They had it make fun of themselves too much, and the dissonance got to some people. Also the irl book store guy was mad because nobody ever wanted to buy books, ha.
Chris McWilliams cacao “chocolate” was their “safe word” when things would get too hot and heavy together lol. Unfortunately, they couldn’t do anything because the woman would get terrified over anything.
LoL! Bronies haven't been relevant for years now. Why all the butthurt over a brony calling out sjws? I'd rather have the brony craze back instead of commie/fascist sjws taking over schools and media, brainwashing kids, and attempting to ruin people's lives for not having the right opinions.
This is important for D&C to do. By being the voice of those in the industry, who wish to reveal, yet remain anonymous, he can help them stand up to them, and get the courage to break these monsters and demons apart, and cast them from Comicdom forever.
Yeah. The facts that D&C got placed in the "most influential people in comics" list, and the fact that they are trying to shut him down shows that they are scared of him showing the people in these companies that they don't have to be scared, cause if they just decided "Screw it, let's toss you out", they would be outnumbered, and the companies would make far more money, even from minority groups. They are a literal Gestapo.
I’ve been saying this for a while. It was way too coincidental that all the weirdos come out of Portland. I noticed it like 8 years ago & kept wondering why they all came out of or lived in Portland all of a sudden. it's like the weirdo version of the 80's/90's British invasion of Moore, Gaiman, Ellis, Ennis, Millar, Morrison, etc.
Ty Ha well, a few of them had/have actual talent. Bendis (even tho he’s a Cleveland guy, has been in Portland for a decade+), Fraction, Busiek (I believe he’s still in that general area), plus Image moving its home-base there. But yeah... most are talentless nobodies that kept coming out of that area
I am in Portland and I go to PSU studying English. Any time a Portland comics pro comes by to talk to a class they're a worthless SJW (but I repeat myself). I took a graphic novel course and we only read one good graphic novel. The rest was worthless SJW trash. Nothing but guilt and grievance. I want to do a comic again but I'm not going through the publishers here. I'm starting a webcomic again. I almost took a comics writing class there but because I watch your videos I didn't. Because the co-instructor was Brian Michael Bendis.
Ya boi on the money . I almost bought a Justin Jordan book last week at my lcs. The art looked cool and interesting but I didn't know what it was about so I went on twitter to see if Jordan had a tweet to what the story was about and to my surprise I found out I was blocked. I've never spoken to him or had any contact. So I put the book back on the shelf. I'm not going to waste 4 bucks on someone who doesn't want my money #realtalk
Don05 I know right lol seriously . I've had wayward on my pull since issue one. Two of my lcs don't even carry it anymore because it sells so low they only get it for people who have a pull that want it. The colorist blocked me for respectfully disagreeing with her and calling her out on bullying another creator on twitter. I'm seriously considering stopping my pull on that comic
See I can't believe that. Any industry will always have some people with genuine passion in it, since it takes time to drive them away. That being said, these are the kind of people who would keep hunting for 'witches' long after there are none left. Also I am alpharius
2:35 Zach, I’ve tried not to pester you about this, but if you think this is a Comics industry thing and not an American education system thing, you should watch the vids I’ve been doing on how radical feminists believe that politics is art and art is politics. The people spoiling comics are my age. Our educational experience is different from your generations. Yes, we learned to speak well, but SJWism is the default thing kids were learning in my art classes, not how to draw well, and it’s the disease causing the symptom of SJW comics.
Spooky T2i Nope. SJW ideology is a *mutation* from anti-racist, radical feminist activism, as cooked together by Critical Race Theory. The key word is mutation, Tumblr mutation to be precise. Critical Race Theory is based on radical feminism, is highly race concious (rejects “colorblindness”) and questions the liberal order and enlightenment values, according to the very introduction by one founder (Richard Delgado 2006). Postmodernism is an influence, but people like Hicks and other Right Wingers are utter hacks who make a mockery of good criticism with their neo/cultural marxism conspiracy theories. The Right Wingers are part of the problem, because their dumb criticism and accusing everyone as an SJW has made it easy to dismiss _any_ criticism. That’s why this lunatic ideology is still essentially without a name.
Woah hold on. Really? Wow, I'm glad I'm one gneration behind yours, now way I would like to be brainwashed. Ah the 90's back when people actualyl gave a shit about real education. Those were more simple times, and had actual educational games on CD's and *gasp* floppy disks.
Kevin Bergman, Comics are just one area. This nameless ideology (“sjw”, “social justice (warriors)”, “regressives”, “special snowflakes”, “intersectionality” etc) is creeping around for at least ten years. Find “SJ blogging” circa 2006, then Racefail 09 in fiction writing, then Elevatorgate 2011 in atheism, DongleGate in tech 2013, GamerGate in videogames in 2014, uni/Campus mental meltdown 2015, to name just a few highlights. In between there were many more instances, ShirtGate about the ESA dude, Tim Hunt witch hunt etc.
