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I'd wanted to write about this story earlier, but had difficulty deciding which article might have the best info to comment on. Now, here's an interesting Fox report about a Vertigo project written by leftist Mark Russell called "Second Coming" that was scrapped as Christian groups who thought it insulting pressed them to let it go:

DC Comics canceled a controversial comic series starring Jesus after an online petition that blasted the work as "outrageous and blasphemous" collected more than 200,000 signatures.

The Second Coming series that reimagines the Son of God coming to earth and learning from "the world’s favorite savior," who is actually named "Sun-Man," was pulled from shelves and "will not be resolicited" by the adult graphic comic arm, DC Vertigo, according to an update sent to comic stores.

"Can you imagine the media and political uproar if DC Comics was altering and poking fun at the story of Muhammad...or Buddha?" the CitizenGo petition states. "This blasphemous content should not be tolerated. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. His story should not be ridiculed for the sake of selling comic books."

Now that's an excellent point about Islam's "prophet". If anything, it would make very little difference how the pioneer of jihadism in the 7th century was portrayed; DC wouldn't do it because Islam is the only belief system that's given a free pass, and for years now, the subject of terrorism's been practically banned in mainstream comicdom, with very few exceptions, if at all. What has become de riguerre is depicting Islam in a positive light only. As for Buddhism, I think adherents would be more likely to object if they found their religion depicted unflatteringly, though if the MSM would object, it'd be nothing compared to any objections they'd have about depicting Islam negatively.

One does have to wonder though why, 15 years earlier, women's rights groups didn't come out against Identity Crisis, if they knew it made light of sexual assault in the crudest ways possible. Sure, I know social media wasn't as widely developed then as now, but still, I do believe if liberal feminist groups wanted to, they could've spoken out noticeably, and you have to wonder if the book's metaphorical leftist politics explain why they didn't. Of course, today, after the Weinstein scandal, that's why it'd be much harder to produce such a repugnant story without some kind of backlash.

And I suppose that's why DC decided to abandon this silly sci-fi mix with religious history, as Christian groups weren't going to put up with the perception they were easy targets anymore.

The writer, Mark Russell, denied that the petition was the reason Vertigo pulled the series. He said he wanted "to get it out soon and without a bunch of additional changes."

"DC did not do anything untoward to me," Russell wrote on Twitter Wednesday night. "I asked for the rights back and they gracefully agreed. They’ve been a pleasure to work with and it will still be released, albeit with a different publisher."

Which doesn't mean anybody aware of just how pretentious this guy is has to read it, of course. But, it does demonstrate how disastrous DC's revival of the Vertigo imprint that came to be used as an umbrella for creator-owned titles is turning out to be. The new releases are mainly left-wing agenda metaphors, including Border Town, cancelled as it was because of the sex abuse scandal its author found himself in. With any luck, the imprint will soon be gone for good, brought to its knees by shameless SJWs at DC who thought they were being clever, but clearly weren't. Put another way, the Second Coming of Vertigo struck out.

Labels: dc comics, islam and jihad, moonbat writers, politics