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Its proponents target the creators hired, the characters depicted, and the stories told, and argue that these elements have led to a decline in both quality and sales.<ref name="Inverse">{{Cite news|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/48411-comicsgate-pros-finally-speak-out-against-hate-group-one-year-later|title=The Comic Book Industry Is Finally Speaking Out Against "Comicsgate"|work=Inverse|access-date=2018-09-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926005622/https://www.inverse.com/article/48411-comicsgate-pros-finally-speak-out-against-hate-group-one-year-later|archive-date=2018-09-26|language=en}}</ref><ref name=syfy>{{Cite news|last=Ennis|first=Tricia|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/amidst-harassment-indie-comics-publishers-remain-supportive-of-marginalized-creators|title=Amidst harassment, indie comics publishers remain supportive of marginalized creators|date=2018-02-16|work=Syfy|access-date=2018-09-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927050238/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/amidst-harassment-indie-comics-publishers-remain-supportive-of-marginalized-creators|archive-date=2018-09-27|language=en}}</ref><ref name="CTVNews">{{Cite news|last=Coletta|first=Amanda|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/edmonton-comic-book-store-links-break-in-to-controversial-debate-1.3927659|title=Edmonton comic book store links break-in to controversial debate|date=2018-05-13|access-date=2018-11-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070937/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/edmonton-comic-book-store-links-break-in-to-controversial-debate-1.3927659|archive-date=2018-11-09|publisher=[[CTV News]]|language=en-CA}}</ref> The name is derived from [[Gamergate (harassment campaign)|Gamergate]], a similar movement related to video games.<ref name="inverse">{{Cite news|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/41132-comicsgate-explained-bigots-milkshake-marvel-dc-gamergate|title=Comicsgate Is Gamergate's Next Horrible Evolution|work=Inverse|access-date=2018-09-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204729/https://www.inverse.com/article/41132-comicsgate-explained-bigots-milkshake-marvel-dc-gamergate|archive-date=2018-09-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GlobalNews>{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4421411/comicsgate-what-is-it/|title=Comicsgate: What is it, exactly, and what's going on?|work=Global News|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126182108/https://globalnews.ca/news/4421411/comicsgate-what-is-it/|archive-date=2018-11-26|url-status=live}}</ref> Its members present it as a consumer protest, primarily advocating their views on social media; some have produced books intended to reflect the group's values. It is part of the alt-right movement,<ref name="Curtis">{{cite journal|first1=Neal|last1=Curtis|title=Superheroes and the mythic imagination: order, agency and politics|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2019.1690015|journal=Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics|date=10 November 2019|volume=12|issue=5|issn=2150-4857|pages=360–374|doi=10.1080/21504857.2019.1690015|s2cid=211425158|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405142739/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2019.1690015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Bethany|last1=Lacina|accessdate=2020-08-31|title=The smash success of 'Captain Marvel' shows us that conservatives are ignoring the alt-right|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/15/captain-marvels-smash-success-shows-us-that-conservatives-are-ignoring-alt-right/|newspaper=Washington Post|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com|archivedate=March 16, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316161008/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/15/captain-marvels-smash-success-shows-us-that-conservatives-are-ignoring-alt-right/}}</ref><ref name="Varda">{{cite journal|last1=Varda|first1=Scott J.|first2=Leslie A.|last2=Hahner|title=Black Panther and the Alt-right: networks of racial ideology|journal=Critical Studies in Media Communication|date=2020|volume=37|issue=1–15|pages=133–147|doi=10.1080/15295036.2020.1737327|s2cid=216454494|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15295036.2020.1737327|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424055951/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15295036.2020.1737327|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Salter, Anastasia|title=Keynote Address – #NostalgiaGate? Comics as Battleground in Transmedia Networked Publics|url=https://imagetextjournal.com/keynote-address-nostalgiagate-comics-as-battleground-in-transmedia-networked-publics/|publisher=[[University of Florida]]|journal=ImageTexT|volume=11|issue=3|issn=1549-6732|access-date=September 30, 2023|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230930180519/https://imagetextjournal.com/keynote-address-nostalgiagate-comics-as-battleground-in-transmedia-networked-publics/}}</ref> and has been described by commentators as a harassment campaign<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Adrienne|last1=Resha|title=The Blue Age of Comic Books|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/756729|journal=[[Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society]]|date=6 June 2020|issn=2473-5205|pages=66–81|volume=4|issue=1|doi=10.1353/ink.2020.0003|s2cid=226657888|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=December 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220180103/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/756729|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vulture">{{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/comicsgate-a-comic-book-harassment-campaign-is-growing.html|title=Comicsgate Is a Nightmare Tearing Comics Fandom Apart — So What Happens Next?