Gail Simone's Blog, page 1104
January 6, 2012
regeneratingdegenerate:
My favorite Deadpool scene I ever wrote. Haven't read this in...
My favorite Deadpool scene I ever wrote. Haven't read this in years, thanks!
January 5, 2012
froggyfibers:
OMG! What all of the people defending her said...
OMG! What all of the people defending her said (click through for more comments.) The few times I considered cosplay I was immediately swayed because of the prominence of white characters and thinking it would be wrong. However, It's not about the color it IS about capturing the essence of the characters. Jerks will be Jerks. Well said everyone else.
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Woman in photo = fierce and beautiful and every INCH Lara.
Person Making Stupid Comments = irredeemable dumbass.
It's MATH, people.
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Seriously, PLEASE. For the LOVE OF GOD, don't let racist creeps stop you from cosplaying the characters you love. I can assure you that the vast, vast majority is delighted to see good cosplayers and cosplayers enjoying themselves, regardless of gender or color. And the rest are too fricking stupid to care about!
therearecertainshadesoflimelight:
fyeahlilbitoeverything:
capta...
therearecertainshadesoflimelight:
Lara Croft
More like Sherondaquishiqua Sholaunda Croft Jefferson…
NO, She is cosplaying Lara Croft and doing a damn fine job.
Every time a black person cosplays or dresses quirky or whatever, it's mocked with racist sentiment. Remember those lolitas, followers? How about the girls with the rainbow hair styles? Those were not isolated incidents.
Now, douchebag above me, quit being such a racist prick. I know you only said that because she's black and buddy, you are not some unique snowflake if you think you're the only one whose ever cracked this little "joke".
Sick and tired of people of people cracking jokes/complaining when poc cosplay. She's doing a find job and looks fierce as fuck.
Yeah, she looks awesome. Haters please get the fuck to the left.
My first thought when I saw this was that her body looks amazing. She is totally beautiful.
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Woman in photo = fierce and beautiful and every INCH Lara.
Person Making Stupid Comments = irredeemable dumbass.
It's MATH, people.
How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales by Darin Wagner
Hahahahahaha…what a spectacular crock of shit this is.
First and foremost I'd like to know why this guy is reading comics in the comic store before buying them and then putting them back on the shelf when he discovers their offensively liberal content?
What kind of leftist hippie is he? Comic shops aren't libraries! He should be a good capitalist and pay for those comics before he reads them!
If he seriously thinks this is why comic book readership is falling then I suggest that maybe, just maybe, he removes his head from his arse and do some proper research into how the industry works.
Won't somebody please think of the oil companies?!
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Okay. This article isn't particularly making its case well, but I do agree that Conservatives and religious people tend to be portrayed as cartoonish, ignorant or evil in comics. It's unfair. I'm a lefty to the core and it's unfair. Some of the few honest conservative characters in comics have had that stripped away over the years (Wally West was presented as mid-West Conservative for a good while, only to have that angle dumped completely).
However, there are two HUGE problems with what he's saying.
1) At least the Conservatives and religious people are VISIBLE in comics. Dozens of groups aren't represented in comics at all, or in only the most token way, including liberal-leaning groups like Atheists. Is the occasionally unfair portrayal somehow worse than no representation at all? I know there are exceptions, but there are exceptions in the original complaint, as well. There are at least SOME positive Conservative portrayals.
2) IF what this gentleman is saying is true (and it isn't, not on any big scale…he's projecting a personal reaction to explain a problem that is vastly more complex than that), then wouldn't Conservative-leaning comics be growing, or at least maintaining their audience with greater vigor than the liberal-leaning comics he's upset about? There are plenty of talented Conservative creators: Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Bill Willingham, Chuck Dixon, Beau Smith, Billy Tucci, on and on. Wouldn't Conservatives be drawn to their work and buck this trend?
When a liberal comment makes him put a comic back on the stands, wouldn't the lack of same cause him, and those who agree with him, to buy HOLY TERROR?
But there is zero evidence, and I mean ZERO evidence, that any such trend is occurring. If anything, those creators are being hit with the same market softness that the rest of the industry has been. It's a little ironic that a few of the books he's chosen to mention as containing Conservative-slamming comments are in fact the top-selling titles in the industry.
Twenty years ago, we didn't have comics piracy, we didn't have competition from the internet, we had a different price point and distribution system. There are dozens of factors, some of which may in fact be related to content.
