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Remember when CBR banned all discussion of Jawbreakers in their forums? Well they made an article about Jawbreakers (https://archive.li/RssfY):
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This past Friday, Antarctic Press announced it would be publishing Jawbreakers–Lost Souls, a comic book written by Richard C. Meyer and drawn by Jon Malin and Brett R. Smith. Crowdfunded through Meyer’s fanbase, the comic has currently raised $248,906 on IndieGogo. Following Antarctic’s announcement, several comic book shops announced they would not sell Jawbreakers due to Meyer’s involvement in what is widely viewed as a harassment campaign against diversity in comics.

In the wake of the announcements, several retailers said they found themselves the victims of harassment, prompting Antarctic to announce late Saturday evening that it would, in fact, not publish Jawbreakers. Though the company stated it is a “staunch believer in Creator’s Rights,” the retailer boycott and subsequent harassment campaign caused it to reverse its decision, leaving the book without a publisher.

Later that evening, Antarctic tweeted a statement in response to the rumor that Marvel Comics writer Mark Waid had “threatened” the publisher in order to coerce it to cancel the book. According to Antarctic, while Waid did indeed contact the company, he simply left a message, and no one at the publisher felt bullied into scrapping Jawbreakers. Rather, this was a decision made of its own volition.

Currently, Jawbreakers has no publisher, and Meyer says he plans to file a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission.

FACTS: Mark Waid put a call in to our office. Staff took a message and told Mr. Waid our publisher would be informed. Nobody at AP contacted @CBCebulski or @Marvel nor felt threatened in any way by Mr. Waid's call. We have not been bullied into a decision by any comics pro.

— Antarctic Press | Comics And Chill (@AntarcticPress) May 12, 2018
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damian said:
Remember when CBR banned all discussion of Jawbreakers in their forums? Well they made an article about Jawbreakers
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TBF, that article was from May 13, and they didn't officially ban discussion until May 17. Or so I imagine CBR would argue.

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CBR CENSORS ALL DISCUSSION ABOUT JAWBREAKERS COMIC
Posted on May 19, 2018, 1:00 am By Billy D


(Last Updated On: May 19, 2018)

Comic Book Resources announced on May 17th, 2018 that all discussion about Richard C. Meyer’s comic book, Jawbreakers, is banned on the forums.

The announcement came courtesy of forum moderator Matt, who wrote…

“Over the past couple of days, we’ve had some folks try to start discussions relating to the Antarctic Press/Jawbreakers story. As a Moderator team, we have decided that we do not wish it discussed and deleted such threads. “Why?” is a pretty obvious and fair question.



“The answer is very simple. We, again as a Moderator Team, do not wish to give D&C and the followers thereof any sort of platform to advertise their particular brand of nonsense. We have looked at all the information available and concluded that the viewpoints involved are abhorrent, the behaviours sickening and the general attitude a detriment to civil discourse; in short, they give comic book fandom a bad name.”

Over the last year Social Justice Warriors have been consistently harassing Richard C. Meyer and attempting to enact real-life violence against him, along with trying to shut down his Patreon account.

SJWs hate Meyer because he criticizes many of their poorly made, poorly written, and poorly drawn propaganda being published at Marvel and DC, but mostly just Marvel. Meyer exposed the agitprop from Marvel’s comic book line through his YouTube channel Diversity & Comics. This resulted in SJWs smearing his name in public and attempting to organize harassment against him.

Instead of complaining about the quality of comic books in the industry, Meyer decided to work with Marvel artist Jon Malin to create the comic book Jawbreakers: Lost Souls, which was crowdfunded through IndieGoGo to the tune of $303,000.

Propagandists in the media at outlets such as the Daily Dot, have been pushing the narrative that Richard C. Meyer is a harasser and that #ComicsGate is about attacking women in comics, writing…

“Crowdfunded indie comic Jawbreakers just lost its publishing deal, canceled due to its creator’s history of online harassment. It’s the latest chapter in the burgeoning Comicsgate saga, following in the footsteps of Gamergate.



“While Jawbreakers was a team effort like most comics, artists Jon Malin and Brett R. Smith attracted less attention than writer Richard C. Meyer. He’s better known as an online shit-stirrer, using the pseudonym Diversity & Comics to rail against—you guessed it—diversity in the comics industry.”

That particular article was recently published after Antarctic Press pulled out of publishing Jawbreakers.

Google continues to do its part by pushing this narrative to the forefront of search engines, all while actual proof or evidence of harassment committed by Meyer is non-existent. Nevertheless, in the age of fake news controlled by ideologically driven tech platforms such as Google and Facebook, it’s no surprise that falsehoods stand front and center when doing a basic search for something like the Jawbreakers comic book.

Leveraging the fake news hysteria pushed by the Regressive Left, Comic Book Resource has banned all discussion of Jawbreakers in order to limit the reach for potential customers through grassroots marketing campaigns. If people can’t discuss the comic book on the forums, it limits their ability to purchase the comic from store shops when it launches this August.

Matt rounded out the forum post by stating…

“This is an issue that is not open for debate or discussion at this time. Thank you for both your consideration and understanding.”

You’ll still be able to purchase Jawbreakers at participating retailers through the Splatto Comics publishing line. For more info you can also visit the IndieGoGo page.

[Update:] Matt has posted another message clarifying that CBR doesn’t even want fans of the Jawbreakers comic book or listeners to Diversity & Comics visiting or participating in any forum activity…

“The Moderating Team have decided that D&C do not deserve a platform for their views on these forums. Their position is abhorrent. Their behaviour is sickening. Their actions are a detriment to comic book fandom in general. The CBR Forums will not be used to give them any sort of publicity or chance to further play victim (when they’ve been the ones causing all the issues).



