Don’t worry, the artist of Green Arrow: Year One isn’t having a feud with Ollie Queen.

According to Jock’s Twitter feed, apparently his drawings of the left-leaning superhero were co-opted by the Home of Green Arrow and Friends… a web site which supports the far-right British National Party, which a particular anti-immigration, anti-minority bent. (I thought the above image was appropriate — if Ollie found out about this, he probably wouldn’t leave that tree for a week.)

“i’ve emailed the site and i’ll be letting DC’s legal dept know,” Jock added on Twitter. “this is leaving a horrible taste in my mouth….”

I can imagine, whatever your politics, that Ollie probably wouldn’t be thrilled with his likeness going here either, with gems like, “wake up people or we are going to go the way of the Christians of Kosovo, the Red Indians, Incas, Australian aborigines and wind up as dead as a Dodo. The harsh fact of nature is this.  Land belongs to those who occupy and hold it, not give it away.” Ugh. We’ll keep you posted if anything changes.

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