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Thinking happy thoughts: Kung-fu films, Plymouth Gin, & UKIP getting molested to death by clowns — Ben McCool (@BenMcCool) May 8, 2015 Last time we were there, the amount of horseshit blaming PWD for the UK's economic woes was astounding and creepy as hell. — GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) May 8, 2015 Well, I love the UK, love the people[...]

As a die-hard Gail Simone fan, I couldn't contain my excitement to read her new title Swords of Sorrow from Dynamite Entertainment Written by Simone, with art by Sergio Davila, Swords of Sorrow #1 combines a multitude of strong female characters into one book. I want to start off by talking about the opening scene of[...]

First up is the start of their big summer event Swords Of Sorrow #1 written by Gail Simone and drawn by Sergio Davila Then it's John Carter: Warlord Of Mars #6 by Ron Marz, Roberto Castro and Nanjan Jamberi. Swords of Sorrow #1 Gail Simone (w) Sergio Dávila (a) J Scott Campbell Jenny Frison, Emanuela Lupacchino (c) Dynamite's[...]

When you have a title or even like Swords Of Sorrow, at some point you will need to actually design the swords in question. For Dynamite's big upcoming

The series is the center piece of Dynamite's big summer event focusing on their female characters and written by an all-female team of writers lead and assembled by Gail Simone Here we get to see Jungle Girl and Red Sonja, but the series will also feature Vampirella, Dejah Thoris, Irene Adler, Lady Zorro and many[...]

The guest of the evening is Gail Simone who will be discussing Red Sonja: Queen Of Plagues, a book she did with artist Walter Geovani You can get a most of the information from the flyer image below But what is not on the flyer is that they will also be giving out a limited[...]

Written by Gail Simone and Jim Zub with art by Rand Green, the series has been very well received and brings the two characters back together after decades of individual stories. Conan and Red Sonja are faced with the end of the world as Thoth-Amon's plan is unleashed! Can our heroes overcome the impossible odds against[...]

To go with this last call, we have two free books for you today: The Hollows #1 by Amanda Hocking, Tony Lee and Steve Uy and Red Sonja #1 by Gail Simone and Walter Geovani. To check out the Story Bundle deal, click here. There isn't much time left to participate in the first ever digital[...]

They've announced that Gail Simone (Swords of Sorrow) and Mark Waid (The Avenger) will be there. Dynamite Entertainment: Comic Book Secrets Revealed! Fri April 24| 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | Room S404 Join the Dynamite gang and their star-studded line-up of creative talent for an hour of explosive power! Learn all the juicy details behind Dynamite's epic[...]

The issue will contain the works of veteran Sonja writers Roy Thomas, Gail Simone, Luke Lieberman, and Eric Trautmann along with first-time Sonja writer Cullen Bunn and artists Dave Acosta and Rich Buckler.The stories will be 'retro-tinted' to capture the flavor of her classic comics era. Thomas reflects on the long legacy of the character, "It's been very gratifying to me[...]

This will be the third month of the all-female written and lead event and includes the third issue of the main series by Gail Simone and Sergio Davila and the first issue of the three part Red Sonja / Jungle Girl series by Marguerite Bennett and Mirka Andolfo. SWORDS OF SORROW #3 (OF 6) Cover A Main:[...]

The first ever all-female written and female lead event kicks off this may with Swords of Sorrow #1 by Gail Simone and Sergio Davila and you can get this retailer exclusive cover by Dave Acosta at the Green Brain Comics website. Here we get to see Acosta's process from pencils to inks to colors by Dijjo[...]

The all-female written and female lead comic event kicks off in may with the first of six issues of Swords of Sorrow by Gail Simone and Sergio Davila. To get your Comics And Friends exclusive cover, click here.   The retailer exclusive covers for the upcoming Swords of Sorrow #1 keep coming up Here we have an[...]

While there had been strides in the LGBT representation in comics, that T was somewhat lacking, and when present was often treated as, well, a superpower. When Batgirl got revamped after writer Gail Simone left the book, Alisa became a lesser character, living in Gotham as Barbara moved to Burnside But she did still appear in[...]

