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As the Red Sonja series from Dynamite Entertainment banks into a new story arc, Robert Place Napton sat down with writer Gail Simone to ask her about her approach to writing the character, what's next for the series and is it fair for scantily clad females to be easily dismissed by the reading public? ROBERT PLACE[...]

When DC relaunched the New 52, Gail Simone was its only female writer, writing one book and co-writing another There have been a few ups and down since, but with the news that Simone's The Movement is cancelled, so we also get the news that, after contributing to the Deadpool anniversary title, she'll be writing[...]

It got a few more issues than its launching companion Green Team did, but The Movement by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams has been cancelled. Gail Simone posted on her tumblr yesterday, Okay, so this is sad, but the Movement is ending with issue 12. Unfortunately, this book just never found a big enough audience.  The people who[...]

This week Dynamite celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a sale of Dynamite books over at ComiXology (50% off over 1500 titles), and today they're spotlighting Gail Simone's work on Red Sonja as part of the festivities Here are some thoughts from CEO and Publisher Nick Barrucci about the company's anniversary, some thoughts from Simone about[...]

A fun teen superhero comic that empowers an underclass of character is written by Gail Simone, and features for the next two issues Batgirl It's a full-blown crossover that DC Comics seem to have forgotten telling too many people about. Basically, if you read Batgirl, you need to read The Movement for the next two issues[...]

The Gothtopia event hits Batgirl this week by Gail Simone and Robert Gill and DC Comics has put out a preview It's weird seeing Batgirl in white… BATGIRL #27, "Gothtopia" allows everyday to start with bacon, eggs, and sunshine for Barbara Gordon Breakfast with dad is idyllic, and makes her so happy! And when you live[...]

Gail Simone is the celebrated writer of Birds of Prey, Batgirl and Red Sonja, but her path to success was a very unique one Arvid Nelson chatted with the writer to talk about her career plan or lack there of and what she is working on now. ARVID NELSON: One of the things that fascinates me[...]

This New Year means lots of changes doesn't it? After gaining prominence on the Usenet messageboard rec.arts.comics.misc and then CBR back in the late nineties, Gail Simone was recruited to write Simpsons comics by Bongo, and then picked to write for Marvel There she wrote books like Deadpool and Agent X before she left for DC[...]

There were 12 female writing credits overall, with Gail Simone, Ann Nocenti, Karen Traviss, and Christy Marx making up the other 7 credits In October, Marvel only had 3 female writers credits, and 2 of those were from their own special anthology, Marvel NOW What? Not only did Marvel only have ONE female writer on[...]

Certainly the idea of just running the last page of a comic book the day after it came out is a big no no. Except when I think there's a good reason. That's why this piece has the final page of today's Movement, by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II, below. So, if you were planning on reading[...]

In another peer to peer interview from Dynamite Entertainment, Nancy Collins chats with Devin Grayson and Gail Simone about taking on Red Sonja as part of the new Legends Of Red Sonja series being released during the characters 40th anniversary. First Devin Grayson: NANCY COLLINS: What inspired you to give your Red Sonja story in LEGENDS OF RED[...]

It's worth considering at the NYCC, that while Marvel launched a series of female focused titles and only cancelled one, Fearless Defenders, all but one of the announced books were written by men. In contrast, DC Comics were in Marvel's position only two years ago, with Gail Simone as the Smurfette writing Batgirl and co-writing Firestorm[...]

Writers for the books will be Gail Simone and Brian Wood. Gail Simone, current Red Sonja series writer, states, "It's only the crossover that readers have been begging to have for over a decade: the two greatest barbarian adventurers ever created in an epic tale of blood, lust, and vengeance.  This is the kind of stuff[...]

WALK THIS WAY The Hollywood Reporter on Duncan Fegredo and Mark Millar's new creator owned comic, MPH; The new book follows four 19-year olds who get

Last night, Gail Simone, Mark Waid and Kurt Busiek, among others, got in a Twitter discussion about THAT Harley Quinn tryout page It got a little heated in places Here are select tweets from the long and tangential conversation, You may want to check the originals out yourself. What I'm a little off on here…Deadpool makes[...]

She put herself in potential harm's way to save a stranger, and did something that most people simply wouldn't do, would try to ignore, or would try something less effective. Gail Simone writes the Batgirl comic On the basis of this, she could be living it. So I grabbed my keys and my phone to go see[...]

Gail Simone said; @graemem @richjohnston The moment the thing being "satirized" becomes a major selling point, the satire excuse becomes untenable. — GailSimone (@GailSimone) August 21, 2013 For which you could reply "Robocop"? "Starship Troopers?" Great satire has often had it's cake and eaten it… it's often a defining feature, becoming the very thing it satirises[...]

Here's a look at the top 100 comic books and graphic novels for July 2013... DC may have most 6 of the top 10 but Marvel has 13 of the top 20, which is

Bob Wayne introduced Jim Lee, Greg Capullo, Jimmy Palmiotti, Gail Simone, Scott Snyder, Amanda Conner, and Bernard Chang in basic terms, but the panel was really about each comic creator introducing their own life story. Scott Snyder started off by talking about his dual focus even at the college level between art and writing, and dropping[...]

It was a story that Bleeding Cool broke, but now we have art and details, a Prometheus comic coming from Dark Horse by the Colder team of Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra, announced at the Diamond Retailer Lunch at San Diego Comic Con. And then we also got news of an ongoing Halo monthly comic and[...]

Earlier today, Nancy Collins posted on Facebook "Just turned in my first main-stream comic book script in 16 years." Something tells me that an upcoming Gendercrunching episode focused on Dynamite Comics will make for interesting reading. At San Diego Comic Con, Dynamite will be announcing Red Sonja Legends, to coincide with the character's 40th anniversary. And just as[...]

Dynamite's print run for Red Sonja #1, the relaunch written by Gail Simone, was I understand 35,000 copies, a healthy overprint based on initial orders from comic book retailers. But I understand that reorders have eaten almost all of it up, and they expect to sell out by the time the comic book goes on sale[...]

If you were planning to read The Movement #2 by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II, today then run away, run away, run away And come back later to join in the discussion. But if you weren't planning to pick it up, it's just possible this may change your mind. A few years ago, DC Comics tried[...]

We ran a review of issue one yesterday... Here's a video summary of what this all means... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqH-kxSVDL0 And some issue 3

So, yes, Gail Simone on Red Sonja is a thing It should have been obvious, that blend of horrific scenes of violence with just a hint of comedy So how does it come over? I've had a look at the black-and-whites and it's quite the eye opener But oddly, and, maybe the black and whites[...]

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The Movement #1 by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II is published today And despite certain publicity machines painting it as an Occupy Comics book, it isn't that. Indeed, rather than a liberal fantasy, it has elements of Tea Party politics, superpowers being held my a group of people forming a militia against invasive government operations[...]

So Gail Simone is writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Violence, debauchery, minimal chainmail, and that's just for breakfast Check out Walter Giovani art's from the first issue, below So what's going on? Sonja pays back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect, even if it means leading a doomed army[...]