Diseased #Comicsgate - The Culture Wars Hit The Funny Books!

[damian]

Someone gave Rob Sheridan access to the DC Universe twitter:

I don't buy it, but very of Bleeding Cunts:

DC Universe’s Twitter Hacked, Insults Donald Trump
Posted by Rich Johnston November 10, 2018 20 Comments

President Donald Trump took to Twitter last night to weigh in on the ongoing vote count in Arizona’s midterm election, the latest tallies of which have Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema (D) ahead of Martha McSally (R) by razor-thin margin. And, seemingly without any justification, Trump decided to throw some doubt on the whole electoral process, alleging electoral corruption.

The President has an interesting relationship with fiction after all. So it felt oddly appropriate when the official Twitter account for the DC Universe comics/movies/TV streaming service tweeted out this eyebrow-raising response:



Which was certainly an interesting choice when it comes to social media promotion.

So what happened? Was the intern given possession of the Twitter account? Was this the work of a disgruntled employee on the way out? Did someone want a dramatic way to get fired?

Nope. I understand through DC sources that this was a hack.

Might I suggest that The DC Universe – and representatives of any other corporate Twitter accounts reading this article – consider switching to a two-stage authentication?

Would Trump even use the service? We know how much Donald Trump likes Bane, but sadly The Dark Knight Rises is unavailable on the DC Universe streaming service right now. Perhaps he’d like to watch Superman IV: The Quest for Peaceinstead? It could become his favourite, you never know. Would he empathise more with Superman, Nuclear Man or Luthor?

 

[Francis York Morgan]

Why are troons always filthy degenerates living in diseased squalor?

Because they are all mentally ill idiots who refuse to seek meaningful help for their issues.

 

[RockVolnutt]

I like how they have no rational response to the fact that 99% of what CG consumers say is just obviously fucking reasonable and has to do with the simple fact that if you don't offer people what they're willing to buy, DUUUUH they won't fucking buy it, and that doesn't make them Nazis.



That's what's so incomprehensible about the anti-CG idiots. What do they think they "win" if they "beat" all the people who USED to buy comic books? Their eternal enmity? Their unemployment check? What do these idiots think they're going to win by drilling holes in the hull of an already sinking ship?

 

[Jetpack Himmler]

What do these idiots think they're going to win by drilling holes in the hull of an already sinking ship?

A "moral" victory, I suppose, but he all know how fucked in the head they are.

 

[TinCan Wizard]

It's a man in a wig who thinks he's a woman by chopping his dick off. Logic isn't something known to such individuals.

 

[Crabbo]

What do they think they "win" if they "beat" all the people who USED to buy comic books?

They don't really have an endgame. It seems as though they believe that if they chase off the CG autists, then everyone will throw money into Brians quivering maw.
The loss of the hashtag may actually result in more division for comics. Its even shown with Larsens sperging that he cant deny that there are issues in the business. Though I can also see the name of CG being used by the comic-pros to attack anyone who disagrees or criticizes them, the same way journalists point to the corpse of GG.
Its definitely gonna be interesting to see how the CG splinters impact the community, or if they will continue to be as dense as before.

The real question though, is what changes did CG manage to have?

 

[AnOminous]

The real question though, is what changes did CG manage to have?

The people visibly associated with it who had something to sell made out well. All that is money the so-called mainstream would otherwise have gotten.

CG's problem is the industry may just be dying whatever happens. SJW cancer is just accelerating it.

By comparison, games are going nowhere. And absolutely nobody gives a shit about games journalists or what they say, but that was almost the case before GG even happened.

 

[Jub-Jub]

Someone gave Rob Sheridan access to the DC Universe twitter:

I don't buy it, but very of Bleeding Cunts:

DC Universe’s Twitter Hacked, Insults Donald Trump

Those pesky Ruskies are at it again? First they steal the election and now they are hacking the DC universe twitter? Dammit Putin.

I'm supposed to believe that people get hacked and only one naughty tweet ever comes from it, and that it wasn't the fault of one of the 95% industry nut-jobs that spend all day yelling 'Orange man bad' on Twitter. I don't even know why they bother with the 'we wuz haxxed' defense, nobody ever believes it.

 

[Least Concern]

Bulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllshit on the "oops our twitter was hacked" thing. Yours and Anthony Weiner's.

The real question though, is what changes did CG manage to have?

On the Rekieta stream, Englentine brought up a few things that he thought were victories, though they were arguably weak; namely, that DC quarantined their obviously political books behind the Vertigo branding, and that some of Marvel's books aren't as terrible as they used to be; I assume he was thinking about Iron Man and Wolverine no longer being teenage girls and that sort of thing. That DC felt they needed to publish these books in the first place and ruin their once prestige Vertigo brand along the way, and that Marvel brought back Sassy '90s Ice Man and the like, make it look like Englentine's selectively editing reality, though. As much as I felt he came off strong in that debate, that was a weak argument.

