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Superman: Son Of Kal-El #5 will see the kiss between Jon Kent, the new Superman of Earth, and his new boyfriend, the journalist Jay Nakamura, as the comic reveals that Jon Kent is a bisexual young Kryptonian/human hybrid. There has naturally been a lot of mocking of this storyline and accompanying imagery by the Comicsgate crew[...]

Lady Alchemy: Mutus Liber was an IndieGoGo-crowdfunded Comicsgate comic book that launched its campaign two-and-a-half years ago, from model and performer Martina Markota. Markota also worked at Rebel News and The Daily Caller, is a proud supporter of Donald Trump, and a repeat attendee on podcasts by Proud Boys founder and fellow Rebel News contributor Gavin[...]

Edwin Boyette was a prominent figure a few years ago in the Comicsgate movement, an online activist group that campaigns, as Wikipedia puts it, "in opposition to diversity and progressivism in North American superhero comic books". Those who he "engaged" online may recall his replies in the form of a portrait shot video embedded in Tweets,[...]

Yesterday, we learned that the long-running legal case raised against comic book writer/publisher Mark Waid by comic book writer/publisher Richard Meyer

Neither party has admitted any liability or responsibility, can claim to have achieved any victory and both have agreed to assume their own fees and costs. With the dismissal of the lawsuit, the parties have executed a confidential agreement and have no interest in continuing this dispute in the public arena or anywhere else. On twitter, Zaid[...]

Earlier this year, we reported on Comicsgate creator and critic Preston Poulter and his attempt to trademark the term 'Comicsgate' The registration was made by Common Sense Press Inc DBA Pocket Jacks Comics, of Dallas, Texas Poulter is the writer and creator who self-publishes comics such as White Lily under the name Pocket Jacks Comics, and creates YouTube videos[...]

Earlier this year, we reported on Comicsgate creator and critic Preston Poulter and his attempt to trademark the term 'Comicsgate' The registration was made by Common Sense Press Inc DBA Pocket Jacks Comics, of Dallas, Texas Poulter is the writer and creator who self-publishes comics such as White Lily under the name Pocket Jacks Comics,[...]

In recent days, Bleeding Cool has reported on Dynamite Entertainment's issues with its staff and creators over their recent decisions to publish and crowdfund for comic book variants of their titles created by, and featuring characters from people associated with Comicsgate. The official Dynamite Entertainment logo As a result, a number of creators publically announced they were,[...]

On Friday, comic book writer Tom King issued a statement on Twitter, criticising his publisher DC Comics for commissioning a cover for his Rorschach comic from Jae Lee, as Lee had contributed a cover to Ethan Van Sciver's leading Comicsgate crowdfunding titles. Tom King Issues Full Apology to Jae Lee, Removes Tweets Knowing Jae Lee, I suspected[...]

Comic book creator Jae Lee is barely on social media. He only posts occasional pictures of his artwork and photos of his dog, Loki, on Instagram, about

He just posted on Twitter; Today DC put out an alternate cover to Rorschach by Jae Lee, who has also done covers for comicsgate, a hate group DC does not consult creators on alternate covers; I reached out to them to express my deep disappointment Far as I'm concerned this is the cover to Rorschach #1. Jorge[...]

Two covers done, currently working on script for #2. Bleeding Cool understands that, yes, this was DIE!Namite, and that Declan Shalvey has joined a number of comic book creators who have chosen to pull out of comic book projects with Dynamite Entertainment, as a result of the Comicsgate covergate controversy that Bleeding Cool reported on last[...]

That suddenly seems to have changed. Dynamite logo Several prominent comic book creators had told Dynamite that they were no longer happy to work for the company when they were publishing, crowdfunding, and promoting creator-exclusive variant covers by Comicsgate comic book creators While this had been happening for over a year, it was the recent promotion of[...]

Prominent Comicsgate figure, longtime friend of Dynamite publisher Nick Barrucci His previous summer's successful Indiegogo campaign for Cyberfrog: Blood Honey was late and had yet to be published Having a variant cover of Vampirella with Cyberfrog gave him something to sell to his virtue-signalling audience in the interim At one point, Vampirella and Cyberfrog were[...]

