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And certainly of late, we have seen female creators and editors and trans creators and editors face an insane amount of hate, irrational thinking and vile speech — and yet the perpetrators have faced little to no reprimanding. This is especially true of Twitter, which continues to allow users to harass trans comics creators A major[...]
Blockbuster Video
We'll, almost no more…turns out that there's a few left, and one in particular is saying: "Not dead yet!" Not only has this store survived the Netflix killing spree, but they've take to Twitter and may be one of the funniest accounts on the social media site. The Last Blockbuster told the Daily Dot: "This account is actually[...]
'Earthworm Jim' Creator Sends Contentious Tweet To Transgender Writer
Like any retro-examination piece you'd see here or on a variety of websites, it's a single writer's look at the game after being exposed to years of modern gaming, so of course the look back isn't through rose-colored glasses, but Alexandra didn't go out of her way condemn the game to hell for all eternity either. What[...]
Confederate
Many people have firmly framed it as fan fiction for racists, and activist April Reign, originator of the #OscarsSoWhite Twitter hashtag, started the hashtag #NoConfederates in defiance of the show. It seems like this has become the Secret Empire of HBO, with everyone ready to sink this ship before it even leaves the port. It's hard to blame anyone for this blowback. Game[...]
James Gunn
Breaking news from the ever-beloved Twitter: Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn will be publishing the script for recent Marvel hit Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. This news came about when a Twitter user contacted Gunn over the service to ask if Marvel Studios will continue to publish screenplays for their films, like they did for Captain America: The First[...]
Nick Spencer Stops Tweeting So Much; Twitter Stock Drops Dramatically
Twitter shares have dropped more than 11% following a 30-plus-day dearth in Bleeding Cool articles about Nick Spencer's tweets. There was a time, not so long ago, where we couldn't go a week without publishing a Nick Spencer Fanboy Rampage article Sometimes more than one The superstar Marvel writer transitioned seamlessly from producing daily hundred-tweet rants[...]
Chris Bachalo Teases New Marvel Project To Be Announced At SDCC
In a tweet from Tuesday, Marvel artist Chris Bachalo famed for his work on such books as Doctor Strange and Uncanny X-Men, teased a vague new reveal on everybody's favorite news source, Twitter. My new raison d'être will be revealed friday during a Marvel comics presentation at a pop culture event taking place in San Diego– — Chris Bachalo (@ShadeX6) July 18, 2017 As[...]
Twitter Reacts To The Passing Of Horror Icon George A. Romero
💔 pic.twitter.com/r1qKM6GSka — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 16, 2017 RIP George Romero pic.twitter.com/6vjki1Fv7B — Steve Niles (@SteveNiles) July 16, 2017 A fond farewell to charming, legendary zombie king George Romero 'Martin' is one of my favourite horrors An honour to have met him RIP pic.twitter.com/8ZIwjxFrmx — Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) July 16, 2017 https://twitter.com/Uptomyknees/status/886701146680815616 George Romero, RIP[...]
Gail Simone Dislikes New 52 Wonder Woman Origin
Legendary Batgirl, Secret Six, Birds of Prey, and Wonder Woman writer Gail Simone took to Twitter today in discussion about the New 52 and film origins for Wonder Woman. It began with another Twitter user discussing their dislike that the New 52 introduced Zeus into the origin story of the Amazon Princess Ms Simone replied with[...]
Jim Zub Just Pitched Another Thunderbolts Series And Needs Fan Support
So, yours truly was being a casual fanboy this morning, tweeting at Jim Zub to obsess over his Thunderbolts book and asking if it will be returning after Secret Empire's conclusion: https://twitter.com/joshdavisonbolt/status/879339332829663236 I was hoping for the best, even if I have kind of consigned myself to the fact that this particular series had been condemned to[...]
"Conversation" Sparked By Second Print Of 'Divided States Of Hysteria'
Note the T, which stands for Trans. At any rate, Image Comics' pride over sending this book back to press sure did initiate more "conversation" on Twitter: .@ImageComics About how disingenuous your twitter avatar is? Publish what you like Don't profit off pretending to be an ally to trans folk. — Matt Santori 🏳️‍🌈 (@FotoCub) June 13, 2017 Honestly[...]
