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

[Captain Manning]

I'd even go so far as to say no colorist is better than a bad colorist

Yes. Not to belabor the point but, again... manga.

I think the lack of color (in the majority of cases) has caused many manga-ka to emphasize and improve their line art and shading skills, at the expense of being monochromatic. So many American comics I have seen tend to be mediocre in all three respects.

I would take good B&W art over average colored.

 

[jspit2.0]

The very best years in comics predate the 90's. I would argue it was the 80's but a very legit argument for the 60's or even the 70's could be made.

Far be it for me to stop a good shit on Rob Liefeld and co., but the 90s were amazing. Dan Jurgens Superman, Kelly Jones Batman, and Waid on Flash. Miller and Geoff Darrow at Dark Horse, Frank Quitely at 2000AD. Hell, the 90s kicked the 70s ass, they still had Perez, Byrne, Adams. But they also had a bunch of awesome artists and writers that weren't trying to save the Antarctic pelican or some shit.

Though, if you're a Marvel fan the 90s sucked bad....

No hardcore comics fan argues the 90's unless they are biased because it was the decade they were introduced to comics.

I wasn't and I am.

Hell, I'd even hear arguments about 2000-2010 long before I'd listen to arguments in favor of Clone Sagas and Youngblood.

We can all cherry pick. I'd hear arguments for the 90s before I'd hear arguments for Hard Traveling Heroes

People who love comics but haven't read the era of Miller's DD, Stern's Avengers, Simonson's Thor, Byrne's FF, Stern's ASM, or even Owsley/Preist's run on Power Man and Iron Fist have missed out on content that blows away just about every cape comic since.

Stern's Avengers doesn't touch Morrison's run on JLA or Johns JSA and Jim Shooter's run on the Valiant titles in the 90s was incredible. That's just three examples.

(Of course Watchmen, Dark Knight and Man of Steel among others deserve mention but Marvel was my first love. )

It shows, which explains hating the 90s. Marvel never recovered.

 

[Newman's Own]

Dan Jurgens Superman

Dan started his relationship with Supes in 88'. I wouldn't blame him for "The Reign of the Supermen". That was obviously a directive from editorial.

Miller and Geoff Darrow at Dark Horse, Frank Quitely at 2000AD

Miller and Darrow were fine but I was speaking in the context of cape shit. (And Miller's work on DD blows away his writing on Hard Boiled.)

The 90's were terrific for non-cape stuff. Sin City, Hellboy, the Vertigo line and so on.

But as cape shit goes it was a weak decade for introduction of new characters and seminal story telling. Lots of derivative characters and story lines shined up as the "new" thing. Batman/Azreal, 4 different Superman replacements, Spider-Clones, Ghost Rider, Kyle Rayner and so on. That's not really creative.

The 90's was the decade cape comics started running out of new ideas and new characters and started the age of reboots every few years, crossovers monthly for no reason, "events" every month (if they happen that often they are no longer events), edge lord character creation, and every other page is a splash page (long on pin ups, short on story). It was all excesses that didn't serve the properties or the readers well.

It shows, which explains hating the 90s. Marvel never recovered.

DC shines when they focus on their properties instead of their next Crisis TM. or Batman event. Cataclysm and No Man's Land were not good ideas. Year One, Killing Joke, DK Returns and even the first Crisis were much better.

I'll admit, DC did the 90's much better than Marvel in most ways but they weren't immune to the excesses of the decade. Justice League under Giffen and DeMatteis was spectacular but they reverted to type mid-90's. Lobo was a great property they over exposed to the point he was no longer cool, #extreme or subversive. Batman and Superman turned into crossover event comics instead of separate titles about popular characters.

I didn't quit comics in the 90's because I only read Marvel. I quit because most monthlies degenerated into unreadable splash page pamphlets and unfollowable "event " retreads for $4 a pop. When I stopped caring what the next multi issue crossover about Spider-Man or Batman's replacement had to say it was over for me. It was over for so many people that the bubble popped.

The 90's were a cautionary tale that the publishers today should take more heed of.

