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

[Geekthulhu]

Ro isn't a creator, he's a YouTuber and a superfan. He can do or say whatever he wants.

Hmmmm.... Then what is this?

VESTIGE #1 Graphic Novel

What if the relics of history carry their own powers and the spirits of those who had wielded them? | Check out 'VESTIGE #1 Graphic Novel' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

I mean right here it has his name

Also I seem to see the War Campaign logo there and your name littered throughout... So... Are you telling me that you don't support this product and that Ro ISN'T a creator within Comicsgate? Yet your name is used for promotion, you made a cover and Ro is in charge of this campaign?

So do you now wonder why I think that you are a lying snake oil salesman and why I think that you are perfectly fine with WC actions even when it is destructive to Comicsgate itself? Honestly. I think that you know and even possible tell them who to attack and not to attack behind the scenes. Like a scheming Caesar. Except you view yourself like a Marcus Aurelius and/or an Augustus, but you are actually more like Nero. Incompetent, scheming and self destructive.

You never seem to stop waffling on positions and excuses. I think that you are a narcissist that thinks that his audience is stupid and moronic and ply your manipulations in order to make money off their outrage. You exemplify everything wrong with the comic industry in the 90's. You care about making money.... Not art and you abuse the customer with over priced garbage that you know will have no value in the future while telling them it will be valuable.

Can't wait to see your pathetic attempt to wave this off too.

 

[Robert James]

Who the fuck is Thomas Roiloup again?

And I for one am glad to see America Chavez back in action. Yaboi Zack's coverage of the first unsuccessful run was great stuff. Hopefully, the sequel is just as great.

Unironically America's firs run was some of the best comic books I have ever read. It was the epitome of everything that was wrong with the comic book industry and I consider it a piece of art.

IT had, random lesbians in vans,
A charachter that nobody knew about written out of charachter, America was initially bi now she's a hardcore carpet muncher.
Was pushed as the next big thing, not captain marvel levels but wu boy did they push for it.
An untalented hack writter who's prior history was writing a young adult novel that 2 people read
Horrible art that rivaled squirrel girl at the time
An alien claiming to be latino by acting like the most offensive stereotype you have seen
The alien deciding that after breaking up with her GF she was going to stop being a hero and go to college
White people being insulted for looking around the campus
Those same white people turning out to be robots
Stolen valor where America punched hitler instead of cap, forgot how to walk when he ran away, and later revealed she did it without knowing who it was.
It's filled with gabby revera stand ins and enough ethnically ambiguous lesbians to ensure the marvel earth will only have two generations leftt
Everyone is super stong and overpowered since a group of breakdancing lesbians is able to hold off an invasion
and so much condensed stupid
Devil dinosaur and moon girl showed up to give a speach on inteligence that would make the "I Love Science" people blush.
And so much more, I honestly hope the second run is the same level of a shit show.

 

[KingofNothing]

In wake of this Red Rooster news, I was looking through their company twitter, Allegiance Arts and they totally have a book done and ready to go...at Walmart that isn't Red Rooster.

It's fine if they wanted to make their own company, but the smart thing to do would have been to finish Red Rooster, create the company and ride that backer confidence to success. Instead he gets these

Somewhat related, but Blake is part of the company and it reminded me of when people tried to cancel her to keep her from working with Sean Gordon Murphy. Seems like Marvel & DC can ignore the 12 psychos on twitter when they want, they just choose not to

It was originally named backstab. yes, its all spite

Actually it was originally CashGrab when it was gonna be made by Cecil, Tim, and Nerkish and I think it was going to make fun of CG for kicks. Then he changed the name to Backstab when they bailed without talking to him because of shit with EVS, and War Campaign and a bit of nudging from Sashi. So I guess it's still a spite campaign, Cecil just changed targets from Tim and Nerkish to Doug.

 

[Smug Freiza]

It's a parody, he don't need rights for shit. It just needs to be different enough that he doesn't have to worry about lawyers coming after him.

I recall Mel Brooks still had to approach Lucasfilm to make Space Balls, they were given permission with the strict condition that they could not have merchandise of the film. However someone points out later in this thread that Dynamite owns the rights to Rainbow Brite and Ethan and Dynamite have a working relationship, so I don't think he'd have any issues.

