Seems like only a few days ago we were reporting on the SWATting attacks on an indie comics publisher and an online comics critic who are both welcoming to Comicsgate supporters. And then this happens.
Ethan Van Sciver posted the following item telling that doxxing by anti-Comicsgate creeps appears to still be a problem:
AntiComicsGate is passing around my home address among themselves, telling each other that “whatever happens, happens.”
Wow, those Rose Tico action figures were that important to you weirdos, were they?
— Ethan Van Sciver (@EthanVanSciver) March 1, 2019
More offensive lawbreaking over some tepid figurines or something like that? Truly sick. I hope the police have been informed, and most importantly, that they’re investigating convincingly.
I also noticed writer Tony Bedard saying the following:
You know it’s not. I remember congratulating Ethan when Cyberfrog hit 37K. In retrospect, monetizing CG was a terrible turning point insuring fuel would always be added to this dumpster-fire. We used to have fun talking politics. This shit stopped being fun ages ago.
— Tony Bedard (@TonyBedard) March 1, 2019
What is this? He’s complaining about crowdfunding for development of creator-owned projects, even after supposedly congratulating? He certainly doesn’t seem to understand that’s the purpose of most of the crowdfunding pages set up for making money to pay for all the art equipment needed to prepare the drafts for the comics. There’s more:
Ethan’s not a victim.
— Tony Bedard (@TonyBedard) March 1, 2019
Keep this tweet in mind when the physical address of someone you care about is shared with people that cavalierly imply that anything done to that person is just “pushback.”
— El Presidente (@ElPresidenteDM) March 2, 2019
I don’t condone threats or violence. Neither am I surprised that all the effort put into getting a rise out of people (Hi, Rose Tico!) yielded this kind of pushback. If your dumpster-fire results in death-threats, maybe stop feeding it. But I guess the money’s too good to stop.
— Tony Bedard (@TonyBedard) March 1, 2019
Oh, for crying out loud. This isn’t doing any good. Certainly not if he’s also saying virtually all creator-owned products by people siding with Comicsgate are all trash and is suggesting softness on felons. Some of those I’ve seen have pretty good artwork, and like all creator-owned items as a whole, quality varies everywhere. Bedard’s not going to do his career any favors if he sticks with a victim-blaming angle, and acts like van Sciver’s not a victim in this situation. He’d do well to just cut it out.
Again, I hope police are doing everything they can to locate and arrest the criminals who committed these illegalities.
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Originally published here.
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