 

[Greed]

Yes. Not to belabor the point but, again... manga.

I think the lack of color (in the majority of cases) has caused many manga-ka to emphasize and improve their line art and shading skills, at the expense of being monochromatic. So many American comics I have seen tend to be mediocre in all three respects.

I would take good B&W art over average colored.

I could not agree with this more. The best mangaka have been forced to become very good at capturing shape, perspective, and physical sense using only linework and two or three tone monochromatic shading. This makes for a solid foundation and when color is added to it the result is often very visually pleasing, but these images do not require color to make their statement.

 

[jspit2.0]

Dan started his relationship with Supes in 88'. I wouldn't blame him for "The Reign of the Supermen". That was obviously a directive from editorial.

Dan's written some of the great Superman stories of all time. His run on Superman began in the 90s and his first Adventures stuff, the ones that are classics were 89-90 Adventures of Superman.

There's also Jeph Loeb Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons as well as Louise Simonson's Man of Steel and Karl Kessel's amazing Superboy run.

90s all.

Miller and Darrow were fine but I was speaking in the context of cape shit. (And Miller's work on DD blows away his writing on Hard Boiled.)

I was thinking more Rusty and Big Guy but that too.

The 90's were terrific for non-cape stuff. Sin City, Hellboy, the Vertigo line and so on.

I don't like Preacher/Vertigo shit though...

Seriously though...

But as cape shit goes it was a weak decade for introduction of new characters and seminal story telling. Lots of derivative characters and story lines shined up as the "new" thing.

As opposed to? Derivative is a fucking cop out man. Derivative characters have been made since the comic scene began.

Batman/Azreal, 4 different Superman replacements, Spider-Clones, Ghost Rider, Kyle Rayner and so on. That's not really creative.

Why? Because you say so?

That doesn't work. The Clone Saga and Emerald Dawn were shit. But the actual death of Superman or the Knightfall comics were well written and featured some nice artwork. Your not being at all objective or fair lumping everything together and by doing so you discredit yourself.

Especially since the whole Knightfall arc was a couple of years in a decade. You still didn't address Kelly Jones/Doug Moench Batman, still didn't address Waid Flash, Still didn't address James Robinson on Starman. That's just DC. Then there's Valiant, Malibu, Image, and countless others.

The 90's was the decade cape comics started running out of new ideas and new characters and started the age of reboots every few years, crossovers monthly for no reason, "events" every month (if they happen that often they are no longer events), edge lord character creation, and every other page is a splash page (long on pin ups, short on story). It was all excesses that didn't serve the properties or the readers well.

Valiant Unity, Underworld Unleashed, and Final Night. Three original ideas.

DC shines when they focus on their properties instead of their next Crisis TM. or Batman event. Cataclysm and No Man's Land were not good ideas.

Why? Saying it doesn't make it so.

Year One, Killing Joke, DK Returns and even the first Crisis were much better.

The Killing Joke is a forty-eight page story with a whiffed ending that props itself up on Bolland's artwork. The first crisis is a chaotic mess that if George Perez hadn't drawn it, nobody would remember it as fondly.

On the other hand, you again cherrypick. Contagion is not another crisis event and if you don't like Batman there's Panic in the sky.

I'll admit, DC did the 90's much better than Marvel in most ways but they weren't immune to the excesses of the decade. Justice League under Giffen and DeMatteis was spectacular but they reverted to type mid-90's.

Funny and creative?

Lobo was a great property they over exposed to the point he was no longer cool, #extreme or subversive. Batman and Superman turned into crossover event comics instead of separate titles about popular characters.

They varied back and further between tying them together and separating them. Oh, speaking of Lobo. Good, original 90s books. LE.G.I.O.N.

I didn't quit comics in the 90's because I only read Marvel. I quit because most monthlies degenerated into unreadable splash page pamphlets and unfollowable "event " retreads for $4 a pop. When I stopped caring what the next multi issue crossover about Spider-Man or Batman's replacement had to say it was over for me. It was over for so many people that the bubble popped.

The 90's were a cautionary tale that the publishers today should take more heed of.

