Superman Colorist Quitting Over DC Comics' Woke Makeover Of Hero: ‘It's_A_Bunch_Of_Fucking_Nonsense’

Superman colorist Gabe Eltaeb announced he plans to quit DC Comics 
after the comic book publisher announced a series of progressive 
changes to the superhero.

Last week, DC Comics announced two major changes to Superman in its 
series “Superman: Son of Kat-El.” First, Superman would come out as 
bi-sexual and start a gay relationship with Jay Nakamura. Second, 
Superman’s motto, “Truth, Justice, and the American Way,” will be 
replaced by “Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow.”

Eltaeb railed against the changes to the superhero during an October 13 
YouTube livestream hosted by Cyberfrog creator Ethan Van Sciver. Eltaeb 
said that after the latest change to Superman — DC Comics cutting “the 
American Way” from the hero’s motto — the colorist decided he would be 
quitting the comic book publisher at the end of his contract.

“I’m finishing out my contract with DC. I’m tired of this s***, I’m 
tired of them ruining these characters; they don’t have a right to do 
this,” Eltaeb said, according to Bounding Into Comics.

“At Comic-Con in 2009, I was pushing Jerry Robinson’s wheelchair 
around,” Eltaeb said, referring to the prominent Batman illustrator and 
artists’ rights activist. “That’s the man who invented the Joker. I 
would work the DC booth back then. I remember bending down to his face 
and telling him, thank you for creating these characters, so people 
like me can waltz in and get a job. It’s not about gay or anything 
else.”

“What really pissed me off was saying truth, justice, and a better 
world. F*** that it was Truth, Justice, and the American way,” Eltaeb 
continued.

“My Grandpa almost died in World War II; we don’t have a right to 
destroy s*** that people died for to give us,” he added. “It’s a bunch 
of f***ing nonsense.”

Eltaeb then blasted progressives and leftists. “They call us bigots and 
racist and s***, I would ask them, find me in the f***ing mainstream, 
not on the fringes, one f***ing book, one f***ing t-shirt, one movie 
that says that leftism is bad, and conservatism is good, find it for 
me, they f***ing won’t they’re not letting people have a voice, they’re 
the f***ing bigots,” he said.

He concluded apologizing for his explosion on the live stream, saying 
“that’s been bottled up for five years.”

Former “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” actor Dean Cain 
also bashed the changes to the iconic superhero last week. As The Daily 
Wire reported:

“It’s hard for me to keep track of all the different Supermen and the 
different worlds and adventures that he has in the comics,” Cain said, 
noting that “Son of Kal-El” is only one series of dozens featuring 
Superman, his offspring, and his partners. “They said it’s a bold new 
direction. I say they’re bandwagoning.”

“I don’t think it’s bold or brave or some crazy new direction. If they 
had done this 20 years ago, perhaps that would be bold or brave. But 
brave would be having him fight for the rights of gay people in Iran 
where they’ll throw you off a building for the offense of being gay,” 
Cain added.

The new Superman, Jon Kent, has had a short run as the Man of Steel so 
far, but his comics have seen him focused largely on battling a new 
generation of villains, like “hacktivists” and those who would subvert 
efforts to combat climate change.

“Why don’t they have him fight the injustices that created the refugees 
whose deportation he’s protesting? That would be brave, I’d read that. 
Or fighting for the rights of women to attend school and have the 
ability to work and live and boys not to be raped by men under the new 
warm and fuzzy Taliban,” Cain said.

“There’s real evil in this world today, real corruption and government 
overreach,” he added. “It’d be great to tackle those issues, shine a 
light on those issues. I’d like to see the character doing that.”

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Let's go Brandon!