Gail Simone's Blog, page 747

thefluffysingularity:The easiest way to my heart is ass...

thefluffysingularity:

The easiest way to my heart is ass kicking ladies taking no shit from the police.

How did they know? 

The Movement is what happens when the Neighborhood Watch gets sick of the sidelines. With Simone’s added populist flair you have a pretty fresh   take some old ideas. Not perfection but I am definitely going to keep reading.

Katharsis, I swoon a bit.

We have only BEGUN to show Katharsis’ badassery. HUGE reveals to come!

THE GATHERING: ALL WOMEN 2 now available!

THE GATHERING: ALL WOMEN 2 now available!:

taliadina:

“Some of the best female indie creators in comics come together (joined by Gail Simone)  for a second installment of our All Women Gathering anthology. Featuring the talents of Erica Heflin, Elena Andrews, Michelle Pugliese, Dakster Sullivan, Rebecca Angel, Alysha McKinney, Jenny Langin, Jenny Gorman, Tali Adina, Claire Connelly, Diana Martinez, Romina Santana, Anita Tung, Amanda Rachels, Kell Smith, Ann Jurack, Audrey Chan, Jolene Houser, Taty Silva, and Gail Simone.”

Cover by Cassandra James. 52 pages. $3.99. $1.99 B&W

My story is in there! Second anthology that I’m in! Check it out! There’s two more coming this year too~

Woo hoo! Congratulations, looking forward to reading this!

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supergirl-sass:

gailsimone:

distractedbyshinyobjects:

For those who want to represent The Movement on their own phones. Here’s the wallpaper I made from an altered screenshot of the digital comic.

Feel free to use and pass on. We are legion.

This is so cool, thank you for doing this, YOU ARE AWESOME.

My new phone wallpaper and lock screen.

I know I am ignorant, but how to I make this my wallpaper and lock screen?

Amusing things by other people: My Eyes are Up Here: Cropping Off Heads and Sexual Objectification in Birds of Prey vs. Issues of Identity in Captain...

Amusing things by other people: My Eyes are Up Here: Cropping Off Heads and Sexual Objectification in Birds of Prey vs. Issues of Identity in Captain...:

operafloozy:

Now with actual content! Hopefully. Tumblr borked the ‘read more’ link the first time, and I didn’t notice because it was queued. Again, nothing revolutionary here, just looking at how cropping off the head was used differently in Birds of Prey than Captain Marvel.

EDIT: Fuck it, the ‘read…

Yikes.

You do get that there was a storytelling reason for many of those shots, right?

Canary’s face isn’t shown because the reader is not supposed to see that she still has pure white contact lenses in. It’s a reveal, so her face can’t be shown.

Additionally, a couple panels are from the banker’s point of view, they are meant to show what HE is looking at, which is her legs.

I appreciate the idea of this post, but removing context and ignoring deliberate statements ABOUT the de-personification that the actual characters are experiencing in story make the whole hing come across as misguided at best.


Lord knows, looking back at some early bop as I did recently for a seminar on gender, there’s more objectification than I remember. But reducing it to numbers, including panels that intentionally comment on the male gaze, that’s just weird. What is the point, even?

Besides, not every shot where the face isn’t shown is objectification, that’s an absurd premise. I ask for panels that focus away from the face routinely.

A good point is lost here by lack of context.


Edited to add: I hate the random formatting of tumblr sometimes. Also, please do NOT post mean anon posts at the OP. I am sure they meant well, AND it is true that objectification continues to be a real problem in comics, including comics I have written.

distractedbyshinyobjects:For those who want to represent The...

distractedbyshinyobjects:

For those who want to represent The Movement on their own phones. Here’s the wallpaper I made from an altered screenshot of the digital comic.

Feel free to use and pass on. We are legion.

This is so cool, thank you for doing this, YOU ARE AWESOME.

Supposedly the leaked list of rumored characters for Injustice was Lobo, Batgirl, Zod and Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. :-/ The Scorpion part makes me sad, simply because there is a deep roster of DC they could use instead.

I understand, but…well, I LIKE the Mortal Kombat characters, I would love to see them incorporated into the dcu.

If the choice presented itself, would you rather write an X-Men book or an Avengers book?

Tough one. Hmm. Would love to write the icons, but I think I LIKE the X-men better, especially the dames.

Can’t say!

Miss Simone? I'm sorry. I've honestly been having a truly wretched week, and I let my irrational side take the helm and spew unfounded vitriol. I won't ask you to excuse me for my rudeness about The Movement, but I hope you know that I'm very, VERY sorr

Don’t give it a second thought, I do that myself all the time.

Honest, no worries.

Miss Simone? I'm sorry. I've honestly been having a truly wretched week, and I let my irrational side take the helm and spew unfounded vitriol. I won't ask you to excuse me for my rudeness about The Movement, but I hope you know that I'm very, VERY sorr

Don’t give it a second thought, I do that myself all the time.

Honest, no worries.

Miss Simone? I'm sorry. I've honestly been having a truly wretched week, and I let my irrational side take the helm and spew unfounded vitriol. I won't ask you to excuse me for my rudeness about The Movement, but I hope you know that I'm very, VERY sorr

Don’t give it a second thought, I do that myself all the time.

Honest, no worries.