Gail Simone's Blog, page 871

fuckyeahbirdsofpreycomics:Vixen: Something’s strange...

fuckyeahbirdsofpreycomics:

Vixen: Something’s strange here.
Huntress: Something new strange or just murderous teen-cult strange?
Vixen:  New, Huntress. Under the ground. The earthworms… they’re agitated.
Huntress: I love it when you talk dirty.

- Birds of Prey #72

oh man dis dialogue dis dialogue

Vixen and Helena.

Sigh.

keaneoncomics:Black Canary (by _Lady_Lynn_)Will never...

keaneoncomics:

Black Canary (by _Lady_Lynn_)

Will never understand the need to change this costume. Fantastic.

magnificentawesome:That time Huntress, Catwoman and Black...

magnificentawesome:

That time Huntress, Catwoman and Black Canary sang an imporvised musical number about penises in a children’s cartoon show.

THIS HAPPENED.

It did, and it caused quite a ruckus!

courtney64:Misfit from Birds of PreyHappy Cosplay...

courtney64:

Misfit from Birds of Prey

Happy Cosplay Appreciation day!

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Great cosplay, makes me miss Charlie even more.

monkeycroft:Black Canary in LondonPhotographer - AdamModel...

monkeycroft:

Black Canary in London

Photographer - Adam

Model me :)

DAMN!

Fantastic photography of an amazing cosplay!

knightess-rouge:The Dark Knightess Returns.Photography by...

knightess-rouge:

The Dark Knightess Returns.

Photography by Janet Drake
Costume by Knightess-Rouge

Dammit.

Now I want to write a scene where Barbara goes into a GREEN SHED.

I just read BG#14 and I may be overthinking things here, but ... the voice on the phone told her to go into the kitchen and make a sandwich and said "As long as you are obedient there is hope"? Seems like a deadblow hammer full of standard misogynist subc

Excellent analysis.

Here’s the thing, I never write a book without a lot of subtextual content, but subtext is like having a joke or a magic trick explained coldly in broad daylight. It’s something that allows the reader to personalize the experience, in my mind.

There are two things—first, yes, it’s clearly symbolic. But there might also be another purpose (two, actually). Did he want Barbara to calm down? Did he want to delay her? Make her angry? Humiliate her? Did he want her well-fed, did he want her with a knife in her hand? Did he want her to take on a domestic role that clearly doesn’t belong to her?

I promise, whatever answer you come up with, that’s likely the right one. But we will also address it more specifically in issue 16.

Great post!

I read DC comics regularly back in the early 2000s but stopped for a while (budget). I'm trying to get back, largely because of your Batgirl, but the new 52 thing has me confused. Are there any good primers out there for people who haven't read much since

I wouldn’t say that there are primers, per se (also, WELCOME BACK!). However, that is the upside of the relaunch, you can start with a single tpb and be almost completely caught up on a title. If you get Demon Knights, volume one, you get a complete story and all the set-up and info you need to enjoy the ongoing book. That’s a big benefit, I think. You’re not far behind at all!

About Yesterday

Okay, here’s the thing.

There will always be people who want to be hall monitors, people who look down on the way you express your love for the things you love.

They are not usually important. I’ve run into this attitude many, many times.

I’m not going to pretend the comments didn’t irritate and annoy me, they most certainly did. Cosplayers get enough shit already. Female comics fans get enough shit already. And yes, male comic readers also get enough shit already.

But to be honest, I don’t care about the commentator or his followers’ opinions. I don’t. They’re just a visible symptom of a much larger virus. And I didn’t want to spend all day stewing about it while people I really care about continued to feel ostracized and unwelcome because of some sad cases’ bulbous insecurity.

So I thought, what about celebrating the positives?  Nothing is better revenge than apathy towards those who want to bring you down.  I didn’t plan anything, it just came out, why not have Cosplay Appreciation Day?

This is why I love you people…that immediately spread out everywhere, and within hours, there were THOUSANDS of tweets and facebook entries and tumblr posts celebrating this day we all just made up and agreed should exist. It was everywhere, dozens of pros posted in support, and not just from the field of comics.

I have to tell you, it made me a bit misty…because YOU PEOPLE TURNED EVERYTHING AROUND. You said, “Oh, really?” to a dumbass, ugly rant, and made the internet the delivery system for a positive message bomb that was vastly more meaningful than the incoherent nonsense that triggered it.

I saw a lot of cosplayers I have met put up their favorite shots…I would LOVE to see someone call them ‘fake nerds’ to their faces. 

More than that, it made me think of some really treasured memories I’ve had dealing with cosplayers. Like the time I was surrounded by a bunch of cosplayers as they faced down those creeps from the Westboro Baptist Church, or the time I got to go with a group of cosplayers who routinely go to cheer up the kids at the Children’s Ward at their local hospital. Or the perhaps less charity-minded but equally memorable time I saw Superman and Nightwing making out like bandits after just meeting at a cosplay contest…

All over the world, in Singapore, Japan, China, Ireland, Spain, all over North America, I’ve seen cosplayers do their thing…they hurt no one and they improve every event they go to. This is their hobby, their art, their passion, their joy.

They’re not latching onto geek culture. They fricking ARE geek culture.

Everyone with a heart knows this all already. But it’s worth repeating loudly the next time someone tries to look down on something they don’t understand or have the capacity to appreciate.

So, that’s why a lot of people celebrated Cosplay Appreciation Day. And that’s how what started as a bunch of negative crap became something a lot more positive for a great many people.

I say, see you next November 13th! :)

gifnewton:Superman (1978)I still think this scene right...

gifnewton:

Superman (1978)

I still think this scene right here might possibly be the best piece of writing in any superhero film ever. I am always stunned at the depth of the dialogue and performances.

Anyone who doubts why they picked these two actors needs to rewatch this scene.