You're on the right track, D&C, but there's more you've yet to see. What happened in the comics industry is virtually identical to what's happened in several other fields - most notably the indie circuit in video games and more recently the pen-and-paper RPG circuit. Both fields suffered an invasion chillingly similar to what happened in comics: A few individuals got into positions of authority, usually as diversity hires, before appointing additional cronies to various positions until they've secured ideological control of a given group. Anything they gain control of they turn into just one more avenue to spew propaganda from. Keep turning up the heat and exposing these jackasses. Comic book fans are lucky to have you.
Why do these people have power? It's interesting. I was reading a book that referenced Japan's losing war against China and then the US in WW2. One of the interesting theories was that Japan kept fighting a war they had no chance of winning because those in power were too afraid to be shamed in front of mid-level officers. So even though these mid-level officers had very little direct power to determine the course of the war, they actually had immense power of influence. Also, even though it's possible these mid-level officers would have thought better of their leaders if they'd stopped fighting, the leaders' PERCEPTION of what the mid-level officers MIGHT think was actually what drove them to their own destruction. I thought this was pretty interesting and relevant to what you talked about here.
This is not a theory as much as it is part of a bigger picture. But, with as many creators as they have burned, surely, enough can band together and dig up information on them, no?
I would be lying if I said I didn't have any plans to work for the Big Two, so the aspect of gatekeepers is worrisome. It's true that the bigger companies usually want to see a body of work to even be considered for a gig, which is fair. That's where small press comes in, but I'm starting to have concerns. Getting ostracized over some petty stuff is a high possibility in the smaller companies.
"Diane, I've almost reached Oregon, looks like the information on the block lady and the man in the wig ties everything together. I'm meeting one of my sources to get more information on the death of the comics industry, I'll contact you later, agent Zack out."
They are. And they use their misery as some sort of "proof" of their supposed victimization. Being miserable is their power stance. To give up being miserable, they would have to abandon their victim narrative and start seeing and treating people humanely and honestly. That is something they cannot do. It's about power.
Pages Does not matter how much power they have. They are weak minded people. That power will come back to bite them eventually and they’ll be all washed up and alone in time with no friends or family.
Portland; where the sandals are always socked, the water is always soy, and the closest anyone comes to death is when a preferred pronoun goes unaddressed
All of this information is eye-opening, fascinating, and disgusting. Thank you and kudos to your inside sources for dragging all of this ugliness into the light. Also, Matt Fraction's name keeps getting brought up. Not saying he's some kind of secret puppet master or anything.
It's a bucket of crabs, Zach. If one crab tries to get out, all the others will pull them back in so they can all die together in the pot. these people seriously need therapy.
The idea that you have to work for the indies before the big names, and that the indies only hire activists on their political side seems very believable.
Can you make a video explaining Tess Fowler a bit more? Also you attribute SJW Marvel starting under the reign of Axel Alonse. Is there a particular person in charge at Image responsible for making image SJW as well?
It really depresses me that people like Sebela have so much power. I live in terror that DC is going to give him a major title that I want to read, because he has an in with Tynion.
The Batgirl and the Birds of Prey title where they had an anti-man virus was actually pretty solid - it was very much "not all men" vs. crazy feminists. I enjoyed it - also, it was very similar to a Denny O'Neil story about an anti-woman virus in Detective Comics Annual #1 from 89. The Batgirl title (not the Birds of Prey title) has been incredibly awful - constantly having Babs throw herself at "bad boys" and having her "best friend" spout transgender propaganda. Wonder Woman was really excellent under Rucka. I know he's a massive SJW, but he can write. After that, it was just horrible. Simone's Wonder Woman/Conan book is much better.
Hmm. I've read every issue of the Rebirth Batgirl book, and I don't think any of it has been very good, honestly. It's not super terrible, but Babs is just so stupid, and it's been pretty SJW after the first arc. Because she came back to SJW-ville, aka Burnside. I dunno if current Wondygal is really SJW so much as it's just really boring, terrible writing. Not pushing an agenda so much as just being really dull.
Tenshi Ochiru yeah I had to clarify that I wasn't Jim because my inbox (which I didn't know existed until recently) was filling up with video requests and I had to tell hundreds of people that I'm not Jim lol
I feel like I am watching the Question put together a conspiracy theory. At first it feel like it's a good idea, but there's nothing to it. Then little, by little everything comes together and I and just standing in a room with pictures and articles all connected with string and mumbling, it all fits... it all fits....
