Gail Simone

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Gail Simone
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Simone at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 9, 2010
Born Oregon, U.S.
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, comics critic
Notable works
 Birds of Prey
Secret Six
Welcome to Tranquility
Wonder Woman
Red Sonja
Batgirl

Gail Simone is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's Birds of Prey , Batgirl , Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include Clean Room, Secret Six , Welcome to Tranquility , The All-New Atom , and Deadpool .

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She enjoyed a long-running stint on The Simpsons comics, and has also written for television and video games. [1]

Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of a 2017 San Diego Comic Con Inkpot Award.

Career

Early work

Gail Simone was born and raised in Oregon. [2]

A former hairdresser who studied theater in college, [3] [4] Simone first came to public notice through Women in Refrigerators , a website founded in 1999 by comics fans in response to a scene in Green Lantern #54, in which the titular hero's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, was murdered and her corpse shoved in a refrigerator for the hero to find. The site's purpose was to analyze how female characters are written so as to suffer traumatic indignities, a plot device to advance the narrative of male characters. [4] The site brought her into contact with many people working in the comics industry.

Her column You'll All Be Sorry! appeared weekly on Comic Book Resources. [5] Topics ranged from short, satirical summaries of comic books ("Condensed Comic Classics") to fan fiction parodies.

Comics

2000–2010

Simone posing with a fan dressed as Huntress, a character whom Simone wrote in Birds of Prey, at the New York Comic Con, October 9, 2010. 10.9.10GailSimoneByLuigiNovi4.jpg
Simone posing with a fan dressed as Huntress, a character whom Simone wrote in Birds of Prey, at the New York Comic Con, October 9, 2010.

From 2001, Simone wrote Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics, including an annual Treehouse of Horror special, and regular scripts for Bart Simpson Comics . Simone also penned many Sunday strips for the syndicated Simpsons comic strip.

Simone worked for Marvel Comics' on Deadpool from 2003. After Deadpool was canceled and relaunched as Agent X , Simone continued as writer, but eventually left the project after a conflict with the series' editor. [6] Simone returned to write the concluding arc to Agent X after the series' initial cancellation.

Simone moved to DC Comics, where she wrote Birds of Prey in 2003 from issue #56, which featured an all-female team: Oracle, Black Canary, The Huntress and Lady Blackhawk.

Simone wrote Action Comics with John Byrne as pencil artist. In 2005 Simone wrote the Villains United limited series – part of the "Infinite Crisis" crossover – starring the Catman character. She also wrote a two-issue story arc that focused on Hawk & Dove for a rebooted Teen Titans series with Rob Liefeld as artist. Simone supported Liefeld in the face of public criticism of his art. [7] [8]

Simone's Villains United limited series spin-off Secret Six followed in 2005, which led to an ongoing series in September 2008, and multiple DC crossovers prior to the September 2011 New 52 relaunch.

Other works by Simone include Action Comics , The Legion , Rose and Thorn , Wildstorm's Gen¹³, and an Atom series based on ideas by Grant Morrison and penciled by John Byrne and Mike Norton. She wrote a creator-owned project about a retirement community of super-heroes, Welcome to Tranquility , for Wildstorm, and was a contributor to Tori Amos's Comic Book Tattoo .

In 2007 Simone took over writing duties on Wonder Woman from issue #14. [9] [10] To date, Simone is Wonder Woman's longest-running female writer. In 2010 she took over the writing reins on Birds of Prey. [11] [12]

She returned to Welcome to Tranquility for a second limited series in 2010. [13] [14] In 2011 she collaborated with co-writer Ethan Van Sciver on a revamped Firestorm series. [15] Secret Six was canceled and Simone left Birds of Prey and The Fury of Firestorm. [16] [17]

2011–2020

In 2011, Simone contributed to The Power Within, a Kickstarter-funded comic book that focuses on teen bullying. [18]

As part of DC Comics' New 52 initiative, Simone wrote a new Batgirl title starring Barbara Gordon, which debuted in 2011. [19] Simone introduced a character named Alysia Yeoh, the first transgender character written in a contemporary context in a mainstream comic book. [20]

In 2012, news outlets reported that her exclusivity deal with DC had terminated and she was leaving the Batgirl title as well as DC Comics. [21] In 2012, Simone revealed that she was fired from Batgirl by the book's new editor Brian Cunningham. [22] After fan protests, Simone returned to Batgirl as writer. [23]

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Simone at the 2018 WonderCon

In 2013, DC Comics published The Movement by Simone and artist Freddie Williams II, which Simone called "a book about power – who owns it, who uses it, who suffers from its abuse." [24] Also in 2013 Simone wrote a new ongoing Red Sonja series for Dynamite. [25]

Also in 2013, Simone was listed first on IGN's list of the "Best Tweeters in Comics" for the "enthusiasm and thoughtfulness" of her Twitter posts. [26]

In 2014-2015, Simone wrote the Lara Croft series Tomb Raider for Dark Horse Comics, set between the 2013 video game reboot and its sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider .

Oni Press published her graphic novel Seven Days with art by Jose Luis in 2020 as part of an initiative to launch a new Catalyst Prime superhero universe. [27]

2021-present

In March 2024, Simone was announced as the first solo female writer for Uncanny X-Men. [28]

Animation

In 2005, Simone penned an episode of the series Justice League Unlimited entitled "Double Date", which featured Question, Huntress, Green Arrow and Black Canary. Originally, Simone intended the episode to feature Batgirl but animation rights for the character were unavailable. [29]

In 2007, Simone wrote an episode of GameTap's Revisioned: Tomb Raider , entitled "Pre-Teen Raider". [30]

She also wrote a 2010 episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold entitled "The Mask of Matches Malone!", featuring Black Canary and Huntress from "Birds of Prey".

In 2019, she wrote an episode of the series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic entitled "Between Dark and Dawn".

Awards and honors

Simone is notable for being one of the most influential women in the comic book industry. [31] Her blog "Women In Refrigerators" raised awareness of the representation of women in comics. [32] Simone believes most female comic characters are targeted at male audiences through oversexualization, and advocates for the creation of female characters that are as powerful, appealing, and commercially viable as male characters, something she strives to achieve in her own work. [31]

Notable works

Comics

Bongo Comics

  • Simpson's Comics #50 "Li'l Goodfellas", Bongo Comics, August 2000
    • Simpsons Comics Royale reprinted, Bongo Comics, March 2001
      • Simpson's Comics #73, reprinted, Bongo Comics, Titan Magazines, October 2002
        • The Best of the Simpsons#29 reprinted, Bongo Comics, Titan Magazines, April 2006
  • Simpson's Comics #83, "...So You Want To Work for Globex, Huh?", Bongo Comics, August 2003
    • Simpson's Comics Jam Packed Jamboree reprinted, Bongo/Harper Collins, April 2006
      • The Best of the Simpsons #37 reprinted, Bongo Comics, Titan Magazines April 2007

Dark Horse Comics

  • Leaving Megalopolis (with Jim Calafiore, 2014, Dark Horse Comics, ISBN   978-1-61655-559-7.)

DC Comics/Vertigo/Wildstorm

  • Rose and Thorn #1–6 (with Adriana da Silva Melo, DC Comics, February – July 2004)
  • Action Comics #827–831 & 833–835 (with John Byrne, DC Comics, July – November 2005 & January – March 2006) collected as:
  • Villains United #1–6 (with Dale Eaglesham, DC Comics, July – December 2005) collected as:
  • Secret Six #1–6 (with Brad Walker, DC Comics, July 2006 – January 2007) collected as:
  • Birds of Prey #56–90, 92–108 (DC Comics, August 2003 – July 2007) collected as:
  • Welcome to Tranquility #1–12 (with Neil Googe, Wildstorm, February 2007 – January 2008) collected as:
  • The All-New Atom #1–15, 17–18, 20 (DC Comics, September 2006 – April 2008) collected as:
  • JLA: Classified 2004 (DC Comics, January 2008) collected as:
    • The Hypothetical Woman (with Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Klaus Janson, and Sean Phillips, collects JLA: Classified #16–21, January 2006 – May 2006, ≈134 pages, [49] softcover, January 2008, ISBN   1401216293 [50] )
  • Wonder Woman vol. 3 #14–44, vol. 1 #600, & vol 5 #750 (DC Comics, January 2008 – July 2010) collected as:
  • Secret Six #1–14, 16–36, DC Comics, September 2008 – August 2011) collected as:
  • Birds of Prey vol. 2, #1–13 (DC Comics, July 2010 – August 2011) collected as:
    • End Run (with Ed Benes, Adriana Melo, and Alvin Lee, collects Birds of Prey #1–6, July 2010 – January 2011, 160 pages, hardcover, May 2011, ISBN   1-4012-3131-4; [60] )
    • The Death of Oracle (with Ardian Syaf, Guillem March, Inaki Miranda, Pere Perez, Jesus Saiz, collects Birds of Prey #7–13, February – August 2011, 200 pages, hardcover, October 2011, ISBN   1-4012-3275-2 [61] )
  • Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #1–6 (with Horacio Dominguez, Wildstorm, September 2010 – February 2011) collected as:
    • Welcome To Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave (collects Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #1–6, 144 pages, July 2011, ISBN   1-4012-3175-6 [62] )
  • Batgirl 2011 volumes 1–5, #1–34 (DC Comics, July 2012 – December 2014) collected as:
    • The Darkest Reflection (with Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes, collects Batgirl (The New 52) #1–6, September 2011 – February 2012, 144 pages, hardcover, July 2012, ISBN   1401238149 [63] )
    • Knightfall Descends (with Ardian Syaf and Ed Benes, collects Batgirl (The New 52) #7–13 and 0, March 2012 – October 2012, 192 pages, hardcover, February 2013, ISBN   1401238165 [64] )
    • Death of the Family (with Admira Wijayadi, Vicente Cifuentes, Mark Irwin, Johnathan Glapion, Julius Gopez, Greg Capullo, Daniel Sampere, Ed Benes, Scott Snyder, and Ray Fawkes; collects Batgirl (The New 52) #14–19 and Annual #1, Batman #17, and Young Romance #1; November 2012 – Apr 2013, 224 pages, hardcover, October 2013, ISBN   1401242596 [65] )
    • Wanted (with Derlis Santacruz, Fernando Pasarin, and Daniel Sampere; collected as Batgirl (The New 52) #20–26 [66] and Batman: The Dark Knight #23.1; May 2013 – December 2013, 192 pages, hardcover, May 2014, ISBN   140124629X [67] )
    • Deadline (with Marguerite Bennet, Jonathan Glapion, Fernando Pasarin, and Robert Gill; collects Batgirl (The New 52) #27–34 and Annual #2, January 2014 – August 2014, 256 pages, hardcover, December 2014, ISBN   1401250416 [68] )
  • Clean Room vol. 1, #1-18 (Vertigo Comics, December 2015 – June 2017)

