Comics Pros and Leftwing Store Owners Collude to Pressure a Small Publisher Into Cancelling Its Relationship with "Ya Boi Zack" of Diversity & Comics

I interviewed "Ya Boi Zack," government name Richard C. Meyer, with Ben Domenech on the Federalist Radio Hour a couple weeks back about his crowd-funded comic book Jawbreakers: Lost Souls.

He later announced that he had secured a publisher, Antarctic Press, which was eager to put the book out and into comic book stores, after the Indiegogo funders had gotten their own editions. "They want this audience," Zack crowed, speaking of his own community of disaffected, largely former comics readers looking for a reason to get back into the pastime.

But the comic book gatekeepers weren't having any of that -- various short fat manbabies, childless weirdoes with 47 roommates, and men in party city wigs began a campaign to pressure the small independent publisher to cancel the run of the book, to keep Zack out of their dwindling club.

Even with its tremendous success, Jawbreakers' distributor Antarctic Press said they won't distribute the series in an ominous post on their Facebook page Friday: "It is the decision of Antarctic Press not to release the comic series Jawbreakers."
Their backtracking had big implications for Meyer and his team, as the book would no longer be distributed to comic book stores. But there was little they could do about it. Antarctic Press was hit by a storm of industry professionals colluding to try to force conservative-authored competition out of the business, which was followed by several retailers threatening to drop all Antarctic Press books from their shelves if the publisher produced Meyer’s book.
The precedent set is disturbing, but this kind of anti-conservative discrimination has been festering in the comics world for a long time.

The author details some of the previous threats and schemes against Meyer, then writes:

The attacks from the industry brought Meyer to national prominence, pushing his YouTube subscriber count to nearly seventy thousand people -- a much higher number than most top selling comic books. Meyer and the #ComicsGate movement became a threat to the left-wing controlled industry overnight. Most of the industry, however, mocked the movement, typically with commentary asking why conservatives don't just make their own books if they hate the current market so much.

The industry should have been careful what they wished for.
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With a high-profile team of conservatives who had been targeted and blacklisted by the industry, "Jawbreakers: Lost Souls" became a political statement, more than just a book.

To clarify: the book is, reportedly, apolitical by design, but the statement of supporting an apolitical book which wasn't stuffed to the breaking point with stupid #TwitterPolitics was itself a political statement -- give us this kind of escapist entertainment you used to provide.

It has high quality art, a very fun theme, and looks to be one of the top tier books on its own merit, but comic fans had good reason to make sure this book was a mega-success. Consumers wanted to unequivocally tell the industry that the success of Alt-Hero was not just a one-time event. There is a big market ready and waiting for quality content without the social justice narrative.
Jawbreakers made history with one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever. The industry professionals who worked so hard to create a left-wing echo chamber, however, would not let this stand.
Once the project funded, Mark Waid opened fire on Meyer again, posting several rambling Facebook messages. "I have a call in to Antarctic Press," Waid said. "Curious as to how they feel about publishing creators whose marketing strategy is to allegedly (*koff*) encourage their fans to threaten the employees of stores, and/or harass and one-star-review-bomb stores, that don’t offer their product." There is nothing written on Meyer's public social media profiles that come anywhere near the accusations Waid made. Waid did, however, encourage the industry to attack Meyer.
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These creators inspired retailers to make tweets about refusing to carry Jawbreakers. Left-wing activists then became involved, sending a flurry of hatred against Meyer and his team. "Hate speech is not free speech & fascists like [Meyer] have no place in this diverse, inclusive industry," posted one woman, who claims in her Facebook profile that she works for Planned Parenthood.
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Meyer [] urged his fans not to blame Antarctic Press, citing they are good people, facing extreme harassment over their association with Jawbreakers. "Mark Waid acted maliciously knowing that he and his cohorts in the industry could bear incredible pressure on this tiny mom-and-pop operation down in San Antonio," Meyer said. Colorist Brett R. Smith went further, saying, "Defamation of character, slander, libel. Marvel must be so proud to have this man on their roster." Mark Waid has since deleted his public social media profiles.

Brett R. Smith did the color work for the Jawbreakers book. He previously did the color work for the comic adaptation of Peter Scheweitzer's Clinton Cash, so you know Marvel isn't itching to hire him. (Though his color work looks damned great.)

Mark Waid, meanwhile, is an extreme leftist who has frequent melt-downs on social media, and, some report, has fat manbaby tantrum syndrome, a sad syndrome whereby a fat, short weak decrepit juvenile gets violently frustrated at fairly minor bothers because he's so fat and weak and can't really do much in life except wail and scream.

Like a short, fat baby.

He also sometimes thinks he has Internet Muscles and suggests he might get Manfully Confrontational with a bigger, younger former Marine if he sees him at a convention, though most people understand, Waid being fat, weak, and hormonally girlish, he would run from even the hint of a confrontation with a man who wasn't his direct underling at the company he works for.

So that's the sort of person Marvel Comics has writing its "action" comics (which contain suspiciously little action any more): A lot of women who don't like action and think it's silly (and so undermine what little "action" they put in the book with meta-jokes and references -- so many pop-culture references! -- in the middle of fights which are supposed to be, you know, consequential and maybe dangerous, but are made into silly Disney XD Sitcom material in order to avoid any support of Toxic Masculinity), and fat aging manbabies who think the ultimate defense in a street-fight is to block someone on twitter.

Anyway: Zack will be fine, given that he didn't turn off his fundraiser and it's now rolled into an online store where you can continue ordering the book, and he's raised over $291,000 and will almost certainly hit $350,000 by the time the book actually publishes.

So: He's not exactly crying (though getting his book into the shops was a big part of his dream here, to make the point that this sort of book can sell in shops -- if the gatekeepers permit such a thing, of course).

But the take-away is that we are now separate countries unfortunately still comingled, and institutions which used to be non-partisan are for hardcore leftwingers only, with blacklists and purges and whisper campaigns and political campaigns aimed at smearing individuals, and they'll even go so far as to possibly flirt with a tortious interference with a business relationship lawsuit to keep the deplorables out.

We will have to create our own parallel structures entirely.

Ethan Van Sciver, for example, left DC Comics recently. He says it was by his own choice, that he needed a break and wanted to try the same thing Zack was trying, revisiting his first creator-owned character Cyberfrog and self-publishing through Kickstarter or Indiegogo. To be honest, I don't know if he's being completely straight when he says this was entirely of his own choosing: DC had gotten pissy with him posting political stuff online, something they seem to not mind when the political content is hard leftwing, and also maybe for being a friend of Zack's/Meyer's.

And who knows, maybe they decided to take a break from each other, for a while, once the controversies settle.

John Malin, the artist for Jawbreakers: Lost Souls, seemed to have lost his career after Marvel after noting, quite fairly, that, in current year, the X-Men are not stand-ins for minorities, but rather that the X-Men are stand-ins for normies -- non-ultra-leftwing militant Maoists -- and the Social Justice Warriors are the Nazi-types harassing them.

Apparently at Marvel you can claim fifty thousand times that the X-Men are victims of the mutant-hating Trump voters, and put the #WokeRacist Ta-Naheshi Coates on the Captain America book (with a debut issue suggesting that the heroes facing down the Trump voter stand-ins, Hydra, are black-clad members of Antifa), but if you flip the script and say no, the X-Men are the normies harassed by the Social Justice Warrior hate mobs, you won't be asked to draw for Marvel any longer.

So that's where we are. The conversation is over and the heretics will be purged and made to walk into the desert.

And that's why I push the idea of boycotting and bankrupting these corrupt propaganda outfits.

On that note, if you're a commenter here and you've done your own excursions into creative endeavors outside of the leftist controlled institutions -- I mean mainly the authors, but I'm sure there are others who've done creative things outside of writing -- by all means, give your books/efforts a plug and a link!

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 03:15 PM

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1 First.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 17, 2018 03:16 PM (/qEW2)

2 Again...bring back Sgt. Rock!

Posted by: tu3031 at May 17, 2018 03:19 PM (O5Q3r)

3 I don't think that scrunt knows what "diverse" and "inclusive" mean.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 03:19 PM (LiyEm)

4 looks like the proles need to seize the means of production from the elites.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:20 PM (sB8d1)

5 *waiting for the plugs and links*

I read that article yesterday. Surprised but not since I've seen how video games and sci-fi books are judged.

Posted by: auscolpyr at May 17, 2018 03:21 PM (suO/a)

6 As much as I enjoyed comics as a teen, I am glad I got out of them when I did. I initially left when the art style seems to go into the post-modern blender, so I missed the subsequent SJW storylines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 17, 2018 03:21 PM (ycWCI)

7 Screw it. If we're being creative today, I can share. I just fixed Antifa's flag to better reflect their sorry-ass brand:

https://tinyurl.com/yd2bvaez

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 17, 2018 03:21 PM (AzW6q)

8 man fuck these guys. I guess Stan Lee's too far removed from the day to days to care. plus, he's suffering from his own issues. apparently, get this, using totally foreign labor in the elder care industry has led to, get this, fraud, abuse, and shake downs of the elderly by foreign folks who could give a shit about elders who don't look like them...

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (sB8d1)

9 th

Posted by: reason at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (F26eZ)

10 I should add that the art style moving from the clear and crisp to the muddy should have been a tell for the whole medium doing the same.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (ycWCI)

11
**NERD THREAD ALERT**

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (8XRCm)

12 Well, I have a complete manuscript I finished around January and have been polishing here and there ever since. Fantasy world, romance between a magician and a werewolf, against the backdrop of a quasi-Byzantine empire and all that jazz. Being a moron lurker, I have trepidations about where I might submit it.

The fact that it's nearly 300,000 words is probably the bigger problem :-(

Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (e4ZX9)

13 I used to enjoy marvel back when it has hard core. The early GI Joes had mad killing.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (sB8d1)

14 Plugging my blog, for horde and horde adjacent writers.
Link in nic.

Posted by: Votermom's phone now on Team Gloom Sub Duty at May 17, 2018 03:22 PM (VJnHJ)

15 Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Under Fire at May 17, 2018 03:23 PM (r9UYA)

16 Youtube creator and aktshull lawyer, Rekieta Law, did an interview with 'Zac,' and then later did a run-down of the potential legal avenues regarding the interference with the publication by Waid and others.

Takeaway: some potential for a defamation suit and tortious interference with a business relationship, not necessarily with a contract.

youtube.com/watch?v=biTqUvz6ke8

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 17, 2018 03:23 PM (LNPd9)

17 Don't be worried. I am sure that the comics makers are just as hard on the left as they are on the right. I'll bet Jim Acosta is available for comment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 17, 2018 03:23 PM (I2dne)

18 weft-cut, ah, important distinction. I'll correct.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:24 PM (8rNrN)

19 Much appreciation.
But, The Paolo.

He does all his own Plugging, Ace.

Posted by: Paolo at May 17, 2018 03:24 PM (1mn0r)

20 "men in party city wigs"

*sigh* No one even remembers me...

Posted by: remy lace wigs at May 17, 2018 03:24 PM (F26eZ)

21 This isn't flirting with this is at least just the tip in on tortious interference. It is time to fight back on that.

My loathing of the politicization of All The Things is long held and loudly yelped.

I lost.

I do not want parallel structures I just want to enjoy what I enjoy without constant checks on the righteousness of what I am doing. I got more than enough of that growing up Evangelical thank you very much.

