DC is a diversity bonanza. The prob is America is seventy percent white and 90+ hetero. Right now DC has 52 titles. They tried to put in black characters (Voodoo, Black Lighting, Static Shock), Hispanic (Vibe) Muslims (Baz) Asian (Katana) and so on. DC is missing a humongous market, but it is not because they aren't liberal or pc enough. Look at the lineup, then identify me one pick you would recommend to an evangelical friend of yours. I can't name a single one that features anyone from their background or deals with their community. How about a conservative or a Southern individual? How about someone is Japanese? Would you really want to rely on Katana? Why not Linda Parks? Or dr. Light? How about Native American, despite all the crowing in that article, where is the Native American's representation. You see, someone will always point out some group that isn't being pandered to. But If you want numbers, roughly half the country is conservative. The majority are christians of some stripe. It's silly that all these heroes are in New york (8 million people) in a country of 300 million!
That's the bigger concern. The American market is bigger than the 27% of it that is black and Hispanic. There's a ton more Christians than Muslims. Wonder Woman is one of the big three characters, so women are being given portrayal both there and in the other big two's titles. There is one scene in Alan Moore's swamp thing when Superman goes south to die because there aren't any Super-heroes there.
And as for a single gay wedding, yeah RustyRoy hit the nail on the head. Nobody at DC hates gays or whatever. They just aren't there to write for the LGBT agenda. They're there to sell books. And in Didio's mind that means lot's and lot's of messy personal conflict. I don't know. I buy comics because I like the art form and certain authors and artists. I personally don't care what the creators believe, or whether they agree with me. I'm secure enough that Superman doesn't have to look like me for me to enjoy the books.
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