I'd like to thank you, your vids have been a great benefit to me. Growing up I had always wanted to be a comic artist inspired by the work that had been done in the late 70's and early 80's and this was the reason for my choice to go to art college. Never worked in the industry though. All the older great creators have been replaced with sjw/libtards who are so filthy and have turned the industry into a cesspool. Now that I've learned what this once great industry has come to, and the vile people who have taken it over, I'm glad to have avoided it. Similar to your statement in one of your earlier vids when you said you "dodged a bullet", exactly right.
Well looks like no one was exageratinc by saying this is Gamergate in comicbooksland. A small part of the industry that works as a closed-circle keeping itself in an ideological feedback loop? Check'd That small circle getting influence over what and who can progress in visibility and publicity? Check'd Quick communication to act accordingly and coherently as a singular entiry despite having several outlets? Check'd Croniism being key for promotion and ideologity purity being required to get anywhere? Check'd Impact on the larger elements of the industry becoming visible after a few years when the damage is already done? Check'd
This isn't limited to the comics book industry. I think it was Megan McArdle who was talking about giving a lecture at Harvard, and she complained that all the students wanted to talk about was how to forge a social network. This indicates that it's a generational problem, and is probably due to the corrosive influence of social media.
The plot thickens. It’s all starting to come together. How deep does this rabbit hole go? And all those other clichés, seriously it’s almost like this surreal conspiracy and it’s one of those things where the truth is stranger than fiction and yet, it makes sense.
Brian Wood wrote some of my favorite indies Demo, Local, and Cannel Zero. It's borderline criminal that his career was ruined by slander and blacklisting from possible rumors spread for petty reasons.
It certainly makes a lot of sense. A merit based system run by those who lack the skill to earn said merit, but effectively being positioned to control the flow of talent. It reminds me of a job I held at a new business. I was in at ground zero with a whole new team where management was to be selected from the hired crew. The kowtowing and power playing. Oi. It only got worse once management was hired, as people churned the waters to create a support base. I eventually bowed out, but witnessed 4 management changes in about a year's time. The worst being the last. Point being your scenario is completely plausible and realistically believable.
@Zach: I still can't see how Diamond's overshipping fits. They pay 40% to 60% of retail price by number to the publishers and "sell" by weight to the shops. Even if Marvel sends them more, than they asked for and want to skip on warehouse costs, someone is bleeding money. I see how "They" can play gatekeepers, but how can they influence printing or shipping numbers?
I never knew they targeted Brian Woods. I always liked his work and would pick up some of his Dark Horse and or Vertigo trades whenever I saw his name while searching for my comics. Looks like I'm going to need to buy more of his comics ro support him against the SJWs
I already see the upcoming trailer: *dramatic music plays in the background* "In a wooorld, where the future is divided to light and dark, you are only a haircut away from insanity. The dogs are let loose and you will have to take up the fight!... Because it is not about the quality anymore... it's your life that is at stake!"
I wish everybody was just as laid back and good with their audience as you. I think what you're saying makes a whole lot of sense. You see EVS with Rob from Comics Explained? It was ok. Rob seems cool, but it was like watching a boot dump all his ideas to a shirt who for some reason stays polite and keeps listening.
Make sure to take care of yourself Zach! Maybe swing by a corner clinic. They would be able to test you for the flu and get you a scrip for Tamiflu. Either way, get lots of bed rest and drink lots of fluids.
Yikes. This is getting scarier and scarier... I didn't think a mafia could be run by overgrown children with entitlement issues, but it makes sense. Here I am, wanting to make some indie comics, putting money into resources and tools to do so, and now I hear this... I'm legit scared. Dunno how well my comics will take off.
Auger is so fucking weird... Whatever you think about EVS- I like him... outside of any political agreements we may have, he's someone who has been a pro for decades who remains excited about comics and the fact that he works in his dream job- I fail to see how his kids are related to the matter at all. The whole "sins of the father" thing is really weird for leftists to be bringing up, since they seem to want to devalue the importance of "sins of the self" (ie. how hard former-President Obama's administration worked to reduce the effects that a felony conviction had on someone's later career). "Guilt by Association" is the type of thing that inexorably leads to the types of tribalism that they claim to loathe.
Well this is indeed a troublesome situation. I honestly have no idea what can be done about these cocroaches. The only way to get rid of them would be to let the leadership know about this situation but that would be realy hard to do and they would have to examine it and do an investigation and all that.
Is the reason we have lost so much ground simply because they have more time in their hands because they dont/cant work? How will we ever find the time to combat this?
Now you can sound expressive, well articulated, and intelligent all in two easy steps! Step One: SCRIPT YOUR VIDEOS Step Two: ... I guess it was just one step.
