Gail Simone's Blog, page 230

neil-gaiman:medievalfantasist:This is the best thing to ever...

neil-gaiman:

medievalfantasist:

This is the best thing to ever happen to Twitter.

It made me like Twitter again…

We could put on a show!

fangirlnationmag:Swords of Sorrow #4 is moving toward the final confrontation. It is time for all...

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Swords of Sorrow #4 is moving toward the final confrontation. It is time for all the women who have been meeting and separating to gather “The Trinity” together. They must go through the Portals and find Dejah Thoris, Red Sonja, and Vampirella in order to have a chance at defeating the Prince. They also confront some of his “harem” and battle some more dinosaurs. More of the past of the mysterious Lady and the Prince is revealed, and some of what was hinted at earlier becomes clearer.

I am becoming more and more convinced that all comic books should have dinosaurs, no matter what else is there. Swords of Sorrow has a massive, universe-threatening event as its backdrop, and yet Simone and her fellow writers never lose site of the fun to be had with the more pulpy elements of their story. There are dinosaurs. There is posturing, there are sword fights, and it is glorious.

Sergio Davila ably keeps the action going, working both grand crowd scenes with all of the women—some not yet even named in the texts—and close-ups, particularly as some of the women wonder whether this is even their fight. Are they heroes? He also creates magnificent dinosaurs and gives the reveal about the Lady the punch it deserves.

Swords of Sorrow is an enjoyable, well-written, first-class tour of the Dynamite Universe with dinosaurs thrown in for good measure.

Writer: Gail Simone

Art: Sergio Davila

Colors: Jorge Sutil

Letters: Erica Schultz

Cover A: Tula Lotay

Note: Cross-Posted with FanboyNation

Swords of Sorrow #4 “Do You Think You Are Heroes?”

Swords of Sorrow #4 is moving toward the final confrontation. It is time for all the women who have been meeting and separating to gather “The Trinity” together.

Thank you for the kind words!

yahooentertainment:Women In Refrigerators: Gail Simone On the...

yahooentertainment:

Women In Refrigerators: Gail Simone On the List That Illustrated the Problem With Female Comic Characters

I really enjoyed this story, it was nicely bereft of sensationalism. 

But I was so hot from running across San Diego to get there in time, I wish I had had a moment to collect myself! It was SCORCHING that day and we had to almost run all the way from the Gaslamp District. :)

Funny that that’s all I remember when I see this.  Good story, though! Loved Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow in this.

pr1ncessprivilege:LOVE ME SOME CANON GENDERFLUIDITY, THAT’S...

pr1ncessprivilege:

LOVE ME SOME CANON GENDERFLUIDITY, THAT’S GOOD SHIT 

pr1ncessprivilege:And mary/strix continues to be the most...

pr1ncessprivilege:

And mary/strix continues to be the most precious cinnamon bun who could also gut u in a hot sec

"Here is the thing. The old guard in comics are comfortable with feminism mostly under very strict..."

“Here is the thing. The old guard in comics are comfortable with feminism mostly under very strict guidelines. It has to be palatable to them. They are VERY comfortable with characters who spout faux female empowerment slogans while wearing skin-tight rubber bands or whatever. They are comfortable with characters who say GIRL POWER loudly, as long as they don’t actually accomplish anything or overshadow the hero. And now they are comfortable with super adorable little pixie heroines, because they wrongly believe they pose no threat to the status quo. But when female characters actually act with agency and are immune to being tut-tutted, there is still a lot of pushback. HOWEVER! I think the audience has moved past this, mostly. I think the audience is ahead of the industry.”

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Gail Simone, in an excellent series of tweets (via superdames)

I already have a bunch of people mad at me for pointing this stuff out and I only posted it a couple hours ago… :)

This has been bothering me for a while, so I felt I had to ask. Who made the cookies in S6 #4? Will we ever find out?! IS IT A SECRET

Scandal made the kooky!

geekpinata:Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric takes a look...

geekpinata:

Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric takes a look at the popularity of Female Superheros, and how female heroines are now sharing the limelight with their male comic book counterparts, with a growing fan base and a strong army of female artists and writers behind them.

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Here is the video from Yahoo! I mentioned earlier. I’m in it a few times in my Nebula cosplay! I wish I knew how to download Yahoo videos so I could make a gif from my clip towards the end. 

Can I also note how amazing it is to be in the same video with all these talented writers/artists/creators! Gail Simone, G. Willow Wilson, Babs Tarr, Kelly Sue DeConnick!!!! AAAAH!

Swords of Sorrow #4 comes out today, my favorite issue so far!GREAT pencils by Sergio Davila!

Swords of Sorrow #4 comes out today, my favorite issue so far!

GREAT pencils by Sergio Davila!

djfanco:“Orson Welles was right.”Swords of Sorrow #4Written...

djfanco:

“Orson Welles was right.”

Swords of Sorrow #4

Written by Gail Simone

HA!

That’s my favorite line in this issue. :)