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Mm-hm…that’s right: Kate Kane loves women!
DC Comics has completely revamped Batwoman’s character arc—her original purpose was solely to be Batman’s (pre-Catwoman) love interest. In a queer-centric sea change, Batwoman’s independent crime-fighter status has taken unused twists and turns.
In logo new storylines pulled from current and relevant events, Batwoman, a.k.a. Kate Kane, has now been dishonorably discharged from the Joined States army during “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Her stunning, strong, intelligent detective girlfriend Maggie Sawyer didn’t yet know her covert identity in this modern, modern narrative.
Surely you’d heard that news by now.
Back in 2009, “Lesbian Batwoman” was revealed as DC Comics’ first LGBT superhero. Since DC comics poured new life into the graphic novel, gone is the safe, staid 1950s character that the planet thought they knew.
While these lesbian-themed elements are aged news, (just like “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is!), this flame-redheaded lesbian superheroine continues to break unused ground. In a timely romantic gesture, Batwoman’s latest dish is that she’s proposed to her girlfriend, Captain Maggie Sawyer.
The writers of the new Batwoman comic are quitting after DC Comics stepped in to block a number of planned storylines, including a wedding to the character’s female partner.
Towleroad.com reports:
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 transform the original termination 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 personality, Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC. However, the eleventh-hour world of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they hinder us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we’ve decided to abandon the book after Issue 26.
The characters were engaged in the comic several months ago. The coauthors clarified b
DC forbids Batwoman’s gay marriage, resourceful team leaves [Updated!]
J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman have announced they’ll be disappearing as the editorial team on Batwoman, citing DC’s editorial interference and in particular, the publisher’s refusal to authorize characters Kate Kane/Batwoman and her significant other Gotham City police officer Maggie Sawyer marry each other.
That’s right, while Batwoman has proposed to Maggie twice — twice on panel — DC not only refused to let the wedding be depicted on panel, but refused to let them be married at all. “[We] were told emphatically no marriage can result,” said Williams on Twitter. He later added it was “was never lay to us as being anti-gay marriage.” Although how refusing to let people marry — even fictional characters — is not anti-gay marriage is beyond me.
Williams and Blackman will leave the series after issue #26 in December; given that Batwoman is one of DC’s best titles — and arguably its best-looking comic period, thanks to Williams’ incredible art and panel experimentation — it’s a loss readers will feel keenly, even if DC doesn’t.
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'Batwoman' Creative Team Quits After DC Comics Nixes Womxn loving womxn Marriage Storyline
The co-writers of "Batwoman" are departing DC Comics at the altar.
In a blog announce late Tuesday, artist JH Williams III and penner W. Haden Blackman announced their split from DC — alleging that it prohibited their female, openly gay superhero from getting married.
"In recent months, DC has asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in ways that we experience compromise the character and the series," Williams and Blackman wrote.
They cited a number of "eleventh-hour" changes that included, "most crushingly," instructions to never display Batwoman tying the knot with fiancé Maggie Sawyer.
"Batwoman" relaunched in 2011 as a five-part series telling a new origin story for the female Caped Crusader.
The comic follows army brat Kate Kane who is expelled from West Gesture after rumors surface saying she is a woman loving woman. She briefly meets Batman and embarks on a mission to protect Gotham City from a growing contingent of supernatural criminals.
Since its start, the comic has served as a pillar of LGBT advocacy. In the ground-breaking Issue 17, Batwoman proposed to g
Lady Geek Girl and Friends
This is not the send I thought I’d be writing today, but after scrolling through my dashboard on Tumblr I saw an upsetting post from ‘DC Women Kicking Ass’ that stated that Batwoman writers Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III were leaving the comic due to constant interference from DC asking them to change or rewrite storylines at the last minute. The final straw seemed to be when DC prohibited the marriage between Batwoman and her girlfriend, Maggie.
The two writers explained:
Unfortunately, in recent months, DC has asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in ways that we notice compromise the character and the series. We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc’s origins; forced to drastically change 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, Batwo