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April 23, 2014
Hi Gail. Just wanted to compliment you on writing a Dublin that feels like Dublin. :-D
Thank you, it’s one of my favorite cities, but I had help with the research because of friends I met when I was there last time, like the great Danielle Lavigne from Octocon!!
Otherwise, I am sure I would have put Dublin in Asia and had it populated mostly by pirate bunnies.
I've realized I'm unexpectedly in love with Strix. Everything thing she does is either badass or full of feels. I was wondering your thoughts on her?
Well, I created her so I have a soft spot, of course.
But I like her a great deal, and when you write her with Barbara, it is very hard-hitting, emotionally. She’s missed so much in her life.
Seriously, I could write a LOT of stories with them together.
nerdybutflirty:
Comic Review: Tomb Raider #3 – Lost Love
Tomb...
Comic Review: Tomb Raider #3 – Lost Love
Tomb Raider #3 is an intense ride from start to finish. Lara and the surviving members of her crew are being hunted for an artifact that Lara can’t even remember taking, and the folks hunting them aren’t playing nice.
Thank you for the kind words. Very happy you enjoyed it!
And regarding your complaint, you are dead on. Keep reading, I promise!
Sooooooo Flash is out and people are angry. Thoughts on a black/mixed Wally West? Yay, nay?
I don’t know anything about it, haven’t read it yet!
But I don’t see why he can’t be black or mixed race. Why is that even a problem?
"Bad books on writing tell you to ‘WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW’, a solemn and totally false adage that is the..."
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Joe Haldeman (via maxkirin)
I have said this a million times. “Write what you know” is bullshit.
LEARN THINGS TO KNOW THAT ARE WORTH WRITING ABOUT.
deducecanoe:
awesomeavocadolove:
Would You Rather: Always...
Would You Rather: Always Wear Your Superhero Costume or Be Naked All The Time? [x]
I wasn’t going to reblog this until Mackie.
THE LAST ONE THO
THE FALCON AND ALSO THAT GUY WHAT PLAYS HIM SO GOOD.
Tomb Raider Three Out Today!
You should get it, it has good stuff!
Huntress And Misfit
Posting this just for fun. It’s the first half of an eight page Huntress/Misfit story that was going to go in a Birds of Prey annual that didn’t quite happen.
I had almost forgotten about it, and just now found it.
Hope you enjoy.
PAGE ONE:
PANEL ONE: This is a full-page panel, Huntress, on a Gotham rooftop, and she’s beckoning to someone we don’t see yet (Misfit), to come and attack her. She’s got a bit of a smile on her face. She looks fierce, but in control…god help her, she’s probably having fun. She’s beckoning someone to get an ass-whipping.
This is on a typical Gotham City rooftop, and this story is all about the sense of place…we need to feel Gotham City around the characters, so please feel free to add any detail you want that helps convey where they are. It’s Gotham City, but for the two of them, at this moment, it’s a schoolhouse.
So in the background here, we may see litter, television antennas, a soccer ball, graffiti, perhaps a locked access door.
It’s night, and a bit of steam is coming from Huntress’ mouth.
HUNTRESS: All right. You’ve been begging for this all night.
HUNTRESS: You think you can take the Huntress?
HUNTRESS: Feel free to TRY.
TITLE AND CREDITS
HUNTRESS and MISFIT in:
EVERY FLAWED JEWEL
PAGE TWO:
PANEL ONE: Misfit, smiling, but with her fists up. She’s clearly facing Huntress on the same rooftop, but we don’t see it here. We do see a shed, an abandoned wooden shed, makeshift and old and dilapidated, on the roof somewhere behind her.
MISFIT: You ASKED for it, lady.
MISFIT: This is MY town.
MISFIT: MY town!
PANEL TWO: Misfit throws a flying kick towards Huntress’ head, which Huntress blocks with a forearm against Misfit’s head. Huntress ducks, slightly. She’s all smooth and silky in combat, whereas Misfit is a great fighter, but much less polished. Both movements are very quick.
MISFIT: Daaaarrrkkk VENGEANCE!
HUNTRESS CAP: She just showed up one day, at Babs’ headquarters.
HUNTRESS CAP: Calling herself, “BATGIRL,” of all things.
PANEL THREE: Misfit throws another punch. Huntress bobs her head sideways and back, and the punch misses completely.
MISFIT: Stand STILL for a second, whydoncha?
HUNTRESS CAP: Any other kid her age (a grand total of sixteen summers, fyi), we would have found a way to put her out the door and keep her there.
HUNTRESS: Whatever else the Birds of Prey are, we are NOT Batman.
PANEL FOUR: Huntress throws a punch, and Misfit realizes she’s about to get popped right in the face…her face registers some surprise as the blow is about to land…
MISFIT: Uh, oh.
HUNTRESS CAP: But there was something…something ABOUT her, underneath the non-stop chatterbox.
HUNTRESS CAP: Like she had a little piece of each of us hardwired in, somehow.