Oh you were in the military?, I'll have you know that I'm also a veteran, I was an elite member from the special forces of Kekistan, never forget, praise KEK.
What they do to people's reputations is as bad as what they do to the comics they write for. I'm worried what it will mean if they'll succeed in the campaign against EVS.
ulysis farinas, oh that's too bad. i like his art. joe keatinge was kicked out at Marvel because he was supposed to write Guardians of the Galaxy, and Bendis was all who? nah, i'll write that.
The US comic industry is a sad story about three big companies keeping things small so they can continue to ring in modesty profits. DC and Marvel do not want more competition in the market place and do not want another company similar to how Image was in the 90's competing with them. Time magazine, just one magazine, has a sales of over 3 million copies an issue. The entire US comic industry has less than 1 million a month. It is not sustainable.
Interesting theory. I wonder if something similar happened in gaming too? There was a clique of journalists and indie devs, but it seemed weird that greedy "money at any cost" companies would hire SJWs. Also, why have the disclaimers? Won't SJWs use that as an admission of guilt?
I say look at the conventions scene where they've meld hollywood and comics together. There's a lot of sjw freaks that attend, from trekies to starwars and don't forget the manga influence.
As I said before, you're so close to figuring out something really significant (in that it is generalizable beyond the comics industry, and that industry is just one case-study), but it won't click with you because you cba. Well, at least you do you. But you'd understand a lot more if you understood the macro of which this is just a micro, and that understanding would help you. Not just in this - but in navigating life. "Prepare yourselves accordingly" isn't just a catch-phrase for people living through the now.
It doesn't surprise me that this would happen in my neck of the woods. I love the state of Oregon but most the people here have such a open mind they let there brains roll out there heads.
Portland. Come for the coffee. Stay for the smug.
TheColonelKlink Or the smug coffee with a side of smug.
Dont forget your smug mug!
Indie Comics Mafia and Milkshake Crew. These are real-life supervillains.
Default User yeah and you can get plenty of smug in California and New York too!
Don't go to Portland. That's all you need to know.
Ahh Portland, a city so SJW a show based off Portland making fun of how SJW they We’re was criticized as being not SJW enough.
N.obody Sevenhundred fucking SJWs
It's like the worst skits of Kids in the Hall all rolled into one.
They had it make fun of themselves too much, and the dissonance got to some people.
Also the irl book store guy was mad because nobody ever wanted to buy books, ha.
Chris McWilliams
cacao “chocolate” was their “safe word” when things would get too hot and heavy together lol. Unfortunately, they couldn’t do anything because the woman would get terrified over anything.
popecorkyI lettuce head?
Portland Oregon, capital of the Tide Pod Children.
Dreammirror Brony shut up brony
Hexkwondo a brony is a lot like Meg griffith. If they try to emasculate you, you can just tell them" shut up,meg"
LoL! Bronies haven't been relevant for years now. Why all the butthurt over a brony calling out sjws? I'd rather have the brony craze back instead of commie/fascist sjws taking over schools and media, brainwashing kids, and attempting to ruin people's lives for not having the right opinions.
Baizuo corruption is rooted deep in Portland.
The funny thing is, a lot of Skinheads live in Portland yet you don't hear about these SJWs punching them.
This is important for D&C to do. By being the voice of those in the industry, who wish to reveal, yet remain anonymous, he can help them stand up to them, and get the courage to break these monsters and demons apart, and cast them from Comicdom forever.
Keiji555 you just know the SJWs are going crazy trying to figure out who the insiders are.
Yeah. The facts that D&C got placed in the "most influential people in comics" list, and the fact that they are trying to shut him down shows that they are scared of him showing the people in these companies that they don't have to be scared, cause if they just decided "Screw it, let's toss you out", they would be outnumbered, and the companies would make far more money, even from minority groups.
They are a literal Gestapo.
I’ve been saying this for a while. It was way too coincidental that all the weirdos come out of Portland. I noticed it like 8 years ago & kept wondering why they all came out of or lived in Portland all of a sudden. it's like the weirdo version of the 80's/90's British invasion of Moore, Gaiman, Ellis, Ennis, Millar, Morrison, etc.
The Doktor minus any discernible talent of course!
Ty Ha well, a few of them had/have actual talent. Bendis (even tho he’s a Cleveland guy, has been in Portland for a decade+), Fraction, Busiek (I believe he’s still in that general area), plus Image moving its home-base there. But yeah... most are talentless nobodies that kept coming out of that area
The Doktor yeah I dig some of Bendis and Busieks work. I was mostly referring to the newer wave of creators that don't really create but tear down
I am in Portland and I go to PSU studying English. Any time a Portland comics pro comes by to talk to a class they're a worthless SJW (but I repeat myself). I took a graphic novel course and we only read one good graphic novel. The rest was worthless SJW trash. Nothing but guilt and grievance. I want to do a comic again but I'm not going through the publishers here. I'm starting a webcomic again.
