Aubrey Sitterson
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Aubrey Sitterson is a freelance writer and podcaster. He wrote G.I. Joe vol. 5 and Scarlett's Strike Force for IDW Publishing. Sitterson's take on G.I. Joe explored the more outre aspects of the franchise's history, including a move to have the team shoot colored lasers per the 1980s cartoon as opposed to real bullets and the inclusion of oddball concepts like the "Fatal Fluffies" and Hasbro's short-lived Army Ants. He also revamped the largely inconsequential Joe character "Salvo" into a Samoan-American woman (as opposed to a bald white guy). Combine all of that with some honest but harsh statements about 9/11, and Sitterson wound up "alienating" portions of the G.I. Joe fandom, as well as drawing the ire of various right-wing comics fans outside the Joe audience.[1]
IDW and Hasbro had a tête-à-tête to discuss the matter, and...
IDW released a statement on Facebook disavowing Sitterson (though not by name)[3], and Scarlett's Strike Force was officially cancelled before the first issue was even published due to "low sales"—unsurprising, perhaps, given that Sitterson was told not to do any promotional work on behalf of the title.
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- Sitterson is an avowed fan of professional wrestling, and hosted the long-running Straight Shoot podcast, in addition to writing an illustrated history of the business.
- He and his other podcast, Skald, are metal as hell.
References
- ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/09/14/timeline-aubrey-sitterson-gi-joe/ Overview of l'affair Sitterson @BleedingCool]
- ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/11/23/sitterson-scarletts-strike-force-cancelled/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/idwpublishing/posts/10155681838798279 IDW Publishing Facebook statement re: "a freelance writer"