I don't know. You seem to focus on a year long period in Batman's history along with Spidey who was garbage in the 90s to the exclusion of a line of fantastic runs across multiple publishers I've all pointed to, all during the 90s. I understand that that undermines your point, but those are facts.

No argument from me Marvel turned to shit and never got back up or that DC made dumb decisions and stumbled at times. But the 90s was insane with good comics and talent. Flush with originality that was lost as they turned more and more to looking back on the mythic 60's and 70's that didn't really exist.

Because once you moved beyond the myth and nostalgia, the actual 60's, 70's, and 80's were also kindof rough too.

 

[Newman's Own]

Dan's written some of the great Superman stories of all time. His run on Superman began in the 90s

Dan joined the Super-Man family in 88, not the 90's. He did solid work, he was an 80's writer, but it isn't in the same league as Simonson's Thor or Miller's DD which are evergreen in a way Jurgen's and Weezy's Superman runs (death of Superman stunt aside) will never be.

As opposed to? Derivative is a fucking cop out man. Derivative characters have been made since the comic scene began.

The comics I mentioned are some of the many 90's books where they switched out the main character for something else because they ran out of ideas or they thought making Kyle the GL would be some how better than Hal Jordan. There's a reason none of the replacements stuck and most of them are footnotes now. It wasn't a good idea and nobody cares about them really. Steel anyone?

Your not being at all objective or fair lumping everything together and by doing so you discredit yourself.

I managed to not make this about insulting you up till now.

I'm not sure objective means what you think it does.

I don't like Preacher/Vertigo shit though...

The Killing Joke is a forty-eight page story with a whiffed ending that props itself up on Bolland's artwork.

Um... I think Killing Joke compares very favorably with Louise Simonson's Superman (not that her run was terrible or anything) but I don't have your powers of objectivity apparently.

Oh, speaking of Lobo. Good, original 90s books. LE.G.I.O.N.

Legion 89, another Giffen book like Lobo and JLI/JLE, was excellent to start but suffered immediately after Giffen left as did Justice League.

If Keith Giffen had remained at DC past the early 90's perhaps I'd have a different outlook on the decade for DC over all. The 90's certainly started well for both DC and Marvel but they ended mostly a trash fire.

Honestly, the best DC stuff after 93 or so was the cartoons. The comics didn't get as bad as Marvel but that's a low bar to get over. Cat shit isn't a whole lot sweeter smelling than dog shit.

Valiant started strong and became a mess and died (Unity was an interesting if failed idea. No one is clamoring for a Unity TPB). Image embodied most of the worst excesses of the 90's. Malibu was "meh" which is why it went no where after they were bought out.

 

[Captain Manning]

Though, if you're a Marvel fan the 90s sucked bad....

I kinda liked the 2099 series. For a while, anyways.

 

[NasserRabadi13]

ASYL arrived. Somehow the books arrived before the cards (which have shipped, I'm just waiting on them, and ordered them way before the books), then I will begin fulfilling.

Not to shill, I know this isn't really the place for it, but I have 3 new books now up for preorder on Amazon, and will have AT LEAST 2 more on Amazon this year.

That means:

3 comics
4 novels
1 short story collection
3 novellas

In the span of time where donal can't even fulfill one book.

 

[jspit2.0]

Dan joined the Super-Man family in 88, not the 90's. He did solid work, he was an 80's writer, but it isn't in the same league as Simonson's Thor or Miller's DD which are evergreen in a way Jurgen's and Weezy's Superman runs (death of Superman stunt aside) will never be.




The comics I mentioned are some of the many 90's books where they switched out the main character for something else because they ran out of ideas or they thought making Kyle the GL would be some how better than Hal Jordan. There's a reason none of the replacements stuck and most of them are footnotes now. It wasn't a good idea and nobody cares about them really. Steel anyone?


I managed to not make this about insulting you up till now.

I'm not sure objective means what you think it does.




Um... I think Killing Joke compares very favorably with Louise Simonson's Superman (not that her run was terrible or anything) but I don't have your powers of objectivity apparently.


