Cover zu Superhelden-Comic nach feministischen Protesten zurückgezogen

Newsarama berichtet:

Because of negative online response, DC has pulled its variant cover for Batgirl #41 at the request of the cover's artist, according to a statement from DC Entertainment.

The image, drawn by Brazilian writer/artist Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire), was one of the 25 variant covers DC is releasing in June as part of the company's celebration of the 75 year anniversary of the Joker. The image depicts the Joke holding a terrified Batgirl hostage.

(...) The Batgirl #41 cover was the subject of some negative reaction from online fans when it was released on Friday. Blogs and tweets questioned the image of Batgirl being terrorized by the Joker, given the character was previously paralyzed and sexually assaulted by the Joker in The Killing Joke. "It¹s almost as if the department in charge of variants didn¹t catch the memo that women are people now," HitFix’s Donna Dickens explained.

Nun gibt es Comic-Cover, auf denen Batman der Rücken gebrochen wird oder er seinen gerade vom Joker erschlagenen Partner Robin in den Armen hält. Bedeutet das, wenn man der feministischen Logik folgt, dass die Macher dieser Comics noch nicht kapiert haben, "dass Männer inzwischen Menschen sind"? Und wie lange will man sich von Feministinnen eigentlich noch vorschreiben lassen, was man veröffentlichen darf und was nicht?

Wie der britische Guardian berichtet, gab es auch eine Gegenbewegung zu dem Bestreben, nur noch feministisch korrekte Comic-Cover zuzulassen; diese hat bei der derzeitigen Stimmung allerdings keine Chance:

A counter-movement sprang up, with others calling on DC to #SaveTheCover – among them American actor Adam Baldwin – and saying that pulling the cover would amount to censorship.

(...) It isn’t the first time an apology has been issued around Batgirl in recent months; in December the creative team issued a statement acknowledging the "hurt and offence" their depiction of a transgender supervillain might have caused.

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