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How Convergence Is A Love Letter From DC Comics To Its Fans – With Gail Simone's Nightwing/Oracle And More
But when Flashpoint Catman attacks, Red Robin and Black Bat call her back into service. NIGHTWING/ORACLE Writer: Gail Simone Artist: Jan Duursema and Dan Parsons Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon reevaluate their relationship under the dome (wedding!), but Flashpoint Hawkman & Hawkwoman attack, and everything changes. SPEED FORCE Writer: Tony Bedard Artist: Tom Grummett and Sean Parsons Wally West and his kids are[...]
Our Reviews Matter
Fortunately for me, I had some of those questions answered yesterday when I got to meet two of my favorite comic book writers, Gail Simone and Brian K Vaughan. A couple months ago, Gail Simone retweeted the review I wrote about her final issue of Batgirl, and I was honestly thrilled about that But to talk[...]
Live! From The Dark Horse Builds Character Panel At NYCC 2014 – With Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal, Fred Van Lente, Gail Simone, Raphael Albuquerque, Jim Calafiore And More
Aub Driver, beloved to all journalistas and swag hunters at cons, moderated the panel featuring Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal of Buzzkill and The Paybacks(2015), Brian Wood of The Massive, Fred Van Lente of Action Philosophers, Brain Boy, and The Resurrectionists, Gail Simone who needs no introduction,  Jim Calafiore, Raphael Albuquerque and more. Calafiore was[...]
Bob's Burgers, Evil Ernie And More – Dynamite Exclusives For NYCC 2014
Barbiere – Solar: Man of the Atom Frank Tieri – Red Sonja: Black Tower Fred Van Lente – Magnus: Robot Fighter Gail Simone – Red Sonja, Legends of Red Sonja Greg Pak – Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Howard Chaykin – The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow Joe Harris –  Alice Cooper Michael Moreci – Chaos: The Chosen, Army of Darkness Convention Invasion Tim Seeley –[...]
Auteur Theory, Attitude, And Visual Style In Greg Rucka's New Gotham
One that has stood out in storytelling is Gail Simone's Batgirl Picking up from her pre-52 handling of Barbara Gordon with Birds of Prey, she's carried the character forward as a compassionate and intelligent crime fighter with a uniquely feminine voice Still, the art by Adrian Syaf was still nearly indistinguishable from other Batman contributors[...]
Things To Do On The West Coast In September If You Like Comics
Admission is free! Oregon Signing appearance: Gail Simone will be signing her new graphic novel Leaving Megalopolis at Powell's City of Books in Portland on Friday, September 19 at 7:30 PM. The annual Rose City Comic Con is returning to Portland's Oregon Convention Center September 20 and 21 Check out the guest list: Joe Pantoliano, Gigi Edgley, Nicholas[...]
Sexy Or Sexualized? The Depiction Of Women In Comics With Paul Levitz, Gail Simone, Dave Gibbons, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Christina Blanch, And Thom Zahler At Baltimore Comic Con
Paul Levitz moderated a panel on the depiction of women in comics at Baltimore Comic Con this year on Friday with panelists Gail Simone, Dave Gibbons, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Christina Blanch, and Thom Zahler. Levitz opened by pointing out that whether a character is depicted as sexy or sexualized in comics is a very old[...]
Gail Simone And Ken Lashley's Secret Six Launches From DC Comics
Gail Simone is relaunching Secret Six with Ken Lashley from DC Comics in December, announced in the LA Times. We Informed You Of This At A Previous Juncture, of course. When Gail Simone walked off Batgirl, she promised she had another DC project in the works, and this is… well, one of them. The new team will include[...]
A Bigger Batgirl And A Bigger Len Wein
5: DEADLINE HC Written by GAIL SIMONE and MARGUERITE BENNETT Art by ROBERT GILL, FERNANDO PASARIN and JONATHAN GLAPION Cover by ALEX GARNER On sale DECEMBER 17 • 232 pg, FC, $24.99 US It's a hazardous reunion between Batgirl and the former Court of Owls assassin Strix as they face off against the lethal new threat known as Silver –[...]
Tales From The Four Color Closet – This Week DC Are Really Spoiling Us
Add to that the great emotion played out in the two characters farewell scene, and I found them and their relationship immediately compelling and I want to know more. (In fact, DC, here's a freebie: how about for next year's September special month, replace your entire line with 52 single issues, each from one of the[...]
