Gail Simone's Blog, page 991

Hello again, Gail. Now for a more fun question. What series that's out right now would you love to be a part of? Is it a series that we wouldn't expect you to want to write a story for? Thanks, as always.

Hmm. I would love to write a story with the Demon Knights. I really am enjoying JLDark. I’d love to write a story in the Walking Dead universe. I adore pulp, so the Shadow and the Spider, for sure. I love Spider-man, but Dan Slott is KILLING it on that book. Would like to write a Jonah Hex story.  Those are probably the things that leap to mind at this point!

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Just having Wonder Woman remind me that white stars on a blue background don’t have to belong to America and I could wear the Kate Upton tracksuit if I wanted.

YOU TOTALLY COULD.

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Dear Oracle-fans, New 52 haters, etc…

I understand your frustration against Barbara…

I think it’s because she’s the only one to have been rebooted like this in the Bat-Family. Gotham sort of operates like a mini-verse within the larger DC universe, if that makes any sense, so being the only one there to be “downgraded” stands out more.

I would add that it also just doesn’t make any sense to me that she would go back to being Batgirl after establishing her own identity as Oracle. It’s like if Nightwing
had gone back to being Robin. Even if it’s only been a few years in this universe, it’s been decades for the fans and we still think of her as having been Oracle for a lot longer. Also, it sucks that that that Steph project fell through.

People keep saying that but it just really isn’t true. Huge chunks of Nightwing, Red Hood, and even Batman history are not in continuity yet and probably won’t be.

Batgirl’s push back made a much bigger visual difference, but we are still talking about a Batman with a much lesser JLA history, and hundreds of stories that haven’t happened, a different Joker with much less history, a new Mr. Freeze, essentially, some villains have yet to make their first appearance, Nightwing’s history is changed, they’re almost all younger…I don’t know what batbooks you guys are reading but that’s all right there on the page, you know?

I think you just hit the nail on the head yourself.

Dick and Bats may have had a big chunk of their history undone/rewritten, but its  a lot more apparent with Babs.

Bruce, Dick, even Damien all appear at least to be at the same level of skill and experience as they were before the reboot. But Barbara has had a noticeable reduction in her skill since her return to the Batgirl identity. It makes her seem like a lesser member of the Bat-family to all of the sudden drop in skill level while even a child like Damien coasts a long as if the reboot never happened. This inconsistency is one of the things that really angers people about her situation and , reall, about the New 52 reboot in general. Batman and his boys (and the Lanterns to an even greater extent) just get to go on as if (almost) nothing happened while everybody else has to start over from varrying degrees of scratch.

You cant have your cake and eat it too. DC should have rebooted everything to square one or nothing, at least then there would be no question about who is at what point in their history and what old stories still count or not.

Eh, I kind of hate that every time someone says they like the book and I respond, it becomes this thread.

I’m sure a thousand readers all have an idea of what ‘should’ have been done, but the simple truth is, most people’s concerns are different. Everyone’s ‘should have’ is subjective and not that interesting to the readership at large. And the New52 is still a big success, despite the stumbling blocks.  I can’t second guess that stuff, I can only work on the books I am working on and try to make them as good as possible.

I agree in principle that if they were going to do it, it might have been cooler to go all the way to a total reboot. But I also feel kind of not that interested in sticking at that frozen moment forever. There’s a lot I miss, but there’s a lot to like, and the gaps are starting to be filled in, that’s a positive thing to me.

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!  I REPEAT, PRINCELESS FANS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

New Princeless is in Previews TODAY!  Your comic shop got Previews magazine, from which they order all of their comics TODAY and in that hefty volume is the advertisement for:

PRINCELESS:  SHORT STORIES FOR WARRIOR WOMEN #1

The order code for your comic shop is JUL120704

It is written by Jeremy Whitley (Princeless, Order of Dagonet)

It features an awesome cover by Jules Rivera (Valkyrie Squadron, Hard Graft, Marsh Rocket)

It has amazing interior artwork from:

Nancy King and

Quinne Larsen

and beautiful pinups by:

Tressa Bowling,

Janet Stone-Wade,

Elsa Kreose,

and Laura Guzzo!

AND

AND

Your first look at the first four pages of Princeless Book 2, with art by 

Emily C Martin

and colors by 

Kelly Lawrence

Can’t recommend this book highly enough. If you want quality stories that are pro-girl, great for all ages, feature a positive message and a poc lead, NOT TO MENTION great stories and beautiful art, this is your book.

If there were more books like this, comics would be a wonderland. BUY THIS BOOK!

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Phil Noto really needs to do more interior work. I love his art. 

LOVE this artwork of Babs here :D

Same! Phil’s art is truly wonderful & an utter delight to see up on my dash, every day! :)

This is SUCH a great image of Babs as Batgirl isn’t it :D

Yep! Truly breathtaking, if you ask me! :)

Phil Noto rules the world!

Tell me this is in canon.

Tell me this is in canon.

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Dear Oracle-fans, New 52 haters, etc…

I understand your frustration against Barbara…

I think it’s because she’s the only one to have been rebooted like this in the Bat-Family. Gotham sort of operates like a mini-verse within the larger DC universe, if that makes any sense, so being the only one there to be “downgraded” stands out more.

I would add that it also just doesn’t make any sense to me that she would go back to being Batgirl after establishing her own identity as Oracle. It’s like if Nightwing
had gone back to being Robin. Even if it’s only been a few years in this universe, it’s been decades for the fans and we still think of her as having been Oracle for a lot longer. Also, it sucks that that that Steph project fell through.

People keep saying that but it just really isn’t true. Huge chunks of Nightwing, Red Hood, and even Batman history are not in continuity yet and probably won’t be.

Batgirl’s push back made a much bigger visual difference, but we are still talking about a Batman with a much lesser JLA history, and hundreds of stories that haven’t happened, a different Joker with much less history, a new Mr. Freeze, essentially, some villains have yet to make their first appearance, Nightwing’s history is changed, they’re almost all younger…I don’t know what batbooks you guys are reading but that’s all right there on the page, you know?

I must say i enjoyed the mask of matches malone & i'm glad it made it to dvd.

Yeah, wow, it took FOREVER, didn’t it? My understanding was the hold-up was merely about a gesture Huntress makes during the song. WOW.

Hello Gail Simone! I like that you are on Tumblr and Twitter and that you are so accessible. It's nice to hear your opinions about comics, seeing that you are in the business of making them. You are one of my favourite writers ever and I especially love yo

Thank you!  I am actually behind on Wonder Woman. I read the first couple issues and really liked them, Brian and Cliff are brilliant creators. I’m behind since then, but those are two guys I have a LOT of faith in. I as a rule hate all the constant attempts to paint all the Amazons as monsters and man-hating bitches and all that stuff, that’s not interesting to me at all. So hopefully that isn’t the direction the current arc is headed towards.

Hello Gail Simone! I like that you are on Tumblr and Twitter and that you are so accessible. It's nice to hear your opinions about comics, seeing that you are in the business of making them. You are one of my favourite writers ever and I especially love yo

Thank you!  I am actually behind on Wonder Woman. I read the first couple issues and really liked them, Brian and Cliff are brilliant creators. I’m behind since then, but those are two guys I have a LOT of faith in. I as a rule hate all the constant attempts to paint all the Amazons as monsters and man-hating bitches and all that stuff, that’s not interesting to me at all. So hopefully that isn’t the direction the current arc is headed towards.