prey 101
Dammit, I miss this.
Do not mock Barda's mighty mega rod! O.O
HA! This scene is when I knew it was going to work out having Barda in the Birds.
alexandraerin:
Another reason to read Villains United is that...
Another reason to read Villains United is that sometimes the subtext becomes text.
People were really mad when this panel came out. I think it's adorable.
thehappysorceress:
gailsimone:
doktorvondoom:
Thomas Blake,...
Thomas Blake, ladies and gentlemen.
He's a classy guy.
This scene is one of my favorites, partly for Knockout's protectiveness of Scandal (it's one of the very first scenes of them interacting without Knockout being undercover, no pun intended), but also because it amuses me that Blake is eating his ribs like a messy jungle cat. One of the weird things about Tarzan (and there are many) is that even though he was raised in the jungle, he was almost immediately able to go about in high society as Lord Greystoke (I know there's a story there, but I always thought it was an unconvincing bit).
The other thing I just remembered is that this scene was inspired by a true story.
I had been invited for the second time as a guest of an AMAZING, gay-friendly comics event in Dallas, called CAPE, put on by the great Zeus Comics, one of my favorite stores to this day. They also do the VARIANTS video series, which is really funny and you should check it all out.
Dallas is a weird town. We like to go to a place and walk everywhere, go see the city from street level, even when overseas. But in Dallas, there was nowhere to walk TO…everything was miles away, lots of things worth seeing had no real route to get to on foot, and this was only our second visit to Texas. We wanted to go SEE stuff and walk around.
They put us up in a lovely hotel, the event was magnificent. But we had no luck finding stuff to see, even after asking all the locals.
The only place nearby to eat was a barbecue place much like the one depicted in this scene. Homey, all raw wood materials everywhere, super informal, cartoon pigs as decor. That kind of stuff is common as mud in much of the country but I had never been anywhere quite like it, and we were kind of charmed.
I looked at the menu—I'm allergic to red meat, and I was in the mood for a salad.
They had no vegetarian dishes, understandably, and not much in the way of vegetables at all. People came there as carnivores. My husband was predictably delighted.
I ordered a salad, a large salad. The lady at the counter asked what kind of meat I wanted on it. They didn't have a meatless salad. :)
So I ordered the salad with bbq pork slices on it, thinking it would be kind of like a bbq chef's salad.
No.
It was this HUGE, mammoth plate, some cursory lettuce, covered in stacks and stacks of sliced bbq pork. I mean, you couldn't find the salad, it was like a garnish.
This sounds like I'm complaining, but I actually found it really funny, that in Dallas, you order a salad and you get half a wild boar. I want to stress, we ate at some fabulous restaurants, and we were escorted to some very cool clubs and a very artsy and fun gayborhood, but this was our first real taste of the BBQ culture in Texas. It made me laugh, and Scandal's salad in this scene comes directly from that.
By the way, I admit it was completely delicious (and enough for three meals, I kid you not).
I just realized this story is vaguely pointless. I AM TELLING IT ANYWAY!
:)
In the 'funny because it's true' category.
For those who may not know, I'm a vegetarian. Have been for something like 15-16 years.
While pregnant with NinjaSpyBoy, Turhan's Bey Company & I made the drive to Pennsylvania for a wedding.
We stopped overnight in West Virginia, picking the town because signs alleged an Eat 'N Park would be there.
The signs were wrong (or badly labeled) & we ended up having dinner at a Shoney's.
And, like this BBQ joint, every item on the menu contained meat.
The salad bar. Including the basic salad mix.
I finally settled on a grilled cheese sandwich…but only after asking that they make it without the bacon.
When I was in Barcelona for a wonderful comic festival there, everything had meat, everything.
The nice restaraunt in the hotel, both thei vegetarian dishes had ham in them!
Sorry for derailing this thread, by the way.
drquinzel:
Photo...
Wow, what a beautiful photo! That's outside the MCM Expo, right?