|last=Riesman|first=Abraham|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=2018-09-09|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185406/http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/comicsgate-a-comic-book-harassment-campaign-is-growing.html|archive-date=2018-09-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BuzzFeedNews"/> which "targets women, people of color, and LGBT folk in the comic book industry".<ref name="Brown">{{cite book|first1=Jeffrey A.|last1=Brown|title=Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts: Marvel, Diversity and the 21st Century Superhero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4ESEAAAQBAJ|publisher=Rutgers University Press|date=15 January 2021|isbn=978-1-9788-0923-9|via=Google Books|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405142746/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4ESEAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DailyBeast">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/comicsgate-how-an-anti-diversity-harassment-campaign-in-comics-got-uglyand-profitable|title=#Comicsgate: How an Anti-Diversity Harassment Campaign in Comics Got Ugly—and Profitable|last=Elbein|first=Asher|date=2018-04-02|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=2018-09-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914192140/https://www.thedailybeast.com/comicsgate-how-an-anti-diversity-harassment-campaign-in-comics-got-uglyand-profitable|archive-date=2018-09-14|url-status=live}}</ref> Threats of violence<ref name="WWAC"/> and the vandalism of one store have been attributed to the campaign.<ref name="CTVNews"/> == Views == [[File:10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|Comics artist [[Ethan Van Sciver]] has been a central figure in Comicsgate.]] Key figures in Comicsgate include commentator Richard C. Meyer (posting under the banner ''Diversity & Comics'')<ref name="inverse"/><ref name="DailyBeast"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/11/poison-comicsgate-racism-misogyny-take-a-stand|title=Comicsgate is the latest front in the ongoing culture wars {{!}} J A Micheline|last=Micheline|first=J. A.|date=2018-09-11|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912004620/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/11/poison-comicsgate-racism-misogyny-take-a-stand|archive-date=2018-09-12|url-status=live}}</ref> and former DC illustrator [[Ethan Van Sciver]].<ref name="inverse"/><ref name="DailyBeast"/> Members of the movement object to diversification of comics, especially the increasing inclusion of women as writers and characters.<ref name="Varda" /><ref name=GlobalNews /><ref>{{cite web|first1=Eric|last1=Francisco|accessdate=2020-08-08|title=What is Comicsgate? The Newest Geek Controversy, Explained|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/41132-comicsgate-explained-bigots-milkshake-marvel-dc-gamergate|website=Inverse|date=February 9, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008003510/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/41132-comicsgate-explained-bigots-milkshake-marvel-dc-gamergate|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DailyBeast"/> The storylines objected to include those such as the "[[All-New, All-Different Marvel|All New, All Different]]" campaign undertaken by [[Marvel Comics]] in the later 2010s, in which various white male characters that had traditionally had the superhero identities of [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]], [[Hulk]], [[Captain America]], and [[Spider-Man]] were temporarily replaced by female or racial-minority characters.<ref name="Flegel & Leget">{{cite book |last1=Flegel |first1=Monica |last2=Leget |first2=Judith |date=14 Jan 2021 |title=Superhero Culture Wars: Politics, Marketing, and Social Justice in Marvel Comics |language=English|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|chapter=3|quote=[W]hile there is not sufficient evidence to blame [All-New, All-Different Marvel] for Comicsgate as a whole, the coverage of [Marvel VP of Sales David] Gabriel’s comments [that increasing diversity was dampening sales] online, in both journalism and the blogosphere, featured extensive commentary from fans who declared that the wholesale mantle passing to new, 'diverse' characters made them feel angry, disappointed, and even betrayed.}}</ref><ref name="MiamiHerald">{{Cite web|author=Pitts, Leonard Jr.