So apparently either the writer or the original writer for Red Rooster didn't even get a copy of the pdf that was just released (there's a tweet of that somewhere and there's also this comment on a video I stumbled upon) :

" I appreciate the review, you guys! I was not sent a copy of the digital Red Rooster #1 issue, so I did not have any way of seeing how my script was adapted or altered. A copy was shared with me by a backer today, though, and I was able to read it. I was only credited for "script" and not given a story credit. I actually helped developed most of the story in this issue. My script, however, and to my surprised, was significantly rewritten without my knowledge or input. I do not know by who. So please know that much of the dialogue you are reading was not written by me, despite the inaccurate credits. Thanks! " (see : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiygFQ9SSxI)

This is quite worrying. Merk Pellegrini is a fantastic writer, the Black Hops series was excellent. He and Tim took what on the surface is an incredibly stupid idea and made it not only work, but work perfectly. I remember Doug Ernst and Edwin Boyette were both sent copies of the Red Rooster: Golden Age script back in 2018 and they were both incredibly impressed and sung it high praise. If 75% of the dialogue has been changed how long until we have Comicsgaters screaming "RELEASE THE PELLEGRINI CUT!"

Hmmmm.... Then what is this?

VESTIGE #1 Graphic Novel

What if the relics of history carry their own powers and the spirits of those who had wielded them? | Check out 'VESTIGE #1 Graphic Novel' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

I mean right here it has his name

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Also I seem to see the War Campaign logo there and your name littered throughout... So... Are you telling me that you don't support this product and that Ro ISN'T a creator within Comicsgate? Yet your name is used for promotion, you made a cover and Ro is in charge of this campaign?

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So do you now wonder why I think that you are a lying snake oil salesman and why I think that you are perfectly fine with WC actions even when it is destructive to Comicsgate itself? Honestly. I think that you know and even possible tell them who to attack and not to attack behind the scenes. Like a scheming Caesar. Except you view yourself like a Marcus Aurelius and/or an Augustus, but you are actually more like Nero. Incompetent, scheming and self destructive.

You never seem to stop waffling on positions and excuses. I think that you are a narcissist that thinks that his audience is stupid and moronic and ply your manipulations in order to make money off their outrage. You exemplify everything wrong with the comic industry in the 90's. You care about making money.... Not art and you abuse the customer with over priced garbage that you know will have no value in the future while telling them it will be valuable.

Can't wait to see your pathetic attempt to wave this off too.

Observe Ethan long enough and you'll notice his a notorious liar. The doublespeak, word salad and mental gymnastics would honestly make the most devout Marxist blush.

In wake of this Red Rooster news, I was looking through their company twitter, Allegiance Arts and they totally have a book done and ready to go...at Walmart that isn't Red Rooster.
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It's fine if they wanted to make their own company, but the smart thing to do would have been to finish Red Rooster, create the company and ride that backer confidence to success. Instead he gets these
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Somewhat related, but Blake is part of the company and it reminded me of when people tried to cancel her to keep her from working with Sean Gordon Murphy. Seems like Marvel & DC can ignore the 12 psychos on twitter when they want, they just choose not to
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Actually it was originally CashGrab when it was gonna be made by Cecil, Tim, and Nerkish and I think it was think was going to make fun of CG for kicks. Then he changed the name to Backstab when they bailed without talking to him because of shit with EVS, and War Campaign and a bit of nudging from Sashi. So I guess it's still a spite campaign, Cecil just changed targets from Tim and Nerkish to Doug.

It always felt like Mitch's true passion project was The Futurists and his heart was never really in Red Rooster. His been working on The Futurists concept for over a decade with his friend Patrick Stiles (a writer with no writing credits). Even one of RR's stretch goals was a preview copy of the Futurists when RR came out, which is pointless now since The Futurist's was given priority and was delivered before RR. I kinda cant blame Mitch for where his passions lie, The Futurists does sound more interesting than yet another capecuck adventure story. But I can blame him on incompetence, laziness, lousy communication and the poor execution of his RR campaign. He should have just made The Futurists to begin with instead of RR, and not generic looking trash like Bass Reeves and Norahs Saga.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

It always felt like Mitch's true passion project was The Futurists and his heart was never really in Red Rooster. His been working on The Futurists concept for over a decade with his friend Patrick Stiles (a writer with no writing credits). Even one of RR's stretch goals was a preview copy of the Futurists when RR came out, which is pointless now since The Futurist's was given priority and was delivered before RR. I kinda cant blame Mitch for where his passions lie, The Futurists does sound more interesting than yet another capecuck adventure story. But I can blame him on incompetence, laziness, lousy communication and the poor execution of his RR campaign. He should have just made The Futurists to begin with instead of RR, and not generic looking trash like Bass Reeves and Norahs Saga.

