Gail Simone's Blog, page 912

She humanized Batman, but she also wrote Tarantula raping Nightwing, then handled it very poorly. She doesn't seem to know the definition of rape, either. "For the record, I’ve never used the word 'rape', I just said it was non-consensual." Non-consensual

Yeah, I wasn’t reading many comics at this point and heard about it later. I can’t defend it, I don’t understand the thinking behind it and to this day, I haven’t actually read it. People do misfire. I can’t really speak for Devin but it’s a very, very odd choice, as much as I love her and her writing.

mr-non:Using my old instagram picture to make a cute-creepy...

mr-non:

Using my old instagram picture to make a cute-creepy Ragdoll meme :)

WHY DO I LOVE THIS SO MUCH?


Adorable!

sinnersart:[ I was hit with inspiration to draw Babs tonight....

sinnersart:

[ I was hit with inspiration to draw Babs tonight. HEY hit up my commissions page. This one is actually really large and I’ll probably make prints for Wizard Con New Orleans. Which is why commissioning me would be great because I need monies to get there and also monies for living ♥

SAI and CS. Three hours. ]

That is absolutely spectacular…beautiful color work!

For curiosity's sake, what is your favorite DC event? =)

Crisis on Infinite Earths, without question.

Holy cow, I didn't know Devin Grayson was a woman! I was just thinking I need to read more female writers turns out I have been! That wiki list is awesome and informative.

Devin is very much a female, and a hugely important voice in comics. She was one of the first female writers in superhero comics to have a big following of her own, and to make a big enough impact that they chose to give her her own batbook.

She humanized Batman when almost all other bat-writers were still writing him as almost like a vengeance robot. That was a big influence on writers to follow and she never gets credit for that.

She’s one of my favorite writers, and a hero of mine, and a big inspiration. I keep trying to drag her back to comics. I hope I succeed someday!

Hi Gail! First- I love your work. I wanted to ask- as a writer how much control you have on which artist you will work with? What is the basic process you go thru with the artist? And what qualities make you like/dislike working with an artist?

We used to have a bit more say in this, it’s mostly chosen by editorial now. One of the reasons I do a lot of small side things where possible is the opportunity to work with a wide variety of artists.

The main thing I look for is acting. Is the artist able to convey emotion through body language and facial expression? A lot of ‘hot’ artists really can’t.

Someone like Ed Benes or Nicola Scott, no matter WHAT wacky thing I ask for, they can draw it. They will put it on the page. It can be very frustrating, even with really fine artists, popular artists, when they can’t really convey subtle emotions.

Lots of comics artists are great at poses…the characters are always posing. I want them to look compelling when they AREN’T posing.

Do you believe that there is a chance of comic books being studied as literature 100 years in the future, like novels and plays are today? And if so... 1) Which graphic novels/comics do you think would be included... 2) Which graphic novels would you like

Graphic novels are studied quite a lot already, I get invited to library conferences and colleges and literary symposiums all the time. I think that in a hundred years, most literature of today will be studied at least partially for historic purposes rather than for artistic merit, but who knows, that’s a ways away.

I think Maus, HATE, and a lot of Will Eisner stuff merits study, certainly. From Hell, maybe.

Of my books so far, THE CIRCLE is the one that gets the most study by far. Endless papers have been done on it, and I’m asked to speak on it many times each year.

Do you believe that there is a chance of comic books being studied as literature 100 years in the future, like novels and plays are today? And if so... 1) Which graphic novels/comics do you think would be included... 2) Which graphic novels would you like

Graphic novels are studied quite a lot already, I get invited to library conferences and colleges and literary symposiums all the time. I think that in a hundred years, most literature of today will be studied at least partially for historic purposes rather than for artistic merit, but who knows, that’s a ways away.

I think Maus, HATE, and a lot of Will Eisner stuff merits study, certainly. From Hell, maybe.

Of my books so far, THE CIRCLE is the one that gets the most study by far. Endless papers have been done on it, and I’m asked to speak on it many times each year.

Do you believe that there is a chance of comic books being studied as literature 100 years in the future, like novels and plays are today? And if so... 1) Which graphic novels/comics do you think would be included... 2) Which graphic novels would you like

Graphic novels are studied quite a lot already, I get invited to library conferences and colleges and literary symposiums all the time. I think that in a hundred years, most literature of today will be studied at least partially for historic purposes rather than for artistic merit, but who knows, that’s a ways away.

I think Maus, HATE, and a lot of Will Eisner stuff merits study, certainly. From Hell, maybe.

Of my books so far, THE CIRCLE is the one that gets the most study by far. Endless papers have been done on it, and I’m asked to speak on it many times each year.

Do you believe that there is a chance of comic books being studied as literature 100 years in the future, like novels and plays are today? And if so... 1) Which graphic novels/comics do you think would be included... 2) Which graphic novels would you like

Graphic novels are studied quite a lot already, I get invited to library conferences and colleges and literary symposiums all the time. I think that in a hundred years, most literature of today will be studied at least partially for historic purposes rather than for artistic merit, but who knows, that’s a ways away.

I think Maus, HATE, and a lot of Will Eisner stuff merits study, certainly. From Hell, maybe.

Of my books so far, THE CIRCLE is the one that gets the most study by far. Endless papers have been done on it, and I’m asked to speak on it many times each year.