All of this makes me despair even more so than usual.

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 03:24 PM (mf5HN)

22 Comics might be a nerd thing that you are not interested in but you should very much be interested in this left wing black listing.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (LiyEm)

23 Again...bring back Sgt. Rock!

Posted by: tu3031 at May 17, 2018 03:19 PM

^^^This. And Weird War Tales.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (p+Wdc)

24 what is mark waid going to do if he see yaboyzack at a convention?

I mean, there's obviously a well thought out, yet delightfully incoherent, narrative he's building to.

maybe he'll call him a trump voting fascist and then everyone will stop and listen to him one by one and then when he's done and zack is reduced to tears, folks at the convention will start slow clapping. Also, all those folks will be diverse. mad diverse, like gay chinese muslims.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (sB8d1)

25

It's still censorship whether it's done privately or publicly.

I'm so old, I can remember when people were against that sort of thing.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (GdWl+)

26 I waaaaah therefore I am.

Posted by: Lefty manbabies at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (RD7QR)

27 Creative works link is in the signature. Planning on putting out an anthology called 'Free Worlds' in a couple of months.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (O7MnT)

28 12 self pub, dude

Join CLFA and Sarah's Diner to connect with sympatico self-pubbed writers

ALSO, speaking of, I want to get some formal experience in proofreading, so if anyone wants to submit one chapter (or one short story) for proofreading send it to me.
Limited time free offer.

Posted by: Votermom's phone now on Team Gloom Sub Duty at May 17, 2018 03:25 PM (VJnHJ)

29 "Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend."

Reminds me of the time I spent with Mark Ruffalo...

Posted by: Stormy Daniels at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (F26eZ)

30 I read this yesterday on the Federalist. What a crock of horse shit. Good for Meyer. Hope he does it all on his own back and get's bankrolled to the extent he can publish other series.

Posted by: TJ at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (YzMAB)

31 I hope he publishes digitally on Amazon. That is how I get all of my manga/graphic novels/comics.

I don't buy paper books at all unless it's something I have digitally and love so much that I want a physical copy collecting dust on a shelf somewhere. Which is to say, I haven't bought a real paper book in years.

Posted by: G. Gnome, BAHT at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (al6UK)

32 Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Under Fire

You would need multiple comic books, rolled tightly together, soaked in some kind of epoxy, and compressed. Then you might be able to make a short spear out of it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (LNPd9)

33 >>>I do not want parallel structures I just want to enjoy what I enjoy without constant checks on the righteousness of what I am doing. I got more than enough of that growing up Evangelical thank you very much.

I'm not looking forward to having to build (and support!) parallel institutions either, but they've decided you are no longer welcome.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (8rNrN)

34 Maybe there should be a push for federal laws regarding political discrimination from companies? We sure as hell know the Left already has such protections.

Maybe we need to codify it into law for our side? So if someone if say fired over being a Republican, it would be like firing them over being a Muslim?

Waiting for TruCons to tell me this is totally awesome, shut up and take it since private businesses can do whatever they want.

Jus be prepared for conservatives to be shut out of all commerce and culture. Eventually that's where this is going.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (lKmt3)

35 27 put http:// in front of link or else the hamsters hijack it

Posted by: Votermom's phone now on Team Gloom Sub Duty at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (VJnHJ)

36 Also, an intriguing point that's been raised elsewhere not limited to mewling manbaby Mark Waid. Somebody leaked to ya boi Zack a shot of a discussion on Facebook of various comics insiders and/or distributors discussing how best to shut Zack's comic out of the loop. Which is *possibly* a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Treble damages, possible criminal prosecutions (very unlikely but hey, we're being optimistic here), and all sorts of lousy publicity that might at last convince Disney to clean house at Marvel.

Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (e4ZX9)

37 it is bizarre how we live in our world where we can see the coming storm, the hard left sees their coming purges. but no one else does.

It'd be easier if it was more apparent. I think the left can have their reconquista zones and 5 big cities. Just stop hurting the normals and keep your immigration to yourself, enjoy the no-go zones and grooming gangs.

sad.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (sB8d1)

38 On that note, if you're a commenter here and you've done your own excursions into creative endeavors outside of the leftist controlled institutions -- I mean mainly the authors, but I'm sure there are others who've done creative things outside of writing -- by all means, give your books/efforts a plug and a link!

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Yes, sir!

Link in nic to my website.

There you'll find links to my five collections of short stories.

All are currently available in print.

The first, A Light in the Darkness, is the only currently available in eBook.

Buy them all! Many times over!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (qiXpZ)

39 This sounds like textbook cartel antitrust tactics to exclude someone from a market.

Posted by: gm at May 17, 2018 03:27 PM (+M07B)

40 What, *inviting* us authors to plug? I'll bite on that. I'm not made of stone.

I do adventure fiction, military sci-fi, and a touch of fantasy. I serialize my first drafts at my website (https://manywords.press), where you can find store links to finished stories. My e-books are at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and a ton of other less well-known places via Smashwords, if you want to find me that way.

Unfortunately, I'm not the Jay Slater who literally wrote the book on Italian zombie movies, but he seems pretty cool too, so I wouldn't be torn up if you bought one of his books by mistake.

Posted by: Jay Slater at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (mrlXS)

41 >>> I hope he publishes digitally on Amazon. That is how I get all of my manga/graphic novels/comics.

he's a bit of a nostalgist and specifically doesn't want to publish digitally because he's nostalgic for real paper comic books.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (8rNrN)

42 The problem with parallel institutions is that they have Spiderman,Superman,Batman,Captain America.Cyberfrog and Jawbreakers don't quite cut it.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (LiyEm)

43

Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend.

Why yes.

Posted by: Science Officer Ash at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (GdWl+)

44 I'm not a big fan of Malin's work -- its heavy duty 90s Image influenced stuff -- but he's pretty solid and the coloring is excellent.

By the way, Mark Waid was put in social media time out by Marvel. He was hurting their company with his increasingly rabid and crazed posts and after he posted like 5 versions of the "those evil nazis are threatening comic book stores" bit (deleting each previous one and toning it down more each time). They basically told him "stop posting on social media or we will no longer need your services"

The problem is, Waid is just one of many, and he's still working behind the scenes in the Direct/private message arena, trying to organize hate against the few creators who dare question the party line.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (39g3+)

45 Wow. I don't know what to say. I gave up reading comic books in 1965. Who knew it was so complicated?

Posted by: Gumby at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (2LelM)

46 "This sounds like textbook cartel antitrust tactics to exclude someone from a market."

I am of the opinion that little liberal fascists like this who wear the skinsuit of corporations need to feel extreme legal pain. plus an ass kicking.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (sB8d1)

47 42 The problem with parallel institutions is that they have Spiderman,Superman,Batman,Captain America.Cyberfrog and Jawbreakers don't quite cut it.
Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (LiyEm)

============

Meh. I remember when people thought IBM was going to rule the world.

Institutions rise and fall all the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:29 PM (qiXpZ)

48

Haspel confirmed

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 03:29 PM (IqV8l)

49 Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Under Fire

You would need multiple comic books, rolled tightly together, soaked in some kind of epoxy, and compressed. Then you might be able to make a short spear out of it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

You've never spent time in the state pen, have you?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 03:29 PM (RkYsP)

50 >> I gave up reading comic books in 1965. Who knew it was so complicated?

Veronica is a washed up old stripper, now.

Posted by: Reggie at May 17, 2018 03:29 PM (1mn0r)

51 "he's a bit of a nostalgist and specifically doesn't want to publish digitally because he's nostalgic for real paper comic books."

I lol'd the first time I saw him start tearing apart a comic book because he was so frustrated with the SJW shit laced terrible writing therein.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (sB8d1)

52 Basically what the Donks/Progressives have done and are doing is flipping the fairness doctrine on it's head.

The fairness doctrine was that opposing viewpoints will be given equal time, thankfully Ronaldus Maximus shitcanned this bullshittery but it seems that the what we have now is that opossing viewpoints will not be given equal time and conservative viewpoints will be given no time and will be actively surpressed.

This is happening on campuses, on social media and now media companies are jumping into the battle.

This is not going to end well.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (UfMVm)

53 Seems like an easy tortious interference of contract case. Sue the shit out of Waid and Marvel.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (+087i)

54 The problem with parallel institutions is that they have Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Captain America./i]

Sure, but when Marvel started out they had crappy romance and western comics, and a few war comics. That was just about it. DC ruled the comic book world. The general consensus was that superhero comics were dead.

So Stan Lee gave it a shot with something new and different and history was made.

This stuff always starts small against giants. And it does so by finding what consumers want and publishing that rather than what the companies want.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (39g3+)

55 28 12 self pub, dude

Join CLFA and Sarah's Diner to connect with sympatico self-pubbed writers

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I don't know what either of these things are, unless you're really directing me to Forester's Associations and actual diners.

Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (e4ZX9)

56 I would think an area of art that America could elevate would be Tentacle Pron. Comic books - not so much.

Posted by: Gumby at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (2LelM)

57 what is mark waid going to do if he see yaboyzack at a convention?

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast

The discussion that followed had another SWJ 'pro' stating " The last thing Meyer is going to do is get violent at a con. But I'd love to follow him around trying to goad him into throwing a punch."

The quote is in the Medium link in the post.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (LNPd9)

58 >>Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon?

Death Weapon, probably not. But when Jasper gets too riled up...

Posted by: Dana Perino at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (1mn0r)

59 >>>By the way, Mark Waid was put in social media time out by Marvel. He was hurting their company with his increasingly rabid and crazed posts and after he posted like 5 versions of the "those evil nazis are threatening comic book stores" bit (deleting each previous one and toning it down more each time). They basically told him "stop posting on social media or we will no longer need your services"

I know he deleted all his social media crap and I've heard rumors about the threat from Marvel, but as far as I know, they're merely rumors.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (8rNrN)

60 I looked at his fundraising page. His stuff looks good. dayam.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (sB8d1)

61 When politics breach entertainment, it is no longer the latter.

Comic books were more fun when their wasn't some asshole with a Twitter account trying to become famous off of it.

Now fat balding pudgy weakling assholes are trying to get laid or have fanbois stroke the two hairs on their scalp by writing what amounts to crappy political satire for liberal acolytes.

Jawbreakers is popular not just because it's entertaining, but comes with none of that garbage.

I grew up with someone whose father was a comic book illustrator and writer. Nicest most unassuming, talented guy in the world who simply loves what he did. And it showed in his work. Good times.

Posted by: Marcus T, Glassing the M110 at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (g26gE)

62 Sounds like racketeering to me if you force a company to not do business with another company. RICO?

Posted by: Fletch at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (tkqoA)

63 It would also seem that Banana Splits Guy has come back in another form and is even more of a desuchebag than before.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (UfMVm)

64 >>> >>> I hope he publishes digitally on Amazon. That is how I get all of my manga/graphic novels/comics.
>>>he's a bit of a nostalgist and specifically doesn't want to publish digitally because he's nostalgic for real paper comic books.
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (8rNrN)

That's a shame. He's losing an audience, especially the younger ones who like these things.

Posted by: G. Gnome, BAHT at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (al6UK)

65 43

Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon? Asking for a friend.

Why yes.

Posted by: Science Officer Ash at May 17, 2018 03:28 PM (GdWl+)

*****
Please, don't hit me in the place where my balls used to be!

Posted by: Ace's Dog at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (Fb9aZ)

66 "This sounds like textbook cartel antitrust tactics to exclude someone from a market."