I almost took a comics writing class there but because I watch your videos I didn't. Because the co-instructor was Brian Michael Bendis.
Ya boi on the money . I almost bought a Justin Jordan book last week at my lcs. The art looked cool and interesting but I didn't know what it was about so I went on twitter to see if Jordan had a tweet to what the story was about and to my surprise I found out I was blocked. I've never spoken to him or had any contact. So I put the book back on the shelf. I'm not going to waste 4 bucks on someone who doesn't want my money #realtalk
Word!
Pepper yeah we don't need to waste our hard earned cash on people who clearly don't want it
Don05 I know right lol seriously . I've had wayward on my pull since issue one. Two of my lcs don't even carry it anymore because it sells so low they only get it for people who have a pull that want it. The colorist blocked me for respectfully disagreeing with her and calling her out on bullying another creator on twitter. I'm seriously considering stopping my pull on that comic
Plot Twist: there are no insiders, but the SJWs will go crazy trying to figure out who are they. Zach creating paranoia, Secret Invasion style.
See I can't believe that. Any industry will always have some people with genuine passion in it, since it takes time to drive them away. That being said, these are the kind of people who would keep hunting for 'witches' long after there are none left.
Also I am alpharius
The dream of 90s comics is alive in Zackland.
2:35 Zach, I’ve tried not to pester you about this, but if you think this is a Comics industry thing and not an American education system thing, you should watch the vids I’ve been doing on how radical feminists believe that politics is art and art is politics. The people spoiling comics are my age. Our educational experience is different from your generations. Yes, we learned to speak well, but SJWism is the default thing kids were learning in my art classes, not how to draw well, and it’s the disease causing the symptom of SJW comics.
Spooky T2i
Nope. SJW ideology is a *mutation* from anti-racist, radical feminist activism, as cooked together by Critical Race Theory. The key word is mutation, Tumblr mutation to be precise. Critical Race Theory is based on radical feminism, is highly race concious (rejects “colorblindness”) and questions the liberal order and enlightenment values, according to the very introduction by one founder (Richard Delgado 2006). Postmodernism is an influence, but people like Hicks and other Right Wingers are utter hacks who make a mockery of good criticism with their neo/cultural marxism conspiracy theories. The Right Wingers are part of the problem, because their dumb criticism and accusing everyone as an SJW has made it easy to dismiss _any_ criticism. That’s why this lunatic ideology is still essentially without a name.
Woah hold on. Really? Wow, I'm glad I'm one gneration behind yours, now way I would like to be brainwashed. Ah the 90's back when people actualyl gave a shit about real education. Those were more simple times, and had actual educational games on CD's and *gasp* floppy disks.
#1 Marmaduke Fan While identitarianism is hardly limited to the comics industry it has particularly infested comics quite a bit.
Discordian Times To quote this week's Chappo Trap House, "they are all swimming in the same bowl of shit".
Kevin Bergman,
Comics are just one area. This nameless ideology (“sjw”, “social justice (warriors)”, “regressives”, “special snowflakes”, “intersectionality” etc) is creeping around for at least ten years. Find “SJ blogging” circa 2006, then Racefail 09 in fiction writing, then Elevatorgate 2011 in atheism, DongleGate in tech 2013, GamerGate in videogames in 2014, uni/Campus mental meltdown 2015, to name just a few highlights. In between there were many more instances, ShirtGate about the ESA dude, Tim Hunt witch hunt etc.
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You're on the right track, D&C, but there's more you've yet to see. What happened in the comics industry is virtually identical to what's happened in several other fields - most notably the indie circuit in video games and more recently the pen-and-paper RPG circuit. Both fields suffered an invasion chillingly similar to what happened in comics: A few individuals got into positions of authority, usually as diversity hires, before appointing additional cronies to various positions until they've secured ideological control of a given group. Anything they gain control of they turn into just one more avenue to spew propaganda from.
Keep turning up the heat and exposing these jackasses. Comic book fans are lucky to have you.
I love hearing all this inside information. Keep it coming. Hopefully these people dont get discovered.
Get well soon. The comics deep state isn't going to expose itself
Black sister = "I have a black friend"
I weep for the future of comics .
I meep for the future of comics.
I weep for the present of comics
the indie crowd doesn't really like superheroes. thats why there's no superstar artists anymore
'the indie crowd doesn't really like superheroes' or learning how to draw (which takes work). THAT'S why there's no superstar artists anymore.
