Not that I could work in the industry, but that we could open it up so it wouldn’t be so closed off.” But I’ve always been really proactive talking about the state of the industry. “It would have a Galactus blog, or it would rework a song with comics-related lyrics that were really funny. “I went on to have a parody column online that satirized pop culture,” she said. The website did lead to other creative ventures. The story was no longer about them, just about the men who’d go off into the sunset.” According to Simone, “It made a lot of people angry.” So we put up a list of women who’d been maimed, depowered, and raped in comics. I realized I wasn’t reading as many comics and people were asking me online why I thought that was. “I was a hairdresser at the time,” Simone told Nerdist. Gaining notability for her revolutionary trope-defining website Women in Refrigerators–which explores all of the women who were killed, maimed, or sexually assaulted to further an emotional arc of a male character–Gail was surprisingly never aiming for a career in comics.
We were lucky enough to chat with her at the DC booth this year at San Diego Comic-Con, where she looked back on an epic career and told us about her brand new DC/ Dynamite crossover with Aaron Lopresti, Wonder Woman/Conan. From seminal runs on Wonder Woman and Batgirl to creating expansive sword and sandal staples like Conan and Red Sonya, Simone has done it all. It’s hard to find a more eclectic writer in mainstream comics than Gail Simone.
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