I think RR actually looked like the most interesting CG comic book. It's set in an "underserved" era in my opinion, and the art style seemed very cool. I don't begrudge him trying to make a business, but he should have asked for help at some point with RR.

 

[Gee Willows Wilson!]

Unironically America's firs run was some of the best comic books I have ever read. It was the epitome of everything that was wrong with the comic book industry and I consider it a piece of art.

IT had, random lesbians in vans,
A charachter that nobody knew about written out of charachter, America was initially bi now she's a hardcore carpet muncher.
Was pushed as the next big thing, not captain marvel levels but wu boy did they push for it.
An untalented hack writter who's prior history was writing a young adult novel that 2 people read
Horrible art that rivaled squirrel girl at the time
An alien claiming to be latino by acting like the most offensive stereotype you have seen
The alien deciding that after breaking up with her GF she was going to stop being a hero and go to college
White people being insulted for looking around the campus
Those same white people turning out to be robots
Stolen valor where America punched hitler instead of cap, forgot how to walk when he ran away, and later revealed she did it without knowing who it was.
It's filled with gabby revera stand ins and enough ethnically ambiguous lesbians to ensure the marvel earth will only have two generations leftt
Everyone is super stong and overpowered since a group of breakdancing lesbians is able to hold off an invasion
and so much condensed stupid
Devil dinosaur and moon girl showed up to give a speach on inteligence that would make the "I Love Science" people blush.
And so much more, I honestly hope the second run is the same level of a shit show.

You got me nostalgic now. I want to rewatch Yaboi's old videos for her again. I am unironically excited just for the Zack videos, I pray they don't make it so bad that he gives up after one issue, but not so good enough that Zack recommends it, as he sometimes loves to do with shit comics.

 

[AnOminous]

I recall Mel Brooks still had to approach Lucasfilm to make Space Balls, they were given permission with the strict condition that they could not have merchandise of the film.

He didn't have to, just like Weird Al doesn't have to ask for permission to parody something, but considering the people involved have more money than God, it's a lot safer to. So getting an assurance you won't be sued in return for agreeing not to do something you weren't planning on doing anyway is a no-brainer.

 

[Smug Freiza]

I think RR actually looked like the most interesting CG comic book. It's set in an "underserved" era in my opinion, and the art style seemed very cool. I don't begrudge him trying to make a business, but he should have asked for help at some point with RR.

Don't get me wrong, despite describing it as another capecuck adventure story, I still backed it because I found it interesting. Mitch's art is impressive (despite how sloppy it is sometimes, the bighead on RR for example) and Bettie's coloring and use of lighting is superb. The setting is ultimately what sold me, I loved The Shadow, Tin Tin and The Rocketeer as a child. The 1920s and 1930s always provide an interesting setting for stories, the aftermath of the first World War, Great Depression and prelude to the Second World War etc. The evolution of a historically agrarian/rural culture into the modern manufacturing based society and the conflicts that arose.

As far as capeshit goes, Red Rooster was at least trying to do something different from generic hero, with generic backstory, gains super powers to fight the generic villain with a cliche motivation. Red Rooster's enemies attempting to destroy his reputation, rather than the hero himself shows that Mitch at least put some thought and effort into his story. Although I must wonder whether this was his idea, or Mark Pellegrini's tbh.

He didn't have to, just like Weird Al doesn't have to ask for permission to parody something, but considering the people involved have more money than God, it's a lot safer to. So getting an assurance you won't be sued in return for agreeing not to do something you weren't planning on doing anyway is a no-brainer.

Ah my apologies, so it is more of a deterrent from unwarranted litigation rather than needing expressed permission? I'll be the first to admit I'm certainly no expert on copyright law in the US, or elsewhere for that matter.

 

[AnOminous]

Ah my apologies, so it is more of a deterrent from unwarranted litigation rather than needing expressed permission? I'll be the first to admit I'm certainly no expert on copyright law in the US, or elsewhere for that matter.

"Fair use" is a doctrine everywhere that has copyright has some version of, but it means you can, without permission, use some portion of copyrighted works so long as the use is somehow "transformative" enough, i.e. changes the original, and doesn't use too much of it or impede the sale of the original work by substituting for it.

