Richard C. Meyer, the man behind the Comics & Diversity YouTube channel, filed a lawsuit in federal court against comic book writer Mark Waid. He claims Waid committed “tortious interference of a contract” upon him. It’s related to the incident when Meyer announced Antarctic Press was going to publish his comic Jawbreakers: Lost Souls only to have the publisher...
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Rob Schneider sends his fans after Gail Simone
Saturday Night Live alumni and comedic actor Rob Schneider took exception to a joke comic book writer Gail Simone made. It involved Canadian donut shop Tim Hortons and Schneider. Gail made a joke about Tim Hortons being the Rob Schneider of donut shops. Having had Tim Hortons coffee and watched a lot of Rob Schneider movies,...
Read MoreSuperman used to be a racist, hateful jerk
In March of 1943, the United States was embroiled in a massive war with Imperial Japan. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Instead of using all his various superpowers to quickly bring an end to the war, Superman (government name Clark Kent) used his superpowers to stoke the fires of racial hatred and bigotry. No wonder Batman...
Read MoreTom King thinks comics are only for nerds
Tom King, DC Comics’ top writer, took to Twitter Sunday to do a little comic book gatekeeping. Here’s the tweet: This tweet bothered me. First of all, he began by saying comics aren’t for everyone. What a depressing thing to read. It wasn’t said by someone who doesn’t understand or know anything about comics. No, it...
Read MoreI supported Comicsgate until I didn’t (Update)
(Note: I wrote this over a year ago. I’ve changed my mind about Comicsgate since I originally wrote this. I’ve added an update section at the bottom of this post.) For a while, I’ve had some strong opinions about comic books. My biggest concern is that comics cost too much. The average price of a monthly...
Read MoreThey need to stop making fake Godzilla movies
The trailer for the upcoming movie, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, was released at the San Diego Comic-Con and then for the rest of the world. I will not watch the movie because I’m a fan of Godzilla. I have been my entire life. You might ask, since I’m a fan of the character, why...
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