I am of the opinion that little liberal fascists like this who wear the skinsuit of corporations need to feel extreme legal pain. plus an ass kicking.
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast

Physical pain is the only remedy. Pain so intense, that the next time you even think about doing something shady, your future children shudder.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (RkYsP)

67 "...fat manbaby tantrum syndrome, a sad syndrome whereby a fat, short weak balding aging nerd gets violently frustrated at fairly minor bothers because he's so fat and weak and can't really do much in life except wail and scream.

Hey...this guy is a pig but can we lighten up on the balding thing?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (0tfLf)

68 >>>The discussion that followed had another SWJ 'pro' stating " The last thing Meyer is going to do is get violent at a con. But I'd love to follow him around trying to goad him into throwing a punch."

I believe that was a separate discussion, in fairness to Mark Waid.

You have to understand, if you're Mark Waid, sporting 12 inch guns and a 52 inch waist, you take care of business yourself, Son.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:32 PM (8rNrN)

69 >>>
Hey...this guy is a pig but can we lighten up on the balding thing?
Asking for a friend.

yeah I'll take that out.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:32 PM (8rNrN)

70 When he sues, he should use Kaepernicks strategy against the NFL.

Posted by: gm at May 17, 2018 03:32 PM (+M07B)

71 "But I'd love to follow him around trying to goad him into throwing a punch"

-goading- into throwing a punch?

I mean sure and then what? "oh you're gonna get SOOOOO arrested!" really? I mean maybe so or maybe your harassing ass is gonna get expelled and/or arrested first.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:33 PM (sB8d1)

72 Unbelievable pettiness!

Well, not so unbelievable, as this seems t follow several years of active, in your face "de-platforming" (read: censorship) of non-progressive ideas and people (twitter, facebook, YouTube, campus, speakers, etc.). Not conservative, not extreme ultra right-wing, just NOT niche Lefty progressivism.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 17, 2018 03:33 PM (W+vEI)

73 Failure to parrot progressive dogma is proof of thought-crime.

Posted by: Neil deGrasse It's not rape if I'm wearing the dress Tyson at May 17, 2018 03:33 PM (1L9V9)

74

Treble damages, possible criminal prosecutions (very unlikely but hey, we're being optimistic here), and all sorts of lousy publicity that might at last convince Disney to clean house at Marvel.

If the Giant Rat does decide to clean house, what they'll do is fire all the American Marvel people and make them train their recent-immigrant replacements.

Posted by: Science Officer Ash at May 17, 2018 03:33 PM (GdWl+)

75 Also, remember:

If you buy any of the Horde's stuff, especially the small independently published things, make sure to leave a review on the selling site.

I make sure to do it whenever I buy one of the Horde's stuff. It really does help.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:33 PM (qiXpZ)

76 Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 17, 2018 03:21 PM (ycWCI)

The, apparently purposeful, terrible art in "pro" comics is one of the things that has turned fans to Jawbreakers and Magadamia as good art and good story are important to their creators.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (rp9xB)

77 Sad. And, yeah, Sgt. Rock. I got out in late 70s with a complete collection of X-Men (X-Men were going through re-runs at that time and really sucked). Sold the kit and kaboodle to a friend for seventy dollars. Wish I had the comics back, but not sad to be out of the loop. Mad Magazine still holds up reasonably well, and that is good enough for my son.

Posted by: Surellin at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (dHQbf)

78

Off, Ash android sock.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (GdWl+)

79
It would also seem that Banana Splits Guy has come back in another form and is even more of a desuchebag than before.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (UfMVm)

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But.... ComicCon is more than ten miles from me ..... so.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (8XRCm)

80 Infinity Wars Spoiler Alert

What I am trying to figure out is how they let Thanos basically be a galactic member of the Earth Liberation Front. Sure they tried to soften him a bit, but basically he put the greenie population bomb solution down with the Guantlet and there doesn't seem to be any howling from all the lefties. Thanos was a giant lefty villain and he even gave a hat tip to Tony Stark as a fellow genius, even though Tony is a hardcore capitalist.

I was stunned.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (ymnmz)

81 We will have to create our own parallel structures entirely."

I'm relieved that you're finally coming around to that conclusion. Current systems are not redeemable, they are not "fixable". They are now incapable of reform, and any attempts to do so are a waste of time and effort.

The current comic book stores are all going to have to close, (they will) the Marvel Movie nonsense is going to have to burn itself out (it will) and the current system of comic distribution needs to collapse. (it will) One of the beauties of creating our own systems of production and distribution from scratch, even though it's hard, is that these won't be caught up in the collapse of the status quo entities.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (k1TUh)

82 >>I mean sure and then what? "oh you're gonna get SOOOOO arrested!" really? I mean maybe so or maybe your harassing ass is gonna get expelled and/or arrested first.

It's the classic 60's protester two-step. Harass the police, get in their face, scream, taunt, and when they push back it's "OMG police brutality!!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (W+vEI)

83 the colors look great; the art looks like Rob Liefield non-proportioned, always screaming. with somewhat fewer muscle bulges.

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (RKQ/v)

84 Man, you're really obsessed about other mens' looks, even as you bow at the altar of a fat, bald, toothless old man who wears tanning goggles that leave big white splotches around his eyes when he goes for his fake bake and enjoys soaking in urine during intercourse.

Do you ever wonder you might come across as a bit of a hypocrite, Ace?

Posted by: nihilistic at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (100Bu)

85 Turok: Son of the Stoned Issue #420

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (hRPGI)

86 Feckless, Confused Lib update:

Strassel said that her intelligence sources would not confirm her suspicions of who the plant might have been (so they didn't give her any information by corroborating, right?)

Lib in the comments notes the mention of leaking to the press what was an invasion and extortion if provided to their legal oversight body (i.e. the positive act of providing information) that it's funny how it's "leakers" (providing information) when it's not her sources and "sources" when it is.

The Lib mind stops when at the threshold of potential "hypocrisy".

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (vDqXW)

87 references -- so many pop-culture references! "

One of several reasons "Black Panther" was nearly unwatchable...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (7LY+6)

88 Haspel confirmed
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 03:29 PM (IqV8l)

Can't read that name without seeing Hannibal Lechter.

Posted by: eleven at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (+lOpA)

89 Marvel Comics is literally down nearly 50% in sales in the last 20 years. DC is down about 20%. Comics took a serious hit because their prices kept rocketing up and people just stopped buying so much print.

I mean seriously, who wants to pay 4-5 bucks for a 22-page comic of lame art and stupid stories packed with ads? My brother and I collected dozens of huge cartons full of comics over the years and kept dwindling down our subscriptions at the local store until finally we stopped entirely. They cost too much.

Even titles I really like such as Astro City I couldn't justify getting any longer. By the time we stopped, we weren't getting anything from DC or Marvel because they kept taking a giant crap on our characters and us with stupid politics and ridiculous storylines.

And Marvel got worse, much worse. Now Captain America is a Nazi and the good guys are Antifa protesters. The Tea Party is literally nazi racist klansmen. And that's just Cap.

The comics that aren't just insulting and hateful towards readers are just idiotic and infantile, like its a bunch of tween girls writing AND drawing them. The art is sub-Archie level.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (39g3+)

90 okay I took that out.

I just really wanted to get under this Internet Tough Guy's skin. I realized as I was writing it I was taking shots at friends as well, and shouldn't do that, but my anger got the best of me.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (8rNrN)

91 16 Youtube creator and aktshull lawyer, Rekieta Law, did an interview with 'Zac,' and then later did a run-down of the potential legal avenues regarding the interference with the publication by Waid and others.

Takeaway: some potential for a defamation suit and tortious interference with a business relationship, not necessarily with a contract.

youtube.com/watch?v=biTqUvz6ke8
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 17, 2018 03:23 PM (LNPd9)

Makes sense. Seems to me one of the basic tenants of capitalism and free markets is fair competition without intimidation and fear tactics. Clearly, this kind of behavior has to be illegal. Not much of a jump to think Marvel is attempting to exercise their control of the comics market to keep a competitor out of the market.

Posted by: deadrody at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (jsGbO)

92 58 >>Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon?
-----------------------
Yes, but the secret is in clay coated stock. Roll the comic/magazine with the spine to the center and the clay coated pages flared as the edge. Sweep the assault comic/magazine across an adversary's eyes and let him/her enjoy the hundred or so number of clay coated razor blades. This will scare him/her and then you can tear their face off. After that you can choose any method to deliver the coup de grace.

Posted by: Gumby at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (2LelM)

93 It would also seem that Banana Splits Guy has come back in another form and is even more of a desuchebag than before.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:31 PM (UfMVm)
+++++
Wrong again

Posted by: Schneidermans Brown Slave at May 17, 2018 03:36 PM (y3aQB)

94 What I am trying to figure out is how they let Thanos basically be a galactic member of the Earth Liberation Front. Sure they tried to soften him a bit, but basically he put the greenie population bomb solution down with the Guantlet and there doesn't seem to be any howling from all the lefties. Thanos was a giant lefty villain and he even gave a hat tip to Tony Stark as a fellow genius, even though Tony is a hardcore capitalist.

I was stunned.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (ymnmz)

That's because heroism, despite what SJWs want to believe, is inherently conservative.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:36 PM (+087i)

95 looking at crazy on Medium...."my biggest regret is not forcibly move" some guys stuff off of tables.

damn, son. you gonna cause a commtion.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:36 PM (sB8d1)

96 89 The comics that aren't just insulting and hateful towards readers are just idiotic and infantile, like its a bunch of tween girls writing AND drawing them. The art is sub-Archie level.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:35 PM (39g3+)

============

A friend of mine lent me a Star Trek comic he bought about a year ago. It was actually two small stories in one typically sized package, and they were both nothing.

I can't imagine actually paying for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:36 PM (qiXpZ)

97 "And that's why I push the idea of boycotting and bankrupting these corrupt propaganda outfits."
They have left no other response possible.

Posted by: muckrack at May 17, 2018 03:37 PM (RbR1e)

98 Why can't we make fun of the bald guys?

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:37 PM (1mn0r)

99 "when I close my eyes, all I can literally see is me overturning those tables."

damn, so...you wrekt them tables!

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (sB8d1)

100 >>>84 Man, you're really obsessed about other mens' looks, even as you bow at the altar of a fat, bald, toothless old man who wears tanning goggles that leave big white splotches around his eyes when he goes for his fake bake and enjoys soaking in urine during intercourse.

Do you ever wonder you might come across as a bit of a hypocrite, Ace?

...

no not really. It's not about his looks, it's about his bizarre belief that he is one of the buff, fightsome dudes he writes (poorly) about, a "strong" man defending "the weak," when in fact he's... well, you can google his picture.

Do you ever feel like a hypocrite for making your wife have sex with strangers without even lending a helping hand?

Oh wait -- do you lend a helping hand?

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (8rNrN)

101 Parallel structures help us build the infrastructure necessary to move closer to the Final Act of this tragedy.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (fA1SL)

102 98 Why can't we make fun of the bald guys?
Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:37 PM (1mn0r)

============

"What happened to my luscious locks?!?!?! Oh, cruel fate!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (qiXpZ)

103 altar of a fat, bald, toothless old man who wears tanning goggles that leave big white splotches around his eyes when he goes for his fake bake "

Ace is a George Hamilton fan? Who knew?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (7LY+6)

104 "fightsome"

I made that word up. It's a nonce word. I like that word.