Back in August/September 2018, Vox Day, writer, editor, video game designer, blogger and alt-right activist, stated he was going to launch a comic book imprint called Comicsgate Comics creator Ethan Van Sciver who has become rather associated with that hashtag, stated that Day had no right to the name, and that as Ethan then ran a YouTube[...]

He then began a YouTube channel with the aim of pointing out what he saw as overly-liberal or diverse plotlines in Marvel and DC comic books, including obscene attacks against a number of creators, before mobilising that audience to fund his publishing attempts with the Jawbreakers graphic novel on Kickstarter as part of #comicsgate After[...]

The Allegiance Arts comics coming to Walmart, including Red Rooster, may have fallen foul of Walmart and their sticker guns.

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters is to return from Don Chin in a crossover with Ethan Van Sciver's Cyberfrog comic book.

Back in August/Septemeber 2018, Vox Day, writer, editor, video game designer, blogger and alt-right activist, stated he was going to launch a comic book imprint called Comicsgate Comic creator Ethan Van Sciver who has become associated with the hashtag, stated that Day had no right to the name, and that as Ethan then ran a YouTube[...]

#ComicsGate pic.twitter.com/1qPhcM7NZq — ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) March 26, 2020 DOWN GOES G WILLOW! DOWN GOES KATE LETH!! — ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) March 26, 2020 Then GTFO If you were never doing this to make a great living, you're part of the reason comic shops can't weather TWO WEEKS of closed doors. This industry is a joke filled with pretentious, parasitic clowns[...]

Sean Gordon Murphy, who recently announced plans to launch a curated label at DC Comics for his White Knight universe, has announced that he will pull his

Bleeding Cool has repeatedly covered the legal case between Comicsgate comic book creator and publisher Richard Meyer and comic book writer, editor and publisher Mark Waid Charges of defamation, both online and at a comic convention in Houston and regarding tortious interference over Antarctic Press' decision to drop the publication of Meyers' Jawbreakers graphic novel[...]

A leading figure in the outrage activist group Comicsgate, he channelled that attention into crowdfunding his graphic novels, with similarly-minded creators He is also involved in an ongoing legal case against Mark Waid on charges of defamation and tortious interference, denied by Waid, over Meyer's publishing relationship with Antarctic Press This happened after Antarctic dropped[...]

To be that cavalier about somebody's life, that's horrible, that's why I hang with these Comicsgate guys, they do speak out against some of this stuff, and if you have a different point of view, if you're more conservative or more progressive, I don't give a shit but when you start to hurt people or[...]

Earlier this week, longstanding Green Lantern artist and Comicsgater Ethan Van Sciver revealed his cover for fellow Comicsgater Richard Meyer's crowdfunded comic Jawbreakers: GØd-K1ng. The image of the central antagonist in Van Sciver's book in the back looked a little familiar to some, compared to work by another famed Green Lantern artist Daryl Banks, from the[...]

We may start a YouTube, Twitter account, official products like shirts and other merchandise The online name for a cosplayer, comics writer and major anti-comicsgate figure Which may mean she needs to spend legal fees just to oppose such a thing Of course there are also other concerns; Someone doesn't understand what "under penalty of perjury" means. Buckle[...]

But far harsher was this following 'tweet', supposedly posted by Wong after Stan Lee's passing, which has recently been shared, very critically, amongst the Comicsgatey side of social media. It is, as the label we have added points out, fake.  We have been told by people who should know that it's fake We have been told[...]

You're locked up in here with ME." 🤣 https://t.co/8TCmKNJlkD — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 11, 2019 Which made an interesting note in a faked letter at the back of the issue, from a certain Hiram J Comicsgate III, from the likely-sounding town of Oklahodahio. They're not that old… not yet anyway… LOEG TEMPEST #6 ONEILL (W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin[...]

A narrative if you will. Del Arroz claims to have created, or at least popularised the #comicsgate name He sees its cause, thus; The cause of it was because of politics — specifically a left wing monopoly trying to harm all right wingers in the business and make sure we don't get to produce books or have[...]

  Of late, an argument is being made loud and clear, mostly by the #Comicsgate activist group on social media, that the Vertigo brand failed due to, frankly 'SJW bullsh-t' The phrase 'get woke, go broke' has been repeated ad infinitum And this has been emphasised by pointing out recent Vertigo books such as Border Town,[...]