|date=December 28, 2018|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article223686400.html|title=Comicsgate: Alt-right fan boys go after women in world of comics|newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]]|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229043813/https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article223686400.html|archive-date=2018-12-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Comicsgate adherents have also complained about stories dealing with current social issues, and the depiction of women with less sexualized figures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/7/25/17613668/jim-jeffries-comics-and-diversity-richard-meyer-comic-con-sdcc-2018|title=Comedian Jim Jefferies confronts Diversity and Comics creator over offensive remarks|work=Polygon|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043903/https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/7/25/17613668/jim-jeffries-comics-and-diversity-richard-meyer-comic-con-sdcc-2018|archive-date=2018-11-11|url-status=live}}</ref> They argue that the increasing diversity of comics, both among creators and in terms of characters, has led to declining quality and sales.<ref name="inverse"/><ref name=GlobalNews/><ref name="DailyBeast"/> While it is true that comic sales declined in the late 2010s, this decline was across the board and not limited to, or worse for, the diverse comics that Comicsgate targets. Tricia Ennis, writing for [[SyFy Wire]], stated that some such comics, in fact, had been notably successful, such as the [[Kamala Khan]] version of ''[[Ms. Marvel]]'', ''[[Unbeatable Squirrel Girl]]'', and the [[Carol Danvers]] version of ''[[Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)|Captain Marvel]]''.<ref name=syfy/><ref name="inverse"/><ref name="DailyBeast"/> == Activities == === Social media === In 2016, female superhero [[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]] was depicted on a comic book cover wearing a t-shirt that read "Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda". This was followed by harassment on Twitter of series writer [[Chelsea Cain]], including a posted illustration of Mockingbird depicted apparently dead after a brutal attack with her costume torn off, with the t-shirt phrase as a caption.<ref name=MiamiHerald/> A July 2017 social media post by Marvel Comics assistant editor Heather Antos, featuring several young female coworkers getting milkshakes in memory of company veteran [[Flo Steinberg]], drew attention from members of the movement.<ref name="Curtis" /><ref name="DailyBeast"/><ref name=HornetStories>{{Cite news|url=https://hornet.com/stories/comicsgate-harassment-explainer-two/|title=The Latest Trend in Comic Books Appears to Be Harassment of Women and Queer People|date=2018-04-03|work=Hornet Stories|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220511/https://hornet.com/stories/comicsgate-harassment-explainer-two/|archive-date=2018-10-01|url-status=live}}</ref> Antos was described by them as a "[[Affirmative action|diversity hire]]", "an unqualified bimbo",<ref name=CapelessCrusader>{{Cite news|url=http://capelesscrusader.org/brief-tragic-history-comicsgate/|title=A Brief History of #Comicsgate: Tragedy and Trolling -|date=2017-10-28|work=capelesscrusader.org|access-date=2018-09-12|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611175055/http://capelesscrusader.org/brief-tragic-history-comicsgate|archive-date=2018-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "the 'false rape charge' type",<ref name="DailyBeast"/><ref name=WashingtonPost>{{Cite news|author=Berlatsky, Noah|date=September 13, 2018|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/13/comicsgate-movement-isnt-defending-free-speech-its-suppressing-it/|title=Perspective {{!}} The Comicsgate movement isn't defending free speech. It's suppressing it.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913121704/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/13/comicsgate-movement-isnt-defending-free-speech-its-suppressing-it/|archive-date=2018-09-13|url-status=live}}</ref> and the group in general as "[[fake geek girls]]", "[[tumblr]]-[[Virtue signalling|virtue signalers]]", and "the creepiest collection of stereotypical [[Social justice warrior|SJWs]] anyone could possibly imagine".<ref name="DailyBeast"/><ref name=WashingtonPost/> Antos reported receiving rape threats and being [[doxxed]], and—with her friends and coworkers—being the target of a prolonged campaign of online harassment.<ref name=MiamiHerald/><ref name="DailyBeast"/><ref name=CapelessCrusader/><ref>{{Cite web|author=Jasper, Marykate|url=https://www.themarysue.com/marvel-editor-harassed-for-selfie/|title=A Marvel Comics Editor Is Being Harassed Because She Posted a Selfie With Her Coworkers|website=[[The Mary Sue]]|date=30 July 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116033648/https://www.themarysue.com/marvel-editor-harassed-for-selfie/|archive-date=2018-11-16|url-status=live}}</ref> Richard C. Meyer has made the campaign a common subject on his YouTube channel and Twitter account.<ref name="Curtis" /> He took credit for the firing of writer Aubrey Sitterson from the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comic ''[[G.I. Joe (comics)|G.I. Joe]]: Scarlett's Strike Force'' after Sitterson criticized on social media what he saw as "performative grief" about the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=HornetStories/> In a 2017 video titled "The Dark [[Roast (comedy)|Roast]]", Meyer referred to a female [[Marvel Comics]] editor as a "cum dumpster", accused various female professionals of "sucking their way into the industry", and described a [[Trans woman|transgender female]] writer as a "man in a wig".<ref name="DailyBeast"/> Members of Comicsgate have responded to professionals criticizing the movement by circulating blacklists of such creators to boycott,<ref name="inverse"/><ref name=GlobalNews/> including one which categorized individuals as members of the "Pravda Press", "SJW vipers", and other derogatory labels. Among those placed on such lists and criticized for their views have been [[Larry Hama]], [[Mark Waid]], [[Alex de Campi]], [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]], [[Matt Fraction]], and [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]].