Gail Simone seemingly cares for marginalized writers
1 Comments Published by Avi Green on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 5:31 AM.
She said two days ago:
I'd like to think that's being fair to conservative scriptwriters like Chuck Dixon, who's definitely been marginalized, but if she doesn't say anything, how can we be sure? Let's remember that both DC and Marvel's current heads have ostracized him, and Mike Baron hasn't been offered any jobs either for years now. I think Simone's just left her jobs at DC, so you'd think she'd be willing to speak up, but so far, she still hasn't done that.
If you are genuinely concerned about diversity in comics, maybe don't tokenize the marginalized creators that are out there already?
— Gail Simone (@GailSimone) July 21, 2014
I'd like to think that's being fair to conservative scriptwriters like Chuck Dixon, who's definitely been marginalized, but if she doesn't say anything, how can we be sure? Let's remember that both DC and Marvel's current heads have ostracized him, and Mike Baron hasn't been offered any jobs either for years now. I think Simone's just left her jobs at DC, so you'd think she'd be willing to speak up, but so far, she still hasn't done that.
Labels: dc comics, marvel comics, politics
I find it amusing Gail Simone wants to whine about marginalized writers after she wrote an Occupy-inspired book for the company that screwed over Siegel and Shuster. Those two went through a lot of grief--likely more than anyone in the business today, but Simone didn't seem to object to writing a book whining about the 1% for the company that will always be remembered for hosing them.