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Like most fans of Renee, the announcement that Rucka is leaving really bothered me. What also bothered me was my perception that Batwoman was more on people's minds than the Question. If you just browse the recent Women in Comics blog links like I do, it is obvious who is on people's minds. I like Batwoman, but I like Renee more. Plus, it has been announced that Batwoman will get a new book, but we still don't know what will happen to the Question.

Browsing on the Women in Comics blog, I stumbled upon innerbrat 's post. It expressed opinions I had held in the back of my mind, and I wanted to give credit where credit was due. I suggest you read the whole thing here, but there are a few points she made this that I wanted to ask your opinion on. Here are some quotes: ( Cut for QuotesCollapse )
So the questions are:

-Do you worry about Renee's fate in the future? As a lesbian? A a character of color? As both?
-What do you think that the DC higher ups will do with her now that they don't have Rucka leading the way?

My biggest worry is that she will go the way of Cassandra Cain, ignore, turned evil, or both in a clearly racialized way. I also don't trust most comic writers in general for killing of B or C list characters. In my opinion DC editorial would not have gone the direction it did with Renee (and perhaps Batwoman as well) without Rucka writing.

I also find it obnoxious that Batwoman is getting a new book even though in my opinion the Question deserves one more. She's been here longer! She is also my favorite character.

I also want to link to Greg Rucka's interview at Wondercon. I found it really interesting learning how he writes. However, this interview showed the same problem - a focus on Batwoman.

There are also two other links from Anonymous that I thought might counter this negativity. This one in at Prism Comics, GCPD Rewind: Renee Then and Now and another at Gay RVA, DC Comic's Lesbian Superhero.

ETA: I forgot links in the quotes and tags. I still am unfamiliar with lj. :(