<ref name="inverse"/> Colorist Moose Baumann recounted that he received threats of violence after stepping away from Van Sciver's creator-owned book ''Cyberfrog''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/moosebaumann/status/1032671007344087041?lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203174136/https://twitter.com/moosebaumann/status/1032671007344087041?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-03|title=Moose Baumann on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-10-31|language=en}}</ref> Media critic Kaylyn Saucedo, artist Tim Doyle, comic writer Kwanza Osajyefo, and cosplayer/comic writer Renfamous have all recounted being the target of harassment and doxxing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gramuglia|first=Anthony|date=2019-08-28|title=Alt-Right Fandom Attacks, Doxxes People Who Disagree With Them|url=https://www.themarysue.com/alt-right-fandom-doxxing-harassment/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=[[The Mary Sue]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828173751/https://www.themarysue.com/alt-right-fandom-doxxing-harassment/ |archive-date=2019-08-28 }}</ref> === Publishing === A few creators involved with Comicsgate have profited from the controversy it has produced, as with Meyer's ''No Enemy But Peace''.<ref name="DailyBeast"/> Alt-right activist [[Vox Day]] wrote and published the series ''Alt-Hero''<ref name=boingboing>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-09-05|title=Alt-right publisher founds ComicsGate comic imprint|url=https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/alt-right-publisher-founds-com.html|date=4 September 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221246/https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/alt-right-publisher-founds-com.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and hired [[Chuck Dixon]] to write for him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/never-meet-your-super-heroes/|title=Never Meet Your (Super) Heroes|date=2018-09-22|work=Reveal|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924190734/https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/never-meet-your-super-heroes/|archive-date=2018-09-24|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Van Sciver has had Vox Day as a guest on his YouTube channel, both he and Meyer have since disavowed any association with him.<ref name="BuzzFeedNews"/><ref name=boingboing/> ====''Jawbreakers''==== In early 2018, Meyer announced that his crowdfunded comic book ''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'', a collaboration with freelance artist Jon Malin, would be published by [[Antarctic Press]]. Upon learning that some store owners had discussed their decisions not to stock it, he encouraged his followers to publicly post and circulate their names, locations, and employee information.<ref name=WWAC>{{Cite news|url=https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/05/previously-on-comics-comicsgate-gets-aggressive-and-other-news/|title=Previously on Comics: Comicsgate Gets Aggressive (And Other News)|date=2018-05-14|work=WWAC|access-date=2018-11-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081423/https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/05/previously-on-comics-comicsgate-gets-aggressive-and-other-news/|archive-date=2018-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BleedingCool5.13.18/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/jawbreakers-comic-comicsgate-antarctic/|title=Indie comic 'Jawbreakers' canceled due to Comicsgate links|date=2018-05-14|website=The Daily Dot|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510160419/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/jawbreakers-comic-comicsgate-antarctic/|url-status=live}}</ref> He accused [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta]] store Variant Edition of "bullying and intimidating their own customers" after the female co-owner tweeted that they would not stock the publication. The store was subsequently vandalized and robbed.<ref name=CTVNews/> [[Dublin|Dublin, Ireland]], store ''Big Bang Comics'', which was not stocking the book, received threats of violence on social media.<ref name=WWAC/> On May 13, Antarctic Press announced that they were ending their relationship with Meyer, citing his behavior. Meyer accused [[Mark Waid]] of pressuring Antarctic not to publish the book.<ref name=BleedingCool5.13.18>{{Cite news|author=[[Johnston, Rich]]|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/13/no-enemy-but-peace-richard-meyer/|title=No Enemy But Peace - Richard Meyer, Antarctic Press, and Jawbreakers|date=2018-05-13|publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]]|access-date=2018-09-30|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081432/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/13/no-enemy-but-peace-richard-meyer/|archive-date=2018-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Antarctic and Waid issued statements denying that any threats or bullying had taken place.