From The World of Comics: Why I Hate Gail Simone!
Published August 28, 2006
She shows no sign of slowing down this year, writing the Villians United part of DC's big crossover event, and its spin-off series, Secret Six. She's also starting work on the All New Atom series with her Action Comics artist John Byrne, and she's kick starting Gen 13 for the Wildstorm imprint.
Nearly all of Gail's work for Bongo and DC has been collected in Trade Paperback form and may be found everywhere from Amazon.com to Borders and Barnes & Noble, and even better from your local comics store. Her Marvel work is a bit harder to get, but with a little digging you can easily turn it up.
Gail Simone has established herself as a brilliant and funny writer with an already impressive comics resume. The best part of all this is that she'll only get better as time goes on. By the time she's been at this as long as Alan Moore or Frank Miller, she'll have long since established herself as their equal in the megastar pantheon of comics writers.
Personally, I think she belongs there now, but I'm giving the rest of comics fandom a chance to catch up. They've got a lot of great reads to go through and we probably shouldn't disturb them while they're deciding on legendary status. If you want more Gail Simone goodness on the net check out The Gail Simone Index, Gail Simone's Blog: Bloodstains On The Looking Glass, and The Gail Simone Wikki.
- From The World of Comics: Why I Hate Gail Simone!
- Published: August 28, 2006
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Books
- Filed Under: Books: Arts, Books: Comics and Graphic Novels, Books: Entertainment, Books: Humor
- Writer: Dan Traeger
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One comment and I get this bullshit. Fuckin' great! Okay look, nowhere in this article did I mention Alice Walker's amazing and yes, "world famous work of literature," The Color Purple. I was writing about the marvelous comics writer, "unfortunately not yet world famous," Gail Simone. I happened to reference as a humorous aside, the equally "world famous" movie adaptation of Ms. Walker's fine novel, and its "world famous" director, the "world famous" Steven fucking Spielberg. Never, ever put words in my mouth. I did not and never will ascribe Alice Walker's work to anyone other than herself, because I never mentioned her work at all. If I had written an article about Alice Walker, and had attributed the novel, The Color Purple, to Steven Spielberg, that would be an ironic slip-up (and stupid.) As it sits, I wrote an article about a damn fine writer, who happens to write comics, and happens to be female. Next time catch the spirit of the thing, enjoy it, and leave the nit-picking to people who actually pay attention.
Calm the fuck down, Dan.
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"the color purple (that's the color, not the Spielberg movie)"
You mean "The Color Purple" the world famous work of literature by Alice Walker? The world famous work of literature by Alice Walker which had a film adaption which was directed by Mr Spielberg. I'm assuming you've heard of the world famous author Alice Walker and your ascribing of her work to a man was merely an ironic slip-up on an article about a woman writer. Right?