I've been playing with adding -some to words to make new words.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (8rNrN)

105 Some Squirrel Girl art page. These are actual pages from an actual printed comic book by Marvel

http://tinyurl.com/ycbw9w8r
http://tinyurl.com/y7x86onv

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (39g3+)

106

Seems like an easy tortious interference of contract case. Sue the shit out of Waid and Marvel.

Unless a Hawaiian judge gets ahold of the case, that is.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (GdWl+)

107 Oh, boy, an 'edgy' poster.

Thrills.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (oVJmc)

108 If the Giant Rat does decide to clean house, what they'll do is fire all the American Marvel people and make them train their recent-immigrant replacements. "

And in the next issue after that happens, Durga the Warrior Goddess will slap that grin off Captain America's face with all 8 of her hands. While Krishna does a little dance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (k1TUh)

109 >>This is happening on campuses, on social media and now media companies are jumping into the battle.

Also with guns, where paypal won't support gun sales, Holder's Operation Chokepoint, and the NY AG threatening investment firms that include gun manufacturers in their funds.

They want to bar people, businesses, ideas from the public square. Fascists.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (W+vEI)

110 Posted by: nihilistic at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (100Bu)

^^^^^^^^^^^

I guess that's Mark Waid?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (vw6r3)

111 Anyone starting a patriot comics publishing company? How do I invest some in it?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (ujg0T)

112 My book is older, and didn't sell well, but the link is below. Either way, I'm glad I wrote something, after wanting to do so for so long.

https://amzn.to/2rPfYSp

And this type of nonsense is why I stopped watching Marvel films, and I won't take my kids to see Infinity War. Why give money to people who hate you?

Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (raFmT)

113 I'm sad that Medium has to actually delve into whether folks are nazis. and the only way to prove otherwise is to have strong diversity characters.

1. no one is a nazi.
2. stop calling people nazis.
3. stop arguing about it because it makes it sound more serious than it is.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (sB8d1)

114 Some Squirrel Girl art page. These are actual pages from an actual printed comic book by Marvel

http://tinyurl.com/ycbw9w8r
http://tinyurl.com/y7x86onv

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (39g3+)

My 7 year old saw this shit and wanted it because Squirrels. I put it back and got her an old school Batman and Thor

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (+087i)

115 Not necessarily. I think this "nihilist" is one of those fagz who always (and only) pops into threads about cultural matters, like the degenerate gay hustler Hector.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (8rNrN)

116 like even those guys in the hills of Washington State who dress like nazis and have swastikas? yeah, they're not even nazis. give it a rest.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (sB8d1)

117 Why can't we make fun of the bald guys?
Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:37 PM (1mn0r)

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Because we'll fuckin hurt you.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (8XRCm)

118 >>Some Squirrel Girl art page. These are actual pages from an actual printed comic book by Marvel

The Nut jokes write themselves.

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (1mn0r)

119 I'm looking for "Sad Sack: The Next Generation.

Posted by: Burger Chef at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (RuIsu)

120 107 Oh, boy, an 'edgy' poster.

Thrills.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (oVJmc)

He's here to shake up us straights. I'm shaken.

Posted by: eleven at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM (+lOpA)

121 Do you ever feel like a hypocrite for making your wife have sex with strangers without even lending a helping hand?

Oh wait -- do you lend a helping hand?
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (8rNrN)

Hell no! He keeps his hands to himself, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (e4ZX9)

122 >>Because we'll fuckin hurt you.

Bring it Curly.

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (1mn0r)

123
Seems like an easy tortious interference of contract case. Sue the shit out of Waid and Marvel.

Unless a Hawaiian judge gets ahold of the case, that is.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (GdWl+)

Good thing about being the plaintiff is that you usually have a few places where jurisdiction is proper.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (+087i)

124 Ace and Zac had a good exchange on the Federalist podcast, where they discussed the writing. Its seriously awful. Its not just mary sue crap where the grrl power overwhelms any sense of drama, there's literally no structure or drama at all. its mostly people chatting (always carefully diverse friends like a college brochure) and a page or two of a "fight" consisting of the bad guy barely being noticed and defeated in a few panels of withering contempt by the heroine.

These people have no talent or skill in writing. They do not understand storytelling. They have no experience doing any storytelling. The bulk of what little comic book experience and understanding they have came from mangas which are 840 pages long and mostly nothing happening to pad out the page count.

The concept of telling a concise story in the page limits of a comic is simply beyond these people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (39g3+)

125 112 My book is older, and didn't sell well, but the link is below. Either way, I'm glad I wrote something, after wanting to do so for so long.

https://amzn.to/2rPfYSp

Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (raFmT)

============

I write so much it's almost a compulsion.

If I don't write for a day, I feel off. If I don't write for a week, I feel wrong.

Despite nothing really selling well, but I keep doing it because I enjoy it.

I have a dream of one day meeting someone who loves my writing and asks, "So, what else do you have?" I then hand over a dozen completed manuscripts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (qiXpZ)

126 While Krishna does a little dance."

Makes a little love?

Gets down tonight?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (7LY+6)

127 I really only ever enjoyed Milk & Cheese. I've got their various anthologies stashed away, somewhere.
Good, funny stuff.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:43 PM (fA1SL)

128 Excess testosterone is one of the causes of baldness, girly-locks.

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 03:43 PM (vDqXW)

129 Waid's threats sound a little....terroristic to me.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:44 PM (oVJmc)

130 107 Oh, boy, an 'edgy' poster.

Thrills.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (oVJmc)

And it's only going to get worse as November approaches.

Posted by: joncelli, feeling hirsute at May 17, 2018 03:44 PM (RD7QR)

131 Welp, since the boss asked....

My books: http://amazon.com/author/elisabethwolfe

My art: http://www.cafepress.com/thefrontiercalligrapher

My crochet: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EWolfeMercantile

And I've got short stories in two forthcoming anthologies (so far) from this indie outfit: https://www.facebook.com/wittywordpress/

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 17, 2018 03:44 PM (wbY28)

132 130. Ah....but that's the fun of it, no?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:44 PM (fA1SL)

133 >>>129 Waid's threats sound a little....terroristic to me.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

...

they wouldn't if you saw him.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:44 PM (8rNrN)

134 @105

John Byrne, Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr and Jr are right now weeping at this garbage.

To call that shit ameutuerish is to give being an ametuer a bad name.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (UfMVm)

135 which are 840 pages long"

Ah. Russian novels, then. 840 pages = the intro...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (7LY+6)

136 And a new keybor

Posted by: Burger Chef at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (RuIsu)

137 These people have no talent or skill in writing. They do not understand storytelling. They have no experience doing any storytelling.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (39g3+)
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I get the feeling you wouldn't be allowed in their safe space.

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (vDqXW)

138 well well, this Michelle Perez sounds nice

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (sB8d1)

139 We have trolls..in this thread? wth?

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (a0IVu)

140 I'm not looking forward to having to build (and support!) parallel institutions either, but they've decided you are no longer welcome.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:26 PM (8rNrN)

Yup.

It's like Scalzi. He has made it clear he does not want my money. Fine. I will not give him any of it.

I just want somewhere that is a break from politics and I do not want to get stuck in a bubble of likethink. I do not want to be like the Left.

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (mf5HN)

141 Hey you guys might get more links if you posted a bit of a tagline for the book before the link!

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:45 PM (8rNrN)

142
O/T

Three shootings last Friday night all within a mile of my house. A nationally famous tattoo artist senselessly loses his life.

Soooo..... an illegal alien is arrested for the drive by's. Down the squirrel hole the story goes.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (8XRCm)

143 I guess that's Mark Waid?

Or one of his sycophants, who hunt around the internet for mention of this stuff. Its Gamergate all over again, and its gonna turn out about as well for them.

The truth is, as Zac has pointed out several times, the bulk of this crap came from horned up Marvel types like Waid who hired cute young thangs from their Pinterest pages and online "comic strips" that are just meandering grrl power soap operas. They weren't hired for their ability, only for being non white males who might potentially strap on the knee pads for an out of shape middle aged comic book creator or editor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (39g3+)

144 >>>And that's why I push the idea of boycotting and bankrupting these corrupt propaganda outfits.

If their shit comics sales go down enough, they won't have enough leverage to force outfits like Antarctic to do anything.

Or, Antarctic might decide the smart money is on publishing with the indie comic and letting the formerly mainstream comics do what they will as regards their threats.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (/qEW2)

145 I was a comic fan back in the day of like late 80/early 90s, but every once in a while I'll want to check one out or see one I missed from years ago.

The way to do that (and starve the beast like Marvel) is just pirate.

I can basically get a million dollars worth of comics on my tablet in no time. I don't have to drop $20 on a paperback trade I go through in a sitting and give left-wing activists my money to promote their agenda.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (lKmt3)

146 >>Hey you guys might get more links if you posted a bit of a tagline for the book before the link!

It's the Sizzle, not the Steak!

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (1mn0r)

147 I just want somewhere that is a break from politics"

I call it "Texas"

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:46 PM (7LY+6)

148 Marvel returns to Millie the Model.

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (vDqXW)

149 Waid's threats sound a little....terroristic to me.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

...

they wouldn't if you saw him.

Posted by: ace

They might if he fell on you.

Posted by: It came from beneath the Con at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (L3rL9)

150 >>58 >>Can a rolled up comic book be used as a death weapon?

-----------------------

Yes, but the secret is in clay coated stock. Roll the comic/magazine
with the spine to the center and the clay coated pages flared as the
edge. Sweep the assault comic/magazine across an adversary's eyes and
let him/her enjoy the hundred or so number of clay coated razor blades.
This will scare him/her and then you can tear their face off. After that
you can choose any method to deliver the coup de grace.

Posted by: Gumby

A person can't find this type of information many places. One of the reasons why I come here.

Posted by: Under Fire at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (r9UYA)

151 The concept of telling a concise story in the page limits of a comic is simply beyond these people.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:42 PM (39g3+)

I have an old Iron Man comic where Stark is getting the crap kicked out of him by a 50 foot robot (...Ultimo?) This was the 'second' part of a two parter.

One theme of the old Iron Man was that whenever it was time for a new suit, Stark would come up against a tough villain (usually new) get the crap kicked out of him (You could see skin under the armor!)

Then he would use his brain to create a new, better suit, and take down said villain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (ycWCI)

152 >>>Or one of his sycophants, who hunt around the internet for mention of this stuff. Its Gamergate all over again, and its gonna turn out about as well for them.

nah, they didn't even have the time to put up the Waddling Waid Signal. It's one of our steady trolls like erg or Hector.

Seriously, those guys are always around, but post ONLY in culture-war type posts.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (8rNrN)

153 Since at least some of the SJWs are publishing lies about the book's author, which affects his business, doesn't that meet the libel requirements? And if he's colluding with others in the business, it sounds like RICO applies.

Posted by: Editor at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (7zhdJ)

154 Wyatt: Only Son sounds pretty good. You need a better cover though, something that really pops. For a couple hundred you can get a solid cover done.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (39g3+)

155 I just want to say I broke a vegetarian today.

We had a potluck at work, I grilled sliders.

Vegetarian said "those smell SOOO good I must have one."

So much win.

Posted by: blaster at May 17, 2018 03:47 PM (Z5y53)

156
**enjoys a little KC & The Sunshine Band earworm....