As the number of retailer exclusives climb, the anticipation for this all-female written and all-female lead event grows and it kicks off with issue one of the six-part series by Gail Simone and Sergio Davila in May. If you want this cover, keep an eye on the Midtown Comics website as it should be listed soon. [...]

As I said before, it seems like a lot of retailers are stepping up to do exclusive variants for Dynamite's new Swords of Sorrow #1 by Gail Simone and Sergio Davila The all-female written event focuses on the female characters in the publishers vast library and it is a nice alternative to Secret Wars and[...]

Dynamite's big summer event, Swords of Sorrow #1 has a few variant covers already but now Pete Woods has has done an exclusive variant cover for I Like

Willow Wilson, Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and many, many more. The doc, Ms Stotter's directorial debut (she interned at Respect Films after college), keeps things moving at a good pace while giving us extensive coverage of each person, topic, and time period We learn that Trina Robbins co-founded It Ain't Me, Babe in 1973 –[...]

Secret Six by Gail Simone and Ken Lashley is late Really late The first issue came out on December 3rd The second issue was a month late, February 11th The third issue was then cancelled and resolicited for June. It seems though that it still won't be ready And so we will get a new issue[...]

It's a six-part miniseries written by Gail Simone and drawn by Sergio Davila and focuses on the publisher's female characters The series will also have three spinoff miniseries and five one-shot specials as it runs from May until October Simone is the architect behind the event and handpicked a crew of all female writers to[...]

Now she is making her Dynamite Entertainment debut with a cover for Red Sonja #15. The issue is written by Gail Simone and has interior art by Walter Geovani and is due out this month The cover will be available both in color and black & white with a splash of red For more information, click[...]

Dynamite has continued to publish the character for 10 years including the current on-going series by Gail Simone and Walter Geovani as well as including her in their newest event series Swords of Sorrow. [Source: THR] A new Red Sonja film has been in the works for quite some time now It once had Robert Rodriguez[...]

The centerpiece of the issue is a long, quite open and conversational interview with the incredibly generous Gail Simone and we want to thank her for her help and her time. So in what sense is this a "female heroes" issue? Let me give you an idea of the content this month: -A feature piece by Rich Johnston[...]

At the weekend Gail Simone wrote on Facebook, Had a retailer in MA say they wouldn't have much interest in an upcoming project with female leads because "the activism in comics is wearing" on him. Holy shit, have fun in the tar pits, guy. Further commenting, "Activism" my ass When all the books were guy leads, the excuse was[...]

The last issue of Django/Zorro written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner… and an all-female cast and crew for the Swords Of Sorrow, led by Gail Simone Four books but plenty more covers to go around… SWORDS OF SORROW #1 (OF 6) (W) Gail Simone (A) Sergio Davila (CA) A: J Scott Campbell; B: Jenny Frison; C:[...]

But this event is unique in that all of the writers involved are women and it focuses on the publishers roster of female characters regardless of genre. The event start with a core series called Swords of Sorrow by Gail Simone (Batgirl) and then there will be tie-in titles Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella / Jennifer Blood[...]

Dynamite Entertainment are bringing a few exclusive covers to ComicsPro along with creators Gail SImone and Matt Wagner Both Simone and Wagner are said to have news of new projects coming up with the publisher… so I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this soon Simone has been working on a very long run with[...]

It feels like way too much time has passed since the release of Secret Six #1, so I was so happy to get my hands on Secret Six #2 this week, from DC Comics, written by Gail Simone, with art by Ken Lashley and Drew Garaci The mystery continues as to why Catman, Porcelain, Ventriloquist,[...]

Gail Simone created the concept in 1999 in her infamous website "Women In Refrigerators", named after the Ron Marz which saw Green Lantern Kyle Raynor's girlfriend Alex DeWitt killed and her corpse stuffed in a refrigerator, a twist intended to inspire revenge. But Marz hardly invented this trope And Simone called out not only its frequent use, killing, injuring or[...]

Got family staying to watch doggies, hope they are okay with it…:( — GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) February 7, 2015 Packing for the DC California talent summit https://t.co/y5b2NC9okc #CAislikethatright? — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) February 7, 2015 Packing for a few days in California, and a few months in Montreal Wherever I may roam…[...]