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Remember, remember, the tenth of December... Today, the Outhousers managed to see Newsarama's listing of the Batman Group solicitations before they

I mentioned during the weekend's shenanigans concerning Gail Simone and Batgirl that I'd heard a number of stories concerning the relationship between creative and editorial at DC Comics right now Gail Simone and her editor Brian Cunningham was just one example. Another concerns a creative team on a very prominent title over a number of months[...]

Gail Simone's firing from Batgirl is one reason why: It may have been all in the language – she didn't leave, she was pushed It may have been that circumstances changed If so, it appears that they changed back Either way, I have been informed from all sources that Simone is no longer on the title[...]

It's a story we've been exploring this past week, Gail Simone off Batgirl, the DC New 52 title most associated with one creator more than any other Today, Gail confirmed the news The response from her peers was instant. @gailsimone forced off Batgirl This is so fucked up I have no proper words… — J.H[...]

Last week, we reported that Gail Simone had left Batgirl A couple of days later, Simone responded, telling her board that she had not left Batgirl. It may have been all in the language – she didn't leave, she was pushed It may have been that circumstances changed If so, it appears that they changed back[...]

They may be delayed because there are… let's go with "issues"…  to sort out. For instance I understand that Batgirl #17 and #18 won't be written by Gail Simone This specifically isn't an indication that Gail is off the book, I have been explicitly told that this is a fill-in writer situation. With Gail Simone's workload at[...]

More on Gail Simone and Batgirl: Today, on her message board, Gail Simone replied to the rumours we've been reporting that she may be leaving the Batgirl title December now, there's plenty of news about 2013 projects coming from both Marvel and DC this month, I'm sure. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Superman #14 Gives Us The Broke Back[...]

Today, on her message board, Gail Simone replied to the rumours we've been reporting that she may be leaving the Batgirl title. She simply stated; I have not left Batgirl. Which is pretty cut and dry and far more than she was saying when I put the matter to her earlier in the week By five words. There's always[...]

Rumors about DC 2013 continue: As we were preparing yesterday's story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative changes, Gail was fueling them on Twitter Such as this conversation. M0st-Read Comic Stories Today: Would You Have Bought Gail Simone's Deathstroke? As we were preparing yesterday's story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative[...]

As we were preparing yesterday's story concerning rumours Gail Simone leaving Batgirl, and other DC creative changes, Gail was fueling them on Twitter Such as this conversation. Deathstroke is a nerd. — GailSimone (@GailSimone) November 30, 2012   @gailsimone DEATHSTROKE IS AWESOME — Vinny Piccolo (@RoseTintedVisor) November 30, 2012 @rosetintedvisor He's nerdy. — GailSimone (@GailSimone) November 30, 2012   @gailsimone isnt he great[...]

He probably has a bit more leeway these days. More Stealth Death Of The Family Comics (SPOILERS) Are you a collector of the current Death Of The Family storyline in Batman? Think you've got every bit so far, even those Batman And Robin and Nightwing and Red Hood And The Outlaws issues that no one actually told[...]

Gail Simone made that book into something it could not have been without her and was afforded respect and some independence for that However, that was a while ago She walked off one DC book, will she walk off another? And how will the fanbase, many of whom seem to only be reading the book[...]

Gail Simone photo by Luigi Nova Fans asking Gail Simone about the possibility of her doing a new DC/Veritgo series on her Tumblr page received an answer that sounds quite a bit like something was and may be in the works from the Birds of Prey and Batgirl scribe – "What an interesting question[...]

Gail Simone talks about working on the New 52 And why Birds Of Prey was taken away from her. Part of the idea of the New 52 was to change people's perceptions of long-running characters, to get people to think of them in a new light That, I can understand and agree with, but the unfortunate[...]

There's just one day to go on the funding of Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore's Leaving Megapolis comic project on Kickstarter Originally aiming for $34,000, they have now more than tripled it, with $107, 382 raised with one day to go. This is the kind of budget that is well beyond the likes of Marvel and[...]

