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"Gail Simone has praised the support of her male readers. The Red Sonja writer discussed the appeal of quality female characters in comics.  Simone was asked about writing a &amp;quot;scantily clad&amp;quot; character who &amp;quot;historically attracted an almost entirely male readership&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;If that was all Red Sonja was, I wouldn&amp;#039;t want to write about her at all,&amp;quot; she told ICv2. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s a lot more than that to me, and to her fans, I&amp;#039;m sure. A thousand imitators showing more flesh have come and gone, and Sonja is still here. &amp;quot;But I also think it does a bit of a disservice to lump all male readers together like that, as well. I have found the male readership to be remarkably supportive of great female characters again and again, with Birds of Prey, with Wonder Woman, with Batgirl. &amp;quot;I want a Red Sonja that isn&amp;#039;t just a cult title. With every character I love, when I take them over, I want to preach their gospel, I want people to know why I love them so much. Red Sonja kicks a megatonnage of ass, that&amp;#039;s what she does.&amp;quot; Simone currently writes Batgirl and The Movement for DC Comics. Red Sonja is published by Dynamite Entertainment. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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