Anti gay superman writer

On the other hand, they were probably just thinking of the Ender's Game movie coming out in November and getting even more attention," says Heidi MacDonald, editor in chief of the comics-culture website The Beat. The comic-book company that first introduced Superman in has "buffeted this kind of thing constantly for years and they know how to stick by their decisions," she adds.

Artist Exits Orson Scott Card Superman Story

A petition collated by homosexual lobby group All Out has been signed by more than 10, people calling for DC to drop Mr Card because of his views on marriage. Hiring that writer would be an embarrassment to your company. A number of people have faced disciplinary action by their employers just because of their beliefs about marriage.

Petition urges DC Comics to save Superman from anti-gay writer

In the meantime, we will re-solicit the story at a later date when a new artist is hired. Slated to launch digitally April 29, Adventures of Superman will feature page stories by different creative teams. The stories will be published in print issues starting May Card is co-writing his story with semi-frequent collaborator Aaron Johnston , but because DC must now move to replace Sprouse , their tale will not appear in the first print issue.

‘All Out’ Petition Against Anti-Gay ‘Superman’ Author Draws Thousands of Signatures

His lobbying resulted in the creation of the Comics Code Authority , a censorship body that forbade any mention of homosexuality from until This left secondary characters, like X-Men villains Mystique and Destiny, to be heavily coded as queer — even if their sexual preferences could never actually be stated.