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Comic book writer Gail Simone first wrote the Birds Of Prey title in 2003 with #56 at a time when the series was planned to be cancelled Featuring Oracle, Black Canary, The Huntress and Lady Blackhawk, which she wrote for until 2007 with #108, the series continuing for a couple of years In 2010 she[...]

The app's realtime alerts create ripples and shockwaves through eBay. Gail Simone (Down) Leading comic book writer, advisor, social media presence and whose Women In Refrigerators continues to impact all over the place, Simone has also become showrunner of the Lion Forge line of superhero comic books and launched Seven Days (twice) to critical acclaim[...]

And it involves the return of Gail Simone to one of the comic books she is most associated with, Birds Of Prey, and reuniting with an artist of a couple of those issues, Judge Dredd's Inaki Miranda Birds of Prey Giant #1 will includes the following original stories, under the cover below by Emanuela Lupacchino. Fight[...]

Looking for something to buy on Black Friday? Well, check out Gail Simone's foreword to the just-concluded-and-collected Hashtag Danger series by Tom Peyer, Randy Elliot and Chris Giarrusso, published as a trade paperback last week by Ahoy Comics Gail writes, TO: Tom Peyer FROM: Gail Simone HASHTAG: BACKSLASH! Conventional wisdom says that you should 100% of the time judge[...]

Comic book and TV writer Gail Simone has a habit of writing things that then scream round the internet at the speed of outrage Which is very, very fast indeed these days The internet is her tool and her plaything, sometimes both at the same time Such as her tweet this morning, talking about one[...]

Gal Simone has a Writer’s Commentary on The Death Defying 'Devil #3, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment. She writes, Hey, folks! Dynamite has asked

Today, as we pointed out on Friday, is the Final Order Cut-Off date for Lion Forge's relaunche of the Catalyst Prime line, now showrun by Gail Simone, with lead title Catalyst Prime: Seven Days #1 by Simone and Jose Luis Intended to be published in July, the seven issue series was severely delayed by three[...]

Can Scooby and the gang stop the giant and save the gym? Plus, these reprint tales: o "Tiki Taboo Trouble," from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #48 o "A World in Creep's Clothing," from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #48 o "Out of Line," from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #51 o "Over the Boardwalk," from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #54 o "I Want[...]

Gail Simone has a Writer's Commentary on her new series, Death-Defying 'Devil #1, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment. Hello, all! It's possibly not a well-kept secret that I am a huge fan of the pulps and pulp-like characters In the early days of Western comics, many of the superheroes bore more of a resemblance to comic[...]

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Comic book writer Gail Simone posted the news to Twitter and Facebook- that she has written an upcoming episode of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic! She writes, It was so ridiculously fun, from start to finish I am so grateful to Hasbro, Nicole Dubuc (the genius who helped me so much), and the fabulous artists[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has announced they are publishing a new Death Defying 'Devil comic book, written by Gail Simone, drawn by Walter Geovanni, colored by Adriano Augusto, lettered by Simon Bowland and edited by Kevin Ketner Inspired by Rod Serling, Bronze Age horror/mystery anthologies, and modern street-level heroics, the new series launching in August. The 'Devil finds[...]

Comics super-star Gail Simone took to Twitter this morning to praise the new Shazam! movie, and what makes the Marvel Family different from just about every other batch of heroes out there. Okay I have a thing to say, it'll take a little bit and I'll try not to post anything too spoilery But[...]

Vampirella is getting a exclusive comic book story in the new issue of Playboy Magazine, by Gail Simone and Joyce Chin for the character's 50th anniversary. Arranged for Playboy's Spring 2019 Freedom of Speech issue available now, the six-page story colored by Addison Duke and lettered by Taylor Esposito, will tell a story about Vampirella protecting[...]

Written by Gail Simone with art by José Luís, Seven Days will be a seven-issue series that a press release says "will unite the heroes of the CPU for seven issues that count down the days of a week that may be the final one in the history of humanity." Probably not though, because if it's the[...]

Gail Simone and David Baldeon's Domino series has been a highlight of Marvel's X-books, so we were personally sad to learn that it would end with January's Domino #10 However, the series returns this week as Domino: Hotshots, a 3-issue mini-series which expands Domino's team of mercs to include Black Widow, White Fox, Atlas Bear,[...]