Legion 89, another Giffen book like Lobo and JLI/JLE, was excellent to start but suffered immediately after Giffen left as did Justice League.

If Keith Giffen had remained at DC past the early 90's perhaps I'd have a different outlook on the decade for DC over all. The 90's certainly started well for both DC and Marvel but they ended mostly a trash fire.

Honestly, the best DC stuff after 93 or so was the cartoons. The comics didn't get as bad as Marvel but that's a low bar to get over. Cat shit isn't a whole lot sweeter smelling than dog shit.

Valiant started strong and became a mess and died (Unity was an interesting if failed idea. No one is clamoring for a Unity TPB). Image embodied most of the worst excesses of the 90's. Malibu was "meh" which is why it went no where after they were bought out.

I'm not gonna sperg the CG thread anymore, despite how low energy CG's been lately.

Going round the 'gate part 1

Simple Zach

Continuing his never ending crusade to gain the acceptance of the Keyfabe crowd, Simple Zach made a video about...Gail Simone. Now I know what you're thinking. He's been flailing desperately recently. Pandering to Snydercutfags, fandom menacers, and all counter culture types in a pathetic attempt to bounce back from his recent antics. It would make sense to go back to his roots.

This ain't it.

Simple Zach white washes Simone's entire history. He refers to her as entering 'the industry' on merit and rotted her brain on the social medias.

Nah.

Gail started getting jobs because she called people sexist and sold herself on her identity. She was the prototypical SJW. He calls her talented and praises her work like Secret Six, a book so good they cancelled it, what, three times in ten years?

The humor he bemoans? The lazy plot and cringy dialogue? That was there then. This is what certain elements of CG, Simple Zach foremost among them, have done that makes them unbearable. They try to fit comic history into a narrative.

Sorry Simple Zach. Your boyfriend Chuck Dixon worked hand in hand and even helped SJWs out. So did allot of pros. They didn't speak up when they should have and each one owns a part of what comics became.

@FROG had a livestream titled "the worst Livestream I've ever done". Sorry Ethan, it's far from your worst.

It actually starts off really well. Ol' man Sciver looks at the latest new thing from Marvel after some mandatory shilling. His audience, the unwashed Liefeld loving philistines they are, fail to appreciate the historicity of Marvel's redesigns of Kamela Khan and Nova. The conversation turns as Ol' man Sciver waxes about how he once almost created a female Wolverine whose name was sex backward.

Grandpa Ethan welcomes a bunch of his fellow CG vets and surprisingly Kenneth Roccafort. Jon Malin, who only looks like he's fifty, admits to his own Liefeldian lack of taste and that if it didn't have an X or a Spider in the title he couldn't be arsed to read it. Grandpa Ethan finishes admitting that once he read Marvel he realized how gay DC is/was.

The rest of the panel is not in love with Marvel's bland and uncreative ripping off of a mediocre troll job from the 70s. Jon Malin says what most people are thinking, that no one cares and he then says why would anyone want to be DC and therefore worthless in his eyes. After all, they did fire his Senpai.

Grandpa Ethan proclaims that Marvel is actually helping the retailers and maybe old Squadron Supreme issues will be worth something like Cyberfrog. As he uttered these words Mark Grunewald's Corpse shuddered in its grave. Finally figuring out that he was with the uncultured he turned to Marvel's recent experiment with Anti-Semitism. After ripping into the artwork, the panel agrees that jews anti-semitism is bad. This caps the first third of a nearly four fucking hour stream. Toward the end, Grandpa having tired himself gives his rant about the person(s) he hate/lusts after. Jon Malin predicts that Doug will go back to talking about them once struck again in that way a future divorcee talks about his wife going to come back.

 

[Newman's Own]

Jon Malin predicts that Doug will go back to talking about them once struck again in that way a future divorcee talks about his wife going to come back.

Wishful thinking on Malin's part. I don't think Doug will bother with CG even if his political vids go the way of the dodo. I don't think Doug would lose any backers if he never mentioned them again.