As much as Englentine might hate to admit it, I think CG's greatest success has been building and proving the market for indie publishing outside the standard publishing mechanisms.

 

[LateNightComics]

Unranked Chevron drops his response video regarding the death of CG video and the debate.
https://youtu.be/V_IVVXyjZiw

 

[Kosher Dill]

and that some of Marvel's books aren't as terrible as they used to be

I'd be skeptical of calling that a victory. They were already so bad that just about any change would be an improvement.

 

[ᴍᴀᴅᴜᴋᴇ]

Is Dan "If you're looking at the numbers" Didio going to do something about that?

 

[Ineedahero]

Lol wut? (Is this his way of saying “kill yourself”?)

He's muddling his way through suggesting it's a con, based on the grifter who sold the Brooklyn Bridge to a different person every week. 'I have a bridge to sell you' is how it's usually phrased.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

As much as Englentine might hate to admit it, I think CG's greatest success has been building and proving the market for indie publishing outside the standard publishing mechanisms.

But that's always been around.

 

[Jetpack Himmler]

CG's problem is the industry may just be dying whatever happens. SJW cancer is just accelerating it.

If we want to quantify it, the price of an average comic (Alterna notwithstanding) is now $3.99 USD for 20-22 pages. That it probably 5 minutes of entertainment at best whereas a film that costs twice as much for admission gives you 2 to 2.5 hours. Additionally, a subscription to a streaming service gives you a whole dearth of content for a monthly fee, and in the case of DC Universe, gives you access to the much of the DC library. That also does not take the fact that comic books are only available in specialized shops with Diamond holding the monopoly into consideration. Hundreds of comic shops went out of business after the speculator bubble popped in the nineties so many towns and smaller cities had no shops and more are now closing in the present day thanks to Marvel and Diamond's shenanigans.

It is quite telling how fucked the industry is when capeshit and geek culture has attained mainstream popularity, but its native medium languishes. Look at the cons now, most of them have shifted to general entertainment where stars from movies and television receive top billing while comic books just shoved to the side. :powerlevel: I have witnessed this first-hand at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo this year where all the creators got shoved into another building away from the "main attractions." :powerlevel: It's like watching a loved one go through slow and agonizing organ failure, and then an aggressive cancer takes over the near-corpse.

What the Anti-CG spergs are too stupid to realize is that they are only the biggest fishes in a small and rapidly-drying pond. It is only a matter of time before the water evaporates and they're the ones flopping about until the sun dries them out. They really haven't bothered to ask themselves, "Is the industry in a better place than it was 10 years ago, or 20, or 30?" They can wail about how Richard C. Meyer or Ethan Van Sciver are the Antichrist and ComicsGate are the legions of hell until the sun enters its red giant phase, but the awful truth is that they fucked themselves over.

 

[AnOminous]

But that's always been around.

And will continue to be around, whether or not capeshit finally goes away for good.

 

[Least Concern]

They really haven't bothered to ask themselves, "Is the industry in a better place than it was 10 years ago, or 20, or 30?"

I think a good deal of them would say that the industry is in a better place because there is more representation of their pet groups and ideologies. I think it was Zack who coined a term along the lines of "post-sales industry," meaning that Marvel and the like don't particularly care anymore about sales or profits.

 

[AnOminous]

I think a good deal of them would say that the industry is in a better place because there is more representation of their pet groups and ideologies. I think it was Zack who coined a term along the lines of "post-sales industry," meaning that Marvel and the like don't particularly care anymore about sales or profits.

I doubt this outlook is shared by their owners. It is somewhat bewildering, even considering how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things, that no beancounter has looked at this and said what the fuck and shut it down immediately, firing everyone and hiring people actually willing to produce something that sells.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I doubt this outlook is shared by their owners. It is somewhat bewildering, even considering how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things, that no beancounter has looked at this and said what the fuck and shut it down immediately, firing everyone and hiring people actually willing to produce something that sells.

They're owned by giant companies that don't really care about what goes on there.

 

[RockVolnutt]

I doubt this outlook is shared by their owners. It is somewhat bewildering, even considering how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things, that no beancounter has looked at this and said what the fuck and shut it down immediately, firing everyone and hiring people actually willing to produce something that sells.

It's shared by people like Joe Quesada which is pretty far up the food chain though not as high as Ike Perlmutter or anyone high up at Disney.