Ms. Simone, I know most people don't mean to be disrespectful and it's usually driven by (a) curiosity, (b) that you're an Authority, and (c) you're awesome but I was curious (ha see!) if you ever get tired of answering asks wanting you to comment on the s

It is not always comfortable, most of the time I would rather just be a writer or just be a reader, rather than a commentator. And sometimes I am friends with a creator and I know they feel bad about something they got wrong, all of that stuff is no fun to deal with.

On the other hand, like it or not, I am a high profile female creator and people are going to ask my opinion on things, and even though I feel like my voice is small, awkward and imperfect, I don’t want to be one of those people who is so afraid to make waves that they never support anything important or condemn anything that needs fixing. 

It’s not that my opinion is so important, it isn’t. But I do want people to know that there are people in the industry who are listening and not just defending the status quo forever. I feel like that is important. 

For a long time, any issue that related even a little bit to females in comics, I would get asked about and that did get wearying. I feel very fortunate now that there are more voices out there to share that particular burden. :)

At heart, I really love comics, I love the industry, I love the creators, I love the readers. And I am generally a very optimistic person. So it can be very weighty to focus on negative things as often as I am asked to do, but I still feel that we are SO CLOSE to Heaven on some of these things. There is so much more discussion about ways to make comics better and more inclusive. I feel we still need to have those conversations.

But I do hope for a time where I can lay down my sword and just enjoy the meadow we’ve created. :)