Louise Simonson
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Oct 11, 2026
Mike GustovichGUEST
But anyway, she said, he said that she's looking for a new e- an e- oh, excuse me, an editor on it for a new project that they have going on.
Mike GustovichGUEST
Louise Simonson is her name.
Mike GustovichGUEST
And I get into her office, I show her my stuff.
Mike GustovichGUEST
She said, "Ooh, ah, ooh, ah." And she said, "We got a book here that's been running behind schedule already." It was the New Mutants by, penciled by Bob McLeod, or method how...
Ewan PatersonHOST
... you, you're taking a recognizable IP and you're finding something, you're finding your unique hook within that world.
Ewan PatersonHOST
And so to me, if I was looking at adapting Marvel games right now, or Marvel comics into games right now, I'd be looking at, well, okay, if I'm gonna do a Thor game, can we do it about Beta Ray Bill and make it more cosmic seeming? Let's lean into the Walter and Louise Simonson of it all.
Scott TailfordHOST
Mm-hmm.
Ewan PatersonHOST
Um, or alternatively As we're seeing with hopefully that game that will come out, the Black Panther Captain America Rise of Hydra one.
speaker_1HOST
But real-world logistics intervened.
speaker_1HOST
Layton leaves the book after issue five, so the editor, Bob Harras, brings in Louise Simonson to take over writing duties.
speaker_0HOST
And she steps into this massive sandbox, and she's given a pretty daunting editorial mandate.
speaker_1HOST
Very daunting.
speaker_0HOST
I mean, he's a Holocaust survivor driven by the trauma of his past to ensure that his new people, mutants, are never subjected to genocide.
speaker_1HOST
He is fighting a literal war of species survival.
speaker_0HOST
So Louise Simonson takes that mandate and introduces Apocalypse, and the Nerdist article highlights this crucial distinction she makes right out of the gate, which completely separates his operating logic from Magneto's.
speaker_1HOST
Yeah.
BillHOST
No, I will own it someday once we figure out what it is.
Mike MyersHOST
Louise Simonson drew with inks by Walt...
Mike MyersHOST
Let's see if AI can tell us.
BillHOST
There you go.
46 MINS LATER
BillHOST
So during the con, they announced...
BillHOST
I think, actually, this is when we were separated, when you were at Eric's table.
BillHOST
They announced that it was Louise Simonson's 80th birthday.
BillHOST
Yeah.
Marc ChildsHOST
Like, you know, you go, I mean, you could just keep going back.
Marc ChildsHOST
Frank Miller has a style, can't be, you know, Louise Simonson, Gail Simone, they all have styles that can't be duplicated, whether it's in writing or drawing.
Marc ChildsHOST
It's just, it can't be, it's their own.
Marc ChildsHOST
You could try it, but yet it's not going to work.
48 MINS LATER
Marc ChildsHOST
But, like, it's that.
Marc ChildsHOST
You know, like when you have that outside looking in until you're wearing something that the other person is actually living, you can't know exactly what's going on.
Marc ChildsHOST
You know, one thing about comics now that has always been, it's always been, I mean, I mentioned them earlier, Louise Simonson, you know, Gail Simone.
Marc ChildsHOST
You've had, women have been in comics for a very long time, which is 100% probably one of the most male-dominated industries ever.
Jason GlickHOST
So it's, like, it's pretty solid.
Jason GlickHOST
Um, Louise Simonson and, um, Todd Nauck, um, do a, uh, Hobgoblin and Steel story that's still fine, but you know, maybe, like, it's probably better for just, you know, saying, "Hey, it's," uh, you know, "Thor to show up at the end." Just, you know, like, making sure everything goes, like, goes well, like, overall.
Jason GlickHOST
And then, um, Gwen Stacy, Ghost Spider, and, um, Supergirl, like, is written by, uh, Stephanie Phillips and Phil Noto, and it's fine.
Jason GlickHOST
It's like, you know, like, they have their own differences, but then they, uh, sort them out, so to speak, by the end of it.
EricHOST
Uh, let's see.
EricHOST
Around 3:00, uh, George, Connie, Mike, and I convened at the Marvel DC Crossovers panel who ha- uh, which had Chris Claremont, Jan Jurgens, Ron Marz, and Walt and Louise Simonson.
EricHOST
They mostly discussed the New Teen Titans X-Men special that, uh, DC, uh, uh, uh, Marvel...
EricHOST
Hmm, wait.
John SiuntresHOST
... about this renegade Green Lantern being out there.
WaynePANELIST
Yeah, they have to, but jeez Louise.
John SiuntresHOST
So...
speaker_9PANELIST
Well, but what's his name's in the Man of Tomorrow movie? Uh-
12 MINS LATER
WaynePANELIST
The classic writer is Chris Claremont, that had these dangling plot lines in X-Men forever, that you just wanted to get resolved at some point.
Veronica WaldenPANELIST
[laughs]
WaynePANELIST
The, the funny story is that Louise Simonson was the editor on the book.
WaynePANELIST
Chris would come up to Louise, "Hey, I, I, I'm running out of ideas." Louise would go, "Okay, remember when you did this three or four issues ago? Or 10? Why don't you do, write something about..." "Oh, cool.
speaker_8HOST
It is incredibly dark, and it was a massive narrative problem created entirely by real world editorial mandates, forcing characters to behave in ways that betrayed their established morals.
speaker_8HOST
But what Chris Claremont and writer Louise Simonson do in Inferno is actually brilliant.
speaker_7HOST
How so?
speaker_8HOST
They don't sweep Scott's terrible behavior under the rug.
PhilPANELIST
A Nobody Artist from Yoshiharu Sugai, translated by Ryan Holmberg, over at Drawn & Quarterly, in stores November 10th.
PhilPANELIST
nocturnal whispers phantasmagoric fables from the lake and bong red dealer over at fan of graphics uh in stores november 18th rip kirby number one from christopher zivella and tango at and uh from mad cave i'm assuming in stores november 18th and uncle scrooge a christmas carol from louise simonson walter simonson and various artists at marvel in stores november 18th x-men incursions number one from alex packnadel and jim toe over at marvel in stores november 18th and x uh exorcists number one from ashley allen and german peralta over at marvel in stores november 18th all right crowdfunding
TylerHOST
who's got it and are you on this one i'll do it crowdfunding either way okay Is it Rigsby, Wisconsin? Is it WI? Okay, Rigsby, Wisconsin.
TylerHOST
Okay, Volume 3, Flux, S.E. Case, Iron Circus from Kickstarter.
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