But I could just as easily say, I don't like books where the characters wear yellow capes, so I put those books back on the stands, and now the industry is much smaller. It MUST be the yellow capes propaganda.
Where is the evidence?
I haven't read the article in question—sounds ill-thought-out—but two thoughts on what Gail's saying here, since religion-in-superhero-tights is one of the things I think and talk about a lot with my friends.
1) Let's not conflate conservatism and liberalism with religious belief and lack thereof, respectively. While it is true that religiosity (indicated by surveys on belief and participation in religious activities and things like that) tends to correlate with political conservatism in the US, the trend isn't strong enough to draw a line under it and move on. America has strong traditions of religious liberalism and free-thinking conservatives, and we're all the better for both of them.
2) I'll agree that theistic people are more well represented in comics than atheists, but this probably has more to do with the fantasy nature of the genre. In worlds in which magic is obviously real, demons are constant physical threats, and the gods empower champions to fight in their name, you'd be a fool not to believe in the supernatural.
2a) I would instead counter that RELIGIOUS people (people who regularly engage in religious observances, follow a particular religious tradition, and whose values and actions are regularly affected by their religion) are more rare in comics than non-religious people. Batman believes in magic, but he doesn't go to church. As someone who attended a college with a religious affiliation, I was in constant contact with people whose daily decisions and certainly their major life decisions were enmeshed in their religious beliefs. These people are not well represented in comics.
*ADDENDUM 1: I'm well aware that Gail Simone herself has done more to represent people of faith in comics than most creators, and I applaud her work there. The Huntress's Catholicism and Wonder Woman's polytheism were important aspects of the characters while she was working on them, and her stories were all the better for that.
*ADDENDUM 2: As a religious conservative, my buying choices are influenced by my beliefs, but not in the political way suggested above. Basically, I can't tolerate violence and sexual content that has no meaning beyond shock and/or titillation. I read/watch plenty of things with lots of sex and violence, but too often I drop a comic when I think a creator has simply thrown in a death scene because it was easy, and not because it illustrated something pertinent to the story or the characters.
Agreed about conflating Conservatism with religiousness, that's why I stated them separately (albeit in the same breath, admittedly).
I am both an Atheist and a lefty, for the record. But having all Conservatives and religious people be evil or stupid or bigoted is bad humanism and bad writing.
Since you asked us what DC/Marvel crossovers we'd like to say, what would be you choices if they did another DC/Marvel crossover?
Well, it's selfish, because most of my answers would just be books I want to write, like, say, Secret Six/Deadpool or Wonder Woman/Captain America or Batgirl/Spider-man, things like that.
But if I were thinking other books, I'd love to see:
Daredevil/Batman by Mark Waid
Avengers/JLA by Geoff Johns
Spider-man/Batman by Dan Slott or Brian Bendis
Captain America/Wonder Woman by Ed Brubaker
Geez, I could do this all day.
How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales by Darin Wagner
Hahahahahaha…what a spectacular crock of shit this is.
First and foremost I'd like to know why this guy is reading comics in the comic store before buying them and then putting them back on the shelf when he discovers their offensively liberal content?
What kind of leftist hippie is he? Comic shops aren't libraries! He should be a good capitalist and pay for those comics before he reads them!
If he seriously thinks this is why comic book readership is falling then I suggest that maybe, just maybe, he removes his head from his arse and do some proper research into how the industry works.
Won't somebody please think of the oil companies?!
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Okay. This article isn't particularly making its case well, but I do agree that Conservatives and religious people tend to be portrayed as cartoonish, ignorant or evil in comics. It's unfair. I'm a lefty to the core and it's unfair. Some of the few honest conservative characters in comics have had that stripped away over the years (Wally West was presented as mid-West Conservative for a good while, only to have that angle dumped completely).
However, there are two HUGE problems with what he's saying.
1) At least the Conservatives and religious people are VISIBLE in comics. Dozens of groups aren't represented in comics at all, or in only the most token way, including liberal-leaning groups like Atheists. Is the occasionally unfair portrayal somehow worse than no representation at all? I know there are exceptions, but there are exceptions in the original complaint, as well. There are at least SOME positive Conservative portrayals.
2) IF what this gentleman is saying is true (and it isn't, not on any big scale…he's projecting a personal reaction to explain a problem that is vastly more complex than that), then wouldn't Conservative-leaning comics be growing, or at least maintaining their audience with greater vigor than the liberal-leaning comics he's upset about? There are plenty of talented Conservative creators: Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Bill Willingham, Chuck Dixon, Beau Smith, Billy Tucci, on and on. Wouldn't Conservatives be drawn to their work and buck this trend?