I'm not sure anyone in CG even really remembers why they're so mad at Doug anymore. Something about selling them a book they loved and then walking away from CG or insufficient gratitude or something.

Clearly Doug is the personification of evil.

 

[Smug Freiza]

The other big news circling Comicsgate lately is the pending litigation between former stripper burlesque dancer Martina Markota and her former team on the Comicsgate book Lady Alchemy. I was considering drafting a thread on the lolsuit board but I don't really have the time and autism to invest in it, so I'll post everything I have here and if another user wishes to do so feel free to grab what you need from this post. First however lets start at the beginning.

Who Is Martina Markota?

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Martina Markota/Lady Alchemy is a former burlesque dancer from NYC and a controversial figure of the "alt-right" due to her association with the Proud Boys and Gavin McInnes, however is most notable for her marriage to UK "far-right" political figure Jack Buckby. She claims to have been cancelled from her burlesque and modelling career for her political views and support of former US President Donald Trump. She gained massive notoriety when becoming a news host of Canadian rightwing outlet Rebel Media, since leaving Rebel she has engaged in multiple other political ventures which led to her having her bank account closed by Chase Bank during 2019 [archive]. Fellow mommy-milker lolcow Brittany Venti did a decent video going over the antics and Martina's crazy beliefs back in August 2019, which most famously include her believing her blood type RH-negative gives her special powers and she is descended from fallen angels.

Fellow kiwi @Analog Devolved provided further information on Martina Markota and her political beliefs including the Pizzagate Conspiracy and rare bloodtype in a series of posts here, here and here.

Lady Alchemy: The Comicsgate Connection

During late 2018 Martina and her creative team involving an artist called Maz and an alleged Hollywood screenwriter called Chris launched the Comicsgate crowdfunded comic Lady Alchemy on Indiegogo. The comic received promotion within the Comicsgate sphere on various Youtube channels and was featured on the website Bounding Into Comics for an interview with the creators [archive]. The book was funded to the tune of $25,238 by 629 backers on November 2nd 2018 going on to make $35,557 at the time of this archive.

The book would feature Martina Markota going by her former stage name Lady Alchemy as the titular hero of the book, with art by Maz and the writing by Chris. While the original page was altered after the fallout between Martina and her team, before eventually being taken down by Indiegogo after a trademark dispute was launched against her, an archive of the original page still exists. It may be important to note that according to the terminology of the original campaign page that Lady Alchemy was "Created by Martina Markota and MG & CS MAGNUM OPUS studio Productions." Presumably MG and CS are the two former collaborators on the project Maz and Chris who were mentioned above.

The Fallout and rename of Lady Alchemy: Mutus Liber​

The first sign of trouble came in early 2020 when Ethan VanSciver/@FROG made the following quote here. At this point the book was nearly six months late as it was originally due to be shipped to backers in August 2019.

Martina made a mistake early on by shipping stretch goal product before her book was done, which ate up a ton of her shipping money. Then her artist flaked on her after having been paid.

I'm not sure what I can do to help her at this point...Matt Weldon was helping her finish her art, last I heard, and she hasn't come to me with ideas for what I could do to fix her situation. If she did, I'd be willing to help out somehow. But she has to make some decisions of her own first.

It wouldn't be until March 2020 that more details surrounding Lady Alchemy and the fallout would be brought to the thread by fellow kiwi @verissimus who provided a recent The Dick Show appearance by Maz as he explained his side of the story to Dick Masterson. Verissmus very kindly offered up the episode [198] with the timestamp of 1:37:00 - 2:00:00 for Maz's appearance along with a summary and highlights in a post here. Resident Comicsgate Kiwi investigative reporter @Mister Dongs offered up his assessment on the developing situation in a series of posts here, here and here.

The attention of the situation brought @kamikazesonichu to join the thread and report that this wasn't the first time Martina had creative differences with a team in a post here. The user offered up his assessment of the situation and the similarities between the failure of a Conversative art/fashion magazine that Martina was involved in [archive]. The user would then offer up a link to a now deleted twitter account, possibly of Maz or Chris themselves, in which emails with Martina were dumped in a post here. Unfortunately screencaps of the emails were not provided and the tweet itself doesn't appear to have been archived.

