Gail Simone's Blog, page 294

Do you like Mar'i Grayson?

I don’t know who that is.

Which in your opinion is better: a webcomic or a comic book?

I have no opinion on that, I like comics of all kinds, I like there to be manga, European graphic albums, Western comics, UK anthology titles, webcomics, mini comics, underground comics, comic strips, I love the whole damn thing.

But it is interesting to me how some things work beautifully in one format, and don’t fit at all in another, sometimes. Not bad, but curious.

What I was really hoping to petition for was a comic featuring a married LGBT in a major if not lead role in a book. I know marriage is poison to alot of folks in the industry, but LGBT marriages are almost unheard of in comics and those few times it does

Agreed.

Also, I have a same sex marriage between girls coming up in Secret Six in just a couple issues. 

I've got to be honest, I am, have been, and always will be a diehard Dick/Kory shipper, though of course I love Babs to death. But while I'm not on board the Dick/Babs train, I want to thank you for writing them really well romantically and in general, an

Thank you, sweetie!

I think most people know I am not out to job any characters, especially strong female ones. 

When I was a kid, the Teen Titans were my EVERYTHING. I wouldn’t want Kory to be shown as anything less than the great character she was meant to be. 

I totally get people who ship Dick and Kory, I have a LOT of sympathy and affection for that pairing. If that’s the way the story went, I would be pretty happy with it, actually. 

9musesandanoldmind:Something simple to honor the day.I laughed...

9musesandanoldmind:

Something simple to honor the day.

I laughed WAY too hard at this!

beachgnome:Shows up to Misfit Day late with Starbucks.SO CUTE!

beachgnome:

Shows up to Misfit Day late with Starbucks.

SO CUTE!

batgirlrising:comixology:Last month comiXology had one of the...

batgirlrising:

comixology:

Last month comiXology had one of the largest sales of all time with the Marvel BOGO Sale. We offered everyone the chance to buy ANYTHING you wanted from Marvel and get the next Marvel item for free.

The results are in and here are the top 10 Marvel issues purchased:

Silk #1
Star Wars #2
Darth Vader #1Star Wars #1Ms. Marvel #12Ms. Marvel #11Ms. Marvel #10Thor #5Ms. Marvel #9Thor #4

Out of thousands of Marvel comics sold over the course of the Marvel BOGO Sale, 7 of the top 10 issues starred a Marvel female Super Hero proving that the Women of Marvel are here to stay!

BOO-YA. I bought the whole new Thor run, Silk, all of Spider-Woman, and all of Black Widow from this sale.

We are legion.

Poison Ivy

That’s all I’m saying.

I have really grown to love Pamela Isley.

So, This Happened

This was several years ago, when I had not been in comics long. 

I was at a festival, kind of like a comics con/fair sort of hybrid thing. Great hospitality, lovely food, people were always smiling, that whole thing. 

Very nice. People were very friendly.

The first day of the event, I was totally surprised by the quality of the cosplayers. It was very high-level stuff, like you would expect to see at one of the bigger cons, and one of the fun things was that the whole town joined in.

I was especially impressed by two EXTREMELY hot, good-looking guy cosplayers, one as Nightwing and another as Superboy. I don’t think the two knew each other. But man alive, they both looked like comic books come to life, just really handsome and fit and adorable, with great costumes and attitudes.

I thought they looked amazing, and I made a note to take a picture with them both when i had the chance, but I had a signing line, so I couldn’t do it at the time.

Later in the day, there was an outdoors street party, and I saw them both taking photos with with random people, and I grabbed my husband and said, HEY! We have to take my picture with these awesome cosplayers!  And my husband kindly put down his barbecue for a moment (which just proves how much he loves me because barbecue is his thing).

So I go to look for them, they have both disappeared. I am looking, finally I call out, SUPERBOY!  NIGHTWING!

No answer from them, but someone says they saw them go inside the building. 

So we go in, camera in hand, to find the cosplayers…

…and Superboy and Nightwing are making out big time, right up against the wall. Paying no attention to anyone.

My hubby said two things I will always love him for…

1)  “Wow, it’s like your mental slashfic come to life, isn’t it?”

and 

2) “Do you still want a picture?”

Anyway, it was a team-up to remember.   :)

PS. They broke off a bit later and were incredibly sweet and took the photo and stayed in character the entire time. My headcanon is that they got married and routinely go out patrolling the streets looking for Luthor and Two-Face.

PPS. I don’t write slashfic. Probably I don’t. Maybe I don’t. 

PPS. It was really good barbecue. 

GAIL. I AM FREAKING OUT OVER THE ADORABLE IN THIS ISSUE. GAIL. GAILLLLLLLLLLL. OH MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THEM BACK. I JUST HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS~* OKAYBYE.

HA!

Thank you, darling! :)