The rabbit hole gets deeper.
Wow working in this industry sounds miserable.
SJW "talent"
Why do these people have power? It's interesting. I was reading a book that referenced Japan's losing war against China and then the US in WW2. One of the interesting theories was that Japan kept fighting a war they had no chance of winning because those in power were too afraid to be shamed in front of mid-level officers. So even though these mid-level officers had very little direct power to determine the course of the war, they actually had immense power of influence. Also, even though it's possible these mid-level officers would have thought better of their leaders if they'd stopped fighting, the leaders' PERCEPTION of what the mid-level officers MIGHT think was actually what drove them to their own destruction. I thought this was pretty interesting and relevant to what you talked about here.
This is not a theory as much as it is part of a bigger picture. But, with as many creators as they have burned, surely, enough can band together and dig up information on them, no?
I would be lying if I said I didn't have any plans to work for the Big Two, so the aspect of gatekeepers is worrisome. It's true that the bigger companies usually want to see a body of work to even be considered for a gig, which is fair. That's where small press comes in, but I'm starting to have concerns. Getting ostracized over some petty stuff is a high possibility in the smaller companies.
"Diane, I've almost reached Oregon, looks like the information on the block lady and the man in the wig ties everything together. I'm meeting one of my sources to get more information on the death of the comics industry, I'll contact you later, agent Zack out."
These people must be constantly miserable
They are. And they use their misery as some sort of "proof" of their supposed victimization. Being miserable is their power stance. To give up being miserable, they would have to abandon their victim narrative and start seeing and treating people humanely and honestly. That is something they cannot do. It's about power.
Pages Does not matter how much power they have. They are weak minded people. That power will come back to bite them eventually and they’ll be all washed up and alone in time with no friends or family.
Portland; where the sandals are always socked, the water is always soy, and the closest anyone comes to death is when a preferred pronoun goes unaddressed
Home home on Portland, where the soys and the druggies all play, where seldom is heard a normal type word and the skies are all rainy all day....!!!!
Talk about the fact that Christopher Priest and Jonathan Hickman are returning to Marvel.
All of this information is eye-opening, fascinating, and disgusting. Thank you and kudos to your inside sources for dragging all of this ugliness into the light. Also, Matt Fraction's name keeps getting brought up. Not saying he's some kind of secret puppet master or anything.
It's a bucket of crabs, Zach. If one crab tries to get out, all the others will pull them back in so they can all die together in the pot. these people seriously need therapy.
The idea that you have to work for the indies before the big names, and that the indies only hire activists on their political side seems very believable.
So stay away from Portland. Got it.
Devilsblight86 it's not a bad place just a weird place
I hope when this is all over your insiders reavel themselves. It will be so interesting to see who they are.
So there needs to be a mainstream Indy imprint.
Now I'm more depressed.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Sounds like the comic book industry will grind to a halt before it excises the no talent cancer.
Can you make a video explaining Tess Fowler a bit more? Also you attribute SJW Marvel starting under the reign of Axel Alonse. Is there a particular person in charge at Image responsible for making image SJW as well?
Paw Hands Logan checking in.
This soap opera should be made into a comic.
It really depresses me that people like Sebela have so much power. I live in terror that DC is going to give him a major title that I want to read, because he has an in with Tynion.
The Batgirl and the Birds of Prey title where they had an anti-man virus was actually pretty solid - it was very much "not all men" vs. crazy feminists. I enjoyed it - also, it was very similar to a Denny O'Neil story about an anti-woman virus in Detective Comics Annual #1 from 89. The Batgirl title (not the Birds of Prey title) has been incredibly awful - constantly having Babs throw herself at "bad boys" and having her "best friend" spout transgender propaganda.
Wonder Woman was really excellent under Rucka. I know he's a massive SJW, but he can write. After that, it was just horrible. Simone's Wonder Woman/Conan book is much better.
Hmm. I've read every issue of the Rebirth Batgirl book, and I don't think any of it has been very good, honestly. It's not super terrible, but Babs is just so stupid, and it's been pretty SJW after the first arc. Because she came back to SJW-ville, aka Burnside.
I dunno if current Wondygal is really SJW so much as it's just really boring, terrible writing. Not pushing an agenda so much as just being really dull.
Portland should undergo a "day of the rope" of sorts
Mister Metokur Archives NOT JIM Love the username change, lol.
Tenshi Ochiru yeah I had to clarify that I wasn't Jim because my inbox (which I didn't know existed until recently) was filling up with video requests and I had to tell hundreds of people that I'm not Jim lol
Mister Metokur Archives NOT JIM James, baby. Love your stuff, kid.