It is around this time that the campaign was renamed to Lady Alchemy: Mutus Liber after the firing of both Chris and Maz and they were replaced by Comicsgate writer of Monster MD Von Klaus and fresh art work from Dario Carrasco. The campaign page was redone and while taken down another archive exists showing the changes.

Fellow kiwi @New Fag would report on these changes providing screenshots of both a fresh 40K stretch goal to "fix this mess" and a screenshot of an update announcing the changes in a post here.

In June 2020 fellow kiwi @SuiSui1 would post updated art from Martina's twitter to the thread, showing that the project was again moving along in a post here. While user @nohm would inform the thread in the following month of July that Martina had entered a Maxim cover contest [archive] and was encouraging her followers to push her into first place in a post here.

The lolsuit Maz v Muh Queena McQueefa/Mommy-Milkers
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The first time a potential lawsuit was looming was brought up on fellow kiwi and Comicsgate creator @NasserRabadi13 's stream titled "Afterlife With Nasser #22" on December 5th 2020 in which Martina appears as a guest at the 3 hour 17 minute mark [timestamp included in video].

The stream would received an extensive write up by @Mister Dongs in a follow up post here, with further timestamps provided by Dongs in the video's comment section.

Recently the rumored lawsuit became an eventuality and in response Indiegogo put the updated Lady Alchemy: Mutus Liber campaign under review before removing it from their site completely [archive].

Since then Martina has launched a Gofundme campaign [archive] raising, as of writing, $5,500 of a $20,000 goal as she announced she was being sued by her former team for "trademark" infringement and damages up to $60,000 as they argue they own the rights to the Lady Alchemy comic, now renamed The Dark World. The campaign page would include a link to a medium article [archive] with Martina's explanation of the situation and evidence in her defense. Martina maintains that she fired the team due to incompetence due to attempting to use a far right character known as Major Grubert who shares a trademarked name with the Marvel character of the same name. She has since re-engaged with the Comicsgate audience in an attempt to advertise the gofundme, appearing on several Comicsgate channels over the past week.

First appearing on The Lucent creator Michael Bancrofts channel

Followed by fellow kiwi and Flying Sparks creator @TheCosmicWarrior 's channel

Followed by fellow kiwi and Not Daredevil creator @COMMI3 MARK 's channel

Commie Mark would also post a comment announcing the livestream here, with additional information including a statement from replacement writer Von Klaus and reports from Martina herself that her Youtube channel has been receiving copyright strikes and alleged "death threats."

The situation continues to develop but I thought I'd compile everything we have so far in one easy to access post. I'm certainly not a legal expert so perhaps more educated kiwis on the matter could take a look and offer an opinion such as @5t3n0g0ph3r and @AnOminous since they both have discussed such matters before. If this case eventually makes the lolsuit board I've included a list of kiwi's for special thanks and citations below.

Special Thanks and Citations to
@Analog Devolved
@FROG
@verissimus
@Mister Dongs
@kamikazesonichu
@New Fag
@SuiSui1
@nohm
@COMMI3 MARK​

 

[Captain Manning]

I was considering drafting a thread on the lolsuit board but I don't really have the time and autism to invest in it, so I'll post everything I have here and if another user wishes to do so feel free to grab what you need from this post.

You would have to wait till it's filed anyways. If it's filed. The Mignonia v Funimation thread wasn't done until we got the initial filing (by way of Rekieta). I know, because Emspex asked me to write it as soon as that doc dropped, and not a moment sooner (@5t3n0g0ph3r has since taken over management of that OP after I got seriously ill and my PC took a shit). Theoretical lawsuits wouldn't go in that forum.

Also, @VIkkiVerse apparently got into a nasty spat with this chick the other day. I think it's somewhere in the third video you posted, but I haven't been able to watch it yet.

Frankly, I would welcome a good cat fight. CG is a gay sausage factory as it is.

