Gail Simone's Blog, page 95

Is Arrow a shark?

I am not an expert on sharks, only on Arrow.

Did you hear there's going to be a movie about William and Elizabeth Marston and Olive Byrne? It recently started filming.

I did hear that. Nifty!

Have you ever met Lynda Carter? She seems so personable, intelligent, talented and warm. Not to mention still gorgeous and photogenic with a singing and acting career! I don't even know what I would say to her if I met her!

I have not met her yet, but she is one of the very, very few celebrities I would freak out over. :)

I see that lately you've headed toward doing mostly creator-owned comics. Do you foresee yourself ever doing another ongoing for DC or Marvel, or do you think that that part of your career is behind you?

I definitely took a break. The New52 was difficult for me for a lot of reasons. I thought there was tremendous potential, but for some reason, I had the worst editorial/creative conflicts of my career and it was pretty exhausting. I am proud of Batgirl, but it was definitely tough going almost the entire time (with a few blessed exceptions).

The Movement was a joy, Firestorm was REALLY difficult, and that makes me sad, that book could have been a monster hit.

Anyway, I chose to take a break and work mostly on things I own. People who think I ‘lost my position’ or whatever are mistaken, both of the majors (and virtually all the next level companies, too) have offered me lots of work. I have no beef with anyone, the last few things I did at DC were just an absolute dream, fantastic editors and lots of freedom. But I wanted to tell some stories I felt deeply about that were mine from start to finish (with talented collaborators, of course!)>

I am excited about REBIRTH. And I have enjoyed a lot of Marvel stuff lately. Who knows?

Opinions on borderline personality disorder Black Canary?

I don’t know what this refers to.

Aw, does that mean you don't think you ever do a bat book again?

Hmm.

I am not sure, I do love the Bat-family.

It's hard to believe that you worked on the 2009 animated Wonder Woman movie, I found the characterisation of Steve as a sexist pig awful, especially as since it's portrayed to be no big deal, and the speech he gives that Diana and the amazons just need to

I didn’t write any of that stuff.

I wrote a full script, someone else rewrote it, they did a mostly great job but there’s some weird gender stuff (and I don’t dig the Etta portrayal at all) that I would not have had anything to do with. Lotta hands go into these things.

Please make Steph and Cass kiss against a beautiful sunset

I am doing mostly creator-owned books right now, I have no batbooks at the current time and will probably not go back.

Can you confirm rumors that you are playing the Green Ranger in the upcoming Power Rangers film?

I am playing that one guy that does the thing.

Have you read Scooby Apocalypse?

No. Not yet.