When a liberal comment makes him put a comic back on the stands, wouldn't the lack of same cause him, and those who agree with him, to buy HOLY TERROR?
But there is zero evidence, and I mean ZERO evidence, that any such trend is occurring. If anything, those creators are being hit with the same market softness that the rest of the industry has been. It's a little ironic that a few of the books he's chosen to mention as containing Conservative-slamming comments are in fact the top-selling titles in the industry.
Twenty years ago, we didn't have comics piracy, we didn't have competition from the internet, we had a different price point and distribution system. There are dozens of factors, some of which may in fact be related to content.
But I could just as easily say, I don't like books where the characters wear yellow capes, so I put those books back on the stands, and now the industry is much smaller. It MUST be the yellow capes propaganda.
Where is the evidence?
Good thing Marvel scooped up Orson Scott Card to save comics.
I get mad just hearing that guy's NAME right now. If I ever meet him at a con, I have some questions to ask that guy, I guarantee.
thehappysorceress:
Batvillains Chibi: Thomas Blake the Catman...
How Liberalism May Be Hurting Comic Book Sales by Darin Wagner
Hahahahahaha…what a spectacular crock of shit this is.
First and foremost I'd like to know why this guy is reading comics in the comic store before buying them and then putting them back on the shelf when he discovers their offensively liberal content?
What kind of leftist hippie is he? Comic shops aren't libraries! He should be a good capitalist and pay for those comics before he reads them!
If he seriously thinks this is why comic book readership is falling then I suggest that maybe, just maybe, he removes his head from his arse and do some proper research into how the industry works.
Won't somebody please think of the oil companies?!
*************
Okay. This article isn't particularly making its case well, but I do agree that Conservatives and religious people tend to be portrayed as cartoonish, ignorant or evil in comics. It's unfair. I'm a lefty to the core and it's unfair. Some of the few honest conservative characters in comics have had that stripped away over the years (Wally West was presented as mid-West Conservative for a good while, only to have that angle dumped completely).
However, there are two HUGE problems with what he's saying.
1) At least the Conservatives and religious people are VISIBLE in comics. Dozens of groups aren't represented in comics at all, or in only the most token way, including liberal-leaning groups like Atheists. Is the occasionally unfair portrayal somehow worse than no representation at all? I know there are exceptions, but there are exceptions in the original complaint, as well. There are at least SOME positive Conservative portrayals.
2) IF what this gentleman is saying is true (and it isn't, not on any big scale…he's projecting a personal reaction to explain a problem that is vastly more complex than that), then wouldn't Conservative-leaning comics be growing, or at least maintaining their audience with greater vigor than the liberal-leaning comics he's upset about? There are plenty of talented Conservative creators: Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Bill Willingham, Chuck Dixon, Beau Smith, Billy Tucci, on and on. Wouldn't Conservatives be drawn to their work and buck this trend?
When a liberal comment makes him put a comic back on the stands, wouldn't the lack of same cause him, and those who agree with him, to buy HOLY TERROR?
But there is zero evidence, and I mean ZERO evidence, that any such trend is occurring. If anything, those creators are being hit with the same market softness that the rest of the industry has been. It's a little ironic that a few of the books he's chosen to mention as containing Conservative-slamming comments are in fact the top-selling titles in the industry.
Twenty years ago, we didn't have comics piracy, we didn't have competition from the internet, we had a different price point and distribution system. There are dozens of factors, some of which may in fact be related to content.
But I could just as easily say, I don't like books where the characters wear yellow capes, so I put those books back on the stands, and now the industry is much smaller. It MUST be the yellow capes propaganda.
Where is the evidence?
jacquelineofalltrades:
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes...
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Officially Announced, To Include Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman
In LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, the Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin join other famous super heroes from the DC Universe including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker. Batman fans of all ages will enjoy a new and original story filled with classic LEGO videogame action and humour as players fight to put the villains back behind bars.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes allows players to explore all new areas of Gotham City utilizing a variety of vehicles including the Batmobile and Batwing. In addition, they'll be able to fight for justice by mastering new gadgets and suits, such as Batman's Power Suit and Robins' Hazard Cannon, and using all-new abilities including flight, super-breath and heat vision.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
I am such a fan of these games, I get them and play them til my thumbs fall off. The fact that Diana is in this makes it a DOUBLE SALE!
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