More Reasons I *Heart* Gail Simone

From a quote over at the 'Rama in re: her upcoming thousand-year reign on Wonder Woman:

"The book is about the best goddamned warrior planet Earth has ever known, and she happens to carry a mystical arsenal around just for the hell of it.

If a writer can’t make that interesting and fun, they really shouldn’t be writing superheroes."

::Looks over his glasses at Dan DiDio::

I think we understand each other, now, don't we Dan? Yes. Yes, we do.

Heretofore, whereas, and moreover, 2GBC shall now from here on out employ what we will refer to as "Simone's First Law Of Conceptual Bad-Assedness", to wit:

If Concept A is Bad-Assed, then the Writer Of Concept A should be able to produce Comic B, which should be Interesting and Fun.

Simple, I know. But you'd be surprised how many writers fail the test.

This Comes As A Surprise To Virtually No One

Thought we'd end our week here at 2GBC with a happy note:

In accordance with the prophecies, Gail Simone will be the next regular writer on Wonder Woman. Upon reading this, I immediately thought three things:

1) I will in fact be subscribing to WW when Gail takes the reigns, and if you thought otherwise then you haven't been paying attention.

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2) The following exchange from the Newsarama interview made me want to send Gail lots of presents, but not in the creepy online stalker-ish kind of way:

GS: Of course, since she’s punching a monkey off a waterfall on page three, maybe that’s not the best example.

On second thought, no, it definitely is.

NRAMA: Monkey off a waterfall?

GS: Monkey off a waterfall.

NRAMA: You’re going to get letters.

GS: Bring ‘em.

Don't you just want to hug her?

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3) This announcement kind of renders the next 8 or so issues of WW even less relevant than before, no? Did DC just unintentionally torpedo sales for the next 8 months? (Insert joke about Wonder Woman lateness/quality here.)

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Anyhoo, the lesson, as always: Gail Simone rocks.

Say It Isn't So, Gail

Alright, in perusing the boards and news out there in comicland, what do I happen to hit?

Gail Simone is leaving Birds of Prey.

I gave this book a whirl way back when, and was hooked immediately by Gail's writing.
And now, XX years and issues later, I am a diehard fan of Gail.

This book is her flagship. I hate to see her leave it.

I will give the new writer Sean McKeever a chance on the writing duties. It still has a great cast of characters, and many stories to still be told. It will still have Niccola Scott on art chores, so that is a bonus also.

What is that major, new, longly desired project that Gail will be working on soon?
Oh my, the rumours are abuzz already.
I've seen:

Wonder Woman
JLA
Secret Six
Blackhawks

Any truth? Who knows. We'll see when we see.

I will say that Secret Six and the Blackhawks should stay as minis, or one-shots, or appearances in other books. I would hate to see them as ongoings. The Secret Six have worked wonderfully as they have to date, and I think an ongoing would spoil the "feel".

Wonder Woman writers currently appear to be short-lived (THANK GOODNESS) and Gail might be able to breathe some fresh air into a character that REALLY needs it!!

JLA: Chris' hopes lie here.

I will not offer speculation.

Gail, if you are reading- I hope you get a rocking project- you know that I"ll be on board! Hate to see ya leaving BoP, but its been a great run with you onboard.

It's Like She Wrote It Just For Me.

Ahem.

Randy let me read his copy of last week's Birds of Prey.

If you haven't read this comic, here's what it contained:

1) The Secret Six.
2) Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League character(s).
3) Hawkgirl getting paid in the universal currency of "sportscar" to take out the Six.
4) Catman licking the Huntress while dancing with her.
5) Secret agent-y spy goodness in the form of a rather James Bond-ian plot
6) Oh yeah, the Birds of Prey.
7) Witty banter, good art and great characterization.

I'm not saying that the comic was written especially for me.

But it sure felt like it.

I decided right then and there that I needed more BoP in my life, so I e-mailed my LCS to add it to the pull list.

When I buy my one comic on my list today (Godland), I'm also picking up last week's BoP.

Gail Simone totally rocks, and that's just the way it is.