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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.<sup id="cite_ref-Inverse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inverse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-syfy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syfy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CTVNews_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTVNews-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is derived from <a href="/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)" title="Gamergate (harassment campaign)">Gamergate</a>, a similar movement related to video games.<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GlobalNews_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalNews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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,<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Varda_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varda-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been described by commentators as a harassment campaign<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulture_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BuzzFeedNews_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuzzFeedNews-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which "targets women, people of color, and LGBT folk in the comic book industry".<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Threats of violence<sup id="cite_ref-WWAC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWAC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the vandalism of one store have been attributed to the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-CTVNews_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTVNews-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Views">Views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg/220px-10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg/330px-10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg/440px-10.2.10EthanVanSciverByLuigiNovi1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Comics artist <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Van_Sciver" title="Ethan Van Sciver">Ethan Van Sciver</a> has been a central figure in Comicsgate.</figcaption></figure> <p>Key figures in Comicsgate include commentator Richard C. Meyer (posting under the banner <i>Diversity & Comics</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and former DC illustrator <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Van_Sciver" title="Ethan Van Sciver">Ethan Van Sciver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of the movement object to diversification of comics, especially the increasing inclusion of women as writers and characters.<sup id="cite_ref-Varda_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varda-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GlobalNews_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalNews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The storylines objected to include those such as the "<a href="/wiki/All-New,_All-Different_Marvel" title="All-New, All-Different Marvel">All New, All Different</a>" campaign undertaken by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> in the later 2010s, in which various white male characters that had traditionally had the superhero identities of <a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(character)" title="Wolverine (character)">Wolverine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Thor (Marvel Comics)">Thor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hulk" title="Hulk">Hulk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a> were temporarily replaced by female or racial-minority characters.<sup id="cite_ref-Flegel_&_Leget_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flegel_&_Leget-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MiamiHerald_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiamiHerald-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comicsgate adherents have also complained about stories dealing with current social issues, and the depiction of women with less sexualized figures.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They argue that the increasing diversity of comics, both among creators and in terms of characters, has led to declining quality and sales.<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GlobalNews_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalNews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/SyFy_Wire" class="mw-redirect" title="SyFy Wire">SyFy Wire</a>, stated that some such comics, in fact, had been notably successful, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Khan" title="Kamala Khan">Kamala Khan</a> version of <i><a href="/wiki/Ms._Marvel" title="Ms. Marvel">Ms. Marvel</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Unbeatable_Squirrel_Girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Unbeatable Squirrel Girl">Unbeatable Squirrel Girl</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Carol_Danvers" title="Carol Danvers">Carol Danvers</a> version of <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)">Captain Marvel</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-syfy_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syfy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_media">Social media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Social media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, female superhero <a href="/wiki/Mockingbird_(Marvel_Comics)" title="Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)">Mockingbird</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Cain" title="Chelsea Cain">Chelsea Cain</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-MiamiHerald_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiamiHerald-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Flo_Steinberg" title="Flo Steinberg">Flo Steinberg</a>, drew attention from members of the movement.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HornetStories_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HornetStories-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Antos was described by them as a "<a href="/wiki/Affirmative_action" title="Affirmative action">diversity hire</a>", "an unqualified bimbo",<sup id="cite_ref-CapelessCrusader_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapelessCrusader-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "the 'false rape charge' type",<sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WashingtonPost_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashingtonPost-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the group in general as "<a href="/wiki/Fake_geek_girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Fake geek girls">fake geek girls</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">tumblr</a>-<a href="/wiki/Virtue_signalling" title="Virtue signalling">virtue signalers</a>", and "the creepiest collection of stereotypical <a href="/wiki/Social_justice_warrior" title="Social justice warrior">SJWs</a> anyone could possibly imagine".<sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WashingtonPost_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashingtonPost-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Antos reported receiving rape threats and being <a href="/wiki/Doxxed" class="mw-redirect" title="Doxxed">doxxed</a>, and—with her friends and coworkers—being the target of a prolonged campaign of online harassment.<sup id="cite_ref-MiamiHerald_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiamiHerald-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CapelessCrusader_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapelessCrusader-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richard C. Meyer has made the campaign a common subject on his YouTube channel and Twitter account.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took credit for the firing of writer Aubrey Sitterson from the <a href="/wiki/IDW_Publishing" title="IDW Publishing">IDW</a> comic <i><a href="/wiki/G.I._Joe_(comics)" title="G.I. Joe (comics)">G.I. Joe</a>: Scarlett's Strike Force</i> after Sitterson criticized on social media what he saw as "performative grief" about the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HornetStories_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HornetStories-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2017 video titled "The Dark <a href="/wiki/Roast_(comedy)" title="Roast (comedy)">Roast</a>", Meyer referred to a female <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> editor as a "cum dumpster", accused various female professionals of "sucking their way into the industry", and described a <a href="/wiki/Trans_woman" title="Trans woman">transgender female</a> writer as a "man in a wig".<sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of Comicsgate have responded to professionals criticizing the movement by circulating blacklists of such creators to boycott,<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GlobalNews_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalNews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hama" title="Larry Hama">Larry Hama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_de_Campi" title="Alex de Campi">Alex de Campi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Sue_DeConnick" title="Kelly Sue DeConnick">Kelly Sue DeConnick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Fraction" title="Matt Fraction">Matt Fraction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ta-Nehisi_Coates" title="Ta-Nehisi Coates">Ta-Nehisi Coates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-inverse_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colorist Moose Baumann recounted that he received threats of violence after stepping away from Van Sciver's creator-owned book <i>Cyberfrog</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publishing">Publishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few creators involved with Comicsgate have profited from the controversy it has produced, as with Meyer's <i>No Enemy But Peace</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-DailyBeast_14-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyBeast-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alt-right activist <a href="/wiki/Vox_Day" title="Vox Day">Vox Day</a> wrote and published the series <i>Alt-Hero</i><sup id="cite_ref-boingboing_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boingboing-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hired <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dixon" title="Chuck Dixon">Chuck Dixon</a> to write for him.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-BuzzFeedNews_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuzzFeedNews-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-boingboing_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boingboing-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jawbreakers"><i>Jawbreakers</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Jawbreakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2018, Meyer announced that his crowdfunded comic book <i>Jawbreakers: Lost Souls</i>, a collaboration with freelance artist Jon Malin, would be published by <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Press" title="Antarctic Press">Antarctic Press</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-WWAC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWAC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BleedingCool5.13.18_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BleedingCool5.13.18-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He accused <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton, Alberta</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-CTVNews_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTVNews-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin, Ireland</a>, store <i>Big Bang Comics</i>, which was not stocking the book, received threats of violence on social media.<sup id="cite_ref-WWAC_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWAC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 13, Antarctic Press announced that they were ending their relationship with Meyer, citing his behavior. Meyer accused <a href="/wiki/Mark_Waid" title="Mark Waid">Mark Waid</a> of pressuring Antarctic not to publish the book.<sup id="cite_ref-BleedingCool5.13.18_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BleedingCool5.13.18-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Antarctic and Waid issued statements denying that any threats or bullying had taken place.<sup id="cite_ref-BleedingCool5.13.18_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BleedingCool5.13.18-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2018, Meyer sued Waid for "tortious interference with contract and defamation".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/Motion_to_dismiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion to dismiss">motion to dismiss</a>, Waid's attorney <a href="/wiki/Mark_Zaid" title="Mark Zaid">Mark Zaid</a> asserted that Meyer's own public attacks against industry professionals were responsible, pointing to comments on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> calling writer <a href="/wiki/Ta-Nehisi_Coates" title="Ta-Nehisi Coates">Ta-Nehisi Coates</a> "a race hustler", accusing a number of female professionals of being hired solely based on gender, and referring to <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">trans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Genderqueer" class="mw-redirect" title="Genderqueer">non-binary</a> DC writers as "a modern day carnival".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2020, Meyer and Waid released a joint statement that Meyer had decided to voluntarily dismiss the case.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although many comics professionals have chosen to ignore Comicsgate to avoid giving it publicity,<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalNews_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalNews-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it has been met with widespread criticism from readers, comics creators, and industry journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-vulture_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid 2018, Marsha Cooke, widow of writer-artist <a href="/wiki/Darwyn_Cooke" title="Darwyn Cooke">Darwyn Cooke</a>, denied a claim by Comicsgate participants that her husband would have supported the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-TheMarySue_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheMarySue-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paste_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paste-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After she became the subject of online attacks on Twitter for this, industry veterans including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sienkiewicz" title="Bill Sienkiewicz">Bill Sienkiewicz</a>, Van Jenson, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bedard" title="Tony Bedard">Tony Bedard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lemire" title="Jeff Lemire">Jeff Lemire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Magdalene_Visaggio" title="Magdalene Visaggio">Magdalene Visaggio</a> wrote rebukes to the movement.<sup id="cite_ref-TheMarySue_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheMarySue-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a social media post, writer <a href="/wiki/Scott_Snyder" title="Scott Snyder">Scott Snyder</a>, who teaches writing in college and <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>' 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".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Comicsgate participants claimed that writer <a href="/wiki/Donny_Cates" title="Donny Cates">Donny Cates</a> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Taylor_(writer)" title="Tom Taylor (writer)">Tom Taylor</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Thompson" title="Kelly Thompson">Kelly Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Seeley" title="Tim Seeley">Tim Seeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Stohl" title="Margaret Stohl">Margaret Stohl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Latour" title="Jason Latour">Jason Latour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Pak" title="Greg Pak">Greg Pak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Nicieza" title="Fabian Nicieza">Fabian Nicieza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Percy" title="Benjamin Percy">Benjamin Percy</a>, and Jeff Lemire.<sup id="cite_ref-Inverse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inverse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an unsigned editorial, <i><a href="/wiki/Paste_(magazine)" title="Paste (magazine)">Paste</a></i> magazine took issue with the phrasing of Taylor's statement, arguing that Comicsgate's activities should not be equated with critical commentary.<sup id="cite_ref-Paste_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paste-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Greg Hatcher, former administrator of the <a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Resources" title="Comic Book Resources">Comic Book Resources</a> forums, compared the movement to the harassment that drove actresses <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Marie_Tran" title="Kelly Marie Tran">Kelly Marie Tran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Millie_Bobby_Brown" title="Millie Bobby Brown">Millie Bobby Brown</a> from social media, and noted that comic creators in earlier decades such as <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a> had also faced fan backlash for including political themes in comic books.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Sciver has faced backlash from other comic professionals for joking about suicide by Democrats,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comments on <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a> about a "queer globalist mess", and hosting alt-right leader Vox Day in an episode on his YouTube channel.<sup id="cite_ref-BuzzFeedNews_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuzzFeedNews-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-boingboing_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boingboing-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Sciver was also criticized for announcing a collaboration with cartoonist <a href="/wiki/Dave_Sim" title="Dave Sim">Dave Sim</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comicsgate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portrayal_of_women_in_American_comics" title="Portrayal of women in American comics">Portrayal of women in American comics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)" title="Gamergate (harassment campaign)">Gamergate (harassment campaign)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learn_to_Code" title="Learn to Code">Learn to Code</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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