The publisher took another step in the right direction by announcing that Tony Stark: Iron Man will crossover with War of the Realms in May, from the guest creative team of Gail Simone and Paolo Villanelli. Marvel media partner CBR had the EX-X-XCLUSIVE reveal in an interview with Simone, who refused to spoil the contents of the[...]

Sure, Trump was president, everyone hated each other on social media, The Outhouse shut down, and there were no new episodes of Doctor Who all year, but who could've imagined it would get so much worse? It all started when that damn Gail Simone began asking junk food franchises on Twitter which comic book company they[...]

Wendy's was asked by famous comic book writer and tea expert Gail Simone which comic book universe they preferred, and the chain didn't hesitate to respond: Marvel. Marvel — Wendy's (@Wendys) February 7, 2019 The news that the social media savants who run Wendy's Twitter account prefer Marvel to DC is sure to be a major blow for[...]

Writers and comics creators such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Chris Claremont, Fiona Staples, Gail Simone, and Rumiko Takahashi took Maher to task for his simplistic views on comics' history of challenging social norms and political movements. Simone summed up what she saw were Maher's intentions on Twitter: Here's a thing, even if you don't care about[...]

Remember the days of big, giant Marvel and DC Comics crossover events? We sure do, as does Gail Simone. One of our favorite female comic writers, Simone knows her way around some pretty notable characters across the Marvel and DC Comics lexicon: DC's Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, Deadpool, Wonder Woman,[...]

Earlier today, we reported on superstar writer Gail Simone's Twitter teaser for a new project called Hotshots And it's a good thing we did it then, because if we had waited, we wouldn't have only been able to get one article out of it instead of two, because Marvel has just answered Simone's question and[...]

Not all teasers need to threaten to rewrite the history of a decades-old superhero universe! Superstar writer Gail Simone looks to be teasing a new comic book project on social media, posting the following logo on Twitter and asking the question: who are the Hotshots? WHO ARE THE… pic.twitter.com/IzWG2TfW6Z — Gail Simone (@GailSimone) December 10, 2018 No other[...]

The latest definitely-not-porn content flagged as explicit by Tumblr algorithms is a story from the Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special by Gail Simone, Colleen Doran, Hi-Fi Design, and Dave Sharpe called Big Things One Day Come, introducing the character Star Blossom. Simone took to Twitter for the reveal: So Tumblr tagged a story of mine as explicit (well, a[...]

Sometimes Twitter is a wonderful place, thanks to personalities like Gail Simone. Photo by Kendall Whitehouse Today, the comic book writer took to her characters to describe her pitch for a film: The Oz/Wonka war. Okay, here's my idea. THE OZ/WONKA WAR. — Gail Simone (@GailSimone) November 30, 2018 Slugworth allies with the Wicked Witch of the West to capture Dorothy and[...]

And in Fantastic Four Wedding Special #1, superstar writer Gail Simone will join Fantastic Four series writer Dan Slott Sara Pichelli won't be drawing this one either, but Laura Braga will instead. Check out the solicits for Fantastic Four #5 and Fantastic Four Wedding Special #1 below. FANTASTIC FOUR: WEDDING SPECIAL #1 GAIL SIMONE & DAN SLOTT (W)[...]

In a shining example that the rest of the world can hopefully follow suit, Gail Simone and Rob Schneider have ended their blood feud over whether or not Tim Hortons is the Rob Schneider of donut shops It was Schneider who made the first move, tweeting a public apology to Simone. https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1038576315966705664 And Simone accepted the apology,[...]

File this one under "news we swear to freaking god we are not making up." Comedian and actor Rob Schneider, star of such hit films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, became offended on Twitter Saturday after randomly coming across a tweet by superstar comics writer Gail Simone using Schneider's name to mock Canadian donut chain[...]

The book continues to look fantastic. Red Sonja/Tarzan #4 is another solid issue from Gail Simone, Walter Geovani, and Adriano Augusto The final battle is prepped, the characters move into place, and we know the odds standing against Red Sonja and Tarzan This one earns a recommendation Check it out. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] The gorillas look[...]

Gail Simone has a Writer's Commentary on the recently released Red Sonja/Tarzan #4, on sale now from Dynamite She writes: Okay, I again want to thank everyone who has been following this book and reading my little commentaries We don't always get to focus on these little details, but they're a big part of what makes[...]