February 27, 2012
ablipintime:
gailsimone:
doktorvondoom:
Thomas Blake, ladies...
Thomas Blake, ladies and gentlemen.
He's a classy guy.
This scene is one of my favorites, partly for Knockout's protectiveness of Scandal (it's one of the very first scenes of them interacting without Knockout being undercover, no pun intended), but also because it amuses me that Blake is eating his ribs like a messy jungle cat. One of the weird things about Tarzan (and there are many) is that even though he was raised in the jungle, he was almost immediately able to go about in high society as Lord Greystoke (I know there's a story there, but I always thought it was an unconvincing bit).
The other thing I just remembered is that this scene was inspired by a true story.
I had been invited for the second time as a guest of an AMAZING, gay-friendly comics event in Dallas, called CAPE, put on by the great Zeus Comics, one of my favorite stores to this day. They also do the VARIANTS video series, which is really funny and you should check it all out.
Dallas is a weird town. We like to go to a place and walk everywhere, go see the city from street level, even when overseas. But in Dallas, there was nowhere to walk TO…everything was miles away, lots of things worth seeing had no real route to get to on foot, and this was only our second visit to Texas. We wanted to go SEE stuff and walk around.
They put us up in a lovely hotel, the event was magnificent. But we had no luck finding stuff to see, even after asking all the locals.
The only place nearby to eat was a barbecue place much like the one depicted in this scene. Homey, all raw wood materials everywhere, super informal, cartoon pigs as decor. That kind of stuff is common as mud in much of the country but I had never been anywhere quite like it, and we were kind of charmed.
I looked at the menu—I'm allergic to red meat, and I was in the mood for a salad.
They had no vegetarian dishes, understandably, and not much in the way of vegetables at all. People came there as carnivores. My husband was predictably delighted.
I ordered a salad, a large salad. The lady at the counter asked what kind of meat I wanted on it. They didn't have a meatless salad. :)
So I ordered the salad with bbq pork slices on it, thinking it would be kind of like a bbq chef's salad.
No.
It was this HUGE, mammoth plate, some cursory lettuce, covered in stacks and stacks of sliced bbq pork. I mean, you couldn't find the salad, it was like a garnish.
This sounds like I'm complaining, but I actually found it really funny, that in Dallas, you order a salad and you get half a wild boar. I want to stress, we ate at some fabulous restaurants, and we were escorted to some very cool clubs and a very artsy and fun gayborhood, but this was our first real taste of the BBQ culture in Texas. It made me laugh, and Scandal's salad in this scene comes directly from that.
By the way, I admit it was completely delicious (and enough for three meals, I kid you not).
I just realized this story is vaguely pointless. I AM TELLING IT ANYWAY!
:)
What issue is this from?
I don't think I've read it and I love Kay/Scandal moments!
I think it was in the Villains United Special…to be fair, the Six aren't really the stars of the book, it's a huge cast.
A Goofy Problem To Have
Okay, I'm going to be at a couple of lovely stores in Florida for Free Comic Book Day (Hello, Yancy Street Comics! Hello, Heroes Landing!).
I'm excited. I've only been to one comic-related event in Florida and it was at a college, so I've never really gotten to meet the readers in that area. Can't wait!
Some of you may know, I am a ridiculous theme park nerd, I love them. And we are going to add a theme park visit of a couple days, either at Universal Studios Florida, or at Walt Disney World.
This is the problem. We have maybe three days.
I've been to WDW twice, loved it love it loved it, but it's been a few years. They've added some new stuff, I'm told. And I love the parks to pieces, and the Typhoon Lagoon is a fun day there, as well. Upside, they have a few new things since we were there, especially at WDW Studios park. Downside, we were just at Disneyland a few months ago, so the Magic Kingdom isn't such a huge deal anyway (it's my least favorite of the four parks in WDW, in any case, I much prefer Anaheim Disneyland).