Feel The Power Of The Sights And Sounds Of Boston Comic-Con
My favorite moments were getting my copy of Punk Rock Jesus signed by Sean Murphy, seeing a panel with Gail Simone and waxing nerdeloquent with Indie creators like Boots and Pub scribe John Yuskadiz. Yuskadiz is a life-long comic book fan that has attended Boston Comic Con for years and, as he explains, this year's convention[...]
Gail Simone's Last Batgirl – And Everyone's Smiling (SPOILERS)
Bleeding Cool reported on Gail Simone leaving Batgirl over creative differences with the editor – who then also left At the time, Simone tweeted, No, it isn't I am sad to leave, but glad they are finally allowing Batgirl to not be so grim every issue @aloudernoise — Gail Simone (@GailSimone) July 11, 2014 And: The positive thing is,[...]
Exclusive Extended Previews Of Red Sonja #11, Lady Zorro #2 And More
We've got exclusive extended previews of four of the books coming out from Dynamite this week: Red Sonja #11 by Gail Simone and Walter Geovani, The Devilers #2 by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Matt Triano, Lady Zorro #2 by Alex De Campi and Rey Villegas and the fourth volume trade of Warlord Of Mars. RED SONJA #11 Gail[...]
Free On Bleeding Cool – Legends Of Red Sonja Vol I Part I
Hitting comic shops this month is the Legends of Red Sonja Volume One trade that collects the five-issue series written by Gail Simone, Nancy A Collins, Devin Grayson, Meljean Brook, Tamora Pierce, Leah Moore, Nicola Scott, Rhianna Pratchett, Mercedes Lackey, Marjorie M Liu, Blair Buttler, Kelly Sue DeConnick and includes art by Jack Jadson, Noah Salonga, Carla[...]
Exclusive Extended Preview For Red Sonja #0
Here we have an exclusive extended preview for Red Sonja #0 by Gail Simone and Noah Salonga with a cover by Gabriel Hardman Red Sonja #0 is in stores tomorrow. RED SONJA #0 Gail Simone (w) Noah Salonga (a) Gabriel Hardman (c) WHO IN THE HYBORIAN AGE IS RED MALAK? Sonja the Devil returns from war at sea, only to find[...]
Jim Zub Replaces Brian Wood On Conan/Red Sonja With Gail Simone – We Talk
But luckily the two know how to work together… Last year it was announced that there would be a crossover between the two properties written by Gail Simone and Brian Wood. Although, to smooth troubled waters, they may need a different writer. Hence Jim Zub being tapped to co-write the series with Gail instead. I talked with Jim about[...]
Gail Simone Takes On The Women Of Dynamite
Gail Simone (Batgirl, Birds of Prey) is scripting a new series for Dynamite Entertainment currently under the working title The Women of Dynamite The series will be focused around three of the publishers biggest female characters: Red Sonja, Vampirella and Dejah Thoris Additional female characters from Dynamite's 10-year catalog will be included as well. "When I[...]
Vampirella: Feary Tales – A Collaborative Miniseries With Collins, Simone, Grayson And More
Collins.  "Like her fellow Warren Publications horror hosts, Vampirella served as 'ghostess with the mostest', lacing her introductions to the various stories that graced her black-and-white magazine with puns and double entendres." Devin Grayson (Nightwing) and John Shirley (The Crow) join Collins on Vampirella: Feary Tales #1.  In the debut issue, Vampirella is surprised to discover[...]
Gail Simone Talks About Her Secret New Comic Book From DC Comics
At the London Film And Comic Con tonight, Gail Simone talked about her new DC Comics title. She said, "Guys, I can't tell what my new book is, because it's secret It's a secret project full of secrets, and it's secret. So secret!" Which did rather fit with what I was told by DC sources…. This is where we left[...]
Small Press, Big Presence At Glasgow Comic Con With International Guests And SICBA Awards
And the Melon of Doom. But we don't talk about the Melon of Doom. Meet The Guests Among the foreign visitors fooled into thinking Scotland's a place of glorious sunshine and warmth were the Con's four biggest guests making their GCC debut: Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja), Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Men) and Howard Chaykin[...]