<ref name=BleedingCool5.13.18/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/antarctic-jawbreakers-canceled/|title=Antarctic Press Cancels Jawbreakers in Wake of Controversy, Retailer Boycott|date=2018-05-13|work=CBR.com|access-date=2018-09-30|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928005640/https://www.cbr.com/antarctic-jawbreakers-canceled/|archive-date=2018-09-28|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09/29/richard-meyer-sues-mark-waid-tortious-interference-contract-defamation/|title=Richard Meyer Sues Mark Waid Over 'Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation'|date=2018-09-29|publisher=Bleeding Cool|access-date=2018-09-30|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930003743/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09/29/richard-meyer-sues-mark-waid-tortious-interference-contract-defamation/|archive-date=2018-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2018, Meyer sued Waid for "tortious interference with contract and defamation".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia|url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/comicsgate-lawsuit-mark-waid/|title=Comicsgate figurehead Richard Meyer is suing Marvel/DC writer Mark Waid|date=2018-10-01|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001212903/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/comicsgate-lawsuit-mark-waid/|archive-date=2018-10-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In a [[motion to dismiss]], Waid's attorney [[Mark Zaid]] asserted that Meyer's own public attacks against industry professionals were responsible, pointing to comments on [[Twitter]] calling writer [[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] "a race hustler", accusing a number of female professionals of being hired solely based on gender, and referring to [[Transgender|trans]] and [[Genderqueer|non-binary]] DC writers as "a modern day carnival".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsarama.com/42597-meyer-v-waid-lawsuit-documents.html|title=Mark Waid's 11/02/18 Motions in Richard Meyer vs. Mark Waid|work=Newsarama|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065335/https://www.newsarama.com/42597-meyer-v-waid-lawsuit-documents.html|archive-date=2018-11-08|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2020, Meyer and Waid released a joint statement that Meyer had decided to voluntarily dismiss the case.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seifert|first1=Mark|title=Richard Meyer Has Voluntarily Dismissed Lawsuit against Mark Waid|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/richard-meyer-has-voluntarily-dismissed-lawsuit-against-mark-waid/|website=Bleeding Cool|date=22 December 2020|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203910/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/richard-meyer-has-voluntarily-dismissed-lawsuit-against-mark-waid//|url-status=live}}</ref> == Reception == Although many comics professionals have chosen to ignore Comicsgate to avoid giving it publicity,<ref name=GlobalNews/> it has been met with widespread criticism from readers, comics creators, and industry journalists.<ref name="vulture"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/widespread-creator-outcry-wont-be-enough-to-end-comicsgate|title=Widespread creator outcry won't be enough to end Comicsgate|last=Ennis|first=Tricia|date=2018-09-07|work=Syfy|access-date=2018-09-09|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185134/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/widespread-creator-outcry-wont-be-enough-to-end-comicsgate|archive-date=2018-09-09|url-status=live}}</ref> In mid 2018, Marsha Cooke, widow of writer-artist [[Darwyn Cooke]], denied a claim by Comicsgate participants that her husband would have supported the campaign.<ref name=TheMarySue>{{Cite web|author=Byron, Ada|url=https://www.themarysue.com/bill-sienkiewicz-comicsgate/|title=Legendary Comics Artist Bill Sienkiewicz Pens Scorching Rebuke of 'Comicsgate'|date=24 August 2018|publisher=The Mary Sue|language=en|access-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040055/https://www.themarysue.com/bill-sienkiewicz-comicsgate/|archive-date=2018-09-13|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Paste>{{cite web|date=August 27, 2018|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/comicsgate-wont-be-defeated-by-well-intentioned-tw.html|title=ComicsGate Won't Be Defeated by Well-Intentioned Tweets Alone|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|accessdate=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181932/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/comicsgate-wont-be-defeated-by-well-intentioned-tw.html|archive-date=2018-09-17|url-status=live}}</ref> After she became the subject of online attacks on Twitter for this, industry veterans including [[Bill Sienkiewicz]], Van Jenson, [[Tony Bedard]], [[Jeff Lemire]], and [[Magdalene Visaggio]] wrote rebukes to the movement.<ref name=TheMarySue/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/08/25/marsha-cooke-ethan-van-sciver-comicsgate-darwyn-legacy/|title=Marsha Cooke, Ethan Van Sciver, Comicsgate, and Darwyn Cooke's Legacy|date=2018-08-25|publisher=Bleeding Cool|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002021718/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/08/25/marsha-cooke-ethan-van-sciver-comicsgate-darwyn-legacy/|archive-date=2018-10-02|url-status=live}}</ref> In a social media post, writer [[Scott Snyder]], who teaches writing in college and [[DC Comics]]' talent development program, said the movement launched "cruel, personal attacks" on his students that "were (and still are) especially repugnant for their sexism, racism, homophobia, and transphobia".