Gail Simone's Blog, page 31

xdivinechaosartx:

@gailsimone tweeted last week about a hypothetical Secret Six team, and I was very curious what that might look like, so I threw this together, to see. I kind of want to do more, with more Secret Six shenanigans instead of the more generic “super” poses. The bizarre adventures this team could have! 

Totally available to do covers. 

siochan-leat:

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT PATTY JENKINS COMMENTING ON GAIL SIMONE’S TWITTER THREAD!?!?!?

I love this because it reminds me of the joy I felt seeing the WW movie for the first time.

sloiczektiananmen:

with great power comes great responsibility

Plastic man #3

HAHA! LOOK at this gorgeous page from my story in the DOMINO annual, featuring the first meeting of THE POSSE! Art by the wonderful @El_Vic_Ibanez and colors by the great @jdramoscolors!

thisiscomics:

Plas is back in his own series! And he is not afraid to ask the difficult questions, particularly about wang.

The opening sequence is quite a neat bit of narrative mis-direction, as it initially seems like a revisiting of the origin of the character (wang aside. I don’t recall Jack Cole featuring a great deal of wang in his comics). This wouldn’t be too surprising given Rebirth etc. and the fact that Eel hasn’t had his own comic for a while (the Kyle Baker series in 2004-2006, I think was the last), although it would be a contradiction to the ‘egg’ seen in Dark Nights: Metal.

It turns out to be an echo rather than a retelling- post-wang gag, we see that Eel O’Brien has his powers already, and was revisiting the shady gangster milieu of his pre-Plastic days as part of an investigation into his own past. Thus it becomes a sequence with some nice nods to history, for those that know it, as well as establishing who Plas is, and was, for anyone new to the character.

Simone strikes a nice balance between the wacky comedy aspect of Plastic Man and a crime/superhero story, which hopefully appeals to those who like either approach. I certainly loved reading the almost anarchic comedy in the original Cole strips, and it’s always good to see this referenced (despite what DC TV/film producers think, not everyone works with a dark and gritty treatment), but for longevity and successful storytelling, I think there is a need to try and balance that with a more weighty form of narrative. The Kyle Baker series was mainly humour, and as fun as that was (and funny), it seems there isn’t a large market for funny books that are actually funny, unfortunately. Grant Morrison’s use of Plas in his Justice League is probably a good example of where the character’s fun-side was successfully combined with large scale threat and cosmic adventure. Simone’s series is much more street level than that, but shows a similar ability to shift register without any narrative dissonance, so I think we can be certain that we are going to get 6 quality issues of Plastic Man and maybe people will demand more once they give him a try. If nothing else, we need to know if he will ever learn the truth about wang….

From Plastic Man 1, by Gail Simone, Adriana Melo, Kelly Fitzpatrick & Simon Bowland

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SDCC 2018: Gail Simone to Serve as the Architect for the Catalyst Prime Universe #comics #SDCC #SDCC18 #SDCC2018

Just over one year since the Catalyst Prime Universe debuted to much acclaim throughout the landscape of pop culture, Lion Forge has unveiled the next phase in comics’ most inclusive and diverse group of heroes with the announcement of the addition of comic book thought leader Gail Simone serving as chief architect of the Lion Forge universe of titles.

Gail Simone is set to appear on the…

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therealsongbirddiamondback:

DOMINO #7
GAIL SIMONE (W) • DAVID BALDEON (A)
Cover by GANG HYUK LIM
• After the explosive events of “Killer Instinct” and DOMINO ANNUAL #1, Neena Thurman has a new mission…
• Don’t miss the surprise hit series critics are calling: “Everything a comic should be.” – Ross Hutchinson, ComicWatch
“A must-have purchase.” – Rollin Bishop, comicbook.com
“If you haven’t been reading this series, you should correct that mistake immediately.” – Matt Morrison, Kabooooom
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

They seem to be dodging what the next arc is about…

agdistis-sanctified:

“I like a lot of snacks and sexy bits.”
Domino #4

I am LIVING for Deadpool being the Gay Best Friend of this series