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Ethan Van Sciver And Gail Simone Bring Back Plastic Man… On The Side.
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[...]
The Comic Book Pages That The Hyatt Lost At C2E2
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,[...]
C2E2: DC New 52 Panel – "Wonder Woman Has Gone To Hell Already"
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[...]
ECCC DC New 52 Panel: Earth 2, Batman's Cape, Flash's New Villain, Batwing And  JLI
"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[...]
Gail Simone Spins Off Milhouse, Bart Simpson's Pal #1
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[...]
DC Confirms Gail Simone Leaving The Fury Of Firestorm
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[...]
Thinking Only Of Thought Bubble
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[...]
Gail Simone To Write New DC Teen Team Title
At the MCM London Expo, Alex Fitch interviewed Batgirl and Fury Of Firestorm writer Gail Simone as she gave us all manner of insight into her work. This included the headline that she will be writing a DCU book concerning teenage superheroes, which will involve a story that she wanted to do in Birds Of Prey[...]
Wednesday Trending Topics: New 52, New Creators?
He left after the first arc and the second arc… faded away. Gail Simone Quits Firestorm? The hottest rumour burning down the pre-NYCC parties is that Gail Simone, co-writer of DC Relaunch title  Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men with Ethan Van Sciver, has walked off the comic. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: A Shot From Iron Man Appears[...]
Gail Simone Quits Firestorm
The hottest rumour burning down the pre-NYCC parties is that Gail Simone, co-writer of DC Relaunch title  Fury Of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men with Ethan Van Sciver, has walked off the comic. The reason being given by the Manhattan tittle tattlers is over editorial conflicts over the book, the kind of thing alluded to here. This only[...]
Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl Poster For London MCM Expo
This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl poster for next month's MCM Expo London Comic Con, one of a hundred made for the show. Naturally Rufus will be there, also with the likes of Gail Simone,  John McCrea, David Hine, Hunt Emerson, Al Davison. And me, probably Well, it is my local. This is Rufus Dayglo's Tank Girl[...]
Dancing With The Starfires
They originally wanted a semi-transparent bikini. Of course, this was when it was originally a T+ book… Gail Simone posted on her message board a private Instant Messenger exchange between herself and Red Hood writer Scott Lobdell; Scott: Why didn't you WARN me? Gail: I DID warn you, I said your Kory sucked! Scott: Well, that's certainly an opinion! She followed[...]
The Million-Dollar Debut Of Barbara Gordon by Eric Glover
The debut issue, along with tidbits of information Batgirl writer Gail Simone has provided in interviews, aren't sufficient to comprehensively assess how DC will fill the void of diversity left behind by Oracle, but they do provide enough clues to get an idea—and the verdict, as expected, is complicated. What's most notable about Batgirl #1 is[...]
Batgirl #1 First Print Already Selling On eBay For $10 Plus Postage
But Batgirl #1 by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes with a cover by Adam Hughes is already selling – not just listing but actually selling – copies on eBay for $9.99 plus postage. The cover price is $2.99 but copies have sold out at distribution level, a second print is anounced and it[...]
Getting Your Scripts Critiqued By Gail Or Fabian [UPDATE]
Well they have come up with a rather unique way of funding their latest venture with Kickstarter. At $3400 of their $1000 goal with 15 days to go, $150 donations are to be rewarded with a script critique from either Gail Simone or Fabian Nicieza of the donors' own work Each have had four takers. Consider this[...]
Give Batgirl The Chair by Eric Glover
Instead, despite the various—and easy—plot means available to put Barbara back on her feet, DC had commendably chosen to celebrate the unique role and contributions her disability brings to the table. But DC writer Gail Simone, who will be putting Barbara back in the boots with Batgirl #1 this fall, has taken the[...]
Talking About The DC Relaunch At Calgary, Philadelphia And On Twitter
Gail Simone wasn't sold on the idea of writing Firestorm at first, but Ethan sold her on it with a twist on the character We'll be getting to know Ronny & Jason and how they deal with their powers are handed to them And the puffy sleeves will be back. Jeff Lemire says that Frankenstein is[...]
Gail Simone And B Clay Moore: The Gender Politics Of The DC Relaunch
Gail Simone is writing two titles and Jenny Frison is doing a cover That's it Both Marvel and DC have been increasing the amount and prominence of female comics creators of late but this suddenly seemed a step back. Last night, Gail Simone took on the issue of a such a reduction head on After stating[...]
Did The Left Hand Of DC Know What The Right Hand Was Doing?
But we're also told that Gail Simone has big plans for the future of the comic. Which is difficult since after that two parter, Gail is no longer writing Birds Of Prey. We know from the Scott Lobdell interview that he was talking to DC about taking over certain books in December And Jim Lee and Geoff[...]
DC Relaunch: Birds Of Prey, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batwoman
Williams III, Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder Batgirl #1: Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes. Catwoman #1: Judd Winick and Guillem March. Birds of Prey#1: Duane Swierczynski and Jesus Saiz This may have been the Batman-book related credit we assigned to Duane over the weekend. And, after seeing the Batgirl cover on Bleeding Cool earlier,[...]
DC Relaunch: What An Evil Pitch
Bleeding Cool had previously reported that Brian Clevinger had been dropped from the new Firestorm relaunch before it was announced that Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver were writing the new Fury Of Firestorm #1. But the timeline seemed interesting – Gail seemed to suggest she and Ethan had been working on[...]
DC Relaunch: The Look Of Firestorm
Here's the character design for the new Firestorm by Ethan Van Sciver and Moose Baumann. The Fury Of Firestorm, as announced, will be written by Ethan and Gail Simone, and drawn by Yildiray Cinar. In tweets, Gail has said; All I'm going to say is, honest to god, this is one of the most amazing books I've ever[...]
The Gospel According To J-Bolt
The phenomenon known as J-Bolt objected quite vociferously to a recent mention in a Bleeding Cool Runaround a few days ago. I gave him the right to reply.
Wednesday Comics Review: Secret Six #30 and Witchfinder #1
This, from the first issue, is not, wth only the last page to give some hope. Secret Six #30 by Gail Simone and Jim Calafiore was meant to be part two of a Doom Patrol crossover But Doom Patrol is late so now this comic is… part one I have no idea how that is meant[...]