Dynamite Entertainment

  • Red Sonja Vol 2 [69] #0–18 (Dynamite Entertainment, February 2014 – October 2014) collected as:
    • Queen of the Plagues (with Walter Geovani, Adriano Lucas, and Simon Bowland, collects Red Sonja Vol 2 #1–6, July 2013 – December 2013, 180 pages, softcover, February 2014, ISBN   1606904817 [70] )
    • Art of Blood and Fire (with Walter Geovani, collects Red Sonja Vol 2 #7–12 and 0, January 2014 – June 2014, 176 pages, softcover, October 2014, ISBN   978-1606905296 [71] )
    • The Forgiving of Monsters (with Walter Geovani, collects Red Sonja Vol 2 #13–18, July 2014 – May 2015, 160 pages, softcover, Unpublished, ISBN   1606906011 [72] )
  • Legends of Red Sonja volume 1, #1–5 (Dynamite Entertainment, August 2014) collected as:
    • Legends of Red Sonja (anthology, collects Legends of Red Sonja #1–5, November 2013 – March 2014, 152 pages, softcover, August 2014, ISBN   978-1606905258 [73] )

Marvel Comics

  • Deadpool #65–69 (Marvel Comics, May – September 2002)
  • Agent X #1–7, 13–15 (Marvel Comics, September 2002 – March 2003 & November – December 2003)
  • Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer (Marvel Comics)
    • Spider-Man (with Jason Lethcoe, May 2003) [74]
    • Hulk (with Jason Lethcoe, May 2003) [75]
    • X-Men (with Jason Lethcoe, May 2003) [76]
    • Spider-Man (with Guihiru, February 2004) [77]
  • Domino #1-10 (with David Baldeon, Marvel Comics, April 2018 - January 2019) collected as:
    • Domino Vol. 1: Killer Instinct (112 pages, collects Domino #1-6, November 2018, ISBN   978-1-302-91298-7 [78] )
    • Domino Vol. 2: Soldier of Fortune (128 pages, collects Domino #7-10 and Domino Annual, March 2019, ISBN   978-1302914844 [79] )
  • Domino: Hotshots #1-5 (with David Baldeon, Marvel Comics, March - July 2019) collected as:

