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Aug
DC Women Kicking Ass: The Book Gail Simone Pitched to Unbench Stephanie Brown
Very soon after the DC reboot revealed the benching of Stephanie Brown and Cass Cain, writer Gail Simone began tweeting and posting about a project she was pitching to “unbench” at least one of the characters.
The book was originally pitched at SDCC 2011 and went through some permutations.
Today Simone posted about what the premise was and who exactly was on the team.Posting on her Tumblr, Simone stated:
This was a book I worked on for a year with alterations. I wanted to do a girl team book featuring Black Alice, Misfit, a young Bumblebee, and led by Stephanie Brown. They would all be going to the same high school. The plan was to have BQM [Note Bryan Q. Miller] co-write it with me.
It went through lots of permutations and changes but eventually, they passed on it, which was understandable but a little bit (okay, a lot) heartbreaking. I don’t want to say more about it, but that’s a big reason why I was hopeful about some of those characters, because it seemed a pretty exciting premise.
But it doesn’t mean those characters won’t be back at some point, hopefully they will.
So there you have it. A pitch with Stephanie Brown and all female team written by Gail Simone and potentially Bryan Q. Miller was passed over by DC.
Well, DC, looks like you missed the boat on what definitely would have been:
*SIGH*
Gail Simone, you rock. Thanks for getting us.
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via gailsimone![[The Six are in Hell and have learned that no matter what they do they will end up here eventually.]
Bane: But I am a righteous man. I’m not like them. I live by a code. A code of honor.Ragdoll: And you think that saves you, Mr. Bane? We use men of honor like landfill for our compost heaps.Ragdoll: I’m sorry, it’s not my doing. That code has been in place for a good number of centuries, I’m afraid. Bane: But—I am a righteous man.-Secret Six 32—-
Rereading this arc and becoming painfully aware what a huge loss this will be. I still can’t quite believe that the Six are no more, nearly the whole team was scrapped and the remainder renamed ‘Suicide Squad’ with a nearly naked Harley on the front.
And that, while Bane will be a villain in TDKR, he may not be like this. And his adorable wonderful surrogate father relationship with Scandal may suddenly be undone.
And the possibility of a Scandal cameo in TDKR? Yeah. Right.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln7rvp57lT1qlolfgo1_400.jpg)
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[Image description: One pair of size six wooden base, peep toe heels completely decoupaged with comic panels of Oracle and Black Canary.]
I’ve been working on a series of DC character shoes for a project for non-comic nerd types, so I’d only been doing the ‘big’ characters (Supes, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern). But this afternoon I realised that I had some extra BoP issues, and got very excited at the idea that I could make some Oracle and Black Canary shoes! I can’t draw, but considering everything that’s gone on in the past week, I wanted to do something for the character I love so much. They’re not dry yet, and not quite finished, but here we are! You can see more angles if you click the picture.
Note: They’re a size 6 and I’m a size 10, so eventually I’m going to be looking to unload them on someone…
God, I wish I was a size 6!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmnutzc4841ql60eho1_400.jpg)
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