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/1041102661590966274|title=Scott Snyder on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203174136/https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/1041102661590966274|url-status=live}}</ref> After Comicsgate participants claimed that writer [[Donny Cates]] supported them, he publicly denounced the movement, saying, "[N]o one is going to use my art to promote something that has attacked my friends."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/doncates/status/1078847169996570625?lang=en|title=Untitled|author=Cates, Donny|date=December 28, 2018|publisher=Twitter|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707055832/https://twitter.com/doncates/status/1078847169996570625?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Johnston, Rich|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/12/29/donny-cates-comes-out-against-comicsgate-over-venom-argument/|website=Bleeding Cool|title=Donny Cates Comes Out Against Comicsgate Over Venom Argument|date=29 December 2018|access-date=2019-02-21|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041750/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/12/29/donny-cates-comes-out-against-comicsgate-over-venom-argument/|url-status=live}}</ref> Writer [[Tom Taylor (writer)|Tom Taylor]] posted a brief message on social media rejecting the tenets of Comicsgate, stating "I believe comics are for everyone. There is no excuse for harassment. There is no place for homophobia, transphobia, racism or misogyny in comics criticism." The social media post was retweeted by creators including [[Kelly Thompson]], [[Tim Seeley]], [[Margaret Stohl]], [[Jason Latour]], [[Greg Pak]], [[Fabian Nicieza]], [[Benjamin Percy]], and Jeff Lemire.<ref name=Inverse/> In an unsigned editorial, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine took issue with the phrasing of Taylor's statement, arguing that Comicsgate's activities should not be equated with critical commentary.<ref name=Paste/> Greg Hatcher, former administrator of the [[Comic Book Resources]] forums, compared the movement to the harassment that drove actresses [[Kelly Marie Tran]] and [[Millie Bobby Brown]] from social media, and noted that comic creators in earlier decades such as [[Jack Kirby]] and [[Stan Lee]] had also faced fan backlash for including political themes in comic books.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://atomicjunkshop.com/social-justice-warriors-part-2-looking-at-comicsgate-and-feeling-the-h-e-a-t/|title=Social Justice Warriors, part 2: Looking at ComicsGate and Feeling the H.E.A.T. - Atomic Junk Shop|date=2018-06-30|work=Atomic Junk Shop|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020133/http://atomicjunkshop.com/social-justice-warriors-part-2-looking-at-comicsgate-and-feeling-the-h-e-a-t/|archive-date=2018-10-02|url-status=live}}</ref> Van Sciver has faced backlash from other comic professionals for joking about suicide by Democrats,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/11/ethan-van-sciver-apologises-suicide-jibe-vows-not-vent-social-media-anymore/|title=Ethan Van Sciver Apologises For Suicide Jibe, Vows Not To Vent On Social Media Anymore|date=2017-05-11|publisher=Bleeding Cool|access-date=2018-10-31|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101055218/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/11/ethan-van-sciver-apologises-suicide-jibe-vows-not-vent-social-media-anymore/|archive-date=2018-11-01|url-status=live}}</ref> comments on [[Reddit]] about a "queer globalist mess", and hosting alt-right leader Vox Day in an episode on his YouTube channel.<ref name=BuzzFeedNews>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krishrach/comicsgate|title=There's An Online Harassment Campaign Underway Against People Advocating For Diversity In Comics Called #Comicsgate|work=BuzzFeed News|access-date=2018-10-31|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014072544/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krishrach/comicsgate|archive-date=2018-10-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=boingboing/> Van Sciver was also criticized for announcing a collaboration with cartoonist [[Dave Sim]], who was known to have had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl. Van Sciver defended Sim, likening the relationship to that of Elvis and Priscilla Presley until later canceling the collaboration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-new-years-ballad-of-dave-sim-and-ethan-van-sciver/|title=A New Year's Ballad of Dave Sim and Ethan Van Sciver|author=[[Johnston, Rich]]|website=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2022|archivedate=April 25, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425042716/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/a-new-years-ballad-of-dave-sim-and-ethan-van-sciver/}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Portrayal of women in American comics]] *[[Gamergate (harassment campaign)]] *[[Learn to Code]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2017 controversies]] [[Category:2017 in comics]] [[Category:2018 controversies]] [[Category:2018 in comics]] [[Category:2019 controversies]] [[Category:2019 in comics]] [[Category:2017 in North America]] [[Category:2018 in North America]] [[Category:2019 in North America]] 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