Gail Simone's Blog, page 492
May 2, 2014
Bonjour Gail, comment ça va ? Having been diagnosed with BD (nor SAD but close) at an early age, Batgirl Annual meant a lot to me. I had difficulty making friends because of my mood swings. Your unique approach of Poison Ivy that made me a fan of her. It f
I am very glad to hear that…I was surprised by how many letters I got like this one.
Comics did a lot for me, growing up. I wouldn’t compare our situations, I’m sure mine was less difficult, but my childhood was rough in many ways I haven’t really talked about.
When a comic speaks to us about difficulties we are facing, it can be a very powerful thing, which is a big part of why I believe in them and have devoted pretty much my adult life to them. Many writers just see them as a stepping stone to film or prose. I do not, partially because of things like this note.
I am very glad this story meant something to you. Thank you.
Bonjour Gail, comment ça va ? Having been diagnosed with BD (nor SAD but close) at an early age, Batgirl Annual meant a lot to me. I had difficulty making friends because of my mood swings. Your unique approach of Poison Ivy that made me a fan of her. It f
I am very glad to hear that…I was surprised by how many letters I got like this one.
Comics did a lot for me, growing up. I wouldn’t compare our situations, I’m sure mine was less difficult, but my childhood was rough in many ways I haven’t really talked about.
When a comic speaks to us about difficulties we are facing, it can be a very powerful thing, which is a big part of why I believe in them and have devoted pretty much my adult life to them. Many writers just see them as a stepping stone to film or prose. I do not, partially because of things like this note.
I am very glad this story meant something to you. Thank you.
Bonjour Gail, comment ça va ? Having been diagnosed with BD (nor SAD but close) at an early age, Batgirl Annual meant a lot to me. I had difficulty making friends because of my mood swings. Your unique approach of Poison Ivy that made me a fan of her. It f
I am very glad to hear that…I was surprised by how many letters I got like this one.
Comics did a lot for me, growing up. I wouldn’t compare our situations, I’m sure mine was less difficult, but my childhood was rough in many ways I haven’t really talked about.
When a comic speaks to us about difficulties we are facing, it can be a very powerful thing, which is a big part of why I believe in them and have devoted pretty much my adult life to them. Many writers just see them as a stepping stone to film or prose. I do not, partially because of things like this note.
I am very glad this story meant something to you. Thank you.
May 1, 2014
amurogay:
Flash Rogues: Trickster (ii), Captain Boomerang,...
Flash Rogues: Trickster (ii), Captain Boomerang, Gorilla Grodd, Dr. Alchemy, Mirror Master, Abra Kadabra
Secret Six: I don’t have Rag Doll, or else I’d have a complete founding Secret Six line-up, so instead I did two mash-ups using the figs of characters that did actually fill in on the team at one point, and then just a random combo including 3 characters who were never members but that I think would made for a cool line-up
1: Scandal Savage, Deadshot, Catman, Parademon, Cheshire, Mad Hatter
2: Scandal Savage, Deadshot, Catman, Knockout, Bane, Harley Quinn
3: Scandal Savage, Knockout, Bane, the Red Hood, Captain Boomerang (ii), Merlin
I need a Rag Doll.
Oh, man!
note0157h7:
Remember when Gail Simone managed to get away with...
Remember when Gail Simone managed to get away with an extended joke about Deadpool’s head trauma-induced penis fascination?
For an entire issue, Deadpool is playing with his winkie.
I will never understand how I got away with that.
Boingy boingy boingy!
bellechere:
I’m so excited for this year’s Free Comic Book Day!...
I’m so excited for this year’s Free Comic Book Day!
I’ll be up at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, NH for their day of free comics, contests, BBQ, games, and prizes! Not to mention special guest Gail SImone will be there! I’ll be wearing Red Sonja for the event, and I’m totally thrilled to meet one of my comic-creating idols. I’ll also be judging the costume contest.
Where will you be for FCBD? :)
A friendly reminder to please buy something from your comic stores. The comics might be free to us patrons, but the comic stores have to pay for them still. Besides, most stores have great sales going on anyway for the occasion! Support your local store!
Yay, I get to meet you!
comicsverse:
ComicsVerse reviews BATGIRL ANNUAL #2 by Gail...
ComicsVerse reviews BATGIRL ANNUAL #2 by Gail Simone, et al.
That was some pretty astute stuff…you nailed the theme, for sure.
readreact:
"The thing that I kept finding out over and over was...
"The thing that I kept finding out over and over was that a lot of women were fans of Red Sonja, but didn’t read her comic. I mean, this is true, my mother didn’t bat an eye when I told here I was writing Superman. But when I said I was writing Red Sonja, she freaked right the hell out.
She LOVES Red Sonja. But for whatever reason, the comics were just never a priority for her. And I found this over and over again.
We asked all these amazing female artists to draw covers and they were all huge fans of the character, but very few had read the comics in years, despite top people writing them, I mean really great writers like Mike Oeming and Eric Trautmann and Mike Carey. That made no sense to me.
Here we had one of the THE most beloved female icons, and darn few females were reading it.
When I did BIRDS OF PREY, I was delighted that we found that girls liked the book and talked about it, but boys liked it, too, no one felt alienated or unwelcome.
That’s been my goal with Sonja.”
- Gail Simone, Comicvine
It’s the subconscious fear that they will find her objectified isn’t it? They’ve seen it happen enough time, so when they see she’s written/drawn by male creator, they’re automatically guarded.
That’s what I feel anyway. Having read Sonja through some old Conan comics, I know she’s badass, but because of the way she’s clothed and drawn sometimes, it’s hard to shake the impression that she’s another male fantasy.
With female creators in charge, that fear is lifted. Although not 100% guarantee, it just feels safer. She’s in the hands of people who knows what women want.
That is a very fair point, thank you.
And you’re right, it’s no guarantee, but there are writers and artists I trust to try to do more than simply do soft core nonsense where it doesn’t fit.
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