One of the few well known female comic book writers in existence. Simone has written multiple books, mostly for
DC Comics (including
Birds of Prey,
The All-New Atom, and
Wonder Woman), though she also had a famous run on
Marvel's Deadpool. She is the one charged with coining the infamous phrase '
women in refrigerators', and has an entire
website dedicated to such instances.
Gail is known for being unfailingly polite and friendly to her fellow creators (going as far as to say
Amazons Attack has good points and defending the artwork of
Rob Liefeld when they did a
Teen Titans 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
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
gailsimone.net.
In 2010, she finished
Secret Six and concluded a second run on
Birds of Prey, which she started writing after her years on
Wonder Woman. Most recently, she enjoyed a long run on the New 52
Batgirl and a somewhat shorter run co-writing
The Fury of Firestorm with Ethan Van Sciver. When she was fired from the former (via e-mail, no less) the
Internet Backdraft resulted in her quickly being put back on the book. She is currently working on a new
Secret Six series,
Clean Room for Vertigo and
Leaving Megalopolis for Dark Horse.
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