Twitter isn't always there for the nasty things in life. It's there for the nice things too. While I was fast asleep last night, a most entertaining

Gail Simone writes, talking about DC character Misfit (right); I wouldn't say she's NEVER coming back, just that the book idea that I had that included her was eventually passed on. I might as well talk about it. This was a book I worked on for a year with alterations I wanted to do a girl team book[...]

All I can tell you is that his characterization of @yourpalSmitty is off-base" With others joining in: Gail Simone: Could not agree more about @yourpalsmitty Thanks for that, Tom. David Gallaher: very interaction I've had with @yourpalsmitty in the last 12 years has been super Cue Rob, responding to Tom's earlier comment; Rob: Someone told me that loser fat ass[...]

In what DC describe as "a whole new direction beginning this issue". The title has had a little trouble, creatively, with co-writer Gail Simone walking off the book, to be replaced by Joe Harris, soon to be followed leaving the book by the other co-writer Ethan Van Sciver Artist Yildiray Cinar stayed on the book, and[...]

55% off. That's your magic number. The Justice League: The Complete Series is now on DVD from Amazon, reduced from the $99.98 retail price to $44.99,

From Michael Zulli to Steve Niles to Ben Templesmith to Dave Sim. But I understand from Ann Harkey, attending Heroescon in Charlotte, NC for Bleeding Cool, that for the first time, a writer currently working for one of the Big Two will be launching a Kickstarter project. Gail Simone is reteaming with her Secret Six artist, Jim[...]

Probably more than meets the eye, here: "On his upcoming super secret project with Gail Simone- It's a really lame embarrassing silver age character that he's working on in an outside the NU52 kind of way and will be a 100 page horror book EVS then showed the moderator of the panel a photo of[...]

I had Katana, Gillen/Land Iron Man, Justice League Of America… but there's a couple of ones I managed to miss. And the Outhousers express it very nicely, a book that I have heard referred to as "Bedlam". "On his upcoming super secret project with Gail Simone- It's a really lame embarrassing silver age character that he's working[...]

and a Commission Joe did for me.and oh so much more. The fact that my 2 Secret Six pages I just had signed by Gail Simone are with my missing artwork is killing me On top of my Anchor #4 cover If anyone sees these pages, or if indeed, you suddenly find you got the wrong bag,[...]

Still no Gail Simone. We start with the second wave of the DC New 52. Batman Inc – Burnham "You think it's hard to understand his comics, try to interpret it to draw it for a comic." Themes are grim and gritty Batman and crazy pop art "I hope you like it, and if not, I can't[...]

"Every once in a while you have to revitalize your mythology," said Manapul. Somebody brought up Steph Brown again, Marts joked that he was contractually not allowed to talk about the character any more. Gail Simone said she didn't have any immediate plans to use Scandal Savage, and she doesn't know of anyone else having plans to[...]

Coming from Bongo in April, is the Simpsons Comic spinoff Milhouse, Bart Simpson's Pal, written by Gail Simone and Pat McGrealm and drawn by Bob Smitjh, Carol Lay, Jason Ho and Mike Rote Here are the solicitations. Bart Simpson's pal Milhouse takes center stage in the next of our series of Simpsons Comics One-Shots Take a[...]

Some books, some characters, having to deal with a changing universe try to ignore it. Work around it. Find reasons not to address it. But with DC's

I was called a peddler of falsehoods by some for stating a couple of months ago that Gail Simone had walked off The Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men, over editorial conflicts on the book Truth is it was a rumour I felt incredibly safe in reporting as everyone in the industry seemed to know[...]

And Gail Simone has been round the Leeds City Centre shops looking for a Dalek. It can only be the launch of what many consider Britain's best comic convention, Thought Bubble. This weekend, as part of the Leeds Sequential Arts Festival running right now, the city will host a comic convention dedicated to style. Add Jeff Lemire, Adam[...]