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

[The Holmes]

New as in something that's been done since the late 90ies. Most famous example being Whitehouse.com domain got bought by a porn site back then.

I meant as far as Testefy stealing copyright, not in general. I'm old enough to remember the lulz around Whitehouse.com, some pranks came out of that.

 

[A nameless trool]

I don't want him to fail (and don't disregard this part just because the next word is: ), but he's one of those guys who disregards good advice and refuses to change his ways for God knows what reason, and it's understandable why people would still try to prop him up, he has that weird likeable quality (probably the autistic way he's enthusiastic even about crude ms paintjobs) and he did help kickstart this whole shebang. What I'd to if I was his friend at this point is to step back and wait until he inevitably falls on his face and help him out when he asks for it and means it.

YBZ and EVS (and probably JSG and Clint Stoker, but seriously, who gives a fuck about Clint Stoker) are on the Venn diagram of CG/FM and people who have a semblance of common sense.

Also, I am 5 minutes in the Jessi Milestone/Mary Mayhem video and damnit, those two women are oozing so much drama I want to choke. Is Mary Mayhem the female Liam Grey?

 

[Uranus Pink]

I meant as far as Testefy stealing copyright, not in general. I'm old enough to remember the lulz around Whitehouse.com, some pranks came out of that.

Whitehouse.com was largely an nonissue as Whitehouse.gov is the official U.S. Govt site. Through everyone at the time agreed it was aptly fitting one of the Whitehouse domains (com, org, gov, and etc.) is a porn site thanks to Bill Clinton antics. The Bush and Gore presidential compaign was where the domain pranks came in.

For copyright ownership and being too slow on the draw https://www.dakkadakka.com is what happens when someone else is faster. Much to GeeDubs chagrin as Dakkadakka.com refused to bend over and pretty much punted "dakka" into public domain.

 

[Mecha]

As for the vagina brigade gearing up to cancel ME (Mecha, Jessi Milestone, Mary Mayhem, etc.): They have gone cuckoo bonkers crazy. I'm trying my best to follow their complete sperg out. It's wild. They're totally going the SJW route on this one.

Jarbo is having a field day with this, because he also hates both sides.

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[Super-Chevy454]

Gerry Conway double and triple down by calling for Japanese manga censorship and this is from the guy who created Power Girl! What an hypocrite.

Power Girl Co-Creator Gerry Conway Wants To See Manga Creators "Taken To Task" For Their "Rampant Sexism and Misogyny”

Power Girl co-creator Gerry Conway has attempted to direct the internet outrage machine to turned its attention to manga industry.

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https://archive.ph/2jsEz

The Western comic book industry has officially begun to turn its sights on the Japanese entertainment industry, as Power Girl co-creator Gerry Conway declared that he wants to see the manga industry “taken to task” for their “rampant sexism and misogyny.”

On May 11th, presumably prompted by the recent situation surrounding J. Scott Campbell’s response to a Tumblr artist’s ‘fixing’ of his work, Conway took to his Twitter to bafflingly assert that while “American comic book artists are taken deservedly to task regularly for outrageously sexist treatment of women,” he “rarely [saw] any commentary on the rampant sexism and misogyny of manga”.

“And manga is incredibly popular with younger readers,” Conway added, attempting to support his disingenuous argument with a tired ‘think of the children’ moral backing.

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

Gerry Conway double and triple down by calling for Japanese manga censorship and this is from the guy who created Power Girl! What an hypocrite.

Power Girl Co-Creator Gerry Conway Wants To See Manga Creators "Taken To Task" For Their "Rampant Sexism and Misogyny”

Power Girl co-creator Gerry Conway has attempted to direct the internet outrage machine to turned its attention to manga industry.

boundingintocomics.com

https://archive.ph/2jsEz

Hey, Conway! It's because you shitstains adhere to the woketards. If you ignored them, perhaps comics would be in better shape than in the present. It would also help if you created stories that didn't talk down the people who buy your product. You know, something that entertains them? Just saying...

 

[annnanovichova]

Rate me late, or wathever, but it's a good thing I'm professional* and can fix other's ppl art too!
Hope you like it, Anna!

The Ethot Professional Artist qualified to fix artwork unsolicited

*not professional, but I know how Bratz doll should look like.

Brie does have one ASSett,

Because they wanted blonde ass double fir Elizabeth Olsen.

 

[Captain Manning]

Gerry Conway double and triple down by calling for Japanese manga censorship and this is from the guy who created Power Girl! What an hypocrite.

Good luck with that.

