![]() 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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