J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman have announced they ’ll be leave as the editorial team on Batwoman , mention DC ’s column interference and in particular , the publisher ’s refusal to give up characters Kate Kane / Batwoman and her spouse Gotham City police police officer Maggie Sawyer marry each other .
That ’s proper , while Batwoman has advise to Maggie doubly — twice on panel — DC not only refused to countenance the nuptials be depicted on panel , but refuse to let them be get married at all . “ [ We ] were tell decidedly no marriage can result,”said Williams on Twitter . He after bring it was“was never put to us as being anti - gay union . ” Although how refusing to countenance people marry — even fictitious characters — is not anti - merry marriage is beyond me .
Williams and Blackman will result the series after offspring # 26 in December ; give that Batwoman is one of DC ’s good titles — and arguably its best - count comical period , thanks to Williams ’ unbelievable art and panel experimentation — it ’s a loss readers will experience keenly , even if DC does n’t .
On the other mitt , maybe it does n’t matter if the creative squad left , give the hassles DC was giving them . Here ’s a list fromWilliams ’ and Blackman ’s prescribed statement , detailing the editorial noise :
Unfortunately , in late calendar month , DC has asked us to change or totally discard many long - stand up storylines in ways that we feel compromise the persona and the serial . We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc ’s origins ; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc , which would have defined Batwoman ’s grand futurity in bold fresh mode ; and , most crushingly , forbid from ever picture Kate and Maggie actually getting married . All of these editorial decisions came at the last bit , and always after a year or more of plan and plot on our end .
We ’ve always understood that , as much as we love the character , Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC . However , the eleventh - hour nature of these change leave us frustrated and wild — because they keep us from tell the good stories we can . So , after a hatful of soul - searching , we ’ve adjudicate to leave the ledger after Issue 26 .
Williams and Blackman say they ’re “ heartbroken ” to depart the title , and as a heavy Batwoman fan , I am too . Back in February , I positedthat DC ’s refusal to advertize Kate ’s proposal to Maggie was an attempt to not give the press another reasonableness to talk about noted homophobe Orson Scott Card ’s upcoming run on Adventures of Superman . I do n’t know if DC felt it worked , but pass on how happy DC was to push Alan Scott ’s newfound homosexualism in the New 52 last year , I certainly found the lack of packaging significant .
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In the first gulp of this article , I though DC was only decline to countenance the wedding to take post on panel , partially because I could n’t comprehend DC would not tolerate the character to get marry . But as Williams ’ tweet above show , I was incorrect . This is completely insane , and it operate well beyond DC ’s refusal to publicize an in - universe , homosexual character ’s proposal to her pardner .
entrust by why DC would piss off one of their in force creative teams , I ca n’t penetrate why DC would think this was a estimable idea , or at least not bring in what a horrendously bad idea it is . Perhaps they think that by never bringing it up they could keep the controversial Card hire from get back into the spot , but surely someone at the company realized that admit the marriage ceremony to take place would be a lot less controversial than refusing to let the marriage take space . Did they really not intend it would come out ? Who are they attempt to please with this determination , other than Orson Scott Card and his ilk ? Are they really apprehensive about Card ’s feelings more than the majority of their readership ?
Originally , I need if DC realized ignoring the trouble is n’t really a solution , but instead another part of the problem . Let me amend that : DC clearly has a problem here . And the fact that they do n’t seem to even realise it has a problem is possibly the big problem of all .
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