Mister Metokur Archives NOT JIM lol
Dude, I love that you used a screenshot from PORTLANDIA. :D
I feel like I am watching the Question put together a conspiracy theory. At first it feel like it's a good idea, but there's nothing to it. Then little, by little everything comes together and I and just standing in a room with pictures and articles all connected with string and mumbling, it all fits... it all fits....
For fucks sake, why is it always Portland?
It's not always Portland.... Sometimes it's Seattle, or San Fran.
They're like the Eunics during the later Han Dynasty.
Can we get a D&C intelligence memo?
#releasethememo
Isnt Texarkana where that famous serial killer was killing? They made a movie about it, "The Town that Dreaded Sundown"
yeah...they say that guy later moved on to Cupertino, and branded himself as the zodiac.
I'd like to thank you, your vids have been a great benefit to me. Growing up I had always wanted to be a comic artist inspired by the work that had been done in the late 70's and early 80's and this was the reason for my choice to go to art college. Never worked in the industry though. All the older great creators have been replaced with sjw/libtards who are so filthy and have turned the industry into a cesspool. Now that I've learned what this once great industry has come to, and the vile people who have taken it over, I'm glad to have avoided it. Similar to your statement in one of your earlier vids when you said you "dodged a bullet", exactly right.
Well looks like no one was exageratinc by saying this is Gamergate in comicbooksland.
A small part of the industry that works as a closed-circle keeping itself in an ideological feedback loop? Check'd
That small circle getting influence over what and who can progress in visibility and publicity? Check'd
Quick communication to act accordingly and coherently as a singular entiry despite having several outlets? Check'd
Croniism being key for promotion and ideologity purity being required to get anywhere? Check'd
Impact on the larger elements of the industry becoming visible after a few years when the damage is already done? Check'd
This isn't limited to the comics book industry. I think it was Megan McArdle who was talking about giving a lecture at Harvard, and she complained that all the students wanted to talk about was how to forge a social network. This indicates that it's a generational problem, and is probably due to the corrosive influence of social media.
Great description and relatable explanation
The opening of this vid sounds like the opening of a country song. Welcome to the South!
The plot thickens. It’s all starting to come together. How deep does this rabbit hole go? And all those other clichés, seriously it’s almost like this surreal conspiracy and it’s one of those things where the truth is stranger than fiction and yet, it makes sense.
This may be one of one of your better posts that gets attention. Just think if some people in Marvel corporate managment had a look at it.
Brian Wood wrote some of my favorite indies Demo, Local, and Cannel Zero. It's borderline criminal that his career was ruined by slander and blacklisting from possible rumors spread for petty reasons.
My favorite is "oh you were at Fort such and such? Did you know Jim?"
It certainly makes a lot of sense. A merit based system run by those who lack the skill to earn said merit, but effectively being positioned to control the flow of talent. It reminds me of a job I held at a new business. I was in at ground zero with a whole new team where management was to be selected from the hired crew. The kowtowing and power playing. Oi. It only got worse once management was hired, as people churned the waters to create a support base. I eventually bowed out, but witnessed 4 management changes in about a year's time. The worst being the last. Point being your scenario is completely plausible and realistically believable.
Lived there. Everything about that place - especially now - is just horrifying. Most beautiful town ever but holy shit.
@Zach: I still can't see how Diamond's overshipping fits. They pay 40% to 60% of retail price by number to the publishers and "sell" by weight to the shops. Even if Marvel sends them more, than they asked for and want to skip on warehouse costs, someone is bleeding money. I see how "They" can play gatekeepers, but how can they influence printing or shipping numbers?
I never knew they targeted Brian Woods. I always liked his work and would pick up some of his Dark Horse and or Vertigo trades whenever I saw his name while searching for my comics. Looks like I'm going to need to buy more of his comics ro support him against the SJWs
This video pretty much sums up the whole sad story. It's also further testament to our times where emotion tends to beat logic and reason.
Well that was interesting. I'm almost worried for you after hearing all that if it wasn't for the name you gave them.
I already see the upcoming trailer: *dramatic music plays in the background* "In a wooorld, where the future is divided to light and dark, you are only a haircut away from insanity. The dogs are let loose and you will have to take up the fight!... Because it is not about the quality anymore... it's your life that is at stake!"
I wish everybody was just as laid back and good with their audience as you. I think what you're saying makes a whole lot of sense. You see EVS with Rob from Comics Explained? It was ok. Rob seems cool, but it was like watching a boot dump all his ideas to a shirt who for some reason stays polite and keeps listening.
I live in a suburb from Portland, OR & I am not surprised at this at all.
Make sure to take care of yourself Zach! Maybe swing by a corner clinic. They would be able to test you for the flu and get you a scrip for Tamiflu. Either way, get lots of bed rest and drink lots of fluids.
