Gail Simone's Blog, page 489
May 8, 2014
The Movement #12
I hope this ends like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! Except Vengeance Moth has a little trouble getting the wheelchair rolling, so when she hears the gunfire cut down the rest of the team, she simply says “Fuck that!” and scoots out the back door.
The main problem with comic books is that they’re not a form of entertainment where the best written material rises to the top (the best art will generally sell better than the best writing simply because we’re a shallow people, us humans. But I don’t want to write about the art! I just felt it had to be mentioned since comic books rely on both art and writing for a well told story). In comic books, sales are all about the characters. Marvel has a lot more iconic characters and teams with large fan bases, so a lot of their titles sell well across the board: Spider-Man, Punisher, Captain America, Wolverine, The Avengers, The Hulk, The X-Men. The list of names that will sell a title is long over at Marvel. DC basically has Batman. Sure, Superman and Green Lantern can round out that list but I wanted to put the burden on Batman’s shoulders. I don’t think Wonder Woman and The Flash have the same kind of dollar drawing power as any of the Marvel list. Possibly the thing that has given DC the biggest boost in building a fan base for characters has been their cartoons. So now Teen Titans and Young Justice and Harley Quinn have a rabid following because they were all written so well in the cartoons. But it takes a long period of adjustment for fans to recognize that their favorite characters are not always going to be treated so well on the writing side of things. So we have a series like Teen Titans that ran for thirty issues without one good issue in the batch and, by February numbers, it’s outselling The Movement which has had eleven good issues in the batch (I can’t judge #12 yet) by 20,000 issues. Now that’s either 20,000 people that are simply buying a book because characters they love appear in it or that’s 20,000 people that can’t tell the difference between crap and a cupcake.
You are mean to Scott!
But otherwise, bless your cold, dead, hilarious heart.
fanarts-of-series:
So many Walter Skinner during a xfiles...
So many Walter Skinner during a xfiles rewatch
I spent a week in New Zealand between cons with this actor and he was just the nicest, most thoughtful guy ever.
mizpollard:
Twitter is terrifying
If nothing else, pie attacking my phone is going to get me in...
Twitter is terrifying
If nothing else, pie attacking my phone is going to get me in trouble. He almost just reported Gail Simone for harassment while chewing on the stupid thing.
Don’t let your cats on twitter, everyone.
Your cat was totally hot, it’s not my fault. What about MY rights?
This is a witch trial!
chrishaley:
Done and done.
(Not pictured: “Butt window”, but...
Done and done.
(Not pictured: “Butt window”, but trust me, it’s there.)
You have no idea how much this cheered me up just now.
mental-radio1:
The truth hurts, or— ever heard of a little...
The truth hurts, or— ever heard of a little white lie? Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman was harsh. Wonder Woman #24, November 2008. Great art by Bernard Chang.
Harsh but truthful.
May 7, 2014
michaelhocking:
Gail Simone’s The Movement is amazing. A much less concise anayltical review will...
Gail Simone’s The Movement is amazing. A much less concise anayltical review will follow eventurally, but I love this series :)
Spoilers for #11 (which I just finished):
"Also, I like boys!" Burden :)
It’s important to to say what you like, I say. ;)
Kind Of A Blue Day
Over the last issue of the Movement coming out today.
I know we got twelve issues, that’s a lot in today’s market. But I will miss writing them tremendously.
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