Posted: 19 April 2020 at 8:40pm | IP Logged | 6
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John Byrne: I’m sorry you had to search! If I’d been allowed to be more bold about Northstar’s sexuality, the whole world might be a better place.
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Do you think that you were more successful with Maggie Sawyer?
I never picked up on Northstar's sexuality the first time I read Alpha Flight. However, it was fairly obvious to me that Maggie Sawyer was supposed to be a lesbian. I don't know if this is because you were allowed more latitude at indicating Sawyer's sexuality than you had been, or because those stories were published a few years later, meaning I was older when I read them and more likely to pick up on subtext. Perhaps a combination of both?
In any case, I have always liked the back-up story "Games People Play" from Action Comics #600 where Luthor threatens to blackmail Sawyer. When she has the opportunity to make off with his evidence she passes on doing it, later explaining to Dan Turpin that after giving up her daughter she's through running away from fights, and that if Luthor wants to try to take her down than he's more than welcome to try. Good stuff.
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