“This is not an issue that is going to be discussed on the CBR Forums. As far as the Mod Team is concerned, D&C and anyone who follows their position are not welcome here.”
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Edit: The scariest thing of all of that is that Matt the Mod's forum tag says he's been a member of the CBR forum since February 1997. 21 years a member of a comic book forum? That's either impressive or a level of autism I don't think any of the cows here have achieved. Or maybe both.
 
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Elwood P. Dowd said:
TBF, that article was from May 13, and they didn't officially ban discussion until May 17. Or so I imagine CBR would argue.

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Edit: The scariest thing of all of that is that Matt the Mod's forum tag says he's been a member of the CBR forum since February 1997. 21 years a member of a comic book forum? That's either impressive or a level of autism I don't think any of the cows here have achieved. Or maybe both.
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Haha, ostracizing him and trying to ruin his reputation worked out so well for the SJWs. Oh wait his comic sold like crazy and made him $250k? I know let’s double down on that and maybe he’ll inally go away.

What an idiot but I mean what do you expect from someone who spends 21 years on a comic book forum,
 
Elwood P. Dowd said:
TBF, that article was from May 13, and they didn't officially ban discussion until May 17. Or so I imagine CBR would argue.

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Edit: The scariest thing of all of that is that Matt the Mod's forum tag says he's been a member of the CBR forum since February 1997. 21 years a member of a comic book forum? That's either impressive or a level of autism I don't think any of the cows here have achieved. Or maybe both.
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I imagine you could find a similar level of autism from the RPG.net moderation team (a gang so toxic and repressive I believe they've earned their own thread somewhere on the farms).
 
ChevroletBlackboard said:
Do none of these people remember Gamergate and how it partly got as bit as it did because forums left, right and center were shutting down discussion of it?
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Some say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting differant results, personally I just think it implies you're an idiot.

You automatically provide credability to anything the moment you do this

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CBR is also where a lot of literal who Marvel writers hang out. Happened to me once when calling out someone for his anti-white racism, and he told me ''Don't you know WHO I AM? I WROTE NIGHTHAWK!'' Whoa, nevermind Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Grant Morrison etc. I crossed paths with the NIGHTHAWK writer!
 
TinCan Wizard said:
CBR is also where a lot of literal who Marvel writers hang out. Happened to me once when calling out someone for his anti-white racism, and he told me ''Don't you know WHO I AM? I WROTE NIGHTHAWK!'' Whoa, nevermind Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Grant Morrison etc. I crossed paths with the NIGHTHAWK writer!
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“I wrote Nighthawk, I’m kind of a big deal.” Woah, did you get his autograph?

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This attitude is so common nowadays, Saladin “Allahu Snakbar” Ahmed (Black Bolt Writer) has hundreds of anti-white racist post on twitter. Only saving grace is he’s a good writer who miraculously doesn’t fuck with pre-established characters on the level others have. His original comic (Abbott) tho, is pretty much just more SJW trash.

D&C made a video on it as well:
Like I’ve said before the comics industry is filled with exceptional individuals.
 
Sissy Galvez said:
Haha, ostracizing him and trying to ruin his reputation worked out so well for the SJWs. Oh wait his comic sold like crazy and made him $250k? I know let’s double down on that and maybe he’ll inally go away.

What an idiot but I mean what do you expect from someone who spends 21 years on a comic book forum,
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I think he crossed $300,000. It’s hilarious. Every outraged underhanded act by the industry insiders increases his take, yet they don’t realize it.
 
RodgerDodger said:
I think he crossed $300,000. It’s hilarious. Every outraged underhanded act by the industry insiders increases his take, yet they don’t realize it.
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Ask not why the monkey throws it's own shit. You will never understand it's thought process or it's reasons, as you are not a monkey. Content yourself with accepting that it is in their nature to throw their own shit. It is just what they do.
 
mindlessobserver said:
Ask not why the monkey throws it's own shit. You will never understand it's thought process or it's reasons, as you are not a monkey. Content yourself with accepting that it is in their nature to throw their own shit. It is just what they do.
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Monkeys are smarter than we give them credit for. They don't give a shit, they just do what they want, they're not self righteous clowns about it.
 
Let's see if I can do this without mucking it up completely....

Small press congratulates D&C

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/PermutedPress/status/998014869768204288
Archive: http://archive.is/f0REr

Then this happens:

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No archiving or linking. Because I feel lazy today. And who cares, besides autists like me? These "authors" are hardly John Grisham.

D&C has noted it also:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiversityAndCmx/status/998574522600247296
Archive: http://archive.is/HYIdl

There's also a thread on this on D&C's private facebook group. I've capped, but I need to scrub "my" name from it. Will post screenshots on that in a bit. Don't want to get my Facebook burner account into trouble. I've grown rather fond of it. Can't archive or link to it, as best I can figure. Like I said, private group.

Edit: Thread on the D&C Facebook group, "my" details scrubbed. Not as interesting as I thought it was at first. Blah, blah, blah, SJWS, blah, blah, blah. But, eh, why not be a completionist?

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Had to use Imgur, got a message the image was too big.
 

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damian said:
More details come out tomorrow, I’m betting on stress/fear of losing day job.
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No good outcomes for the guy. He is going to be involved whether he wants to be or not. If the FTC gets involved they are going to want to talk to him as part of the inquiry. If Meyer sues his lawyer is going to want to depose him. Honestly feel bad for the dude. If there is a victim in all of this it is probably him. He should get a lawyer too and see what his options are.
 
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