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Greed is not good, but you can know a lot about the state of a country by the state of its money.
Maybe if the industry didn't shoot itself in the foot so many times, didn't hire hacks, ideologues and hack ideologues the industry wouldn't be in the shape it is in. I want to be surprised that someone managed to mess up something which should be a solid revenue stream...but I know better, and have seen this pattern repeated again and again...
Interesting. All it has to do is not suck.Current Batman writer James Tynion IV was offered a three year contract extension to continue writing for DC Comics but declined it in exchange for an offer from Substack to create a new slate of original, creator-owned comic book content on their website in what he described as a jaw dropping offer of the decade. Substack stated they would take none of the intellectual property rights or even publishing rights.
James Tynion IV Ditches Batman To Create Creator-Owned Comics For Substack
The current writer on DC Comics' Batman will be ditching the title in favor of creating new creator-owned comics for the subscription-based newsletter website, Substack.boundingintocomics.com
Major Comic Book Publishers scrambling for Creator-Owned Content, especially with smaller major comics publishers like IDW and Dark Horse losing licensed properties to the big media companies like Disney and Warner Bros.
Nachie Marsham Wants IDW to be Home to Creator Owned Comics in 2022
Right now, there is a gold rush for creator-owned comic books. Something once seen as an anathema in the industru, or a sop to keep certain creators stillbleedingcool.com
If you want to make a living writing and drawing comics, yes that's a bad thing.So...as some others have said is being Blacklisted by DC that bad a thing?
If you want to make a living writing and drawing comics, yes that's a bad thing.
Comicsgate is also a very vocal minority saying "stop liking what I don't like and start liking what I like" with undertones of "or else" tossed in for good measure. It, like Gamergate, is toxic.
No, that wasn't how it started.If you want to make a living writing and drawing comics, yes that's a bad thing.
Comicsgate is also a very vocal minority saying "stop liking what I don't like and start liking what I like" with undertones of "or else" tossed in for good measure. It, like Gamergate, is toxic.
The moment you compared Comicsgate to Gamergate (in terms of being "toxic"), I knew you had no idea what you're talking about.If you want to make a living writing and drawing comics, yes that's a bad thing.
Comicsgate is also a very vocal minority saying "stop liking what I don't like and start liking what I like" with undertones of "or else" tossed in for good measure. It, like Gamergate, is toxic.
Please note, I did not specify which side was being toxic.The moment you compared Comicsgate to Gamergate (in terms of being "toxic"), I knew you had no idea what you're talking about.
Sorry; I get a little trigger-happy whenever it looks like someone is trying to paint Gamergate (a movement I was heavily in support of back when it was a still a thing, and not just a long-dead bogeyman the regressive left likes to trot out whenever they want to disparage consumers of entertainment media) in a negative light.Please note, I did not specify which side was being toxic.
According to Shelley Lopresti, wife of longtime comic book artist Aaron Lopresti, DC is threatening freelancers that they will never work with their company if they are associated with Comicsgate according to a comment she posted on Twitter. This tweet arose after Aaron Lopresti made an appearance on Ethan Van Scriver's livestream to promote his new graphic novel Wraith of God.
Rumor: DC Comics Threatening To Blacklist Any Freelancer Associated With Comicsgate
DC Comics is rumored to be threatening any freelancer who partners with Comicsgate with a lifetime ban from working for the publisher.boundingintocomics.com
Sorry; I get a little trigger-happy whenever it looks like someone is trying to paint Gamergate (a movement I was heavily in support of back when it was a still a thing, and not just a long-dead bogeyman the regressive left likes to trot out whenever they want to disparage consumers of entertainment media) in a negative light.