Here's a quick tl;dw of Zack's video. Important (IMO) or new stuff italicized.
- Hadn’t planned to do video, decided to do so after Ethan started IGG
- “I wanted lawsuit to go differently and they’re steering into a way I didn’t like”
- Waid lies about me being a white nationalist, doxxing comics employees
- Had to learn what AP learned over 30 years, no trial-and-error
- AP dumping happened on May 11, suit filed in late September
- Thinks if he had initiated suit earlier, maybe Simeti backlash wouldn’t have happened
- Reiterates AP guy cried on phone call, still don't blame him, he was bullied
- We didn’t get to the lawsuit right after AP event, busy moving, etc.
- Peter Simeti/Alterna’s “no block” policy controversy happens
- Waid comes back to Twitter to target Simeti, large backlash, some Alterna creators/ex-creators turn on him
- Night letters analogy
- “My friends, family, fans, the characters I create are more diverse than the lunch room at the United Nations”
- Simeti’s claim of being suicidal
- Waid & Co tried to get suicide charity to reject money
- Simeti targeting “changed how I look at all this”
- “Off-the-ranch, unhinged bully”
- Comics are a business
- People supported Simeti, but that doesn’t undo mental anguish
- “One person, at the back, directing people”
- Waid lives in Santa Monica, very expensive, but still fundraising
- Amanda & Pierce-Outlaw
- Waid’s “Come find me” if Meyer attends convention
- Meyer’s stalkers
- Doyle doxxing arrest record, lying about child support debt
- “One of things I wanted… return the idea of seriousness,” but Waid’s GFM & Zaid’s antics
- Waid’s antics “affected me, but that’s probably the smallest thing,” Semeti & others have had it worse
- “Shot across the bow,” “you can’t do this,” somebody needs to fight back
- Lawyers think Waid will settle
- Desired settlement terms: Admission of guilt, apology to AP, damages, “gentleman’s agreement to stay out of each other’s business”
- Waid has “savior complex,” protector of women/POC, but that lets him feel more powerful & attack them
- “He’s very proud of this temper and anger”
- There’s no good faith on the other side
- Delay blacklisted for not hating Zack enough
- Back-channel coordination has to stop, anti-biz, anti-customer
- Supporter of LCS, but stores have been cut out
- Told AP he will stop IGG campaign so book will only be available in stores
- Bullying only benefits Waid’s ego; doubt it’s helped him sell books
- “He does not protect the weak”
- Protected Braganza but calls me a serial harasser of women
- “I didn’t want to do a GFM” but this is a proxy war in the culture war, like Vietnam
- I don’t have support network like Waid
- 100% will go to my lawyers
- “This lawsuit didn’t need to happen,” Waid could have just stuck to verbal insults, he went too far
- Economy’s great, but comics sales down, stores closing, it should be the opposite
- I no longer think he’ll settle
- This is a serious matter, but Zaid is clowning, it’s not funny
- Starts getting salty but then his phone dies
- I’m not going to talk about it anymore until it’s over
- “We need to establish some ground rules”
- “I don’t know how long this video’s gonna be up”
- Thank you very much for supporting me & others who have been attacked
ETA: Apparently Meyer has just taken this video down pending review by his attorneys as per the current ComicsGate Live stream. If nobody backed it up and he doesn't put it back up, YOU'RE WELCOME plz send to my kickfundme