Usually, parody is a fair use. However, the issue of whether a particular parody is can be very, very expensive to litigate, especially against people richer than God.

The sheer expense of litigating the issue means you don't want to do it and if you're looking for investors for a movie that parodies a well known property, anyone putting millions of dollars into that is going to want to know it isn't just going to be shut down or end up going massively overbudget because they have to spend a lot of money winning a lawsuit.

And exactly that sometimes happens. One of the Naked Gun movies used a poster that was a parody of Annie Leibovitz's famous photo of a pregnant Demi Moore, except it was a pregnant Leslie Nielsen. Obviously a parody but the bitch sued. And lost. And appealed. And lost. You can bet that was expensive. So it's cheaper to get permission, if you can.

Weird Al also always gets permission because he's an absurdly nice guy.

 

[verissimus]

"Fair use" is a doctrine everywhere that has copyright has some version of, but it means you can, without permission, use some portion of copyrighted works so long as the use is somehow "transformative" enough, i.e. changes the original, and doesn't use too much of it or impede the sale of the original work by substituting for it.

Well that doctrine is about to get thoroughly examined in a few days...

https://twitter.com/Edwin_Boyette/status/1241831847413174272?s=20

Hope that worked (I don't use twitter). Also bear in mind that the above "promotional" material happened to include Jon del Arroz as well. I'm sure he'll be thrilled at his likeness being used in the above manner. Gotta keep ramping up that controversy.

 

[KingofNothing]

Well that doctrine is about to get thoroughly examined in a few days...

https://twitter.com/Edwin_Boyette/status/1241831847413174272?s=20

Hope that worked (I don't use twitter). Also bear in mind that the above "promotional" material happened to include Jon del Arroz as well. I'm sure he'll be thrilled at his likeness being used in the above manner. Gotta keep ramping up that controversy.

I'm not sure if Edwin actually has a case here, but I'm gonna laugh if he gets the campaign taken down because they wouldn't leave each other alone Combine that with the Doug video and it might actually happen.

 

[Wise Man]

The promotional video uses a parody of a likeness. In either case, Edwin is a public figure, and I doubt he has bothered getting a copyright on his likeness. As for his claims of defamation, he has no case. Defamation has to cause harm.



Has anyone canceled one of his construction contracts because they saw his face on a purple worm? Is he going to claim emotional distress over a video that nobody forced him to watch?

 

[Detrogen]

The promotional video uses a parody of a likeness. In either case, Edwin is a public figure, and I doubt he has bothered getting a copyright on his likeness. As for his claims of defamation, he has no case. Defamation has to cause harm.



Has anyone canceled one of his construction contracts because they saw his face on a purple worm? Is he going to claim emotional distress over a video that nobody forced him to watch?

Looking at IGG’s list of prohibited content, Edwin, Mike, Preston, and Doug could all theoretically get away with the claim that the campaign has “abusive videos”. Doug could theoretically claim “sexual harassment” since Cecil is intent on selling a book using his likeness that makes explicit reference to entering assholes.

Unlike Mike, Doug, or Preston, Edwin isn’t really using his likeness or name to sell a product so he probably has a stronger claim than them.

All that said, Preston showed off in one of his videos that even IGG reps are willing to bend the knee to EVS and his sperg army, so getting Cecil’s campaign flagged seems like a tall order.

 

[verissimus]

Would IGG just ask for the video to be pulled down or the whole campaign?

On another note, you CG spergs just have to keep pushing the envelope more and more. You're actually willing to potentially sacrifice one of your own campaigns, assuming Edwin, Mike, Doug, Preston and Jon get IGG to pull the campaign or just the video down, not only just to trigger people you used to call "friends" but so you can then keep playing that pathetic victim card should the above succeed. Real freaking professional. I'm sure this will sit real well with folks who want to join the "cause".

Like really...you honestly think people like say Nick Rekeita is still going to keep mum about this kind of crap? How about Doug Ernst? Richard Meyer...oh I'm sure he'll just want to scream to the heavens that he's CG now after that stunning & brave video...

 

[Detrogen]

Would IGG just ask the video to pulled or the whole thing?

On another note, you CG spergs just have to keep pushing the envelope more and more. You're actually willing to potentially sacrifice one of your own campaigns, assuming Edwin, Mike, Doug, Preston and Jon can get IGG to pull the campaign or just the video down, not only just to trigger people you used to call "friends" but so you can then keep playing that pathetic victim card should the above succeed. Real freaking professional. I'm sure this will sit real well with folks who want to join the "cause".

