Carol and Jerry worked on their farm for the next 10 years. On September 9, 1953, Carol was united in marriage to Gerald “Jerry” Soufal at St. She graduated from Clintonville High School in 1950 and then went on to Theda Clark Nursing School where she became an LPN. Carol was born in Shiocton on September 28, 1932, to the late Harold and Thelma (Bessett) Steward. Soufal, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. The only comment that Oni Press has made to Bleeding Cool is "Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC, recently made personnel changes and will continue in its mission of publishing groundbreaking stories by the best creators in the industry, with a focus on diverse, inclusive, and unique stories.Carol M. Maybe I can be there next year to hear it said to my face. I guess we'll see where we are, come the next CBLDF/ComiXology Party at the Westgate in San Diego. Comic books might just not cut it anymore.
It also may be worth noting that Steward's sister Kimberly Steward has been doing rather well with her TV and film production company K Period Media, which led to her being nominated for an Oscar, and putting her on the board of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. I am told that Steward's parents have demanded Steward II manage Polarity finances better, which is what led directly to the Oni Press cuts, in favour of his current favourite strand, animation. Comic books are hard work, are not as glamourous, and the novelty of owning a comic book publisher or two may now be wearing off. And that animation is just more exciting for the Stewards.
They just announced they will be adapting the Dark Horse Comics/YouNeek Studios graphic novel series Iyanu: Child of Wonder for HBO Max and Cartoon Network, with Brandon Easton heading up the writers' room on the show. It looks to the major success that Lion Forge Animation has been having recently. However, I am given another version of events from other sources at San Diego Comic-Con, which may serve to salve any guilt I may have for this. But with fewer staff to promote it, maybe it won't get as much attention. They are wise enough not to cancel the book and generate a Streisand effect. And that this was a driving force for Oni Press being… downsized. I am told that, until that point, the Stewards were simply unaware that they were the publishers of this book that made all the headlines – and is currently being reprinted through Oni Press to fill increased demand – until Bleeding Cool published headlines that linked the book to the publisher and started popping up on Google News. I have been told that Bleeding Cool seems to have been cited for doing that. How aware the Stewards were that they were the publisher of the comic book making all this fuss is what is at issue. Since then, lawsuits against Oni press and Maia Kobabe have been filed by lawyer Republican Virginia assembly delegate Tim Anderson on behalf of himself and Republican congressional candidate Tommy Altman citing an obscure state obscenity law. One could say that the protest of Gender Queer became the hub or the foundation of a movement that ended up getting the Republican Governor of Virginia elected". Then, that became the heart of the Youngkin campaign. He told ICV2 "I mentioned the parent in Virginia who went viral after talking about this.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's current Interim Director, Jeff Trexler stated that challenges to this comic had become a hot point and were being weaponised for political gain. Last year Bleeding Cool began reporting on challenges being made to public libraries and school libraries over the stocking of Gender Queer, which have spread across the country.
And David L Steward has notably donated money to Republican political causes and campaigns. The Stewards are known as a politically conservative family. Both are seen as the real money behind Polarity, the umbrella company that now owns Lion Forge, Oni Press, and other associated companies. Steward founder of World Wide Technology, and Thelma Steward. So what led to this? Two reasons have been given by multiple people at San Diego Comic-Con, and both involve the owner/publisher of Lion Forge and Oni Press, David Steward II and his billionaire investor parents, David L.