When I think about Plastic Man, he was genuinely the first funny super hero. — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I like DC, and I love the DC Universe. It's a source of never-ending joy to me. — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
When I created Mary for the 'Batgirl' issue of 'Night of the Owls,' there was a lot of excitement at DC. Scott… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
My career path is the weirdest thing. I was a hairdresser, I worked at Marvel for a few months, and then I… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I love any books by Kelly Sue DeConnick or Marjorie M. Liu; it's lovely to have successful, talented female writers doing great… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I have never really gotten to write Catwoman. She's one of the few iconic females at DC, along with Supergirl, that I… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I think it's important to have diversity in comics for a thousand reasons. It's not just some airy conceptual thing: it's important… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
As time goes on, at both DC and Marvel, characters notch up so many victories that we often start to think of… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I love DC. I love the people there, and I am deeply in love with that universe, but it meant that for… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Greg Rucka always writes lovely, believable female characters in books like 'Whiteout,' 'Queen and Country,' and 'Lazarus.' I am a fan of… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I have read many, many of these first-time published efforts and often, even though some are absolutely at pro levels of production,… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
What I feel responsible for is, if my name is on a comic, I want it to be the best-written comic that… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
A lot of readers and a lot of editors had a story problem with Oracle, in that she made for such an… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Secret Six has always had a special place in the DCU, just because they're the misfits. The content is a little bit… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
When I write a team book, it's all about how they relate to each other and what they bring to the team… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
If you love Tarzan, you can read stories from the 'Jungle Tales of Tarzan,' where he's just a kid, all the way… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
The first Knightfall story is four issues, and it is extremely focused and intense. People who have read, say, the 'Cats In… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I get asked a lot about writing for games and prose and film, and I will do some, but I can never… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
People who are exposed to great Wonder Woman stories love her. You have to do your best work and get it out… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Batman has what is quite possibly the best rogues' gallery every created. People who have never read a comic can name half… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Some people are worried about the future of comics and some people are busy building it. That latter group are my heroes. — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I looked out into the audience, saw dozens of faces I knew well - LGBTQ folks, mostly - all avid comics readers… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Catman - what I really like about him is he's a really grounded character in terms of - he's an excellent tracker.… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I love crossovers, I love Wonder Woman, and being able to bring the undisputed greatest warriors of the DCU and Robert E.… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I'm excited for Christy Marx taking over 'Birds of Prey'. I adore 'Rachel Rising' by the great Terry Moore. I'm also a… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I have been involved in lots of crossover and event books, and the truth is, I dearly love them. I love stories… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
For me, even though I love, love, love both Cliff Chiang and Brian Azzarello, I haven't read the new '52 Wonder Woman'… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
The stuff we're seeing in 'Deadpool' and 'Harley Quinn' now, Plastic Man was doing in the 1940s. It's a character that was… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
'Batgirl' and 'Harley Quinn' are the first DC hit books in a while that aren't starring Batman personally, really. But some of… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
When I think about Plastic Man, he was genuinely the first funny super hero. I'm obviously attracted to that. There's also this… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I've written, like, 450 comics, and 'Secret Six' was the first one I've had ship late, ever. So it took a lot… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Famously, DC has been pretty great showing gay women, with characters like Batwoman, but has shown fewer prominent men on the sexuality… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
My hope is that we can spread the word: Wonder Woman is not some unapproachable goddess. She's funny, dangerous, intimidating, brilliant, and… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
My favorite characters are always the unpredictable ones, and with Domino, you literally never know which way the dice are going to roll. — Gail Simone Copy Share
Actually, the notion of what is acceptable for a moral government to do seems to have eroded in some ways since 9-11. Not to… — Gail Simone Copy Share
I just like to write stories about people who survive even very difficult, impossible things. — Gail Simone Copy Share
Here's the thing, trust changes everything. Once you know what an artist can do, and you know their commitment level, it opens up the… — Gail Simone Copy Share
There are writers who will do whatever they are told regardless of the circumstances - these are called 'hacks.' Your job isn't to make… — Gail Simone Copy Share
I like DC, and I love the DC Universe. It's a source of never-ending joy to me. — Gail Simone Copy Share
I was a fan of the idea of Red Sonja, but the gender politics of the character made her hard to read, for me,… — Gail Simone Copy Share
My career path is the weirdest thing. I was a hairdresser, I worked at Marvel for a few months, and then I was signed… — Gail Simone Copy Share
I always say, if a guy writes the same lead female character type over and over, we are not seeing their writing chops so… — Gail Simone Copy Share
“If loss makes you doubt your belief in justice, then you never truly believed in justice at all.” — Gail Simone Copy Share
When I created Mary for the 'Batgirl' issue of 'Night of the Owls,' there was a lot of excitement at DC. Scott Snyder in… — Gail Simone Copy Share
I feel humanity is often displayed in how we react to our mistakes and the misdeeds committed against us. — Gail Simone Copy Share
I write about heroes all the time, and I'm struck by how much of what fills us with wonder in the man-made world was… — Gail Simone Copy Share
As time goes on, at both DC and Marvel, characters notch up so many victories that we often start to think of them as… — Gail Simone Copy Share
