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Bleeding Cool had been closely following the lawsuit filed by Richard Meyer against Mark Waid since its original court filing on September 19, 2018, regarding allegations of libel and tortious interference over the publication of his Jawbreakers comic book However, on December 22nd, 2020, Richard Meyer voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit. Both parties raised significant sums via crowdfunding to pay toward their legal fees[...]

Yesterday, we learned that the long-running legal case raised against comic book writer/publisher Mark Waid by comic book writer/publisher Richard Meyer had been voluntarily dismissed A joint statement declared that "upon consideration of all the circumstances, the parties have jointly decided that it is in the best interests of all concerned, and the comic book[...]

Bleeding Cool has closely followed the lawsuit filed by Richard Meyer against Mark Waid since its original court filing on September 19, 2018.  Carefully watched by industry observers in the interim, the case has generated much commentary from the comics community at large in the over two years since it was filed.  But it appears[...]

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 were made against Meyer by Waid, and[...]

Richard Meyer has added a new name to his latest Jawbreakers graphic novel, Mike Baron Together with Iartist Aaron Alfeche, they will be revival the eighties hit indie character Nexus as a back-up strip The addition of this strip is a $100,000 stretch goal, and will be triggered as and when the IndieGoGo fund reached[...]

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[...]

In recent days, Richard Meyer has launched an Indiegogo campaign for a new graphic novel with the Expendables license, Expendables Go To Hell The graphic novel is to be written by Bane co-creator Chuck Dixon, who wrote previous Expendables comics when Dynamite owned the license and will be co-written by Expendables star and producer, Sylvester Stallone[...]

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[...]

Once upon a time, Antarctic Press announced that they were to publish Jawbreakers, the crowdfunded graphic novel written by Richard Meyer, accused repeatedly of hate speech and of encouraging hate speech Amidst controversy, Mark Waid called the publisher to talk about that decision Shortly afterwards, the publisher announced they were no longer publishing the graphic[...]

A lot has happened since Bleeding Cool first broke the news that Comicsgater Richard Meyer was suing comic book writer, editor and publisher Mark Waid, claiming defamation and tortious interference over Antarctic Press no longer publishing Meyer's Jawbreakers graphic novel. Waid launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for his legal fight, with a fee set[...]

Longstanding comic book writer, editor and publisher Mark Waid has launched a crowdfunding appeal with the intent of funding his legal defense against Richard Meyer of the Diversity & Comix YouTube channel We reported on Meyer's launching the lawsuit, which claims causes of action including defamation and tortious interference in his contract with Antarctic Press over the[...]

And a story began that will no doubt run and run… Five most read articles yesterday Richard Meyer Sues Mark Waid Over 'Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation' We Have Details on Upcoming Episodes of The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Riverdale! Cosmic Ghost Rider Makes Thanos the Image of Himself What the Original Justice League Odyssey #1 Would Have Been[...]

We first covered one of Richard Meyer's Kickstarter projects back in 2012 on Bleeding Cool when he was a writer and artist struggling to work professionally in the comics industry The project, called No Enemy But Peace seemed to go well enough, raising almost $4000 from over a hundred people. Meyer's latest crowdfunded comic project was on IndieGoGo. Jawbreakers,[...]