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (8XRCm)

157 Thank you Ace...

***stares at old comb still sitting on the shelf***

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (0tfLf)

158 Man, you're really obsessed about other mens' looks, even as you bow at the altar of a fat, bald, toothless old man who wears tanning goggles that leave big white splotches around his eyes when he goes for his fake bake and enjoys soaking in urine during intercourse.

Man, you just spent an entire post obsessed about another's man's looks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (vw6r3)

159 Did a photography book about sunsets in 2006. Couldn't find a publisher so I self published online. I'm making it available via download to all the Morons today for free... click the link by my name.

Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (uYpPl)

160 Just bought a couple of the books.

Posted by: gm at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (+M07B)

161 Excess testosterone is one of the causes of baldness, girly-locks.

Funny. My brother came up low-T, he's lost most of his hair. My father, too.

My T is fine, still have as much hair as I ever did.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:48 PM (oVJmc)

162 I wouldn't worry too much, they're doing a fine job of killing their sales on their own.

Posted by: Steve at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (cOANc)

163 150. Are you acquainted with the Patented Palpatine K-Bar in a Brown Paper Bag? Or perhaps I could interest you in our Gentleman's 12' Rebar Inside a Folded Newspaper?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (fA1SL)

164 >>till have as much hair as I ever did.

Me too. It's just relocated to my ears and back.

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (1mn0r)

165 RICO? Illegal restraint of trade?

Posted by: Smiling Jack at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (/1AIY)

166
The truth is, as Zac has pointed out several times, the bulk of this crap came from horned up Marvel types like Waid who hired cute young thangs from their Pinterest pages and online "comic strips" that are just meandering grrl power soap operas. They weren't hired for their ability, only for being non white males who might potentially strap on the knee pads for an out of shape middle aged comic book creator or editor.

oooo....#MeToo, Marvel edition?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (oVJmc)

167 T is linked to hair loss, but it's not a 100% linkage.

I think in particular it's DHT that causes hair loss, which might be a metabolite of T.

If I sounded like I knew what I was talking about there, it was purely inadvertent.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:49 PM (8rNrN)

168 FEN THROWS SHADE

That's a wrap.

Posted by: blaster at May 17, 2018 03:50 PM (Z5y53)

169 I was stunned.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 17, 2018 03:34 PM (ymnmz)

They thought the movie had a happy ending, and cheered.

Posted by: reason at May 17, 2018 03:50 PM (F26eZ)

170
First time anybody ever made a comment about me losing my hair was in 8th grade.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:50 PM (8XRCm)

171 "By all means give your book a plug and a link!"

Well, Oregon Muse has done that for me a few times, but never let it be said that I would spurn so enthusiastic an invitation:

My fiction site
My op-ed site

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (mj4NC)

172 168 FEN THROWS SHADE

That's a wrap.
Posted by: blaster at May 17, 2018 03:50 PM (Z5y53)

She is but five steps away from 'Smacking some bitches up.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (ycWCI)

173

Good thing about being the plaintiff is that you usually have a few places where jurisdiction is proper.

Wouldst that the law was uniform. Then there'd be no need to go judge-shopping.

I miss the old days when you knew you'd get a fair hearing in each and every court in the land. If you have to guess and hope you get a fair judge, that doesn't sound much like blind justice to me.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (GdWl+)

174 It took me a second to figure out what "fake bake" was-not being a tanning salon afficianado. It sounds like someone who repeatedly promises to bring homemade cookies into the office and never does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (vw6r3)

175 164. Heh. Zombie Brezhnev and Lynch's Mentats envy my eyebrows.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (fA1SL)

176 https://amzn.to/2LbhpCv
My sex and violence Western: "The adventures of a Texas boy that rides off to the Civil War. Coming
home he becomes a Ranger...until he steals a Comanche princess"
Maritime makes a good point above...the left will drive us out of business life unless we get off our asses and recognize this as war against us

Posted by: Grad School Fool at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (swEzU)

177 >>>157 Thank you Ace...

***stares at old comb still sitting on the shelf***
Posted by: Diogenes

...

nah i shouldn't have done it to start with.

I also shouldn't have said fat or short.

Or aging.

But I really want to insult this Twitter Muscle incel...

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (8rNrN)

178 enjoys a little KC & The Sunshine Band earworm...."

You're welcome.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (7LY+6)

179 0 I'm not looking forward to having to build (and support!) parallel institutions either, but they've decided you are no longer welcome.

I'm ok with some parallel institutions, but I think you have to fight over some things. Batman and Superman are key nodes and infrastructure in this culture war.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (+087i)

180 >>>We will have to create our own parallel structures entirely.

Yep, as I noted on the "Becky" thread with regards to colleges. We need separate institutions. If you don't want parallel institutions, that shows which one you are a part of, and that you are happy to be there. Good luck and bon voyage.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (/qEW2)

181 I'm old enough to remember when when reading a comic book did not involve getting or making a political statement. In fact, it was fun and done just for fun. Leftists ruin everything. They are orders of magnitude worse than what they imagine the dreaded theocracy would ever be.

Posted by: Ripley at May 17, 2018 03:52 PM (MxEKc)

182 Call for plugs? Sure!

Not an author, and not really cut out by politics ...

But I do have a spaceship minis game in PDF. Its discriminator is that the movement mechanics are all real-physics-based, and the game is playable without math.

Link in my name; follow the links on the page to the battle reports and actual sales location.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at May 17, 2018 03:52 PM (6KSj5)

183 First time anybody ever made a comment about me losing my hair was in 8th grade.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2018 03:50 PM (8XRCm)

Ouch. That had to smart.

Posted by: eleven at May 17, 2018 03:52 PM (+lOpA)

184

98 Why can't we make fun of the bald guys?
Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:37 PM (1mn0r)

because if you do I'll come over there and kick the shit out of you Jersey style.. just sayin have a nice day

Posted by: Bald through no falt of my own at May 17, 2018 03:52 PM (ICWiF)

185 >>I'm ok with some parallel institutions

And lots of shelving.

Which is a Parrallel Installation.

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (1mn0r)

186 Once I'm through with this release cycle on the five collections of short stories, I'll be releasing my non-fiction novel on The Battle of Lake Erie.

Does that sound interesting to anyone?

I literally could not get a literary agent to contact me back at all when I submitted it. Not even polite no's. Just silence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (qiXpZ)

187 Wouldst that the law was uniform. Then there'd be no need to go judge-shopping.

I miss the old days when you knew you'd get a fair hearing in each and every court in the land. If you have to guess and hope you get a fair judge, that doesn't sound much like blind justice to me.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 03:51 PM (GdWl+)

I live too close to Corpus Christi. That Halycon world of a uniformly fair trial never existed my crustacean loving, wrong way bro

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (+087i)

188 If their shit comics sales go down enough, they won't have enough leverage to force outfits like Antarctic to do anything.

The problem is that behind Marvel is a 500 foot mouse. Marvel has actually died out to lower sales than DC some months, which hasn't been true since about 1969. Marvel as a publishing company isn't really making Disney very much money. I think they are just kept around as a legacy, because one movie made more money for Disney than Marvel Comics has for the entire time that they've owned the business.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (39g3+)

189 *throws entire Horde in front of Fen as distraction*

*flees*

Also fightsome is a very cromulent word.

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (mf5HN)

190 Hey horde! Sam Griesbaum here, long time lurker, occasionalgun thread poster, semi retired anarcho libertarian conservative stand up comic (nearly 30 years of TV, clubs, corporates, concerts and cruise ships). I've joined a group of like minded conservatives to do a weekly Houston TV show: our ratings spiked 400 to 500%, so, naturally, the local Fox affiliate cancelled us. Now we're on NUDU 46.3 broadcast tv in Houston, and generating 100k downloads a month (and climbing)on Roku, Firestick, etc. Like free speech? Like to see progressives mocked? C'mon... let's take our culture back and mock our would be "masters".
https://nudu.tv/?q=videos/tommys-garage
TOMMY'S GARAGE. IF YOU'RE NOT OFFENDED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

Posted by: SixgunSam at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (O080l)

191 Christopher - Agreed. It was either cover or editing, and editing is really expensive, especially for someone who never went through the process. It's self-published, mostly because I know my limits, talent-wise.

Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (raFmT)

192 My Mother commented on my hair loss, once.

Posted by: Danny Vermin at May 17, 2018 03:54 PM (1mn0r)

193 And if you want a plug for my writing, here's the main link for my work, incurring novels, art, gaming supplements etc

http://alphawolf10.wixsite.com/kestrelarts2

Put that way it sounds kind of impressive, but the truth is I sell maybe 1 book a month.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:54 PM (39g3+)

194 Unfortunately, it will get worse before it gets better. I work in an industry that is woke even in red states. Sooner or later, I know that I will commit a thought crime and be banished to the outer darkness. For that reason, I am spending my time left in trying to become more resilient.

The entry that the left used was credentialism combined with control of education. It is necessary to halt credentialism by requiring in our institutions, a return to actual knowledge critical to the job rather than the right socio-economic pedigree. The perfect example is the current National Review--they picked people based on their credentials and not on their actual performance. Many of the latter were banished as barbarians unfit for company at cruises etc. Think how the political generals rise during periods of peace--they rise by punching the right ticket and holding the right officer's briefcase.

For the right to resist, it must create parallel most civil institutions and abandon converged ones. The idea of starving appeals to few partisans let alone revolting--thus the peaceful solution which does not forestall future division is to create your own institutions and protect them from infiltration.

Example, The Scouts become converged, move to church based organizations such as the LDS and the SBC are doing and so forth. That requires the strength to swim against the stream and band together to create institutions rather than futilely try to fix ill ones. Institutions die but ideas do not have to.

The choices are stark--surrender or create your own castles of resistance via new institutions. A middle option is increasingly unlikely given that the left has now superceded the liberal on the left. Do not depend on the left eating its own. By that time, you will be in a camp or worse.

Posted by: whig at May 17, 2018 03:54 PM (tRqQ6)

195 191 Christopher - Agreed. It was either cover or editing, and editing is really expensive, especially for someone who never went through the process. It's self-published, mostly because I know my limits, talent-wise.
Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:53 PM (raFmT)

=============

It doesn't help when literary agents post on their profiles on their sites, "Interested in underrepresented voices."

Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys".

And I'm over here saying, "I'm not represented... That's why I'm contacting you..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 03:55 PM (qiXpZ)

196 >>because if you do I'll come over there and kick the shit out of you Jersey style..

You think your IROC will make it all the way to Montana, Cueball?

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 03:55 PM (1mn0r)

197 196.
You owe me a vodka.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 03:56 PM (fA1SL)

198 The incident where Mark Waid was planning some kind of confrontation with DC at the comic convention was even weirder than that post implies.

It wasn't just that Waid wanted someone to get him even if he was onstage doing a panel or something, it's that he was planning something particularly nasty.

In response to that request, some people posted pictures of Richard Meyer, and Waid specified that he needed to know that the picture was definitely him because, if they identified the wrong person, things would go "very badly."

Why would things go badly if all Waid was planning to do was have some kind of conversation? What could possibly have gone amiss if he accidentally targeted the wrong person?

It's as though Waid was planning to do something that would have to happen before he could ask the guy "are you Richard Meyer?" Like some kind of physical ambush.

Otherwise, what's the risk of accidentally talking to the wrong person?

