{"id":38641,"date":"2013-09-05T08:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/dc-comics-does-it-again.html"},"modified":"2013-09-05T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T14:39:48","slug":"dc-comics-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/dc-comics-does-it-again.html","title":{"rendered":"DC Comics Does It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yet another acclaimed creative team walks away from the company because of repeated last-minute interference by editorial. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I've not been a huge Batwoman fan — a regular reader, but I found the storylines a bit on the weird side (nothing to do with the relationships, mind you, but pretty much everything else) and too artsy for their own good.<\/p>\n

That said, it's been a critically acclaimed series that has garnered DC a lot of plaudits and a very loyal following. Which, of course, they've just kicked to the curb.<\/p>\n

FWIW, there are a number of folks suggesting the marriage ban has nothing to do with the genders of the characters as much as DC editorial's general disdain\/dislike of married characters. \u00a0Which may well be true, though that doesn't make it all that much better. \u00a0DC's systematic dismantling, dismembering, and\/or retconning away of any marriages among their protagonists has been as notorious as it's been thorough — and offputting.<\/p>\n

My prediction is that, after Williams and Blackman leave, the title will limp on for several months more before folding. \u00a0Whether the title character will survive is an open guess. \u00a0Batwoman has been a step or two outside the normal DC Universe, with limited cross-overs and a very different tone, which has been both useful for building a nicely crafted comic, and simultaneously making it a title that can be easily screwed up or chopped.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Williams and Blackman Quit Batwoman Due to Ban on Kate and Maggie Marriage<\/a>
\n One of the most consistent creative teams since the start of the new 52, writers Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III have quit the Batwoman series. And there is no dancing around why based on a post…\n <\/p>\n

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Yet another acclaimed creative team walks away from the company because of repeated last-minute interference by editorial. \u00a0 I've not been a huge Batwoman fan — a regular reader, but I found the storylines a bit on the weird side (nothing to do with the relationships, mind you, but pretty much everything else) and too … Continue reading “DC Comics Does It Again”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38670,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/08\/more-gooftastic-dcbatwoman-news.html","url_meta":{"origin":38641,"position":0},"title":"More gooftastic DC\/"Batwoman" news","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 8-Sep-13 5:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So after the big dollop of bad publicity DC got when acclaimed JH Williams III and\u00a0Haden Blackman left the book very publicly, citing DC editorial interference, at the 11th hour, in a variety of plotlines, not least of which was the idea that Batwoman (Kate Kane) might ever get married\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40901,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/27\/dcmarvel-60s70s-mashup.html","url_meta":{"origin":38641,"position":1},"title":"DC\/Marvel 60s\/70s mashup","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 27-Jan-14 9:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"These are awesome. \u00a0The Ghost Rider one is a hoot, but the PM\/IF one is spot on for DC and the era.Reshared post from +Martin Schl\u00f6merGreat three year old blog post by Kerry Callen.\ufeff What if DC published 1970's Marvel characters in the 1960's? 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