Sean Gordon Murphy’s Zorro: Man of the Dead #1 dropped in comic book stores a week ago, giving comic shop readers a look at the book, which backers paid $50 or more to receive several months before they will have their books delivered. The crowdfunding faux pas of putting a retail version on sale before backers receive their goods is one thing, but the Kickstarter campaign was also a massive bait-and-switch for woke, “put a chick in it and make it lame and gay” Kathleen Kennedy-style content which is par for the course for the dying comic book industry over the last several years.
The Kickstarter campaign promised a fresh Zorro, looking like a traditional-style comic with Don Diego de la Vega swashbuckling in Mexico. While using “Day of the Dead” themes for a Californian character in the 1800s is cringe and out of place, Sean Gordon Murphy promised this wasn’t the Zorro we loved but a new character set in a future world that oddly doesn’t look like they’ve progressed technologically at all.
Unfortunately, Zorro: Man of the Dead was far worse than even the concept appeared on Kickstarter. It wasn’t about this Zorro character at all, but his lesbian sister, in a typical woke white liberal presentation of Hispanic culture which follows more of the traditions of Tom Taylor’s Gay Superman, Riri Williams Ironheart, or America Chavez than it does any actual Zorro lore.
The wokeism was let slip during an interview with Comics By Perch. First, Sean Gordon Murphy admitted, “I’m 90% aligned with Heather Antos and the others,” before he got into the crux of what this Zorro story would be about.
Murphy slipped the truth to Comics to Perch, saying, “For Zorro, the main character is actually a sister character who happens to be a lesbian.”
The main character is not Zorro. Sean Gordon Murphy put a chick in it and made it gay.
Again, the following was hidden from Kickstarter backers. Potential customers were presented with the first two pages of the book as a preview, which turned out to be a one-off appearance of a random man at a festival in Mexico, an actor playing Zorro, and not someone who’s a main character in Sean Gordon Murphy’s book at all as he dies one page later.
RELATED: Jonathan Hickman’s Ultimate Spider-Man Is Crushing It For Marvel Comics, And It’s Easy To See Why
The Kickstarter states, “Diego is a young man who is convinced that he’s Zorro. As a child, he suffered a psychotic break after witnessing the murder of his parents by the drug cartel in his village,” and goes on to compare this Zorro to Don Quixote, another overused trope where white liberals like Sean Gordon Murphy have no reference for Spanish culture other than the one classic work.
But in the first issue, Diego isn’t the main character. The book is entirely different than is advertised. He exists in the background, and his sister, the lesbian Rosa, is the main character who’s followed the entire time. She works for the cartel and is going to have to rescue her brother as he shows up as Zorro at the end of the issue, pissing off the wrong people.
It’s another strong female lead trope inserted into a Zorro comic, and Sean Gordon Murphy knew better as he was cautious not to advertise it as such on Kickstarter. Backers would have been rightfully upset at how this book came to fruition.
Worse, Sean Gordon Murphy goes out of his way to insult the Catholic faith as Rosa goes to a confessional during the opening sequence of her as the main character. First, the priest opens the confessional and talks to her, knowing who she is. Now, Catholics can have a confession without the screen, but Rosa did not request this; the priest just takes it upon himself to smile at her, which is something that typically would not be done.
But it gets worse as the situation dives into blasphemy. Rosa talks about her “roommate” to the priest, and as the priest opens the confessional screen, he tells her, “You don’t have to keep calling Esperanza your roommate.”
Rosa replies, “I didn’t think the church would be so accepting.”
The priest continues acting like it’s not a sin and she doesn’t need to confess her homosexuality and fornication by saying, “In the interest of my flock, I’m always happy to break the rules.” He then changes the subject.
This defeats the entire point of the sacrament of confession, where a Catholic priest knowingly ignores sin, implies he approves of the situation and doesn’t demand a confession from Rosa of her mortal sin. As such, the priest involved is blaspheming as Rosa would not be receiving absolution for her sins, as she is not repenting.
Once more, Sean Gordon Murphy flings a white, liberal message right into the beginning of the book, making wokeism central to the character. This is certainly not how priests act, especially not in Latin America, where sexual deviancy is not as accepted as it is in California or New York.
The book continues with Rosa acting as a driver for the cartel until she’s forced into seeing her brother, Zorro, who is not the comic’s main character at all.
Kickstarter backers were hoodwinked, being told there was one story, and were given a woke nightmare in return with another generic lesbian female brown-skinned lead. At the same time, this masquerades as a Zorro comic.
There’s no way this Zorro book would have made $300,000 or more on Kickstarter if Sean Gordon Murphy had been truthful in its contents. He pretended the book was not woke while planning a bait and switch the entire time, and also put the book out in comic book stores before backers received theirs.
What do you think of Sean Gordon Murphy’s woke lesbian woman Zorro book? Did Kickstarter backers get duped? Leave a comment and let us know.
Yep, another Good Ole Bait-and-Switch.
The backers should sue Murphy for fraud.
Y’all are literally so fucking goofy for this. This is coming from the guy that wrote punk rock Jesus, he’s always been pretty clear that he hates bigoted people. Not his fault y’all supported his book without knowing his history
Let me guess, your defending Sean and his Wokeness aren’t you? Go Suck your thumb in the corner. The Adults are Talking. Loser.