Posted by: Kensington at May 17, 2018 03:56 PM (Cw3TC)

199 Call for plugs? Sure!

Not an author, and not really cut out by politics ...

But I do have a spaceship minis game in PDF. Its discriminator is that the movement mechanics are all real-physics-based, and the game is playable without math.

Link in my name; follow the links on the page to the battle reports and actual sales location.

----

Holy cow, I'm bookmarking that right now.
I already posted upthread, but my buddy and I also do defense and firearms blogging (https://soapbox.manywords.press) and free/open tabletop RPG rules (https://manywords.press/rpj-a-free-open-tabletop-roleplaying-game-system).

Posted by: Jay Slater at May 17, 2018 03:56 PM (mrlXS)

200 So, this isn't a creative endeavor I do personally, but I know the factors involved.
My friends Dave & Liz Lillie decides to publish their own graphic novel when they were in college.
13 years later, not only are they still publishing it as a lo bf term saga, but also have their own publishing company which helps Buck the trend of indie stuff being SJW.
I encourage you all to check out their main work at dreamkeeperscomic.com

Posted by: Ferrous at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (dDMQ9)

201 I still want to know why Ta-Nahesi Coates would be tapped to author Capt. A.

This makes NO sense. Its like asking Krauthammer to write speeches for Hillary. Or Sarah Saunders to speak for Harry Reid.

I can't wrap my head around it... it goes to why ALL the DC comics movies flop- they fail to realize (or worse, want to ignore) what created the characters to begin with- a love of America, our strong family belief system back then, and fighting evil (Nazis and the Japs) and crime everywhere.

It's why the new Superman acts like a effed up millennial. Or worse. He's all whiney and 'lost' and not 'Murica like Supermen of old.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (YkEgi)

202 The problem with trying to build parallel structures especially in the social media domain is that the dominent platforms hold dozens and dozens of patents so if a conservative equivelent tried to rise they would be taken to court over some infringement.

I suspect if GAB were to start eroding twitter and FB's market share that they would come under withering legal assault or simply be bought up.

This problem is a lot bigger than people realize.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (UfMVm)

203 >>>Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys".

And I'm over here saying, "I'm not represented... That's why I'm contacting you..."

__________

Yes! Brilliant!

Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (raFmT)

204 Did a photography book about sunsets in 2006. Couldn't find a publisher so I self published online.

I had a long talk with a book store owner about photo books. I love em but they aren't buying any. He suspects that because people can pull up beautiful images for free online at a moment's notice, the market for books full of beautiful pictures has kind of vanished.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (39g3+)

205 why aren't you guys providing a tagline/hype graf for your books?

No one's gonna click on a blind item! SELL, baby, SELL!!!!

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (8rNrN)

206 Since at least some of the SJWs are publishing lies about the book's author, which affects his business, doesn't that meet the libel requirements? And if he's colluding with others in the business, it sounds like RICO applies.
Posted by: Editor

Libel - That would be the defamation part when tied to actual damage.

Civil RICO actions are exceedingly rare because it's a fun-house mirror version of a law that was designed to go after criminal organizations. The courts rightly discount civil RICO claims and it's rare to have a successful one, afaik.

At the Rekieta video I linked above, the lawyer suggests, rather, that there's probably a claim under Sherman anti-trust laws, defamation, and possible tortious interference with a biz relationship.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (LNPd9)

207 right, whig?

The amount of open...not hostility...but near lunatic fervor of violence and vendetta against openly con normies is sight to behold.

These folks need to feel pain.

Instead, we feel neglected by the institutions and political parties that should protect us.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:58 PM (sB8d1)

208 I think people are going to be perfectly fine with Antarctic Press getting bullied when they find out they published Ninja High School and Gold Digger.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 03:58 PM (9De+S)

209 198
The incident where Mark Waid was planning some kind of confrontation
with DC at the comic convention was even weirder than that post implies.

It
wasn't just that Waid wanted someone to get him even if he was onstage
doing a panel or something, it's that he was planning something
particularly nasty.

In response to that request, some people
posted pictures of Richard Meyer, and Waid specified that he needed to
know that the picture was definitely him because, if they identified the
wrong person, things would go "very badly."

Why would things go
badly if all Waid was planning to do was have some kind of conversation?
What could possibly have gone amiss if he accidentally targeted the
wrong person?

It's as though Waid was planning to do something
that would have to happen before he could ask the guy "are you Richard
Meyer?" Like some kind of physical ambush.

Otherwise, what's the risk of accidentally talking to the wrong person?

Posted by: Kensington at May 17, 2018 03:56 PM (Cw3TC)

LOL. That's the guy who envisions Captain America as the Nazi.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 17, 2018 03:58 PM (ymnmz)

210 I have a recorded example of a alternate universe TMC or Turner Movie Classics.. If you can get past the cigarette smoke or watch family oriented movies
you have a great source of reference. Even I who was born in 1952 have to dig down to and remember this is the world I was born in and accustomed to..

Posted by: sOME mORON at May 17, 2018 03:58 PM (ICWiF)

211 >>>But I do have a spaceship minis game in PDF. Its discriminator is that the movement mechanics are all real-physics-based, and the game is playable without math.

what do you have simplified charts for adding vectors?

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (8rNrN)

212 tortious interference

Posted by: simplemind at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (DCzOR)

213 Otherwise, what's the risk of accidentally talking to the wrong person?
Posted by: Kensington at May 17, 2018 03:56 PM (Cw3TC)

Harlan Ellison wrote a bad-tempered essay (the best kind of Harlan essays, really) many years ago called "Xenogenesis," where he documented some of the crazier and more abusive things fans have done to sf / fantasy figures at cons and elsewhere over the years. Waid's threats reminded me of two incidents he recounted: one where there was a plan to throw a pie at L. Sprague De Camp; and the ultimate incident, someone who threw a cup of vomit on Alan Dean Foster. I have no doubt Waid is aware of both of those incidents.

Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (e4ZX9)

214 And to think I was tempted to go see Avengers: Infinity War.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (CoKlX)

215 Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys"....

there is a parallel world being established.

the diversity clogged corporate world and the consulting class that exists to help them get stuff done.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (sB8d1)

216 why aren't you guys providing a tagline/hype graf for your books?

No one's gonna click on a blind item! SELL, baby, SELL!!!!

----
If we were salespeople, we'd already be successful.

Posted by: Jay Slater at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (mrlXS)

217 I work for the State. In a fairly large establishment. Every year, around elections, we get a boilerplate memo indicating that we are not allowed to campaign at the office, including bumper stickers on our cars in the parking lot.

And then I take some stuff upstairs only to find one asshat posting "Happy Valentines Day" cards from Hillary and from Obama on the outside of his cubicle. But they are, you know, greeting cards, not political adverts.

And nobody says boo, because, well, they like getting lovies from lefties.

**puke**

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (7UW64)

218 I still want to know why Ta-Nahesi Coates would be tapped to author Capt. A.

Kill it, skin it, and wear the skinsuit...

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (oVJmc)

219 205 why aren't you guys providing a tagline/hype graf for your books?

No one's gonna click on a blind item! SELL, baby, SELL!!!!
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:57 PM (8rNrN)

===========

As you command:

A Light in the Darkness

From Ancient Britain to the Amazon jungle to pre-history, follow five extraordinary tales as men and women find those little glimmers of light that comfort them in worlds that seem too large and too terrifying to truly comprehend.

In this collection of short stories from David Vining, experience the adventure, wonder, and freedom that comes with discovering the keys to one's own freedom.

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A Boy and His Satellite

Take five adventures through space and time to explore exciting new vistas! See the inside of a cargo ship's engine rooms! Explore the hallways leading up to a hyperspace gate! Get mauled by the crazy denizens of a generational ship! All this and more!

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Mutiny!

Mutiny! Revolution! It's easy, isn't it? Pushed far enough, a son will turn against his father. Pushed hard enough, old friends will turn against one another. Driven to the edge, young people will try to overthrow whole systems without understanding why they stand to begin with. Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen when it's all over?

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Shoes for Two Soldier Sons

The American Civil War tore the nation apart. Brothers against brothers. Fathers against sons. Here are five fictional tales of how men and women navigated the many different facets of the conflict that rent America in two. A woman spy makes her way back through enemy lines to the Union. A young boy watches a battle from the perch in a tree and gets more than he wanted. A wounded soldier travels to a dead friend's home to deliver his final message. All and more in this special collection.

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Old Magic in a New World

Magic and spells populate the world of history.

See what happens when people gain the power to make others sneeze at will! When a man can make himself disappear from sight with a song! See what really started the witch trials at Salem, Massachusetts!

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Buy early and often!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (qiXpZ)

220 >>>In response to that request, some people
posted pictures of Richard Meyer, and Waid specified that he needed to
know that the picture was definitely him because, if they identified the
wrong person, things would go "very badly."

Why would things go
badly if all Waid was planning to do was have some kind of conversation?
What could possibly have gone amiss if he accidentally targeted the
wrong person?

It's as though Waid was planning to do something
that would have to happen before he could ask the guy "are you Richard
Meyer?" Like some kind of physical ambush.

Otherwise, what's the risk of accidentally talking to the wrong person?

...

You could never get a jury to believe this was a threat. All Waid's lawyer would have to do is point at him and say "Just look at him. The defense rests. Also, my client needs a fresh diaper."

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (8rNrN)

221 I still want to know why Ta-Nahesi Coates would be tapped to author Capt. A.

It depends on your goal. Do you want a good Captain America story? Then you hire someone who is a good writer (Mark Waid IS one, but he has increasingly become fixated with injecting stupid SJW stuff. I think he's doing it to troll guys like Zac these days).

Is your goal to push an agenda and/or promote "under represented" special identity groups? Then you hire Coates, despite him utterly tanking his first comic writing opportunity with a Black Panther comic just as the movie was coming out.

Marvel's editing staff is showing signs of maybe learning, but they still seem primarily interested in shifting comics to be less white and male at any cost, including sales and jobs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (39g3+)

222 214 And to think I was tempted to go see Avengers: Infinity War.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (CoKlX)

But the thing is Infinity War is accidentally conservative....

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (+087i)

223 We all should start wearing felt fedoras and throw away the ball caps...and wear suits all the time .. shh it would drive the left crazy heh heh

Posted by: sOME mORON at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (ICWiF)

224 >>Kill it, skin it, and wear the skinsuit...

PUT THE FUCKING LOTION IN THE BASKET!

Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (raFmT)

225 I have no doubt Waid is aware of both of those incidents.
Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (e4ZX9)

"Okay, guys, we're gonna need a cup of vomit. Who got drunk last night?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (7UW64)

226 ACE SAID YOU CAN'T MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE FOR BEING SHORT!

At least that is my truth and everyone must comply with my truth.

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (mf5HN)

227 222 214 And to think I was tempted to go see Avengers: Infinity War.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (CoKlX)

But the thing is Infinity War is accidentally conservative....
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (+087i)

===========

I'm finally seeing it tomorrow.

Got free tickets to burn! And I took the day off and my wife is out of town.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (qiXpZ)

228 Dan Bongino's podcast today is an verbal paragraph by paragraph Fisking of yesterday's NYT Article regarding the illegal spying on Trump's campaign.

He has a lot of takeaways that are not obvious from just reading the article.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (BfOXk)

229 why aren't you guys providing a tagline/hype graf for your books?