Like really...you honestly think people like say Nick Rekeita is still going to keep mum about this kind of crap? How about Doug Ernst? Richard Meyer...oh I'm sure he'll just want to scream to the heavens that he's CG now after that stunning & brave video...

Also when you consider that the only thing these characters do in the video is get beat up by Cecil’s self-insert character, I don’t think it’d be difficult for them to claim the video promotes violence against them.

 

[Smug Freiza]

I'm not sure if Edwin actually has a case here, but I'm gonna laugh if he gets the campaign taken down because they wouldn't leave each other alone Combine that with the Doug video and it might actually happen.

Would IGG just ask the video to pulled or the whole thing?

On another note, you CG spergs just have to keep pushing the envelope more and more. You're actually willing to potentially sacrifice one of your own campaigns, assuming Edwin, Mike, Doug, Preston and Jon can get IGG to pull the campaign or just the video down, not only just to trigger people you used to call "friends" but so you can then keep playing that pathetic victim card should the above succeed. Real freaking professional. I'm sure this will sit real well with folks who want to join the "cause".

Like really...you honestly think people like say Nick Rekeita is still going to keep mum about this kind of crap? How about Doug Ernst? Richard Meyer...oh I'm sure he'll just want to scream to the heavens that he's CG now after that stunning & brave video...

To be honest I think it might be too late for IGG to do anything. One of the reasons they settled with Teddy Spaghetti over his Alt-Hero Q campaign being cancelled was that it was during the In-demand phase. Vox's lawyers found a loop-hole in IGG's terms of service that meant technically once a campaign had been successful and had entered the In-demand stage they had no right to take it down or deny funds. IGG ended up settling with Vox for an unknown sum and gave him a guarantee that Arkhaven would be allowed to crowdfund on the platform in future (providing he didn't break TOS.)

I remember he was on a Nick Rekieta stream talking about it months ago, it might have been another video somewhere else but I'm pretty sure this is where I heard him talk about it.

Vox Day Talks Comics, Crowdfunding, and Culture - LIVE!

JUSTICE CHAT: https://streamlabs.com/rekietalaw MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/rekieta-law This is an interview I've been waiting for since I threw off ...

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As far as I know Ethan and CG were made aware of this loophole, so I presume the reason Cecil released the second part of the trailer so close to entering the In-demand phase was to deliberately violate IGG TOS without incurring any penalty due to the loophole.

 

[Wise Man]

To be honest I think it might be too late for IGG to do anything. One of the reasons they settled with Teddy Spaghetti over his Alt-Hero Q campaign being cancelled was that it was during the In-demand phase. Vox's lawyers found a loop-hole in IGG's terms of service that meant technically once a campaign had been successful and had entered the In-demand stage they had no right to take it down or deny funds. IGG ended up settling with Vox for an unknown sum and gave him a guarantee that Arkhaven would be allowed to crowdfund on the platform in future (providing he didn't break TOS.)

I remember he was on a Nick Rekieta stream talking about it months ago, it might have been another video somewhere else but I'm pretty sure this is where I heard him talk about it.

Vox Day Talks Comics, Crowdfunding, and Culture - LIVE!

JUSTICE CHAT: https://streamlabs.com/rekietalaw MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/rekieta-law This is an interview I've been waiting for since I threw off ...

www.youtube.com

As far as I know Ethan and CG were made aware of this loophole, so I presume the reason Cecil released the second part of the trailer so close to entering the In-demand phase was to deliberately violate IGG TOS without incurring any penalty due to the loophole.

If any of them were that calculating they would have never started the feud to begin with. Or at least found a better way to get even than these shenanigans in public.

 

[Gee Willows Wilson!]

Fell asleep last night to Yaboi talking about America Chavez.... Good shit, but eventually it led me to his recent video.

Has it been posted here?

Spoiler: In case it hadn't

Basically Gail is doing her 'I totally care about the comics industry, so if you need me to tell customers about your store, because I'm Gail Simone, I can do the minimalist for you.' It's funny, because in the static screengrab Yaboi has, the one reply that we see that isn't hers is someone saying their entire state of stores were shut down till the 7th. Dang, too late, Gail!

