And we do not forgive.Who defends the powerless against the greedy and the corrupt? Who protects the homeless and poverty-stricken from those who would prey upon them in the dark of night? When those who are sworn to protect us abuse their power, when toxic government calls down super-human lackeys to force order upon the populace…finally, there is a force, a citizen’s army, to push order back.

Caution! Gail also alluded to several new things before her affirmative reply so the gay character(s) could be in another project.ĭC describes The Movement as: “We are faceless. Simone replied “yes” when asked by another group member if the book has a gay character in it. On January 16th and 17th in the Gay League Facebook group Gail stopped by to chat with members and mentioned a book she’d just started writing that day and expressing enthusiasm for people to see it. This series may be one that’s worth an extra look, because, and here’s where speculation kicks in, it may have a gay character. Why bring the news up here? The news of any new Gail Simone project is noteworthy in itself from my view point. DC’s descriptive copy for each follows below. Gail Simone, who is a comic-book writer who has worked on titles such as Deadpool, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Wolverine and Justice League, tweeted that she would like to see the merciless mercenary, The Punisher, occasionally crack a smile, you know, just so female fans have some eye candy (it's only fair).Chances are good that you’ve already come across news of two new DC series titled The Movement by Gail Simone and Freddie Williams II and The Green Team from Art Baltazar, Franco, and Ig Guarra, with May 1st and May 22nd debuts respectively. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter While this is beyond ridiculous, women are attempting to reclaim the criticisms that are being aimed at female characters by pointing out that male characters from these movies don't exactly smile either. The debate, which shouldn't really exist in the first place, mostly revolves around men complaining about women having too much involvement in certain franchises and sectors of men attempting to sabotage movies.Ī most recent example of this is members of the right-wing declaring that they are going to boycott the Marvel movie, Captain Marvel, for supposedly having a feminist agenda and the casting of Brie Larson, who apparently 'doesn't smile enough'. In the past few years, the discussion of women's representation in pop culture has been a thoroughly depressing thing to witness.

Powerless Against You by Gail Simone