Nobody likes ads and I'm pretty sure everyone here who wanted to buy one of my books has already.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (39g3+)

230 My husband located the remains of a Spanish Man of War, LaGalga, which wrecked off Assateague Island in 1750. It is a true story, thoroughly researched of a Spanish fleet that was caught in a huge hurricane off Florida and driven up the east coast. The book is called The Hidden Galleon, the author is John L. Amrhein, Jr. It is not only the story of the fleet and the hurricane, but also numerous battles with the State of Maryland and other courts. This started in the 80's and even back then the court system was not trustworthy. Orders were backdated to get the case thrown out of court So if you like history, hurricanes, shipwrecks and evil doings of the government and court system, you will enjoy the book. There is a website, bing The Hidden Galleon for a preview of the info contained in the book. This situation with Maryland was so contentious, my husband represented himself pro se in appeals court, that it was written up in The Law Review.

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (Vuaet)

231 223. Adibas track suits and gopnik hats.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (fA1SL)

232 IIRC Thanos wanted to destroy all lufe in the unicpverse so that he,an immortal being,could hook up with Death(who he met in its femal form and fell in live with)No kill half the people because than there will be enough resources bullshit.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (LiyEm)

233 >>>t depends on your goal. Do you want a good Captain America story? Then you hire someone who is a good writer (Mark Waid IS one...

people say this, but... I have seen no evidence of it.

He may have BEEN one, but many artists decline with age, and girth.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (8rNrN)

234 My only problem with parallel institutions is that it's in many ways exactly what the Left wants.

Conservatives to basically have their little commune and not interact with society at large.

I actually think conservatives should leverage their political power and make these places accommodate us.

For example, if a state college has shown it won't hire conservative professors, they should be sued. The idea that we should just form another Hillsdale College and take abuse everywhere else looks a lot like liberals getting exactly what they want.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (lKmt3)

235 You could never get a jury to believe this was a
threat. All Waid's lawyer would have to do is point at him and say "Just
look at him. The defense rests. Also, my client needs a fresh diaper."

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:00 PM (8rNrN)

Ace, you need to put a warning on that. I hurt myself choking back a snort.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (ymnmz)

236 So the entire comic book industry has become Dicks?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (lnki2)

237 Some people are just too moral to allow Trump to get away with calling MS-13 members animals.

Planned Parenthood Action
@PPact
Immigrants are people. They are our neighbors, our friends, and members of the Planned Parenthood family.

One hateful man will never, ever speak for all of us.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 17, 2018 04:03 PM (+y/Ru)

238 some people
posted pictures of Richard Meyer, and Waid specified that he needed to
know that the picture was definitely him because, if they identified the
wrong person, things would go "very badly."

--

Our free speech is violence, while their violence is free speech.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 17, 2018 04:03 PM (7ZVPa)

239 It doesn't help when literary agents post on their profiles on their sites, "Interested in underrepresented voices."

Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys".

I wrote a blog post about that recently. The numbers don't lie, most agents and people in publishing are women. And they want women, and most of them are very up front about it. They won't take men as writers, and want no male-interest books.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (39g3+)

240 "to be less white and male at any cost"

seems to be all you have to say.

And they expect us to play along with this shit.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (sB8d1)

241 also, I read the book that Mark Waid is most famous for, Kingdom Come, and it was a fucking waste of my time and not good at all.

I went through a "I should read comics again" phase a few years ago. I heard Kingdom Come was a big one, so I bought it. (Expensive!)

It's crap. It's all up is own asshole in stupid nerd mythology I couldn't give a shit about.

It's also pretty plainly derivative of The Dark Knight Returns.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (8rNrN)

242 ACE SAID YOU CAN'T MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE FOR BEING SHORT!

?

Posted by: Randy Newman at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (oVJmc)

243 "Your Honor, the witness and his pants are both full of shit."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (lnki2)

244

EM FAKE BAKE FOADDY-FI!!!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (mPeei)

245 Leftists shouldn't be allowed to speak freely or earn a living. They should be forced to violate their most deeply held principles. They should be mocked, slandered, harassed and abused. Their families, including their children, should also be forced to pay the price for their toxic world views.

What?

Oh, you don't agree because it's evil to treat someone this way?

Yes, well that's how they treat YOU.

So maybe at least we can stop giving them our money and start supporting alternative media run by people who are on the side of freedom--places like gab.ai, established by a conservative Christian who was treated by Silicon Valley in the exact manner that this cartoonist was treated.

You can find me there at @Warden_AoS

Posted by: Warden at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (MZ8Zz)

246 232 IIRC Thanos wanted to destroy all lufe in the unicpverse so that he,an immortal being,could hook up with Death(who he met in its femal form and fell in live with)No kill half the people because than there will be enough resources bullshit.
Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:02 PM (LiyEm)

Yep. That was the story. Weird how the last two movies had the Wokest bad guy in Black Panther and Al "Thanos" Gore in Avengers.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (+087i)

247 239 It doesn't help when literary agents post on their profiles on their sites, "Interested in underrepresented voices."

Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys".

I wrote a blog post about that recently. The numbers don't lie, most agents and people in publishing are women. And they want women, and most of them are very up front about it. They won't take men as writers, and want no male-interest books.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (39g3+)

============

Which makes sense.

Because us men can't read.

Really, I'm just banging on the keyboard like the stupid monkey I am.

Give me enough time and enough keyboards, and I'll get you Hamlet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (qiXpZ)

248 Okay, short plugs, too.

Some friendly advice for other authors/creative types for SEO: Google plays overwhelming favorites toward sites with HTTPS and fast loading, which you can get with HTTPS-only HTTP2. The best thing we did for our blog traffic in the last year was default to HTTPS and HTTP2 (for page load speed).

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Nathaniel Cannon and the Lost City of Pitu
The year is 1929. In the aftermath of the Great War, the world rebuilds, and the mighty zeppelin is its instrument. Carrying trade between every nation, airship merchantmen attract an old menace for a new age: the sky pirate. One man stands out above the rest. Ace pilot, intrepid explorer, and gentleman buccaneer Nathaniel Cannon and his gang, the Long Nines, prowl the skies in hot pursuit of wealth and adventure.

Cannon receives word from a sometime friend in Paris about a job in the Dutch East Indies. The contact tells a tale of a mysterious lost city, bursting with treasure, not seen by human eyes for a thousand years. Will his tip pay off? Or will it lead the Long Nines straight to a fight for their lives, lost in the unfriendly depths of the Indonesian jungle?

Posted by: Jay Slater at May 17, 2018 04:05 PM (mrlXS)

249 Call for plugs? Sure!

Better not be talkin' 'bout hair plugs!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:05 PM (0tfLf)

250 And to think I was tempted to go see Avengers: Infinity War.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 17, 2018 03:59 PM (CoKlX)

But the thing is Infinity War is accidentally conservative....
Posted by: Jollyroger

Per IMDb:
Worldwide ticket receipts: $1,665,125,380.00

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:05 PM (RkYsP)

251 At least that is my truth and everyone must comply with my truth.
Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (mf5HN)

Yes, dear we are all entitled to your opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (7UW64)

252 people say this, but... I have seen no evidence of it.

Waid's early stuff is fantastic. He had an amazing run on Flash, his four part Kingdom Come series was astounding, his Captain America run was incredible. But then... that was like 30 years ago.

So I'm not sure how good he is any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (39g3+)

253
I wrote a blog post about that recently. The numbers don't lie, most agents and people in publishing are women. And they want women, and most of them are very up front about it. They won't take men as writers, and want no male-interest books.

Mostly women, coastal, in the 'arts'.

That's going to go heavy and hard Left. Considering what the kollidges are turning out today, this is no surprise.

Publishing is just another end of the media.

Posted by: Randy Newman at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (oVJmc)

254 Planned Parenthood Action
@PPact Immigrants are people. They are our neighbors, our friends, and members of the Planned Parenthood family.

Yes, PP just loves them some immigrants-tiny baby, hearts, kindneys, spleens

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (vw6r3)

255 241 also, I read the book that Mark Waid is most famous for, Kingdom Come, and it was a fucking waste of my time and not good at all.

I went through a "I should read comics again" phase a few years ago. I heard Kingdom Come was a big one, so I bought it. (Expensive!)

It's crap. It's all up is own asshole in stupid nerd mythology I couldn't give a shit about.

It's also pretty plainly derivative of The Dark Knight Returns.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (8rNrN)

Only reason I bought that one was Alex Ross' photorealistic art. The story was shit. And Batman had a broken back and wasn't batmanning. WTF

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (+087i)

256 Call for plugs? Sure!

Better not be talkin' 'bout hair plugs!
Posted by: Diogenes

JCrew Messenger Bags with included Butt Plug.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (RkYsP)

257 Based on what I've seen there hasn't been a good comic since Unknown Soldier, and that died out sometime around 1980

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (7ZVPa)

258 Call for plugs? Sure!
---
We were on the topic of male pattern baldness.

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (vDqXW)

259 I read the book that Mark Waid is most famous for, Kingdom Come, and it was a fucking waste of my time and not good at all.

I went through a "I should read comics again" phase a few years ago. I heard Kingdom Come was a big one, so I bought it. (Expensive!)

It's crap. It's all up is own asshole in stupid nerd mythology I couldn't give a shit about.

It's also pretty plainly derivative of The Dark Knight Returns.

Posted by: ace

_________

I read it too and agree it sucked. I know nothing about the "players" in comics or who does what.

I thought the art was an interesting style, but that's about it.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (lKmt3)

260 So... I make NASA-style mission/morale patches revolving around MST3K episodes. And soon expanding into Lord of the Rings stuff. Give it a look!

Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (d+9ox)

261 245 Leftists shouldn't be allowed to speak freely or earn a living. They should be forced to violate their most deeply held principles. They should be mocked, slandered, harassed and abused. Their families, including their children, should also be forced to pay the price for their toxic world views.

What?

Oh, you don't agree because it's evil to treat someone this way?

Yes, well that's how they treat YOU.

So maybe at least we can stop giving them our money and start supporting alternative media run by people who are on the side of freedom--places like gab.ai, established by a conservative Christian who was treated by Silicon Valley in the exact manner that this cartoonist was treated.

You can find me there at @Warden_AoS

Posted by: Warden at May 17, 2018 04:04 PM (MZ8Zz)

No, I absolutely believe that Leftists should be treated not just like that, but WORSE than that.

It's obvious that we're not saving the Republic, so all that's left is Revenge.

Make them suffer in disease, poverty, and physical failure until they breath their pathetic last.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (9De+S)

262
Yes, PP just loves them some immigrants-tiny baby, hearts, kindneys, spleens
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (vw6r3)

---------

I wonder if PP discloses that the customer is getting lower-quality foreign-made parts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (lnki2)

263 Just for the record, I am not a part of that cabal.

Posted by: Short Fat Fanny at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (ZpfqO)

264 So I'm not sure how good he is any more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (39g3+)

Once the spirochetes eat into the brain....

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (7UW64)

265 OT...this may be interesting.

Around 11pm last night, EST, the earth experienced a huge electronic flux. I felt it, my head was swimming for five minutes. Basically the earth discharged a huge lightning bolt into space. at least that's my understanding.

if you google, sorry if you bing GOES electron flux, you'll see what NOAA observed.

I wonder if anyone else felt this?

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (sB8d1)

266 257 Based on what I've seen there hasn't been a good comic since Unknown Soldier, and that died out sometime around 1980
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (7ZVPa)

Dark Knight Returns.

