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August 8, 2015
theimancameron:
Reblog if you miss DC Comics’s The Movement by...
Reblog if you miss DC Comics’s The Movement by gailsimone Freddie Williams III & Chris Sotomayor, and want it to come back!
They were all fun, but writing Moth and Mouse and Virtue was some of the MOST fun I’ve had in comics.
You've mentioned that Starling was almost in the S6 lineup. Were there any others who didn't make it in? Loving the book anyhow :)
Oh, yeah, we had a long list of potential characters.
At one point or another, nearly every original S6 member was at least considered. But we didn’t want to just do the same book.
Bane was considered, he’s busy elsewhere.
The all-new Atom, Ryan Choi, was almost on the squad.
We considered Misfit.
SILVER was a very last minute change.
Poison Ivy.
I’m trying to remember who else. I pushed for Starling for a long time.
I THINK Hawkman was on the list, or Hawkgirl, but it was a TON of emails and I don’t remember which were characters I just imagined as possibilities and those I actually pitched.
Is Supergirl's series getting cancelled because Arrow?
What? Has it even started yet?
Hi Gail, first of all, I wanted to say thank you for everyone at DC doing such a great job promoting LGBT characters and especially solo leads. Between books like Secret Six, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Constantine: Hellblazer, and Midnighter I feel like the D
I don’t know what is the cause of what’s happening right now, I suspect it is a mix of the desires of creators to be more inclusive and an awareness from DC that is well overdue.
If you are talking a few years ago, when there were only a very few of us trying to make this happen, I would say it was much more creator-driven. I don’t remember anything really coming down from above on these topics.
HOWEVER, that’s not to say DC didn’t care. In fact, I’ve said this many times, Dan DiDio is actually pretty freaking awesome on including lgbtq characters. I have worked for a lot of publishers and Dan sincerely cares about this issue and has never turned me down on it, and I know that he has backed other creators on these characters all the way. I know Marvel has made some great strides recently, but DC was publishing out gay headline characters when Marvel’s editorial was still saying they couldn’t do it because they were ‘all ages.’ So that was a BIG factor in me staying at DC so much.
And Bob Harras is very concerned about representing POC. I have had many notes from him recently asking if a character can be included who is POC, or if a new character can be POC instead of white. Bob wants books that look like our audience today, not in 1950 (if it was true even back then).
So I think that much of the diversity they have at DC is creator-driven, HOWEVER, it is possible because the higher-up’s are open-minded and actually thinking about these issues. It doesn’t mean DC (and creators) haven’t messed up because we all have, but there is an atmosphere where you can have a book like MIDNIGHTER or The Movement and that happens because someone up top believed in the message and the material.
I do give most credit to the creators. HOWEVER, the downside of this is true as well. If you have a willing and supportive editorial department and your books DON’T have diverse casts, that’s also the creator’s doing. So if we get most of the credit for cool new diverse casts, we also should have to take the heat when a book doesn’t have that, to a large degree.
That’s my opinion, anyway.
August 7, 2015
Meet the cast of Toil and Trouble – Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | Mairghread Scott Writes
Take a look the character design process for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and learn a bit of their background in my new comic series, TOIL AND TROUBLE, with art by kickingshoes aka Kelly and Nichole Matthews. [PS. That’s their version of Macbeth starting the weekend a little early.]
likebirdsofprey:
Birds of Prey (Lady Blackhawk, Huntress and...
Birds of Prey (Lady Blackhawk, Huntress and Black Canary) by Aaron Lopresti
Dammit, these are gorgeous!
August 6, 2015
cosplayandgeekstuff:
Holly Brooke (USA) as Batgirl.Photo I...
Holly Brooke (USA) as Batgirl.Photo I by:
Lucky Monkey PhotographyPhotos II and III by:
Eurobeat Kasumi Photography
So cute!
thehappysorceress:
bellechere:
thatlever:
My daughter’s...
My daughter’s adventures cosplaying as Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan) at bostoncomiccon with me as her Lockjaw. She loved getting to pose with other folks doing Kamala and Carol Danvers, as well as a Squirrel Girl (Pro cosplayer bellechere) and a Billy Batson (Marvel/DC crossover)
Edit: A bunch of folks asked us where we got her embiggened fist - it was part of a Wreck-it-Ralph costume I did last year (they were briefly available at Disney Stores)
This is so precious. It was a delight to see these two at the con!
And this reminds me why I love comics.
enbyjohnegbert:
GAIL SIMONE CONFIRMED ON HER TWITTER THAT PORCELAIN IS GENDERFLUID AND USES...
GAIL SIMONE CONFIRMED ON HER TWITTER THAT PORCELAIN IS GENDERFLUID AND USES THEY/THEM
:)
I promise, they will have that pronoun conversation soon!
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