A Paula Deen comic book will be released in the fall, chronicling the rise of the former Food Network star who has been mired in a scandal after she admitted using a racial slur that left her without most of her sponsors.
Bluewater Productions will release the comic biography called “Female Force: Paula Deen,” reported Reuters.
“She really changed cooking - and Southern cooking - for women,” Bluewater President Darren G. Davis told the news agency.
He added that the comic was being made before the scandal erupted and her business partners cut ties with her. “We’re not jumping on the bandwagon,” Davis said.
“We’re moving forward with this ‘Female Force’ series because she fits in with women like Julia Child and Barbara Walters,” David said. “We’re not going to flambé her.”
He added that the company does not support her use of racial slurs in the past.
“We do not condone her use of racial insensitivities, and think that intolerance has no place in a just society. But despite her recent failings, we also strongly believe she still has a powerful story to tell; one that fits the female empowerment model of our books,” he told NPR.
However, according to The Braiser, Davis said the Reuters story got some parts of his statement wrong.
“This story is reported false. I complained to Reuters about it because it is NOT about the fall of Paula Deen at all. I am the publisher – it is a female empowerment story. Here is the press release. Once again – we do not at all slam her in the book. The point of the story is that we still think she is a role mode and we are still doing the book,” he said, according to the website.
The website added: “Davis notes that the latest controversy will be added to the final draft, but the majority of the comic book will focus on how she became an iconic brand, the challenges of her humble beginnings and the results of bursting certain stereotypes.”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, J.K. Rowling and Angelina Jolie have also been featured by Bluewater comics.
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