Awwwwwwwwwwww!

[Gail Simone]

What a nice gesture.

DC, that is, Dan DiDio, Mike Carlin, and Tom Palmer Jr, sent me a GORGEOUS vase of flowers yesterday. I get packages all day long but it's mostly work to be checked so it was very much a surprise to get flowers from those three sweet guys who have been so great to me in my career.

It was for the Atom. The note said, Dear Gail, for the 'little book that could.' Love, Dan, Mike and Tom.

That means a lot to me. Very very sweet!

Gail

[Erebus]

Awwwwwwwwwwww. I hear bad things about Didio sometimes, but from the people who've actually met him, he sounds like a cool guy.

[Blake Petit]

And no book could deserve it more. It's been a great read, Gail.

[Papergirl]

That's very cool, Gail! And what great timing, after this mess with The Evil One! :)

~Bev

[Gail Simone]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail

[TomStillwell]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

That's how it is done, right?

[OzBat!]

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

That's how it is done, right?According to the best selling novel on "making it in comics" by Rick Olney, it is!

[Dedagda]

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

That's how it is done, right?

Dude - get in line. I'll do it just for comics.

[Drink]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail

Aw, not even a little?

Just a little despotic fist curl, is all we ask for :(

[Blake Petit]

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

That's how it is done, right?

I'll run the camera and use the TAPE to get MY gig there. :D

[bert]

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

That's how it is done, right?

You think that just because a man sends you flowers, you have to spend time on your back, w/ your legs in the air?

why?

don't you have a Vase?

[LtMarvel]

New viable characters. You are making great money for the company they run. They should be sending you flowers...

More importantly, you are entertaining the heck outta me. Keep up the good work!

[Dedagda]

Congrat Gail! You deserve much more.

Every week is a good week if I have a Gail Simone book. I post here because I enjoy your comics.

Thank you so very very much.

R

[Dedagda]

Double Post!!

(I went to bed waiting on the database)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Awwww!
You should have taken a picture! :)

[shanejayell]

Congrats!
*cheer*
:)

[Jack Zodiac]

And someday I will make sweet sweet man love to Dan in order to get a job at DC.

WHORE! :mad:

That's how it is done, right?

Yeah, except you forgot the part about how you bring your super-awesome buddy Jack along for the ride. ;)

[Larry Dixon]

I think it is terrific, Gail.

Luna Books sent Misty a huge bunch of flowers when her first book from them came out. It's one of the marks of a great company when they not only produce a fine product but they take care of their people emotionally.

Presents and attaboys can mean a HUGE amount to a creator. No matter how much you might personally be happy with your work, knowing that someone thought of you and actually went to that effort means a lot.

And also, Gail... I am so glad that, in the midst of so many force-two shitstorms, you got a ray of sunshine. *smile* And the praise is deserved.

[Sarah Beach]

Yay, Gail! That is cool! And Deserved.

[Cam63]

Beer and cigars woulda been better, but flowers are nice. :)

[General Grievous]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail


Iv met dan at a convention, most down to earth guy ever,

I'd love for him to do a mini series or something(metal men), with Jim lee on pencils?

[NickG]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail

Yeah Dan is a pretty cool guy, in Wizard World Chicago people were mobbing him at the DC Nation both, and even though it seemed like he was in a hurry to get somewhere he took the time and tried to talk to the 10 or 12 people with questions. I don't know, that just seemed very cool, the guy has got an accent though, where is from anyway?

[Corrina]

I've heard nothing but nice things about him personally.

I just have a serious disagreement with him about his vision for the DC Universe and a number of characters in it. ;)

[SamuraiJack]

Iv met dan at a convention, most down to earth guy ever,

I'd love for him to do a mini series or something(metal men), with Jim lee on pencils?


If Jim can squeeze it into his schedule you may get an issue every 2-3 years. *rolls eyes*

I love Jim's work, but methinks he doth stretch himself too thin...

And congrats, Gail! I can't think of anyone more deserving. Between you, Waid, Johns, Busiek (awesome job on Big Blue), and Meltzer I'm a happy DC geek right now...

[hellokittykat]

They couldn't have sent flowers to a more deserved person!
Enjoy them, Gail!:)

[PatrickG]

Awwwwwwwwwwww. I hear bad things about Didio sometimes, but from the people who've actually met him, he sounds like a cool guy.

He really is a nice guy. I wound up being in his entourage at the hotel lobby and he handled himself very well considering the beating he was taking for certain things (like Ted Kord).

However, his age-dar is off. I'm 26. I realize I look a bit older but he seemed to think I was his age. It came up when he tossed one of his standard conversation prompts, "What was your first comic book?" and my answer was Walt Simonson's Fantastic Four. To which he replied, "Well... Some of us start late." (He also misdiagnosed Peyton from Millarworld's age by a good ten years so I wasn't alone there.)

I do take a certain pleasure, in retrospect, when he asked me what I would do with Batgirl, as a publisher, since Barbara Gordon was still thought of as Batgirl by the general public and my response was that I'd give Barbara Gordon a second shot at the role in an ALL-STAR book. The smile he shot me there, pure gold, as was the conversation that followed.