 

[nohm]

The user would then offer up a link to a now deleted twitter account, possibly of Maz or Chris themselves, in which emails with Martina were dumped in a post here. Unfortunately screencaps of the emails were not provided and the tweet itself doesn't appear to have been archived.

https://archive.vn/MvHAR

 

[SuiSui1]

Once again Smug, you are the superior life form, a slime like me can never compare to.
Also, never forget those maggots of WASCAMPAIGN calling Martina "Mommy" and "Queen Matifa"

 

[Newman's Own]

Also, @VIkkiVerse apparently got into a nasty spat with this chick the other day. I think it's somewhere in the third video you posted, but I haven't been able to watch it yet.

Timestamped

Sounds to me like everyone involved in this project was a piece of shit. The artist, the writer and Marty. Lawsuits are soul sucking trashfires and it seems like everyone is going to lose in this situation.

Good.

 

[Captain Manning]

The shit starts flying at about 1:07:15.

You have to read the live chat reply to get the full effect.

Basically, this bitch seems to be arguing that "she is Lady Alchemy," and nobody else can ever use that name. Her primary argument being that "she's been using it in commerce since 2012." The USPTO database confirms she registered the mark in June of last year.



To which Vikki retorts that there is no Lady Alchemy TM filed for comics.

This is a potentially important point because there can be two or more similar sounding trademarks utilized in different economic sectors. What any court would be looking at is whether it creates consumer confusion, and therefore trademark dilution.

The most pertinent example would be the whole shitshow between Nissan Computer and Nissan Motors (I'll spare you the details and just tell you that the courts ultimately ruled there can indeed be two Nissans conducting commerce in the US... duh).

Instead of grasping what's being said here, Martina resorts to claiming Vikki is jealous because "she's hot."

To which I shall retort that Martina's hair looks stupid, and "burlesque dancer" sounds an awful like a more polite term for THOT.

MILF > THOT.

Q.E.D.

I am going to bed now.

Timestamped

Thanks. You posted this right as I was writing my post.

 

[Puddleduck]

Sorry Simple Zach. Your boyfriend Chuck Dixon worked hand in hand and even helped SJWs out. So did allot of pros. They didn't speak up when they should have and each one owns a part of what comics became.

Is Dixon even an anti-SJW? I know he's in CG but I've never heard of anything 'problematic' directly from him...

 

[FROG]

I've got a couple questions.

Why does she continue to claim the “Lady Alchemy image” is trademarked, when it is not? The name “Lady Alchemy” is trademarked by Martina Markota only for use in live burlesque shows.


How did Chase bank dropping her business on January 23, 2019 effect her ability to receive IGG funds for a project that closed on November 1, 2018? One that should have pain out long before November 2018 was over?

There's a thing called Common Law Trademark. Once Martina began trying to make money using her image as "Lady Alchemy" she had legal ownership over it.

Registering the trademark gave her addition protection, but it wasn't necessary. Anyone trying to register a trademark for "Lady Alchemy" in a way that might cause brand confusion for Martina would need to do a good faith search of potential Common Law Trademarks before proceeding, and in this case, it's clear that anyone involved in this comic would have been aware of her claim to it.

 

[boofit]

For a pretty long while now I have been of the opinion that Zack feels trapped in the persona he built, it's almost palpable.
At first the outrage was real and based.
Now it's what is expected so he needs to live up to that and he is not at all outraged anymore, he made his way and the dangerhairs have had nothing on him but their usual bitching into their small and declining echo chamber.
If you ask me the guy needs to treat himself to a nice long vacation and go offline for a month or two to relax and enjoy life so he can get back to who he actually is and find out where he wants to take things.
Seeing his numbers over the years he must have the scratch to do so.
I can imagine him having recognized this some time ago and I think he has not taken a break yet because you know online you can become yesterday's news today.
I for me would check out some of his vids again if they did not make me feel like impending psychological doom.
Go Zack, there will be people waiting for you when you get back.

btw thanks fags for turning the direction of the thread around, you know who you are

 

[verissimus]

Why does this reek of the same BS like that doctored tweet of F.A.N.?