Most that will happen is you might see a halfhearted attempt at censorship in US releases, and that will last only until people say "fuck it" and go download Scanlations of the Japanese original. Which is meant for a market that gives exactly zero fucks about SJWs. Manga is even easier to pirate than video games and anime. It would be a loser move.

EDIT:

Also, here's the REAL reason he's probably ass mad.

 

[Newman's Own]

If Frog is willing to publish Jawbreakers under the All Caps umbrella, Zack should at least be willing to do a few streams and talk about it. It's not like he has a perfectly valid excuse to not livestream like Kyle Ritter (even though Kyle has been on more streams than Zack in the last year). At the same time, I can see Zack coming on to Frog's show and just being a total shit like a kid that got dragged to the bank by his mom. Probably lots of short, unspecific answers to questions and he'd probably come up with an excuse to bail the minute someone says something that makes him squirm.

The only reason I can see Zack using all caps as a publisher is so he doesn't have to promote it himself. Think about it. Zack has to cut Ethan in on the profits. That means it's in Ethan's best interest to flog the shit out of Myer's product for him. And Zack won't have to spend as much any time worrying about the shit he doesn't care about like livestreaming.

I'm not sure what value Ethan brings besides promotion for a piece of the action.

 

[TESTEFY-HD]

LIAM GRAY of CON-quest comics TREEHOUSE UPDATE #11
- the roof is here

 

[Captain Manning]

LIAM GRAY of CON-quest comics TREEHOUSE UPDATE #11
- the roof is here

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One day it will be complete.

And Testefy will be very sad.

Until the thing falls on Liam head, or something. Then Testefy will be happy again.

EDIT: Is it just me, or was today really slow and boring?

 

[Weeb Slinger]

I was touched by the news that Ethan had reached out to Zack to offer his assistance. It struck me as one of those practical acts of kindness, where you see a friend wobbling and step forward to offer a little guidance and support, in a way that doesn't insult them. And sure, Ethan benefits too, but he benefits in line with the value that he can bring to the Jawbreakers.

Zack deviates between periods of obsessive compulsive multi-tasking and periodic 'oh, look, a butterfly' moments, where his attention is monopolised by a rogue AC unit, the addition of a troubling new ingredient in his breakfast taco, or a new idea that he must launch on Indiegogo this minute, before his inspiration is transformed back into a pumpkin and quartet of white mice. This has led him to a point where he has several crowdfunders on the go and is fulfilling the newer projects before the older ones. That's going to cost you in terms of goodwill and reputation. I like Zack and I don't want to see his name routinely mentioned in the same breath as Mitch Breitweiser.

Both men have strong personalities: Ethan could have gone down in flames after he left DC, but instead emerged from his own funeral pyre like an overweight Daenerys Stormborn, cradling a cybernetic frog. Zack willed himself into the role of comic creator, in the face of sun glare reflecting off the artwork of the books that he was attempting to review, and pushback from the mainstream, who convinced themselves that the biggest threat to the industry was an ex-marine wandering around New York, preaching on the decline of DC and Marvel, while occasionally being drowned-out by fountains and road maintenance crews.

Maybe they'll bang heads and their professional relationship will fall apart, but I hope that, a few years from now, they are still talking to each other.

 

[9th legion centurion 002]

Jawbreakers is a franchise on the decline, the more goodwill Zack loses the less popular it will be. By the time Jawbreakers 4 rolls around and is actually ready, the only goodwill Zack will have left will be with his ultra radicalized fanbase who will buy literal feces smeared on paper as long as Richard's name is on it.

I think Frog would have been better off just creating his own GI Joe type series and let Zack just go his own way.

 

[Rupin]

Jawbreakers is a franchise on the decline, the more goodwill Zack loses the less popular it will be. By the time Jawbreakers 4 rolls around and is actually ready, the only goodwill Zack will have left will be with his ultra radicalized fanbase who will buy literal feces smeared on paper as long as Richard's name is on it.

I think Frog would have been better off just creating his own GI Joe type series and let Zack just go his own way.

If it were a possibility for Frog to just buy the franchise off of Zack and start it off fresh as a reboot than it has potential to become a big seller again. Plus that would make Zack’s run on Jawbreaker even more collectible if Frog’s campaign is a success. Jawbreakers already has a fanbase behind it and it is pretty well known in the comic community. I think if Zack were to sell the property to EVS, then EVS could hire a good artist and writer for the book and that could go a long way in bringing back goodwill to the Jawbreaker’s franchise again.

 

[Newman's Own]

Doug Ernst on OAN.

