RIP Steve Ditko

RIP Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko, the comics legend who created Mr. A and co-created Spider-Man, has passed away.  The ever-eloquent Razörfist delivers the eulogy: Yet another light has gone out in the comics industry and in the West. We stand in desperate need of new creators ready and able to succeed--but never replace!--the…
July 7, 201814 Comments
We’re Going Back in Time

We’re Going Back in Time

By now it should be obvious to everyone that we are all, in a real and quantifiable sense, going back. Even a mainstream media organ as lost in the fog of Current Year chronological snobbery as the New York Times is now forced to admit that American culture has regressed as…
July 6, 201819 Comments
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