Those Who Cannot Remember the Past

Those Who Cannot Remember the Past

Several major personalities at the forefront of #ComicsGate held a rather lengthy live stream the other day, largely to air out simmering grievances over perceived calls for gatekeeping in their budding enterprise. I've included the whole video below. It's worth watching to get the straight dope directly from the horse's…
July 5, 201819 Comments
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

To enhance the fun and felicity of your Independence Day, I offer a brief summary of the cold civil war currently being waged to rescue America from the corrupt globalist elites that hold her hostage. Let us remember and celebrate the manifold victories the Almighty has seen fit to grant…
July 4, 201810 Comments
Chuck Dixon’s 10 Comic Commandments

Chuck Dixon’s 10 Comic Commandments

Longtime A list comic book writer Chuck Dixon reveals his Ten Commandments of Comic Book Scripting. 1. OPEN STRONG.Get your story off and running. 2. ONLY ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE.Just the talking you need to put the point across. 3. AT LEAST THREE PIECES OF ACTION PER STORY.They can be mixed major…
July 3, 201810 Comments
XSeed Preview 3

XSeed Preview 3

Following the unanimously positive response to the first and second excerpts from my upcoming mecha/Mil-SF novel Combat Frame XSeed, I'm pleased to present the third and final preview to further whet your appetite. “Ritter!” Schwarze barked from the dirt path at the combat frame’s feet. “Quit tinkering and prep that…
July 2, 201823 Comments
To See or Not to See

To See or Not to See

An anonymous reader poses a timely and vitally important question for anyone who is torn between not giving money to people who hate him and supporting innocent creatives who might be harmed by a boycott. Diversity and Comics and others have argued that we should support the few unconverged titles…
June 30, 201822 Comments
Death by Copyright

Death by Copyright

Yesterday I covered Disney's criminal underpayment of animators and called for the government to launch an anti-trust suit against them. Reader Man of the Atom reminded me of more unsavory Disney shenanigans that present another way to take them down. From Priceonomics: For Disney, Mickey Mouse is not just a…
June 29, 201825 Comments
Bust the Mouse Trust

Bust the Mouse Trust

Disney's recent financial woes just deepened to the tune of $150 million. After more than a year of waiting, animation workers will soon receive the first payment from the $170 million settlement they won from various animation studios. The class action lawsuit against the studios alleged long-term wage theft and…
June 28, 20189 Comments
False Moral Equivalence

False Moral Equivalence

A blogger finds fault with my moral calculus equating paypigs who sell out their culture for a pot of message fic to Americans who aided and abetted communists. “Stop giving money to people who hate you.” Brian Niemeier has taken this to an extreme: From now on, I will regard…
June 27, 201825 Comments
Overcome or Succumb

Overcome or Succumb

Background: Artist. Foreground: "Artiste". Forget everything you've been force-fed by the literati about artists being special snowflakes exempted from the laws of supply and demand because they serve only the whims of the muse. To succeed, novelists must be no less market-facing than plumbers or lawyers. Friend of the blog…
June 26, 201812 Comments
Engels over Ingalls

Engels over Ingalls

The American Library Association has removed the name of beloved American author Laura Ingalls Wilder from their children's literary award. Laura Ingalls Wilder's name is set to be removed from a major children's book award after concerns were raised about the "Little House on the Prairie" author's depiction of certain…
June 25, 201816 Comments