Tipping Point - Chris Boyle Interviews Douglas Ernst on The Culture War in the Comic Book Industry

Chris Boyle Interviews Douglas Ernst on The Culture War in the Comic Book Industry

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https://twitter.com/douglasernst/status/1393578001850273792

 

[Crescent Fresh]

If it were a possibility for Frog to just buy the franchise off of Zack and start it off fresh as a reboot than it has potential to become a big seller again. Plus that would make Zack’s run on Jawbreaker even more collectible if Frog’s campaign is a success. Jawbreakers already has a fanbase behind it and it is pretty well known in the comic community. I think if Zack were to sell the property to EVS, then EVS could hire a good artist and writer for the book and that could go a long way in bringing back goodwill to the Jawbreaker’s franchise again.

Just give it to Dixon for writing and the existing Jawbreakers art team, then let Meyer have a variant cover and maybe base-level story direction, while keeping him far away from the script itself. That’s it, you’re done.

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

Doug Ernst on OAN.

Tipping Point - Chris Boyle Interviews Douglas Ernst on The Culture War in the Comic Book Industry

Chris Boyle Interviews Douglas Ernst on The Culture War in the Comic Book Industry

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https://twitter.com/douglasernst/status/1393578001850273792

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[Captain Manning]

By the time Jawbreakers 4 rolls around and is actually ready, the only goodwill Zack will have left will be with his ultra radicalized fanbase who will buy literal feces smeared on paper as long as Richard's name is on it.

I was just thinking the other day, that there are several people lurking around CG trying to channel Steve Jobs, They're constantly trying their own attempt at the famed "reality distortion field."

Jobs could have shit in a bag onstage, scrawled an Apple logo on the side, and people would have mortgaged their houses to get one.

Scary thing is that that sometimes works if the person doing it has enough charisma.

 

[COMMI3 MARK]

They're constantly trying their own attempt at the famed "reality distortion field."

Tell me more.

Scary thing is that that sometimes works if the person doing it has enough charisma.

Nvm. I'm out.

 

[Pilule Noire]

With things being a little slow right now, I thought folks might enjoy a little stroll down memory lane.

Did you know, boys and girls, that right around this time last year, Preston Poulter @PocketJacks became the Dark Lord of ComicGate, with our very own Queen Boudica @VIkkiVerse his Dark Ladyfriend?

It's true! Oh, it was back in the ancient times, the savage times.

But how did it all come to be like that? Preston, the King of ComiCsGate??

Well gather round all, and hear the tale!

It all began on April 24th 2020. @Mister Dongs, show us!

(Let's have a hand for Mister Dongs, who braved Boobtube flaggotry threats from the DFEing orange-utan @Tyne himself to bring us this information)

Here you can relive the precise moment when Liam Gray (who in Frog's words was CG's Jerry Springer at that time) was bamboozled and flabbergasted live on-air by the Preston Poulter BOMBSHELL, dropped by Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool, that Comicsigates had been trademarked.

Yes, the dastardly would-be canceller Preston Poulter had TRADEMARKED 'Comisncisgate'!!! BWUHHH??

And bwuh was indeed the reaction throughout the CG community, waves of bwuh through all the little streams, the little CG people trying to figure out the difference between copyright and trademark, vowing to change their name to something else creating a possible cat-and-mouse game with Poulter, and many other very clever CG-level ideas about what to do.

But there was a lady of the night attached to Frog, Sheila Allen @H0stile, and SHE had a plan.

Now I can't get into it all, it's too gross, not with youngsters like Narzack and Nasser here.

But it's all on the farms, and those of us who know, know.

And so, in the early weeks of May 2020, it seemed a glorious new post-Frog age was emerging in ComicGaStES.

@TheCosmicWarrior knows - he was in like Flynn!

But then one day, all of a sudden, a little thing happened called- cover little Narzack's ears! - THE PEGGENING.

Let's not get into THAT in too much detail!

And so, skipping a bit, on the 18th May 2020 the blushing King Preston came to the pulpit to address his shocked, confused yet expectant Comicsgate(TM) subjects:

I was there lads! I remember it all... it was so funny.

Maybe you had to be there. But let me leave you now, by sharing this one particularly enduring memory of mine, that burns like a flame.

It was just a single comment on Preston's video from the day when he announced the trademark, and became King.

This of course is a reference to the famous line from Dad's Army:

For the life of me lads, I can never stop thinking about this one little comment from poor Penddraig.

It burns in my memory lads, it burns!

For as we know now, and as poor little Penddraig was soon to find out... the new King Preston did like it up him.