Cass fans, that is. Discussing his new series in an interview over at Wired's Geekmom blog, Bryan Q. Miller addresses Stephanie Brown and the inevitable "Do you think she's ever coming back?" question-- after all, he wrote her Batgirl series before the New 52 Batgirl supplanted both the character and the writer-- and does Cass fans a nice turn by including all of us (you and me and that one other person) in a laundry list of superlatives describing Steph's fans. Gave me a warm feeling to start my work week.
Here's a question he asked about Steph and one that applies equally to Cass:
As to her [Steph's] future on the page, I honestly have no idea. I think the bigger question is, if she were to come back, would she be who her fans remember, or re-invented?
Hmm. Processing... processing...
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Monday, December 10, 2012
More reaction to the Gail Simone firing...
DC Women Kicking Ass has a sharp take on DC's abrupt and low-class firing of one of their top writers and New 52 cheerleaders, but it's one of the comments that inspired I found intriguing. Here it is:
"I think Marvel or any other company would welcome her with open arms." --jayb3
If Marvel is smart, they'll immediately announce they've offered a top-flight title to Simone. I have no idea what her reaction to that would be and I wouldn't want to speculate, but the evil Texas businessperson side of me can't help but hope something like this happens.
In fact, if I were J.R. Bryan, Stetson-wearing editor-in-chief of Marvel, I'd be on the phone with Simone today with a Southern-accented sales pitch along these lines:
"I want to hire you right this minute. We've got an idea that Dani Moonstar and Xi'an Coy Manh are so sick of all the factions and in-fighting among the X-Men they've decided to buy a van and travel these United States lending a helping hand to those in need. Kinda like that ol' Lee Van Cleef-Timothy Van Patten show The Master, only awesome because you're writing it. Other than that basic concept, you've got carte blanche to do whatever you want, set the tone, add other members to the cast, no one's off limits, slap any title you like on there and we're gonna give you a big PR push in the media and at the conventions. How 'bout it?"
I predict at least 50k in sales. At least. And I do know Ms. Simone is a lot classier than I am.
"I think Marvel or any other company would welcome her with open arms." --jayb3
If Marvel is smart, they'll immediately announce they've offered a top-flight title to Simone. I have no idea what her reaction to that would be and I wouldn't want to speculate, but the evil Texas businessperson side of me can't help but hope something like this happens.
In fact, if I were J.R. Bryan, Stetson-wearing editor-in-chief of Marvel, I'd be on the phone with Simone today with a Southern-accented sales pitch along these lines:
"I want to hire you right this minute. We've got an idea that Dani Moonstar and Xi'an Coy Manh are so sick of all the factions and in-fighting among the X-Men they've decided to buy a van and travel these United States lending a helping hand to those in need. Kinda like that ol' Lee Van Cleef-Timothy Van Patten show The Master, only awesome because you're writing it. Other than that basic concept, you've got carte blanche to do whatever you want, set the tone, add other members to the cast, no one's off limits, slap any title you like on there and we're gonna give you a big PR push in the media and at the conventions. How 'bout it?"
I predict at least 50k in sales. At least. And I do know Ms. Simone is a lot classier than I am.
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