But boy won’t Waid’s communications lead to a treasure trove? There are clearly industry conversations r grading blacklisting Meyer and keeping him out. Blocking him from jobs, marketing, publication, jobs, etc. but once you open it you find who else they did this to. EVS? Jon Malin? Etc. it also violates a number of Federal Criminal statutes.
And you know the very first thing in discovery, if this isn't somehow dismissed or settled before then, will include a request to produce all communications, private or otherwise, with other industry participants, including people at Marvel. If they have somehow been blissfully oblivious to any potential liability on their part, this will be a wake-up call. If Disney has somehow just been ignoring this as a spat between some peon comic book nerds, this will also awake the sleeping giant.
Mark Waid will be deposed and will be forced to put his factual claims on the record and answer deep, probing questions about his conduct. Lying will be perjury, and once he's on the record, he can't later change his story without having his deposition thrown in his face.
It's very likely to take most of a day, or perhaps even multiple days depending how hardball plaintiff's counsel wants to play, and give Mark Waid some quality time to contemplate the true level of his liability.
What we probably see first is an attempt to dismiss this on procedural or substantive grounds. The most I see possibly getting dismissed is the defamation claims, but I don't see that either. The tortious interference claim is clearly a colorable prima facie claim that can survive a motion to dismiss. If the facts are as Meyer says they are, the claim is valid. It is unlikely to be dismissed on 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim.
Just like everything else these anti-CG idiots do, this only works if you already believe that Meyer is a bigot. If you don't believe that, this is just going to convince you that a there is a shadowy cabal of comic insiders with a large sphere of influence who go around trying to shut down independent creators.
If Mark Zaid is competent, he will tell Mark Waid not only to STFU immediately, but tell his idiot minions to quit making things even worse by publicly posting even more evidence proving elements of the claim against him. Whatever fucking idiot leaked that Kickstarter insider information just fucked Waid good.