Yaboi, on the other hand, has put out his own offer, willing to buy back up to 1k of unsold/unwanted copies of comics. He's going the retail route of ripping the product a bit and marking it as defective. I can't imagine he will get many takers, namely because he's putting this offer just on Youtube, and I don't imagine a lot of business OWNERS watch Youtube, let alone Yaboi. I am sure there are some, but I think this is where him having a Twitter might have actually helped boost his offer.

Gail has fallen off as a decent writer, but god damn her Twitter and youtube are entertaining shit.

 

[jspit]

"Fair use" is a doctrine everywhere that has copyright has some version of, but it means you can, without permission, use some portion of copyrighted works so long as the use is somehow "transformative" enough, i.e. changes the original, and doesn't use too much of it or impede the sale of the original work by substituting for it.

Usually, parody is a fair use. However, the issue of whether a particular parody is can be very, very expensive to litigate, especially against people richer than God.

The sheer expense of litigating the issue means you don't want to do it and if you're looking for investors for a movie that parodies a well known property, anyone putting millions of dollars into that is going to want to know it isn't just going to be shut down or end up going massively overbudget because they have to spend a lot of money winning a lawsuit.

And exactly that sometimes happens. One of the Naked Gun movies used a poster that was a parody of Annie Leibovitz's famous photo of a pregnant Demi Moore, except it was a pregnant Leslie Nielsen. Obviously a parody but the bitch sued. And lost. And appealed. And lost. You can bet that was expensive. So it's cheaper to get permission, if you can.

Weird Al also always gets permission because he's an absurdly nice guy.

Your on fire with this. Seriously, brief soapbox.

American copyright is absolutely busted. Within it though, are a couple of concepts one is parody, the other fair use.

Anyone questioning if Cecil has the right to do this, remember this Trump Deranged jewel.

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Created by Stephen Colbert, R.J. Fried, Matt Lappin. With Jeff Bergman, James Adomian, Gabriel Gundacker, Emily Lynne. This fresh, cutting-edge comedy presents the truish adventures of Trump's confidants and bon vivants - family, top associates, heads of government, golf pros and anyone else...

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In all seriousness though. Boyette needs to get some thicker fucking skin. He's looking more like Mark Waid at this point.

I'm not sure if Edwin actually has a case here, but I'm gonna laugh if he gets the campaign taken down because they wouldn't leave each other alone Combine that with the Doug video and it might actually happen.

I'd laugh, but here's the problem, you make Cecil a martyr doing this. And it has damaging repercussions for Doug's side. Miller and Tim Lim both are on the same line that Cecil is on. They are mocking people. Magademia? Anyone?

Also when you consider that the only thing these characters do in the video is get beat up by Cecil’s self-insert character, I don’t think it’d be difficult for them to claim the video promotes violence against them.

Your assuming these aren't ridiculously thin skinned people who spend months harping on social media over every grievance. Of course this will trigger them.

Fell asleep last night to Yaboi talking about America Chavez.... Good shit, but eventually it led me to his recent video.

Has it been posted here?

Spoiler: In case it hadn't

Basically Gail is doing her 'I totally care about the comics industry, so if you need me to tell customers about your store, because I'm Gail Simone, I can do the minimalist for you.' It's funny, because in the static screengrab Yaboi has, the one reply that we see that isn't hers is someone saying their entire state of stores were shut down till the 7th. Dang, too late, Gail!

Yaboi, on the other hand, has put out his own offer, willing to buy back up to 1k of unsold/unwanted copies of comics. He's going the retail route of ripping the product a bit and marking it as defective. I can't imagine he will get many takers, namely because he's putting this offer just on Youtube, and I don't imagine a lot of business OWNERS watch Youtube, let alone Yaboi. I am sure there are some, but I think this is where him having a Twitter might have actually helped boost his offer.

Gail has fallen off as a decent writer, but god damn her Twitter and youtube are entertaining shit.

His usually terrible tastes. Gail was never a good writer. At her best she was mediocre. If hypothetical woman is the best Justice League story you ever read you haven't read much Justice League. Morrison? Giffen JDM? I know its popular to hate him, I sure did, but Meltzer? Come on.

I'm gonna laugh because that will kill him if he actually buys all those from every store owner.

 

[AnOminous]

The promotional video uses a parody of a likeness. In either case, Edwin is a public figure, and I doubt he has bothered getting a copyright on his likeness. As for his claims of defamation, he has no case. Defamation has to cause harm.

He isn't talking about filing suit, though, but an arbitration within IGG's own procedures, which isn't subject to the First Amendment.