Ok, first of all, don’t get excited about the image. I chose it for obvious reasons, my head is spinning and I have no idea what the hell is going on. Ok, I kind of know what’s going on and it’s that Gail Simone is back on Batgirl at DC Comics after being unceremoniously fired two weeks ago. WHAT IS HAPPENING I AM SO CONFUSED?!?!
Simone had hinted at some big news coming yesterday, big news that pertained to DC, and that would probably break the internet. And boy, she wasn’t kidding.
Here’s a thing.Gail Simone is the new Batgirl writer. :)
— GailSimone (@GailSimone) December 21, 2012
I’m sorry, what? What did that mean? Was this a joke? She quickly followed up with:
I am driving a snow road, cell is about to cut out, but THANK YOU DC for this privilege and THANK YOU everyone who wanted this to happen!
— GailSimone (@GailSimone) December 21, 2012
And then I promptly named her the meanest meaner that ever meaned. I quickly took to Simone’s tumblr to see this message:
BATGIRL, baby!
Thank you to DC for this privilege, and a million thank yous to everyone who wanted to see this happen.
I am ECSTATIC.
So, this is really happening. My first thought was perhaps she was going to write one of the other Batgirls but that’s not the case. Simone followed up on just a few questions from fans as to the fate of the title. When asked if fill-in writer Ray Fawkes will still be doing his planned issues she replied:
I didn’t know Ray Fawkes when he was announced as the full-in writer…but all my friends were RAVING about him. I got to speak to him a little bit by email, he could not have been nicer. A real gentleman. I can’t wait to read his other work…honestly, people I really respect won’t shut up about it.
:)
He is doing issues 17 and 18, I return on 19.
And that’s basically where we’re at today. Simone seems overjoyed at the news, as are fans, albeit still a bit confused since they have no idea how this all went down. No word on whether or not the editor who initially let Simone go from the title will be overseeing her continued work. “I promise. DC did a nice thing here. A happy thing, and there’s more news coming I can’t tell yet, but soon. ALL good news,” she writes. “It’s been a roller coaster for sure, but the endless support here and on Twitter and elsewhere made everything worthwhile and now things are better than I could have hoped for and I’ll be talking about all of it soon!”
As for the actual stories we’ll be seeing, Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass asked Simone if the stories she had already written were going forward. She said there would be new issues instead with two of her previous stories being worked in some how down the road. It’s not clear whether that includes her new planned transgender character.
And now she’s back to talking about things like Batpickles on Twitter so things are back to normal?
Thoughts? Concerns? GIF reactions?
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