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January 5, 2007


Go, Read: Chuck Dixon Interview

Here's one of those interesting only-in-comics cultural moments getting a new moment in the sun: the comics news site Newsarama interviews writer Chuck Dixon about his forthcoming mini-series featuring the gay character the Midnighter, a choice that dismayed some fans given Dixon's political outlook and past, public expressions of same.

What's interesting to me isn't the numerous statements that Dixon makes in unpacking his positions that had me rolling my eyes and making the ee-yikes! face about twenty times sitting here at my desk reading it, or whether or not Dixon can write a credible comic book with a character that doesn't share his views. I mean, of course he can. That's what writers do. Rather, what fascinates here is the bizarre-to-me notion of "stewardship" for these licensed properties -- it's both the basis on which Dixon was criticized and a concept that Dixon seems to wholeheartedly support on at least some level.
 
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