Gail Simone's Blog, page 262

Is Goggie a typo? Or where saying Doggie cutely?

“Goggie” has been around a while, I am not sure of the origins of it.

But it’s pretty cute. LOOK AT THE GOOGIE.

empaya-comics:We have asked Gail Simone, the first lady of US...

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We have asked Gail Simone, the first lady of US comics, about the top 5 mistakes people make, when
creating comics. Here is her answer.
Illustration by: Vladimír
Schmidt
Layout + portrait art: Martin Plško
Art direction: EMPAYA Comics (Vladimír
Schmidt and Martin Plško)

More useful answers can be found here: http://empaya-comics.tumblr.com/tagged/top-5-mistakes-people-make-when-creating-comics

Fun question, and go check out the site, it’s very cool!

My poor heart strings, Gail. Big Shot was growing on me!

Big Shot grows on EVERYTHING.

It’s kind of what he does.

Would you like to work with J.H. Williams III? What would it be? :)

Anything.

It could be the Adventures of Square and Rectangle.

ANYTHING.

Did Caminus and the other colony Metrotitans have the same reproductive powers of Vector Sigma and the Matrix in that they can create sparks, or did they just take hotspots ignited by Vector Sigma with them when they left Cybertron? If the latter were the

I am working off the assumption that the titans hotspots are pretty advanced and thus can create new sparks for a few reasons. 1. If the colonies had a finite population, it seems unlikely that they would have allowed their ties with Cybertron to degrade as they have (i.e. they would have fought a lot harder to restore contact with Cybertron than they seem to have). This also ties in to the history of some colonies that we’ll learn more about later, but the Camiens clearly thought they could sustain themselves on their own and I don’t think they would have if they knew they had a finite population. 2. A finite number of sparks would be vulnerable to disaster and disease. It would be more prudent to have a hotspot capable of generating new sparks instead of a set amount of sparks.

Did Caminus and the other colony Metrotitans have the same reproductive powers of Vector Sigma and the Matrix in that they can create sparks, or did they just take hotspots ignited by Vector Sigma with them when they left Cybertron? If the latter were the

I am working off the assumption that the titans hotspots are pretty advanced and thus can create new sparks for a few reasons. 1. If the colonies had a finite population, it seems unlikely that they would have allowed their ties with Cybertron to degrade as they have (i.e. they would have fought a lot harder to restore contact with Cybertron than they seem to have). This also ties in to the history of some colonies that we’ll learn more about later, but the Camiens clearly thought they could sustain themselves on their own and I don’t think they would have if they knew they had a finite population. 2. A finite number of sparks would be vulnerable to disaster and disease. It would be more prudent to have a hotspot capable of generating new sparks instead of a set amount of sparks.

With Kelly Sue leaving Captain Marvel, can you go write it?

I was not asked, and to be honest, Carol is pretty much Kelly Sue’s character in my mind, the same way I think of Batwoman as belonging to Greg and J.H.W. 

I know it’s not how the standings might be in legal terms, but it’s how I feel. It wouldn’t feel right for me.  

But thank you, I got a bajillion messages and emails about this. But Kelly Sue is Kelly Sue!

Hi Gail, long time fan. Harley & Ivy have finally gotten their bisexuality and non-exclusive relationship confirmed. Catwoman has also been confirmed as bisexual and Wonder Woman's own heteroflexibility has been implied multiple times. What about the guys?

I will be honest, I think some male gaze stuff is definitely in play overall in mainstream comics, and that’s not really a phrase I use lightly.

I am delighted to see more gay and bi-women in comics, but it makes no sense for that to be all of the lgbtq representation out there.

I know some disagree with me on this, but I am happy to see Harley and Ivy acknowledged as a couple. It’s been hinted at for years, in ways that range from campy to wonderful. I think they are super-high profile characters and that’s all great. 

But I also wonder. Why are so many villains? Why is their ‘sexiness’ often their primary visual attribute? Where are the corresponding gay and bi-males, not to mention characters on the rest of the gender spectrum? Where are the trans characters? It’s not enough to have, you know, a tiny handful of random characters representing the rest of the lgbtq communities. 

I haven’t read all of these stories, I am glad for more representation, I just am hoping for the sake of the characters and the readers that it is done with care and taste and consideration, and that other groups are also included. 

Hi Gail, long time fan. Harley & Ivy have finally gotten their bisexuality and non-exclusive relationship confirmed. Catwoman has also been confirmed as bisexual and Wonder Woman's own heteroflexibility has been implied multiple times. What about the guys?

I will be honest, I think some male gaze stuff is definitely in play overall in mainstream comics, and that’s not really a phrase I use lightly.

I am delighted to see more gay and bi-women in comics, but it makes no sense for that to be all of the lgbtq representation out there.

I know some disagree with me on this, but I am happy to see Harley and Ivy acknowledged as a couple. It’s been hinted at for years, in ways that range from campy to wonderful. I think they are super-high profile characters and that’s all great. 

But I also wonder. Why are so many villains? Why is their ‘sexiness’ often their primary visual attribute? Where are the corresponding gay and bi-males, not to mention characters on the rest of the gender spectrum? Where are the trans characters? It’s not enough to have, you know, a tiny handful of random characters representing the rest of the lgbtq communities. 

I haven’t read all of these stories, I am glad for more representation, I just am hoping for the sake of the characters and the readers that it is done with care and taste and consideration, and that other groups are also included. 

Hi Gail, long time fan. Harley & Ivy have finally gotten their bisexuality and non-exclusive relationship confirmed. Catwoman has also been confirmed as bisexual and Wonder Woman's own heteroflexibility has been implied multiple times. What about the guys?

I will be honest, I think some male gaze stuff is definitely in play overall in mainstream comics, and that’s not really a phrase I use lightly.

I am delighted to see more gay and bi-women in comics, but it makes no sense for that to be all of the lgbtq representation out there.

I know some disagree with me on this, but I am happy to see Harley and Ivy acknowledged as a couple. It’s been hinted at for years, in ways that range from campy to wonderful. I think they are super-high profile characters and that’s all great. 

But I also wonder. Why are so many villains? Why is their ‘sexiness’ often their primary visual attribute? Where are the corresponding gay and bi-males, not to mention characters on the rest of the gender spectrum? Where are the trans characters? It’s not enough to have, you know, a tiny handful of random characters representing the rest of the lgbtq communities. 

I haven’t read all of these stories, I am glad for more representation, I just am hoping for the sake of the characters and the readers that it is done with care and taste and consideration, and that other groups are also included.