Gail Simone Is DC's "New" Batgirl Writer

[FHIZ]

Who is Pokémon-girl?

I think it's either Roy Harpers daughter or Sin, the girl Black Canary adopted.

[The Man From Room X]

Who is Pokémon-girl?

I'm guessing its Sin.



I miss my Big Barda and her Mega Rod... The WW artist says he'd love to bring all the New Gods back but can't because they'd overcrowd the WW book.

Come to think of it, Gail would've been perfect for a Mr. Miracle/Big Barda book.

[batGRRRl4ever]

Come to think of it, Gail would've been perfect for a Mr. Miracle/Big Barda book.

I'm a definite Big Barda fan, and it's only a matter of time now for her to return since Orion is in WW and Fury of the Furies is entering Earth 2, and the New Gods are outside of the 52 Earth restrictions thanks to the Boom Tubes.

[motteditor]

I'm bummed, but only because I was hoping she'd end up at Marvel. Still, she obviously loves Batgirl, so I'm happy for her. Still, I have trouble seeing how that editor/writer relationship is going to work well.

[qnetter]

The most notable I can remember is when Jemas tried to fire Mark Waid from Fantastic Four because he wouldn't succumb to Jemas's godawful new direction for the series(which led to an extra called 4 that tanked and was awful)

Actually, I thought 4 -- which introduced us to Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's and Steve McNiven's work -- rocked, showing us the family side of the 4 that has illuminated Hickman's work so well later.

[sunofdarkchild]

Good move on DC's part. It shows they can admit a mistake and rectify it. While it does kill any hopes I had Batgirl might improve, the PR nightmare and fix are probably more important in the long run than the quality of a single comic. A couple more turnarounds like this and DC might become a company that looks like it cares about fans. At the very least this is the last sort of thing I'ds expect from the company of Dan 'there is no such thing as bad publicity' Didio.

[SicSexSix]

Well now, that's some good news to come home to :)

[Claude]

I don't like Simone's Batgirl, but I'm glad that what looked like a foolish and inconsiderate decision has been reversed - and that DC hasn't lost a talented writer I could enjoy other projects from.

[hysang]

I love that Pokemon scene....hilarious.

[Fate's Faith]

I'm wondering, did DC actually release a statement that she had been let go?

Picture this... the editor wanted her to do something she was against. She posts she's been fired by email. DC says wth?! Jumps on editor while asking Gail what they can do to ease thing. Gail smiles sweetly saying nothing, she's just happy to be writing Batgirl. She then goes right back to what she was doing before the editor bothered her

[sunofdarkchild]

I'm wondering, did DC actually release a statement that she had been let go?

Picture this... the editor wanted her to do something she was against. She posts she's been fired by email. DC says wth?! Jumps on editor while asking Gail what they can do to ease thing. Gail smiles sweetly saying nothing, she's just happy to be writing Batgirl. She then goes right back to what she was doing before the editor bothered her

No. They just released solicits for issues of Batgirl with a totally different writer.

[Shinomune]

I don't think Gail should have gone back. After how she was fired, after how DC have treated her (and Babs, not to mention other female characters), it seems scarily like an analogue for an abusive relationship. I don't think it's healthy for her to stay at DC, and really, it seems she's trying to be a pillar to hold the roof up whilst the current editors blow every single support. I think she should have taken flight and found somewhere else to work - her name could bring a huge following to Image Comics, for example.

It isn't about the quality of the title, or the story. It's never been about those things. It's about how DC treats its creators, and it does so badly. As far as I know, only Bluewater and Zenoscope have worse reputations right now.

Marvel didn't have much better reputation. And until Marvel Now!, DC Comics treated female characters much better, specially giving to them solo/group series.

[toastedbread]

Marvel didn't have much better reputation. And until Marvel Now!, DC Comics treated female characters much better, specially giving to them solo/group series.

To be fair, even with Marvel Now, it's doing better than it was last year when it cancelled it's last female-led ongoing, but it's not doing much better. I think they've got Captain Marvel, Journey Into Mystery since it's about Sif for the moment, and Red She-Hulk, as well as the forthcoming Fearless Defenders. I can't think of anything else?

DC's got BoP, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Batgirl, Batwoman, Worlds' Finest, Sword of Sorcery and the upcoming Katana. At which point I can't think of anything else there either (unless you want to count Ame-Comi girls since that's being published monthly in print now too?)

So DC have like...twice the number Marvel do even now.

I mean, fair play to Marvel, I don't read much from them but I've been picking up Captain Marvel and it's fantastic, and it's also one of their female-led titles that didn't get cancelled in its first two years (eta - I mean last time she had her own book), so I have hopes it'll stick around. And I'll also be the first to say that I don't think DC is really a shining bastion of equality in terms of female representation either.

But I'm just saying, Marvel Now is a step up from the 0 - 1 titles they had before, but I don't necessarily think it's a step up from the number of titles they have had in previous years. Dropping down to no titles last year was weird even for them.

One thing I will say for DC is that with the new waves they've kept up with, and even added, some female-led titles and kept that part of their line-up pretty stable. Though if I'm going to mention that I feel like it needs to be mentioned that the same can't be said for characters who are anything other than white. :/

[Fate's Faith]

No. They just released solicits for issues of Batgirl with a totally different writer.

That's what I'm saying. Gail being fired was announced by Gail. I like the idea of crafty Gail

[coveredinbees]

I hope she worked out a raise.