Adam Post was ushered in along with Matt Wenger after the "Fall of Rome" when Comicsgate entered a long famine of both promotional and professional talent (Malin and Cecil being the last two "names" left) and a shaken Frog was in the market for some especially loyal (read: dependent) people. CG 2021 has its own new and disturbing crises it's facing but the present situation of a surge of entrepreneurs not getting a leg up or being ignored in favor of less worthy recipients is infinitely better than a year and a half ago when people capable of functional independence and building a following without Frog's platform or WC approval were actively screened, suppressed and driven off.
Wenger, as we all know, imploded spectacularly when he thought Frog would use his platform to promote
anything he made and had no business plan when he learned that this was not the case while Frog, eventually, learned the downside of
obligation in his newfound role of Comicsgate philanthropist. Post however has a bit more self awareness than Wenger.
This is why I always have a good laugh when Frog says dumb shit like this:
I for one find it quite funny that the "worthless indie shithead" Tim Lim has been able to surpass the rotating gong show of toadies described as "fellow professionals" Frog lifts up like "Cecil", Adam Post and Patrick Thomas Parnell by way of regular, affordable and on-time production of quality comic books. Professionalism in other words.
This isn't to say there are no professionals in Comicsgate - if that's your thing, Art Thibert has assembled more bald guys in glasses that make comics than you could shake a stick at. In truth though, if the Comicsgate audience was truly interested in watching comic book professionals there's no shortage of content made by people employed in the mainstream these days.
If this seems overly harsh, I'll just point out that for all these failings the only reason that Newman's and Brother Maynard can accuse Frog of operating a monopoly on backer support within Comicsgate is because the many others with equal or larger platforms (YF, TUG, Zack, Doug TenNapel, HeelsVsBabyface), that are beholden in no such way, have offered so little in comparison.