I've been to Universal Florida only once, but we LOVED it, had a great time there as well. Upside, we haven't been to Harry Potter's land there yet. Downside, we were just at the Universal park in Hollywood recently, a few months ago, and much of the Studios park is a duplicate (Islands of Adventure isn't, obviously).
We enjoy the resort hotels at both places. The food is better at WDW in general, but Emiral has two excellent restaurants on the Universal resort, one of which is really amazing. Disney World has Boma, an African restaurant and our favorite place to eat at WDW.
So I have to choose, and soon.
Any thoughts or suggestions? And yes, I apologize for such a goofy, non-problem question like this, but I really am having a hard time deciding!
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regeneratingdegenerate replied to your post: There's no look I can't pull off. Sexy Merc? Done. Tubalicious Loincloth Model? DONE.
And you complain about the bathtub…
Aw, now I want Mary Zero back, she was a lot of fun.
I don't think anyone's used her since I left Marvel. Miss her. I wish I'd saved her for Bop or something, so she could hang out with Black Alice and Misfit!
doktorvondoom:
Thomas Blake, ladies and gentlemen.
He's a...
Thomas Blake, ladies and gentlemen.
He's a classy guy.
This scene is one of my favorites, partly for Knockout's protectiveness of Scandal (it's one of the very first scenes of them interacting without Knockout being undercover, no pun intended), but also because it amuses me that Blake is eating his ribs like a messy jungle cat. One of the weird things about Tarzan (and there are many) is that even though he was raised in the jungle, he was almost immediately able to go about in high society as Lord Greystoke (I know there's a story there, but I always thought it was an unconvincing bit).
The other thing I just remembered is that this scene was inspired by a true story.
I had been invited for the second time as a guest of an AMAZING, gay-friendly comics event in Dallas, called CAPE, put on by the great Zeus Comics, one of my favorite stores to this day. They also do the VARIANTS video series, which is really funny and you should check it all out.
Dallas is a weird town. We like to go to a place and walk everywhere, go see the city from street level, even when overseas. But in Dallas, there was nowhere to walk TO…everything was miles away, lots of things worth seeing had no real route to get to on foot, and this was only our second visit to Texas. We wanted to go SEE stuff and walk around.
They put us up in a lovely hotel, the event was magnificent. But we had no luck finding stuff to see, even after asking all the locals.
The only place nearby to eat was a barbecue place much like the one depicted in this scene. Homey, all raw wood materials everywhere, super informal, cartoon pigs as decor. That kind of stuff is common as mud in much of the country but I had never been anywhere quite like it, and we were kind of charmed.
I looked at the menu—I'm allergic to red meat, and I was in the mood for a salad.
They had no vegetarian dishes, understandably, and not much in the way of vegetables at all. People came there as carnivores. My husband was predictably delighted.
I ordered a salad, a large salad. The lady at the counter asked what kind of meat I wanted on it. They didn't have a meatless salad. :)
So I ordered the salad with bbq pork slices on it, thinking it would be kind of like a bbq chef's salad.
No.
It was this HUGE, mammoth plate, some cursory lettuce, covered in stacks and stacks of sliced bbq pork. I mean, you couldn't find the salad, it was like a garnish.
This sounds like I'm complaining, but I actually found it really funny, that in Dallas, you order a salad and you get half a wild boar. I want to stress, we ate at some fabulous restaurants, and we were escorted to some very cool clubs and a very artsy and fun gayborhood, but this was our first real taste of the BBQ culture in Texas. It made me laugh, and Scandal's salad in this scene comes directly from that.
By the way, I admit it was completely delicious (and enough for three meals, I kid you not).
I just realized this story is vaguely pointless. I AM TELLING IT ANYWAY!
:)
taroch:
AMAZING Ragdoll at our booth for London Super Comic...
AMAZING Ragdoll at our booth for London Super Comic Con.
There he is, the amazing Lee Mason, if I got his name right.
What an amazing Ragdoll he is!
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