PANEL FIVE: Similar pov, but Misfit has teleported away, and left a small ‘bamf’ kind of effect, throwing Huntress off-guard, so that her punch hits blank air, throwing her off balance.
HUNTRESS: Ufhh.
HUNTRESS CAP: For a start, she was orphaned.
HUNTRESS CAP: But she was a redhead who wanted to be Batgirl.
HUNTRESS CAP: She was an impulsive fighter with a huge heart.
HUNTRESS CAP: And finally…
PAGE THREE:
PANEL ONE: Huntress looks up and a joyful, mischievous Misfit is coming at her from above, about to land on her, ready for more mock/serious combat.
HUNTRESS CAP: …a lonely tough-girl with something to PROVE.
HUNTRESS: Hey, I SAID, no TELEPORTING!
MISFIT: NO RULES IN SUPERBAT FIGHT CLUB!
MISFIT: AERIAL ASSAULT TACTIC IS GO!
PANEL TWO: Huntress’ grips Misfit by the ankle, tightly.
MISFIT: Um.
MISFIT: Hey?
HUNTRESS CAP: She’s our Bat-mite. Our cross to bear.
PANEL THREE: Huntress uses her inertia to throw Misfit INTO the dilapidated shack. The boards on the outside of the shack break, and she goes solidly inside (this might be best to convey with a series of after-images?).
MISFIT: UNFAIR!
HUNTRESS CAP: She’s the most powerful teleporter I’ve ever seen.
HUNTRESS CAP: But she can only teleport HERSELF, anything traveling with her doesn’t SURVIVE.
HUNTRESS CAP: But she has SO much to learn.
PANEL FOUR: Huntress walks towards the shack, she’s a bit concerned. She sees no movement in the dark shack.
HUNTRESS CAP: Fortunately…I’m a GREAT teacher.
HUNTRESS CAP: Assuming I didn’t just accidentally kill my STUDENT.
HUNTRESS: Misfit?
HUNTRESS: Charlie?
PANEL FIVE: We see a panicked Huntress, pulling out her crossbow, as she hears Charlie scream from inside the shack (but still doesn’t see her.
MISFIT (from inside shack): AAEEEEEIIIIII!!
HUNTRESS: CHARLIE!
HUNTRESS CAP: Good lord, what could make CHARLIE scream like THAT?
PAGE FOUR:
PANEL ONE: Misfit comes rushing out, insane with fear, as a cloud of bats come flying out of the shack, awakened and confused by their unwanted visitor. They aren’t angry or attacking her, but she has a teenager’s fear of bats, as she runs right at the complete unworried Huntress, who is actually relieved to see that Misfit’s not hurt.
MISFIT: Bats!
MISFIT: BATS BATS BATS!
PANEL TWO: She’s climbed up onto Huntress, her arms around Huntress’s head, as the bats fly upward. Huntress is still holding her crossbow, and Misfit’s clumsy climbing has pushed Huntress’ mask slightly askew and frizzed her hair around.
MISFIT: Bats.
HUNTRESS: Yes.
HUNTRESS: This IS the town for it.
HUNTRESS: Mind climbing down there, sport?
PANEL THREE: Misfit climbs down, gently, a bit embarrassed. Huntress just sort of stares, rolling her eyes a little bit.
MISFIT: Sorry.
HUNTRESS: I know. Bats.
HUNTRESS: Charlie, you fight well. That’s not the problem.
HUNTRESS: But where DID you learn to fight like that?
PANEL FOUR: Charlie stands on the edge of the building, arms extended up and out, joyfully, looking at the big, full silvery moon, away from Huntress.
MISFIT: I don’t know. Honest. I’ve always been able to fight.
MISFIT: My mother used to say I was secretly a princess from a fairy land, and my golem guards taught me how to tangle.
MISFIT: My mom.
HUNTRESS CAP: I want to tell her, it’ll pass, that feeling of missing your family.
PANEL FIVE: Misfit looking off into the distance, a puzzled look on her face, as Huntress’s hand is ALMOST about to touch her comfortingly on the shoulder.
HUNTRESS CAP: But teachers aren’t supposed to LIE.
HUNTRESS: Charlie…I need to talk to you, about this thing.
HUNTRESS: This thing you want to DO with your life—
MISFIT: —Hey, do you smell smoke?
MISFIT: I smell SMOKE.
Really adore issue 3 of Tomb Raider, it's my fave issue so far and was just really enjoyable. Liked the pacing and the action and the little moments between characters. Is this just a mini or is it an ongoing?
I believe it’s ongoing, and thank you, so glad you liked it!
Lara kicks ass, is what!
I didn't start reading New 52 Batgirl until issue #19, and I haven't had a chance to catch up with the TPBs yet, and something silly that's been driving me crazy for a couple days, how does Barbara make money? Does she have a job?
She has savings and a settlement and is finally starting a new job very shortly.
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