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February 2, 2015
About a million people have asked me if Brigitte Nielson (sp?)...
About a million people have asked me if Brigitte Nielson (sp?) from the Red Sonja film is how I see Red Sonja, and she really, really isn’t. My mom is a huge fan of Sonja and that film, but I only saw part of it years ago, and don’t remember it at all.
Above is my biggest inspiration for Red Sonja, the amazing KATE BUSH in her BABOOSHKA video. Where she represents untamed temptation and power, looks fierce and amazing. Plus, it helps that the song is brilliant.
That’s the image I had in mind when I agreed to do the book, and Kate being the inspiration is a big reason why my Red Sonja takes no shit from anyone, ever, and also that no one tells Sonja what to do.
GO, KATE!
A Car Question
Does anyone out there have a Ford Edge?
Do you like it?
February 1, 2015
groteleur:
Batman In 16 Epic Version You Can Ever Imagine!...
Batman In 16 Epic Version You Can Ever Imagine! http://shazam-share.com/s85nu-batman-in-16-epic-version-you-can-ever-imagine
Stunning!
Ha!"Bigoted against men."
Ha!
"Bigoted against men."
January 30, 2015
renaramblesaboutcomics:
Wonder Woman: The CircleWonder Woman...
Wonder Woman: The Circle
Wonder Woman (2006-2011) #16
"I give you your princess. I give you our DAUGHTER!”
Important. Oh my gosh this is so important. This is who Diana is, not just to Hippolyta but all the Amazons.
She is their daughter — all of them. She is the child of each of them, she is born the flesh of Themyscira itself. She is the soul of the child Hippolyta lost in her previous life, but she is born not just to their queen but to each woman of the island collectively. She’s a little bit of each and every one of them.
She does not require a father. She has a freaking island of Amazons as her parents.
Changing that detail changes absolutely everything about her. And it makes what she represents lesser by extent.
That clear? We all clear? Okay good.
My favorite scene I wrote in that book.
My thinking was, there is no way Hippolyta wouldn’t share Diana. All Amazons would be her mother.
I love you for so many things (most recently, for trolling Jenny McCarthy). One day, I'll give you a high five. It will be awesome.
I love you, too, and you better keep your word on the high five because now you’ve built it up so much and I’ll be mad if it doesn’t happen.
So I was watching this #PushComicsForward hashtag erupt over twitter (pretty cool to watch some of the ideas, many common and quite a few original) - I had this sudden idea. I tweeted it. Got a lot of favorites & positive responses, thought I'd bring it to
Well, it’s by choice, in my case, actually.
I have been offered a-list, male lead books lots. I was offered both Flash and Green Lantern. But my feeling was that those books were doing fine, whereas other books might be struggling and could use some extra attention.
I have never chosen assignments just for the paycheck or for where they are on the sales charts. I am fortunate enough to be able to choose based on what sounds challenging and fun, but also might help grow the diversity of characters in comics. So I would take the All-New Atom and Red Sonja over most of the a-list books, my friends are always baffled about it. But I only have one asset in this game, which is my name, and I choose to use it to try to move the needle a little.
I get offered stuff all the time. And I have done major male lead books, like ACTION and JLA and DEADPOOL (which were all very successful), it’s just that either I put my money where my mouth is, or I don’t. It’s kind of that simple.
The thing I am most grateful about is that I am known enough, and have enough of a readership, that I have the luxury of being able to choose books that mean something to me, that I hope will mean something to others.
If I was offered a major book like that again, with a male lead, I might take it at this point, if I could bring some of that to the title. I do like to mix things up. But it’s not really how I choose assignments. I am pretty proud of the choices I have made, looking back, there are only a couple assignments where I feel I made a poor choice. Mostly, I am very proud of my record on this stuff; BIrds of Prey, Red Sonja, All-New Atom, Tomb Raider, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, etc. etc. Almost all books with leads that were underrepresented…I feel like if we all did that even just a little more often, it would transform the entire industry AND better reflect the readership.
That’s my thinking, anyway. :)
So I was watching this #PushComicsForward hashtag erupt over twitter (pretty cool to watch some of the ideas, many common and quite a few original) - I had this sudden idea. I tweeted it. Got a lot of favorites & positive responses, thought I'd bring it to
Well, it’s by choice, in my case, actually.
I have been offered a-list, male lead books lots. I was offered both Flash and Green Lantern. But my feeling was that those books were doing fine, whereas other books might be struggling and could use some extra attention.
I have never chosen assignments just for the paycheck or for where they are on the sales charts. I am fortunate enough to be able to choose based on what sounds challenging and fun, but also might help grow the diversity of characters in comics. So I would take the All-New Atom and Red Sonja over most of the a-list books, my friends are always baffled about it. But I only have one asset in this game, which is my name, and I choose to use it to try to move the needle a little.
I get offered stuff all the time. And I have done major male lead books, like ACTION and JLA and DEADPOOL (which were all very successful), it’s just that either I put my money where my mouth is, or I don’t. It’s kind of that simple.
The thing I am most grateful about is that I am known enough, and have enough of a readership, that I have the luxury of being able to choose books that mean something to me, that I hope will mean something to others.
If I was offered a major book like that again, with a male lead, I might take it at this point, if I could bring some of that to the title. I do like to mix things up. But it’s not really how I choose assignments. I am pretty proud of the choices I have made, looking back, there are only a couple assignments where I feel I made a poor choice. Mostly, I am very proud of my record on this stuff; BIrds of Prey, Red Sonja, All-New Atom, Tomb Raider, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, etc. etc. Almost all books with leads that were underrepresented…I feel like if we all did that even just a little more often, it would transform the entire industry AND better reflect the readership.
That’s my thinking, anyway. :)
So I was watching this #PushComicsForward hashtag erupt over twitter (pretty cool to watch some of the ideas, many common and quite a few original) - I had this sudden idea. I tweeted it. Got a lot of favorites & positive responses, thought I'd bring it to
Well, it’s by choice, in my case, actually.
I have been offered a-list, male lead books lots. I was offered both Flash and Green Lantern. But my feeling was that those books were doing fine, whereas other books might be struggling and could use some extra attention.
I have never chosen assignments just for the paycheck or for where they are on the sales charts. I am fortunate enough to be able to choose based on what sounds challenging and fun, but also might help grow the diversity of characters in comics. So I would take the All-New Atom and Red Sonja over most of the a-list books, my friends are always baffled about it. But I only have one asset in this game, which is my name, and I choose to use it to try to move the needle a little.
I get offered stuff all the time. And I have done major male lead books, like ACTION and JLA and DEADPOOL (which were all very successful), it’s just that either I put my money where my mouth is, or I don’t. It’s kind of that simple.
The thing I am most grateful about is that I am known enough, and have enough of a readership, that I have the luxury of being able to choose books that mean something to me, that I hope will mean something to others.
If I was offered a major book like that again, with a male lead, I might take it at this point, if I could bring some of that to the title. I do like to mix things up. But it’s not really how I choose assignments. I am pretty proud of the choices I have made, looking back, there are only a couple assignments where I feel I made a poor choice. Mostly, I am very proud of my record on this stuff; BIrds of Prey, Red Sonja, All-New Atom, Tomb Raider, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, etc. etc. Almost all books with leads that were underrepresented…I feel like if we all did that even just a little more often, it would transform the entire industry AND better reflect the readership.
That’s my thinking, anyway. :)
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