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Being the selected wisdom of a certain writer of adventure picto-books, Gail Simone.

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9 April 12
Samanya: maximiliani asked: Hi Gail I wanted to ask if you think the definite (as quoted from Martz at ECCC)" we're staying away...

gailsimone:

Okay, this is not going to be fun to hear, but the answer is no, from everything I have seen. This sucks, but Stephanie’s book was not at the sales level they were hoping for with a Batgirl logo on it. This gets lost over and over in the timeline, but her book was already going to…

Sorry, have to respond here to angrysunbird’s question here, because of FORMAT. Here’s the thing…both things are happening because they didn’t happen concurrently, or in equal amounts with both characters. An a-list writer had a plan for Cass, as has been talked about previously, while Steph was more of a “cool-down” issue, originally. I can’t really talk about what is coming for either, but both things were a factor. The good news is, I know that your voices are being heard. The relaunch of 52 books and Before Watchmen sucked up a lot of editorial oxygen. But they ARE starting to fill in some gaps.

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  1. comicbookmasculinity reblogged this from gailsimone
  2. universalgeek reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    things we love don’t catch...bigger audience. It’s painful,
  3. ealperin reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    ^THIS!!!^
  4. nevergrowupever reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Just something I want to add, a lot of titles don’t sell well because the shops don’t stock enough of them! It isn’t...
  5. gailsimone reblogged this from jotrade and added:
    Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I absolutely agree. We had an opportunity to let women and girls and non-binary folk know that it...
  6. angrysunbird reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Yes. I don’t know much about Looker, but I like some of the more recent Outsiders stuff and am hoping to see more fierce...
  7. sprygemini reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Oh no, you’re fine. I wasn’t quite clear by what I meant. It’s silly to pour money in just one book when you have an...
  8. jotrade reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    This got me thinking, and if we just kind...discussed here, I’m really
  9. paladinofthelosthour reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I’m sorry you seem to take the brunt of this. I hope we do hear something soon. For me I just think after what happened...
  10. springald-jack reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    cost effectively advertise...boost its sales itself say
  11. gabzilla-z reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I wasn’t talking about you in particular, but in DC in general. My apologies if I wasn’t clear enough. Months ago they...
  12. innerbrat reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I don’t understand how a book whose trades were regularly making the New York Times bestseller lists, comparable to...
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  14. afewnovelideas reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    My two cents. Honestly, I’m of the opinion nowadays that when it comes to female superheroes, DC has no clue on how to...
  15. mayak46 said: I wish they’d Let Miller use Stephanie Brown in his Smallville verse. I hope they allow that universe work with some of these benched characters. No skin of the new 52’s nose to paraphrase a tired cliche.
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  17. the-trillness-unto-deleted said: I appreciate the honesty, especially in regards to the Hawk and Dove dis haha
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