Really nice guy, full of energy. He comes off like a very energized businessman who really gets that DC is in the business of FUN; it's probably more his background in soaps that equates "fun" with killing people and maiming them and putting them into comas -- and he's not entirely WRONG there. But I think he takes it too far, personally.

I really don't agree with all of his decisions and I think some are so wrong it hurts. I like him as a human being. I don't have to reconcile those two things as long as I don't work for him... But, if I did work for him, I'd probably err on the side of defending most of his decisions because he seems like a cool guy.

I do hope he read that "Broken Vagina" blog with an open mind though because I think it illustrates some problems in the company mindset.

[LtMarvel]

And congrats, Gail! I can't think of anyone more deserving. Between you, Waid, Johns, Busiek (awesome job on Big Blue), and Meltzer I'm a happy DC geek right now...

Add Morrison and Dini, and I'm there, too. Batman and Superman have never had it so good...

[KevinTBrown]

Hmmm, I wonder if Geoff Johns, Mark Waid or Grant Morrison get flowers too.......

;)


Seriously though, great move. Dan DiDio is definitely a hell of a nice guy, no matter how much crap he gives me at the Chicago Con. :D

[David Bedlam]

Dan never sent me flowers.

:(

[Alix Harrower]

Awwwwwwwwwwww. I hear bad things about Didio sometimes, but from the people who've actually met him, he sounds like a cool guy.

Except, I guess, for when he's shouting "We need a rape!" and then getting all worked up when the rape pages come in.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Dan never sent me flowers.

:(

Me neither.
:mad: :rolleyes: :D

[SamuraiJack]

Add Morrison and Dini, and I'm there, too. Batman and Superman have never had it so good...

Damn! I forgot about Dini, but you can have Morrison. I've never been as gaga over his work as others have, and the only reason why his Batman stuff is in my collection is because it's Batman. The whole 'Son of' thing just bugs me, so I haven't read anything after the first part of his arc.

[Night Swordsman]

Giggles..all i can imagine after reading Gail's opening comment?

"It's the bottom of the ninth,folks,and the Vases are loaded..."



:p

[Shonzi]

I love that i read this thread after i just made an angry post about didio in another thread. he may be a lovely individual but that doesn't make him a good ideas man or editor. that's one of the things that's been bothering me lately is the idea of editor in chief, like there's one guy that ideas are flowing from, i could understand if it was some great creative mind like stan lee, but guys like didio and joey q, while probably great guys aren't always the creative geniuses that all story ideas should be handed down from.
but that being said, he seems like he must be at least a good manager. my supervisor hasn't given me anything other than more hours to come in without pay.

[Azrael52]

I'm sure everyone here agrees with me on this . . . It couldn't have happened to a nicer Gail Simone.

[heystacy]

Cool Gail. That awesome. :cool:

[TomStillwell]

I'm sure everyone here agrees with me on this . . . It couldn't have happened to a nicer Gail Simone.

You mean "Gail Simone", right?

[The Xenos]

Don't believe the stuff on the net. Dan's not the least little bit like how they portray him.


Gail


Yeah he is. Are you telling me that hundreds of rabid senseless fanboys like myself are wrong?

[Drink]

Yeah he is. Are you telling me that hundreds of rabid senseless fanboys like myself are wrong?

You know, I'm pretty certain that I am responsible for more than a small portion of what is said about him.

But hey, that's what happens when you're semi-famous!

[siuntres]

way to go Red, You're kicking ass on this book!

[Solaris]

You think that just because a man sends you flowers, you have to spend time on your back, w/ your legs in the air?

why?

don't you have a Vase?

*falls over laughing*

You just made my freakin' night! :D

And Gail, congrats---that really WAS uber-sweet of them. :) Good timing, too! ;)

PS---I know practically nothing about most people in the industry, but I too have heard some good "personal encounter" anectdotes about Didio.

[Larry Dixon]

I'm sure everyone here agrees with me on this . . . It couldn't have happened to a nicer Gail Simone.

That implies a plurality...

How can there be more than one token?!?

I swear, it's like you can't walk around a comics-industry hooker bar without tripping over "Gail Simones" these days...

(plays the Mos Eisley cantina music)

[Azrael52]

You have comic-industry hooker bars in Oklahoma? Let me see how much gas I've got in my car, and I'll get back with you for directions.;)

[The Xenos]

Dan never sent me flowers.

:(

Dan doesn't sing me love songs
Dan hardly talks to me anymore
When he comes through the door
At the end of the day

Dan doesn't bring me flowers... any.. more.

[Larry Dixon]

You have comic-industry hooker bars in Oklahoma? Let me see how much gas I've got in my car, and I'll get back with you for directions.;)

There's one at Mos Olney Spaceport. "You will never find a more wretched hive of unpaying deadbeat scum and villainy...."

The hookers at Mos Olney blame you if you get diseases. Something to do with an NDA.

[Solaris]

There's one at Mos Olney Spaceport. "You will never find a more wretched hive of unpaying deadbeat scum and villainy...."

The hookers at Mos Olney blame you if you get diseases. Something to do with an NDA.

*falls over laughing*

:D