Far-left comics scribe Isabella’s continuing to demonstrate his narrow views, now that he’s taken up a transsexual lifestyle at the expense of comprehension, if the following, gushy report from Popverse says anything about where he’s still going:
Following in the footsteps of past DC Pride stories from the late Kevin Conroy and writer/artist Phil Jimenez, Blake is offering ‘Master Planner,’ an autobiographical story for the 2025 DC Pride special, illustrated by Sara Soler; the story is described by DC as “a poignant exploration of Blake’s identity, authenticity, and the universal quest for self-understanding.”
Talking about the story, Blake said, “When I came out as transgender, the comics community was overwhelmingly loving and supportive. Being asked to contribute to this anthology was unexpected and so affirming. I’ve done a lot of cool things in my 50-plus years in comics, but this story is one of the things I’m most proud of. I see myself in this story and I hope readers see something of themselves in it. I had a wonderful time writing my story, and I hope the readers enjoy it as much as I did.”
Funny, I didn’t notice the mainstream press covering this coast to coast. With the exception of several specialty news sites, it did not get widespread or even worldwide coverage, and I didn’t notice any TV channels giving it serious coverage either. What is apparent is that he’s really desperate for attention at his advanced age, yet the only topics he’s willing to write about are those pertaining to the very kind of ideologies he’s now espousing. Here, he had a big chance to focus on challenging issues like say, the murder of Amina and Sarah said by their Islamic father and ask how horrific incidents like that can be prevented, and instead, Isabella goes for something cheap like LGBT ideology as what to write a comic book story about. There’s just no excuse.
Interestingly, when I tried doing some research on Isabella’s past resume, I noticed that most of his scriptwriting assignments didn’t reach even 2 years on what comics he was assigned to. His early writing on titles like Ghost Rider (of which I own the first Marvel Epic Collection, where he’s credited) may be one of the few examples where he’s had the most issues written, but even that’s not on a frequent, uninterrupted basis. As a result, one could wonder if he was hard to work with, ideogically or otherwise. Now, more of recent, he’s certainly making clear how problematic he can be from a political perspective.
And as for the DC Pride special itself, unsurprisingly, it looks like Alan Scott is still kept characterized as gay, and nobody in the press says it’s a shame that the ideologues who pushed that through still insist on forcibly retconning a veteran creation into something he was never characterized as in the Golden Age.
Originally published here.
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