...noch im Frühjahr diesen Jahres galt es als kleine Sensation, das Kate Kane, "the Batwoman", in ihrer eigenen Heft-Serie ihre Freundin Maggie Sawyer bat, sie zu heiraten - "Holy Gay Bat - Wedding!"- .
Nun stellt sich heraus, das diese vom Autoren-/Zeichner- Team J.H. Williams und W. Haden Blackman lange geplante Weiterentwicklung der "Batwoman"-Figur von DCs Obrigkeit "nicht erwünscht" ist. Zeichner & Co-Autor Williams III und Autor Blackman machen ihre Enttäuschung über diese "last-minute"- Entscheidung DCs jetzt öffentlich und erklären ihren Rückzug aus der BATWOMAN - Heft-Serie mit Ausgabe # 26 !
Ihre Erklärung liest sich so:
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| Kate & Maggie in "Batwoman" |
"Unfortunately, in recent months, DC has
asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in
ways that we feel compromise the character and the series. 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 heroic future in bold new ways; and, most crushingly,
prohibited from ever showing Kate and Maggie actually getting married.
All of these editorial decisions came at the last minute, and always
after a year or more of planning and plotting 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 changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we’ve decided to leave the book after Issue 26.
We’re both heartbroken over leaving, but we feel strongly that you all deserve stories that push the character and the series forward. We can’t reliably do our best work if our plans are scrapped at the last minute, so we’re stepping aside. We are committed to bringing our run to a satisfying conclusion and we think that Issue 26 will leave a lasting impression."
We’ve always understood that, as much as we love the character, Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC. However, the eleventh-hour nature of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we’ve decided to leave the book after Issue 26.
We’re both heartbroken over leaving, but we feel strongly that you all deserve stories that push the character and the series forward. We can’t reliably do our best work if our plans are scrapped at the last minute, so we’re stepping aside. We are committed to bringing our run to a satisfying conclusion and we think that Issue 26 will leave a lasting impression."
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| Maggie in der "Superman Adventures" Animated Serie |
"Not wanting to be inflammatory, only
factual- We fought to get them engaged, but were told emphatically no
marriage can result...But must clarify- was never put to us as being
anti-gay marriage."
Angesprochen auf seine Arbeitssituation bei DC in Bezug auch auf "SANDMAN: OVERTURE" antwortete Williams (ebenfalls per twitter):
"... This problem has nothing to do with anything involving Sandman or Vertigo."
Die Serie Batwoman gewann bisher zwei GLAAD Media Awards für ihre realistische Darstellung einer gay / lesbischen Beziehung in einer Mainstream-Comic Book-Serie...
Die Figur Kate Kane alias Batwoman war seit ihrem Erstauftritt vor wenigen Jahren als offen lesbisch konzipiert, und verdrängte für einen Jahrgang sogar Ober-Macho Batman aus seinem Heft-Titel "Detective Comics"...
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| Maggie in Episoden der erfolgreichen "Smallville" TV-Serie |