Without a doubt, one should consider an afternoon
quite normal Absolutely Bizarre when one finds herself conducting an interview while sitting next to
a purple supervillain starfish.
A mind-boggling scene that can hardly happen anywhere else on the
Red Dot Island other than at the STGCC.
DC comics creator
Gail Simone, who happened to be the interview subject, was a riot of colours that day with her cheery demeanor, colourful blouse and trademark red hair. It was fortunate that she had not been brain-sucked by that pesky starfish (whose name is
Starro, BTW). For while
Gail sat on the couch fielding questions,
Starro's nasty eye stared at her hungrily the entire time.
Meanwhile,
Red Dot Diva had her invisible but very powerful Echinodermic-Deflector Shield up. So she was quite, quite safe during the interview. In any case,
no way will an alien starfish be allowed to disrupt a crucial interview with
Red Dot Diva's SQUEE #1.
Gail began by sharing how her website "
Women in Refrigerators", and later, a fun parody column called "
You'll All Be Sorry", were both started out as amusement. These proved popular with readers and were then circulated around the internet. And that was how she got noticed and asked to write for comics companies, including Bongo Comics, Marvel and DC.
