In-Store signing with Udon Entertainment & DC

- April 28, 2007 -
Happy Harbor Comics was proud to bring creators from Udon Entertainment to Edmonton for a special in-store signing event. Jim Zubkavich, Joe Ng, and Omar Dogan were on hand to sign comics, chat with the fans and promote their titles. HH was also pleased to have Platinum Studio's John Keane, (artist of the upcoming "Blood Nation" #3-4) attending, and to top things off, we were very proud to have writer Gail Simone, from DC comics, here for the day as well!

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Gail is arguably one of the top comic writers in the industry today, writing the monthly "Birds of Prey" and "The All-New Atom" for DC, along with her creator owned project "Welcome To Tranquility" and a revival of "Gen 13" under the Wildstorm imprints. Of course, that didn't stop her from also writing 2005's surprise hit "Villains United" and the follow up "Secret Six" mini series, two issues of "Teen Titans" and several issues of "Action Comics" in the past two years.

Gail first came to attention in 1999 through her website "Women in Refrigerators" (a site that lists female characters that had been injured, killed or depowered and analyzes those particular plot devices) and through her column "You'll All Be Sorry" which appears on the site Comic Book Resources. From there her career ("a bizarre fluke") took off, first penning tales for several different Simpsons comics (including the syndicated newspaper strip) and then moving on to Marvel's "Deadpool". When the title was cancelled and relaunched under a new title, Simone left and moved over to DC where, beginning at issue #56, she took over the reigns of "Birds of Prey".

With Villains United, Gail is credited for the revamping of the now hot character "Catman", turning him from a third-rate villain to a first class powerhouse and leader. Also in 2005, she wrote the episode Double Date for the Justice League Unlimited cartoon, featuring the characters Green Arrow, Black Canary, the Huntress and the Question. The offer to Gail to write the episode was "incredibly flattering" as she was requested to write a "Gail Simone-script", a tip of the hat to her ability to showcase strong female lead characters.