New record: coughs at 0:09.
I miss the days when mean girls were just blonde headed super model cheerleaders. Can we have those times back?
Yikes. This is getting scarier and scarier... I didn't think a mafia could be run by overgrown children with entitlement issues, but it makes sense. Here I am, wanting to make some indie comics, putting money into resources and tools to do so, and now I hear this... I'm legit scared. Dunno how well my comics will take off.
Portlandia is such a fantastic show lol. It’s a perfect blend of embracing the city for what it is and completely deconstructing it as well.
That part where the person yelled "oh yeah? i was raped" before locking themselves in a bathroom for 45 minutes...LORD
Auger is so fucking weird...
Whatever you think about EVS- I like him... outside of any political agreements we may have, he's someone who has been a pro for decades who remains excited about comics and the fact that he works in his dream job- I fail to see how his kids are related to the matter at all.
The whole "sins of the father" thing is really weird for leftists to be bringing up, since they seem to want to devalue the importance of "sins of the self" (ie. how hard former-President Obama's administration worked to reduce the effects that a felony conviction had on someone's later career). "Guilt by Association" is the type of thing that inexorably leads to the types of tribalism that they claim to loathe.
There needs to be another avenue into the industry that bypasses the small companies. There is no draining that swamp
So basically a bunch of nobodies in Portland are ruining the comic industry. Facepalm.
Well this is indeed a troublesome situation. I honestly have no idea what can be done about these cocroaches.
The only way to get rid of them would be to let the leadership know about this situation but that would be realy hard to do and they would have to examine it and do an investigation and all that.
Anybody else missing this video in their subscription feed?
Is the reason we have lost so much ground simply because they have more time in their hands because they dont/cant work? How will we ever find the time to combat this?
Texarkana is a very pretty place
Now you can sound expressive, well articulated, and intelligent all in two easy steps!
Step One: SCRIPT YOUR VIDEOS
Step Two: ...
I guess it was just one step.
People who have nothing (or almost nothing) to lose can be dangerous opponents to those who have a lot to lose.
Oh you were in the military?, I'll have you know that I'm also a veteran, I was an elite member from the special forces of Kekistan, never forget, praise KEK.
Just looking at the Thumbnail makes me want to jump in a pit of sharks
What they do to people's reputations is as bad as what they do to the comics they write for. I'm worried what it will mean if they'll succeed in the campaign against EVS.
So, what is the best way to correct this problem? Because knowing the cause is just a part of the solution.
NOT "unsold screenplays"....."busted Hulu pilots". Accuracy, Rich - _accuracy!_
Lol. I work from home too. I can go days without seeing another human.
ulysis farinas, oh that's too bad. i like his art.
joe keatinge was kicked out at Marvel because he was supposed to write Guardians of the Galaxy, and Bendis was all who? nah, i'll write that.
The US comic industry is a sad story about three big companies keeping things small so they can continue to ring in modesty profits. DC and Marvel do not want more competition in the market place and do not want another company similar to how Image was in the 90's competing with them. Time magazine, just one magazine, has a sales of over 3 million copies an issue. The entire US comic industry has less than 1 million a month. It is not sustainable.
So if we try to enter the indie smaller companies, we have to pay a PROTECTION FEE to the ComicBook Mafia.....time to make our own small company.
Justin Jordan is a pretty decent writer, his Vertigo book Savage Things was really dope. Everyone else on that list sucks balls.
Interesting theory. I wonder if something similar happened in gaming too? There was a clique of journalists and indie devs, but it seemed weird that greedy "money at any cost" companies would hire SJWs.
Also, why have the disclaimers? Won't SJWs use that as an admission of guilt?
Well hello past zack
I say look at the conventions scene where they've meld hollywood and comics together. There's a lot of sjw freaks that attend, from trekies to starwars and don't forget the manga influence.
Portland makes Seattle look like a safe haven for reason and sanity. And that's saying a lot.
Wow what a fun industry to work in! All pixie dust and magic!
As I said before, you're so close to figuring out something really significant (in that it is generalizable beyond the comics industry, and that industry is just one case-study), but it won't click with you because you cba. Well, at least you do you. But you'd understand a lot more if you understood the macro of which this is just a micro, and that understanding would help you. Not just in this - but in navigating life. "Prepare yourselves accordingly" isn't just a catch-phrase for people living through the now.
The Truth Will Set You Free.
New deadpool trailer out
It doesn't surprise me that this would happen in my neck of the woods. I love the state of Oregon but most the people here have such a open mind they let there brains roll out there heads.
I work from home too and I hate it when people come to the door. I am going to start answering it with a shotgun.
Welcome to Texarkana