In the same interview where Tim Sheridan lambasted fans of Masters of the Universe over their dislike of the Kevin Smith series on Netflix and its push toward feminism, he called DC Comics fans who don’t like his Alan Scott Green Lantern “trolls”. It highlights the entitled attitude of mainstream comic pros even further, as he admits his Alan Scott Green Lantern is about inserting real-world identity politics into comics and forcing readers to accept it.
Tim Sheridan’s Alan Scott Green Lantern has been the cause of a lot of controversy, mostly started by Tim Sheridan himself. When he first started marketing the comic, he made a cynical video urging people to buy the book to “own the bigots” rather than talking about the merits of the story. This appears to be for good reason, as the entire intention of the book seems to be about converting people to homosexual lifestyles rather than telling a Green Lantern story.
The first issue of Alan Scott Green Lantern borders on pornography as it has page after page of Alan Scott half-naked with another man. The series only gets worse as it goes along; with the third issue, he trolls docks in search of homosexual hookers known as gigolos. Alan Scott shows familiarity with one of these gay hookers where the gay hooker even has a pet name for him, “Scotty.”
In a recent interview, Tim Sheridan said stories like this are important because of the message. The interviewer actually begins by telling Tim Sheridan about how he didn’t like DC Comics turning Alan Scott gay, thinking it was a travesty for the character, in which Tim Sheridan lectures him on why beloved characters have to be turned gay in order to proselytize the lifestyle.
“Especially those who were around in the 40s who could not, for various reasons, be who they were openly and honestly,” Tim Sheridan said. He continued, “who lived their lives a certain way and who come out of the closet late and life. And it’s real, and it’s worth telling their story.”
A new poll has shown that over 28% of Gen Z now identify as LGBTQ, which shows that this messaging actually manipulates people into these lifestyles rather than it simply being a matter of “being who they are,” which appears to be exactly what Tim Sheridan is attempting to do with the DC Comics book.
Admitting it’s about real-world politics and not telling a good superhero story doing honor to the character, Tim Sheridan says, “That’s why it’s so important. Alan Represents real people. These are our fathers and our uncles and our neighbors and our brothers.”
The interviewer apologizes profusely for not immediately accepting Alan Scott Green Lantern’s transition to homosexuality, to which Tim Sheridan seems pleased. The man cringily proclaims, “One of my best friends” is gay, and how he’s happy for him. Tim Sheridan demands, “That’s the reaction that Alan Scott deserves from you too.”
Most readers do not want their beloved characters to be turned gay for political agendas in their DC Comics. Sales of Alan Scott Green Lantern have been dismal, according to most retailers. Tim Sheridan, however, maintains, “When you tune[the trolls] out and listen to the real fans, the response has been beautiful and overwhelming.”
However, looking at reviews of Alan Scott Green Lantern, even from standard DC Comics shilling sources, it tells a different tune.
Weird Science DC Comics says, “Too much focus is spent painting Alan Scott as an oppressed victim that the hero aspects get very little play. And the extreme retcons verge on salacious.”
Green Lantern Blog of Oa says, “In the end, I feel like Green Lantern #1 was a huge miss for me. There’s potential here, that’s for sure, but the execution falls flat for me. The dialogue seems forced, and there are a few too many plot concessions for my tastes.”
While Tim Sheridan openly marketed the book as political and divisive, says in interviews his intention is to push those politics, he gaslights readers into believing they had better like it or they’re the overly political ones. This is how comic pros from DC Comics typically act in these situations, which is insulting to fans of characters like Alan Scott Green Lantern.
More insulting is how Tim Sheridan then is proud of how The Spectre, an agent of God, acts as if Alan Scott’s promiscuity is somehow not sinful later in the interview. He likens this tale of Alan Scott picking up gigolos on the docks to John Ostrander’s Spectre #42, which is about freeing the souls of black slaves.
The comparison is insulting to black people in acting like the civil rights struggle there versus privileged white people trying to live out their hedonism is somehow equivalent. However, DC Comics is all-in on identity politics, and no one editorially there seems to hold these writers to account.
What do you think of Tim Sheridan further insulting fans with this Alan ScotGreen Lantern interview? Leave a comment and let us know.
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How is Tim going to force anyone to accept it, unless he has the ability to force us to buy and read it?
Tim is all busted up inside. Pray for him.
I don’t think anyone is surprised that this was about pushing an agenda. The only surprise I have is in admitting his political intent.