Line #25 Creator/GailSimone


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3	Gail Simone has written multiple books, mostly for Creator/DCComics (including ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', ''[[ComicBook/TheAtom The All-New Atom]]'', and ''Franchise/WonderWoman''), though she also had a famous run on [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel's]] ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. She is the one charged with coining the infamous phrase '[[StuffedIntoTheFridge women in refrigerators]]', and has an entire [[Website/WomenInRefrigerators website]] dedicated to such instances.
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5	Gail is known for being unfailingly polite and friendly to her fellow creators (going as far as to say ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' has good points and defending the artwork of Creator/RobLiefeld when they did a ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' arc together), and interacting a lot with the Internet fandom. She visits and debates with members of scans_daily, has founded the Wonder Woman section on the CBR boards and hangs around Comic Bloc as well. She used to be found on the [[http://forums.comicbookresources.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34 You'll All Be Sorry!]] forum on Comic Book Resources, named for a satiric column on comics she used to write before working for mainstream comics. She now has her own website at [[http://www.gailsimone.net gailsimone.net]].
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7	In 2010, she finished ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' and concluded a second run on ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey, which she started writing after her years on ''Wonder Woman''. Most recently, she enjoyed a long run on the New 52 ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl\| 2011}}'' and a somewhat shorter run co-writing ''[[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics The Fury of Firestorm]]'' with {{Creator/Ethan Van Sciver}}. When she was fired from the former, the backlash resulted in her quickly being put back on the book. She also worked on a ''ComicBook/{{Domino\|MarvelComics}}'' book for Marvel, a ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' book for DC, and a ''ComicBook/RedSonja[=/=]Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' book for Dynamite. She also rather unexpectedly contributed a script for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E13BetweenDarkAndDawn Between Dark and Dawn]]".
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10	!!Works credited to Gail Simone:
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13	* ''ComicBook/CleanRoom''
14	* ''Killer Princesses''
15	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''
16	* ''Agent X''
17	* ''Rose and Thorn''
18	* ''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Action Comics]]''
19	* ''Villains United''
20	* ''ComicBook/SecretSix''
21	* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''
22	* ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTranquility''
23	* ''[[ComicBook/TheAtom The All-New Atom]]''
24	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''
25	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' (Vol 3)
26	** ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman''
27	* ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl\|2011}}''
28	** ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''
29	* ''ComicBook/TheMovement''
30	* ''ComicBook/RedSonja''
31	** ''Legends of Red Sonja''
32	* ''ComicBook/TombRaider'' (2014)
33	* ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman,'' "Gothamazon"
34	* ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis''
35	* ''ComicBook/{{Domino\|MarvelComics}}''
36	* ''ComicBook/PlasticMan''
37	* ''ComicBook/RedSonja[=/=]Literature/{{Tarzan}}''
38	* ''The Uncanny X-Men'' (2024) - part of the ''From the Ashes'' X-Men revamp
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42	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E6DoubleDate Double Date]]" (June 4, 2005).
43	* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009''
44	* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "The Mask Of Matches Malone" (aired: September 25, 2010)
45	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E13BetweenDarkAndDawn Between Dark and Dawn]]" (June 22, 2019).
46	* ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcakeBerryInTheBigCity'', “Crushing the Cosplay” (January 13, 2024)
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49	!!Simone's body of work embodies these tropes:
50	* AuthorAppeal: She likes writing teams of women, from the Birds of Prey to Domino's Posse.
51	* BreakingOldTrends: Starting on the 7th of August 2024, Gail will be the first woman to ever headline Uncanny X-men in '''61 years'''.
52	* CreatorsFavorite: One of her favorite minor characters is King Shark. Her only mention of the movie ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' regards the 30 seconds scene where King Shark is revealed to be John Constantine's ex-boyfriend.
53	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: As she frequently reminds people, King Shark is a shark.
54	* FamilyOfChoice: Invokes this trope in pretty much every comic she writes, whether it's Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Red Sonja or Clean Room. Characters will build bonds through bleeding for eachother and by the end they will treat eachother like family.
55	* {{Fanservice}}: Notably, for a writer who is famously feminist, Gail has defended this trope, or at least argued its not as harmful as other tropes that mistreat women (such as DroppedABridgeOnHim). Part of this is that she often collaborates with artists who tend to draw this way, but even when it's not the case, Gail is prone to putting in raunchy humour all on her own that tends to put female characters' sexualities on display. In fact, when she was writing ComicBook/RedSonja, she did away with the whole [[BestHerToBedHer "can't have sex except with the one who defeats you"]] thing, and turned her into an example of ReallyGetsAround.
56	* MostWritersAreMale: Initially, she was the ''only'' woman working on the 2011 DC reboot (out of 52 creative teams). The second wave added three more: one writer and two artists.
57	* PromotedFangirl:
58	** She started out as a hairdresser who just liked comics before getting a job writing Simpsons comics. Then Marvel hired her to write the last storyline for the ''Deadpool'' comic and the opening arc of ''Agent X'', before jumping ship to DC and writing many of their comics.
59	** Getting to write ''ComicBook/RedSonja'' was a dream job, according to her foreword to the ''Queen of Plagues'' collection: she describes Sonja as singlehandedly making her appreciate fantasy comics (where before she had disdained them as male PowerFantasy).
60	* {{Troll}}: Gail's Website/{{Twitter}} account gleefully plays TheGadfly with nonsensical bait posts that often manage to start trending hashtags or go viral. Recurring comic bits include claiming that British tea is made in the microwave, and incessant protests that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial she is not really a bear]].
61	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
62	** Twice. Firstly, she wanted to bring Cassandra Cain into ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' with a story that would transform her into a Christian, citing the fact that while an atheist herself she feels religion is misrepresented in comics. Secondly, she pitched a new book for the [[{{ComicBook/New52}} New 52]] which involved Stephanie Brown and a handful of other missing female characters and form a team and would be co-written by Bryan Q Miller. Both were unable to come to pass due to some issues involving both Cass and Steph.
63	** She had several scripts written that were scrapped when she was briefly fired from Batgirl, and her concept for the "Zero Year" crossover issue of Batgirl was "cool," but [=DC=] wanted someone else to write it. But the crossover isn't editorially mandated-- the writers of the various books all expressed interest!
64	** DC also rejected a pitch for a Shazam family comic that would be written by her, Mark Waid, and Grant Morrison.
65	** She wrote the episode "Double Date" for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''. It was originally going to be about Barbara Gordon getting injured when working on a case, so she calls Black Canary and Huntress to solve it for her. Gail also wanted to write an episode with the Queen of Fables as the villain.
66	* WorldOfSnark: One of the defining aspects of her work is how pretty much every issue is peppered with some kind of casual snark.
67	* WriterRevolt: Flat-out refused to do some part of the ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' storyline and was ''fired'' for it. DC re-hired her after the backlash.
68	* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Infamously, a user on Website/{{Twitter}} once tried to correct a joke she had made about ComicBook/ThePunisher's personality. When he didn't make the connection even after having it pointed out to him that she was a comic book writer herself, Gail replied, "Dude, between the two of us, which one has actually written the Punisher, do you think?"

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