Gail Simone's Blog, page 150

have you ever met greg rucka? if you have did you guys talk wonder woman?

I’ve known Greg Rucka for years, we do talk Wonder Woman, but I think we both LOVE her equally and APPROACH her differently, so we haven’t discussed her that much. He well knows my support for him doing the book again, I told him so just a couple days ago. :)

Greg’s a brilliant writer. He’s going to kill on it.

Not so much a question as a comment. I notice that often when you leave a book or leave a company, I have never seen you write anything disparaging about that company. I'm sure there's been times you wanted to, but I'm impressed with this outward cool an

Thank you…truthfully, a big part of it is how I feel when I see a creator I like doing that about a book or show that I loved. They have every right to do it, but it gets in my brain, “this person hates this company,” or whatever the case is, and that can really interfere with my enjoyment of the book.

So, it’s a big deal to me that I don’t do that for readers. The other truth is, I can’t really think of a time when I have left a company mad. I have left BOOKS angry, but I didn’t think it was the entire company’s fault, you know? All the companies I have worked for have been very nice.

It’s mostly that reader thing. I used to apologize every time a certain pair of issues I did, as a fill-in for a popular book. I didn’t like how they turned out, and I would apologize to everyone who brought them to me to sign.

I didn’t know how selfish and thoughtless that was.  One day, a young kid came up with those two issues and I made a comment that I didn’t like them, and the kid, who had been excited and smiling, got a sad look on his face, and said, “this is my favorite story.”

So, to soothe MY little hurt feelings, I had been apologizing for these books, when this kid bought these comics, read them and treasured them enough to bring them to a con and wait in a long line, and this obnoxious writer says she doesn’t like those issues?

I felt like the world’s biggest jerk. Still bothers me. But I never did that again. It shouldn’t be about me, it should be about the kid who waited in line. Bleah, there’s no training manual for this stuff, you have to learn it as you go.

The reader’s experience is delicate and important. I hate to have it filled up with backstage nonsense, if that makes sense.

I Love You Guys.I really, really appreciate you. Seriously.Thanks for all the awesome you bring with...

I Love You Guys.

I really, really appreciate you. Seriously.

Thanks for all the awesome you bring with you.

Gail, what are your throughts on Green Arrow (comic version not dude from the show you're an expert on)? You know, other than Dinah is way out of his league... then again, isn't everyone out of Dinah's league?

I like writing Ollie a lot. I didn’t like him for a while, I found him really condescending to EVERYONE and that seemed annoying.

But when you write him, you see that he really tries to do good, and that makes up for a lot.

Does this sound ridiculous? Probably. :)

Wait. What?! I'm kind of out of the loop with, you know, life and stuff getting in the way. I think I just read that Secret Six is cancelled?! Is this for real?

Fourteen is our last issue, sadly, BUT!  We go out with a blowout, it’s a really big story, I promise! 

And thank you for reading, and I hope life and stuff are treating you okay! :)

Hey Gail, im wondering if you have any of your comic book scripts available to download somewhere? for reference or research or curiosity sake. Im definitely interested!

I think there are a couple out there…hmm.  I have no idea where. 

But there are quite a few here from lots of great writers!

http://www.comicbookscriptarchive.com/archive/the-scripts/

About Jeanette being on Supergirl. That was Silver Banshee aka Siobhan, not Jeanette.

Ah, okay, fair enough!

Hello! I read the thing you wrote about how you perceive Diana and Bruce's relationship. So would you say the same would go for her and any other member of the League? For instance, do Arthur and Barry hardly register on her radar as well?

Barry…hmm. Not sure. I would say they are pretty different, dude of science, woman of myth. I think they would like and respect each other, but I don’t know that that’s a deep relationship.

Aquaman is different, I always thought those two would have a deep bond.

Hey have you read henchgirl by any chance?I don’t think so, I don’t think I’ve heard of it?

Hey have you read henchgirl by any chance?

I don’t think so, I don’t think I’ve heard of it?

Are you going to have scripts available for Emerald City?

I should have some available for Emerald City, I only took half the ones I had printed for c2e2 with me but we sold out of them almost immediately and I didn’t have any for Sunday, I don’t think.

The scripts I am bringing should be Swords of Sorrow, Batgirl, Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman, I think? Brain is still sleepy. :)

If there’s enough demand up front, I may bring one more title, not sure. I should also have some books there, if they arrive to me in time!

As always, I do ask people try to get them as early as possible as I always sell out and I no longer allow people to reserve them in advance. You don’t have to wait in line, you can just get one from my hubby if you like to be signed whenever works for you.

:)