A Week In Transphobia In Comics
He also ended by condemning the culture of 'political correctness' as the cause of the outrage and upset. Moving onto Image and Howard Chaykin, whose comic actually has a Pride Month variant that he created, when the content of the comic was brought to light by trans audiences and others on twitter last night, Image responded[...]
bob iger
Particularly LGBTQ fans and audiences who have heard this kind of excuse trotted out time and time again, and have seen it so often used as an excuse to never actually include visible examples of the LGBTQ community in film. SUBTEXT AND ASSUMPTION DOES NOT EQUAL LGBT REPRESENTATION https://t.co/8xiOh2tJXx — Kara Leavitt (@karalea16) May 2, 2017 casual reminder[...]
Hollywood Reacts To Bill Paxton's Death With Outpouring Of Tweets
He still holds the distinction to be the only actor to have been killed by the big three of sci-fi monsters: a terminator, an alien, and a predator; plus he, along with Helen Hunt, are the only actors to have gone toe to toe with an F5 tornado and walked away. As everyone absorbed the news,[...]
Comic Folk React To Trump's Grabbing America By The Immigration Policy
Protests have broken out at major airports, being led by a large group at New York City's JFK airport. Here's some of the Twitter coverage that we've seen so far: Jody Houser's Twitter post points out that Trump selectively blocked entry by individuals from countries to which he has no business ties to, and those that he[...]
Potter Rumors, New Trilogies, and Savage Shutdowns
pic.twitter.com/BAzuKJiCOO — J.K Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 20, 2017 Cue heartbreak Would you like a tissue? Although I would be pleased as punch to see the whole gang back together again, I am ecstatic for all of their upcoming projects Besides, Rowling has her hands full with not one, but four sequels to her most recent success, Fantastic Beasts[...]
English Artist Takes To Twitter To Draw Writers
Which makes this new twitter account kind of funny to me It's simply called I Draw Writers The account was started this month, only has 25 followers as of this writing and features six images including Ian Fleming, Alan Moore, and J R R Tolkein The artist doesn't identify themselves, but they are asking for names[...]
Exclusive: Mark Waid's 18 Tips For Creating a Fake Republican Parody Twitter Account
But what has the 54-year-old industry veteran been up to since then? Nearly a month later, and Waid appears to have made his way past denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, reaching the rarely achieved sixth stage of grief: Twitter flame warring It all began with some replies to the President Elect. .@realDonaldTrump First, you're the expert on viciously firing[...]
Thanks To Bleeding Cool, Dan Slott Is Back On Twitter [UPDATED]
Dan Slott is back on Twitter. The Amazing Spider-Man scribe has returned to the social media service after exiting earlier this month due to "toxic pro-Trump rhetoric," as he stated in a Facebook post at the time Prior to that, Slott was well-known for delivering years worth of general toxic rhetoric on his Twitter account, including toward[...]
Warner Bros First Studio To Use Twitter Stickers
Back in June, Twitter added a new feature that would allow users to add emojis, props and other accessories to photos the same way Snapchat does A few weeks back they made some stickers available from a sponsor, Pepsi. Now Warner Bros is the first film studio to tap into this new promotional tool by offering up[...]
Gail Simone Endorses #VisibleWomen On Twitter
Here are the current Top 10 on Twitter. ♡ I'm Jiji! I illustrate ladies and love to promote body positivity as well as sassy confidence ♡#VisibleWomen pic.twitter.com/2DMCYhXQoG — 『 J I J I 』 (@jijidraws) August 7, 2016 Hi! I am Tabby and I like to draw pinups and diary comics! #VisibleWomen https://t.co/ltmIODWSbT pic.twitter.com/ZtdLfZ2vIZ — TABBY – commissions open[...]
Dan DiDio Deletes His Twitter Account – It's All About Rabbits
It cannot be denied that, on Twitter, there has been a lot of this sort of thing (although less this week than last). @dandidio1 Nice, what about release a statement about eddie berganza? — Veronica Cristina (@veronicacris) May 2, 2016 @dandidio1 it's great you're having a good time but, any word on when the employment of sexual predator[...]
…And This Is Why I Love Gail Simone… Third Edition
What's better than spending hours on Twitter scrolling through news and how many cups of coffee your friends have had today? Reading the delightful random-ness of Gail Simone… She talks about NSYNC members on waffles…I'd personally prefer some Timberlake, but to each his own. There is a secret restaurant at Universal Orlando that offers a waffle stuffed[...]
Gail Simone And Funko Help Out Third Grade Student
There's been a lot of Emerald City Comic Con breaking news circulating, but I have a story that will tug at your heart strings. Gail Simone is my favorite part of Twitter, but that's mostly because of the stories she shares One of the best things about the comic book community is everyones willingness to help[...]