Television

Films

Notes

  1. ↑ "Crosswind #1 | Releases | Image Comics". Image Comics. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Turnquist, Kristi (February 25, 2014). "Gail Simone to sign copies of new 'Tomb Raider' comics series Wednesday at Things from Another World". The Oregonian . Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Passing the Tiara: Who Should Play the Next Wonder Woman" Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine . UGO.com. October 5, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Housel, Rebecca (March 3, 2013). "Gail Simone!" Dr. Rebecca Housel.
  5. ↑ Simone, Gail. "'You'll All Be Sorry!' Archives". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on 2004-12-11. Retrieved November 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  9. ↑ Brady, Matt (April 12, 2007). "Gail Simon Named New Wonder Woman Writer". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 15, 2007.
  10. ↑ Brady, Matt (2007-08-14). "Simon's Wonder Woman Debut Pushed Back a Month". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27.
  11. ↑ Segura, Alex (January 13, 2010). "DCU in 2010: Welcome Back the Birds of Prey". The Source. DC Comics.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  12. ↑ McGuirk, Brendan (January 13, 2010). "Gail Simone Returns to 'Birds of Prey' in 2010 – EXCLUSIVE". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
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  15. ↑ Hyde, David (June 2, 2011). "The New Justice". DC Comics.
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  18. ↑ Pirshafiey, Nicole (May 20, 2011). "The Power Within: Anti-Bullying Comic Book Raising Funds To Spread Positive Message". GLAAD.
  19. ↑ Meylikhov, Matthew (June 6, 2011). "DC Confirm the Women of Gotham" Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine . Multiversity Comics.
  20. ↑ Kane, Matt (April 10, 2013). "'Batgirl' Comic Introduces Transgender Character" Archived 2019-08-05 at the Wayback Machine . GLAAD.
  21. ↑ "Bleeding Cool: Will Gail Simone Leave Batgirl? DC Creative Changes In The Next Few Months". Bleeding Cool. 2012.
  22. ↑ Esposito, Joey (December 9, 2012). "Gail Simone Fired from Batgirl". IGN . Newscorp.
  23. ↑ Esposito, Joey (December 21, 2012). "Gail Simone Back on Batgirl: Writer announces she's back on the book" . Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  24. ↑ Hunsaker, Andy (February 8, 2013). "DC Announces 'The Green Team' and 'The Movement'". CraveOnline. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014.
  25. ↑ "ECCC 13: Gail Simone to Write New RED SONJA Ongoing Series". Comic Vine. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  26. ↑ Yehl, Joshua (20 February 2013). "The Best Tweeters in Comics" . Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  27. ↑ Simone, Gail (17 November 2020). Seven Days Vol. 1. ISBN   9781549303036.
  28. ↑ "After 61 years and 700 comics, Gail Simone is Uncanny X-Men's first solo female writer". Popverse. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  29. ↑ "Double Date". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  30. ↑ "Pre-Teen Raider: Interview With Writer Gail Simone". Wired. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  31. 1 2 Maggs, Sam (March 7, 2013). "Ladies Make Comics Too: Gail Simone". Dork Shelf.
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  40. ↑ Of Like Minds trade details Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  41. ↑ Sensei & Student trade details Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  42. ↑ Between Dark & Dawn trade details Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  43. ↑ The Battle Within trade details Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  44. ↑ Perfect Pitch trade details Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  45. ↑ Blood and Circuits trade details Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  46. ↑ Dead of Winter trade details Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  47. ↑ Welcome to Tranquility Volume 1 trade details Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  48. ↑ Welcome to Tranquility Volume 2 trade details Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at DC
  49. ↑ Collated from DC Comics data from individual comic book page counts. The graphic novel does not have a page number count in the "Library of Congress Catalog" or "DC Comics page"
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House of Mystery is an American occult and horror-themed comic book anthology series, based on the series The House of Mystery that ran from 1951 to 1983. The writers, Bill Willingham and Lilah Sturges, debuted the series in July 2008 under the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.

<i>Batman: Battle for the Cowl</i> 2009 Batman comic book story arc

"Batman: Battle for the Cowl" is a 2009 comic book storyline published by DC comics, consisting of an eponymous, three-issue miniseries written and penciled by Tony Daniel, as well as a number of tie-in books. The central story details the chaos in Gotham City following the "Batman R.I.P." and "Final Crisis" story arcs, due to Batman's absence. His disappearance is caused by the character's apparent death at the hands of Darkseid in Final Crisis, which causes dissension in the ranks of his allies and enemies who fight for the right to become the new Batman.

<i>Brightest Day</i> 2010–11 crossover storyline published by DC Comics

Brightest Day is a 2010–11 crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of a year-long comic book maxiseries that began in April 2010, and a number of tie-in books. The story is a direct follow-up to the Blackest Night storyline that depicts the aftermath of the events of that storyline on the DC Universe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The New 52</span> DC Comics superhero comic books series

The New 52 was the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Following the conclusion of the "Flashpoint" crossover storyline, DC cancelled all its existing titles and debuted 52 new series in September 2011. Among the renumbered series were Action Comics and Detective Comics, which had retained their original numbering since the 1930s.

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