And you're welcome.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (+087i)

267 "So the entire comic book industry has become Dicks?"
======

They probably always were. Hell, even Stan Lee is probably a left-wing asshole, but Stan's Soap Box wasn't transgender propaganda back in the day, and he didn't tell customers not to buy the books.

Posted by: Kensington at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (Cw3TC)

268 261. All this, AND she plays a mean accordion.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (fA1SL)

269 Soooo..... an illegal alien is arrested for the drive by's. Down the squirrel hole the story goes. "

We are all past the point where we expect any of the media to do anything except propagandize and indoctrinte. We know that, and so we are the foolish ones if we think they will ever do anything different.

This is another area where we have to do the hard work of finding people who are actually interested in truth (a lot of people aren't) and coming up with new ways to reach them, that do not involve the MSM. it won't be easy, but it has to be done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (k1TUh)

270 Here's the link to the patches, to make things easy for the nerdy and curious... https://etsy.me/2wOxdrT

Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (d+9ox)

271 @PPact Immigrants are people.

But babies aren't !

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (oVJmc)

272 251 At least that is my truth and everyone must comply with my truth.
Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 04:01 PM (mf5HN)

Yes, dear we are all entitled to your opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM

Isn't AtC cute!!!??? I keep saying she is what I have in mind when I'm telling Mrs D I'm stopping off for a short one.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (0tfLf)

273 Where did these dopes get the idea that Trump called all immigrants animals-? do members of MS13 represent all "immigrants"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (vw6r3)

274 260 So... I make NASA-style mission/morale patches revolving around MST3K episodes. And soon expanding into Lord of the Rings stuff. Give it a look!
Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 04:07 PM (d+9ox)

That... is one of the most amazing things I have ever read. I will be forwarding that to a buddy.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (+087i)

275 hmmm, I wonder why planned parenthood is a fan of the very fecund illegal aliens that comprise the recruiting pools of MS13?

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (sB8d1)

276 Do cookbooks count?

Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (MVjcR)

277 Yes, PP just loves them some immigrants-tiny baby, hearts, kindneys, spleens

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:06 PM (vw6r3)
And I love the fact Trump stood firm on calling MS-13 animals and didn't do the whole song and dance apology nonsense

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (a0IVu)

278 The American Civil War tore the nation apart. Brothers against brothers. Fathers against sons.

-
I've got it! Two homo lovers on opposite sides in the Civil War. Call it A Heart Divided.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (+y/Ru)

279
Give me enough time and enough keyboards, and I'll get you Hamlet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, hamlet.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (IqV8l)

280 Around 11pm last night, EST, the earth experienced a huge electronic flux. I felt it, my head was swimming for five minutes. Basically the earth discharged a huge lightning bolt into space. at least that's my understanding. "

I'm sorry, I think that was me. That was some hellacious chili.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (k1TUh)

281 Your wish is my command, Ace....

Books: Two series, one Western steampunk, one guns-and-Sidhe historical fantasy. Loyal Valley, my main series, is about a military intelligence team working undercover on a Central Texas ranch while trying to stop a conspiracy to keep Texas from rejoining the Union after the Civil War. The Order of the Silver Star, which so far has only one book in the series, is based on the premise that the Texas Rangers are the heirs of the Round Table.

Art: Calligraphy, Celtic knotwork, and Spencerian handwriting; includes German house blessings and a variety of favorite quotations, especially from G. K. Chesterton.

Crochet: Snoods and reticules, mainly, for ladies interested in living history or vintage styles. I also have listings there for autographed copies of my books.

If you missed my post upthread with all the links, you can follow the link in my sock to my blog, which has them all.

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (wbY28)

282 Like to see progressives mocked? C'mon... let's take our culture back and mock our would be "masters".
https://nudu.tv/?q=videos/tommys-garage
TOMMY'S GARAGE. IF YOU'RE NOT OFFENDED, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

Posted by: SixgunSam
**********************

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Posted by: gNewt at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (u5NuV)

283 I noticed back when I was looking for a literary agent that it was mostly women. And mostly women wanting only female authors and "chick lit." It was very odd, how heavily weighted it was to one side and how anti-male it was. Almost all of them said "no fantasy, no westerns, no sci fi, no mysteries"

Nothing men might want to read, thank you. Girly stuff.

And I guess I understand to one degree. To be a good agent, you have to love the product and want to sell it. And women buy more books than men, by a fair margin. So if you are an agent, you want stuff that will likely sell and that you want to push. If you're a woman, that's gonna be stuff women like.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (39g3+)

284 I hate liberals so much.

Well said, Ace.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (72PAC)

285 Around 11pm last night, EST, the earth experienced a huge electronic flux. I felt it, my head was swimming for five minutes. Basically the earth discharged a huge lightning bolt into space. at least that's my understanding.

if you google, sorry if you bing GOES electron flux, you'll see what NOAA observed.

I wonder if anyone else felt this?
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (sB8d1)

I believe it was just Thor getting his ragnarocks off...

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (+087i)

286 Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo 1938
Was a surreal read....

Posted by: sOME mORON at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (ICWiF)

287 Mmmmmmmmmmmm, hamlet.
Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (IqV8l)

--------

Not Hamburger Hamlet

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (lnki2)

288 Not that there's not already a link from here (thank you, ace), and not that this is anything new, but just in case anyone here does not yet have a copy of the cookbook, here's how you can get one.

(I didn't want to feel left out. And I have no other wares to hawk, darn it.)

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (oMtOd)

289 And I love the fact Trump stood firm on calling MS-13 animals and didn't do the whole song and dance apology nonsense

-
They'll never let him into a Starbucks again.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (+y/Ru)

290 I could say a lot of things, but those things would get me arrested. The ManChild is bullying and pretty much using Fighting Words to intimidate his enemies.

I need to understand exactly how fighting words fit this context.

Posted by: 13times at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (K3B2k)

291 Man,the left and NeverTrumpers(birm) just twist a Trump quote and run with it.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (LiyEm)

292 Them Messicans breed like rabbits! It's a growth opportunity!

Posted by: Planned Parenthood at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (oVJmc)

293 They probably always were. Hell, even Stan Lee is probably a left-wing asshole, but Stan's Soap Box wasn't transgender propaganda back in the day, and he didn't tell customers not to buy the books.
Posted by: Kensington

___________

He was a liberal back when being liberal meant things like being opposed to segregation. Supposedly that's what X-Men is an allegory for.

But now the Left has gotten so batshit crazy anything less than a handicapped lesbian Muslim lead is literally Hitler.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (lKmt3)

294 I wonder if PP discloses that the customer is getting lower-quality foreign-made parts.
Posted by: Cicero
---------------

Hecho en Mexico?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc. at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (5OO3x)

295 Nancy Pelosi says MS13 aren't animals.
Run with that one, toots!

Posted by: navybrat, chillin' and thrillin' at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (w7KSn)

296 >>>Only reason I bought that one was Alex Ross' photorealistic art. The story was shit. And Batman had a broken back and wasn't batmanning. WTF

They had to do something different with Batman to disguise how much of a straight-line ripoff of The Dark Knight Returns it was.

It was basically The Dark Knight Returns for the characters not named "Batman."

Except it wasn't good.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (8rNrN)

297 273
Where did these dopes get the idea that Trump called all immigrants animals-? do members of MS13 represent all "immigrants"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (vw6r3)

Idea? They're following the methods of alinsky.

Posted by: muckrack at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (RbR1e)

298 265 OT...this may be interesting.

Around 11pm last night, EST, the earth experienced a huge electronic flux. I felt it, my head was swimming for five minutes. Basically the earth discharged a huge lightning bolt into space. at least that's my understanding.

if you google, sorry if you bing GOES electron flux, you'll see what NOAA observed.

I wonder if anyone else felt this?

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM

Got a visit from The Paolo last night eh?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (0tfLf)

299 Do cookbooks count?
Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (MVjcR)
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Of course they do! Well, one does, anyway!

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (oMtOd)

300

The only thing I know about comics is that chick who plays the Jokers girlfriend, Harley Quinn, is an extreme babe...

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (mPeei)

301 278 The American Civil War tore the nation apart. Brothers against brothers. Fathers against sons.

-
I've got it! Two homo lovers on opposite sides in the Civil War. Call it A Heart Divided.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (+y/Ru)

============

Only if they're black and part of the Lincoln's Cabinet. We don't need to actually include that Seward guy. He was just old and white. Never did anything good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (qiXpZ)

302 "I wonder if anyone else felt this?
Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:08 PM (sB8d1)

I believe it was just Thor getting his ragnarocks off..."

I haven't seen infinity war but the upshot of the latest Thor movie is that Thor is finally using his actual "lightning" powers over just being the strongest guy in the marvel universe.

which I thought was a cool shift for the character because he never really used that stuff. It's almost as if he never bothered to learn how.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (sB8d1)

303 273 Where did these dopes get the idea that Trump called all immigrants animals-? do members of MS13 represent all "immigrants"?"

It's worse than that - they are not "dopes" and they knew very well that he didn't call all immigrants that. But they are running a propaganda operation designed to whip up hispanic vote totals for the 2018 midterms.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (k1TUh)

304 286 Oh yeah,that was when the commies were against capitalist warmongering because the Soviets signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (LiyEm)

305 Mark Waid also wrote a couple of interesting, interwoven series about ten years ago. "Irredeemable" was about a Superman-esque superhero becoming a murderous psychotic. "Incorruptible" was about a supervillain changing his ways in response to the events of "Irredeemable."

Both series are worth reading if you can find them at the library (and you probably can).

Do not, however, spend one cent on either. Don't give this asshole any money.

Posted by: Kensington at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (Cw3TC)

306 Hell, even Stan Lee is probably a left-wing asshole, but Stan's Soap Box wasn't transgender propaganda back in the day, and he didn't tell customers not to buy the books.

Yeah Lee is a lefty but he is an old school non crazy lefty. And he was more interested in selling books than pushing an agenda, even if there was a slight touch of it in his writing. Ditko, on the other hand, is a full on Ayn Randian objectivist. Spider-Man has a full on mask for a reason. J Jonah Jameson is a treacherous, lying jerk for a reason.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (39g3+)

307 293 He was a liberal back when being liberal meant things like being opposed to segregation. Supposedly that's what X-Men is an allegory for.

But now the Left has gotten so batshit crazy anything less than a handicapped lesbian Muslim lead is literally Hitler.
Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (lKmt3)

And they don't even care about handicapped lesbian Muslims.

They just care about taking everything away from "Evil Mr. Patriarchy".

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (9De+S)

308 Nancy Pelosi says MS13 aren't animals.
Run with that one, toots!
Posted by: navybrat, chillin' and thrillin' at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (w7KSn)

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Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (lnki2)

309 And this type of nonsense is why I stopped watching Marvel films, and I won't take my kids to see Infinity War. Why give money to people who hate you?
Posted by: Wyatt at May 17, 2018 03:40 PM (raFmT)

========

Exactly, you're not just enriching them, you're weaponizing them, turning them into something unavoidable, approaching a monopoly. These corporations have shown again and again that they will abuse that position.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (/qEW2)

310 295
Nancy Pelosi says MS13 aren't animals.

Run with that one, toots!

Posted by: navybrat, chillin' and thrillin' at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (w7KSn)

"God created fallen humans , different to animals."Neomarxist pope approved.

Posted by: muckrack at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (RbR1e)

311 Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (mPeei)

Bob, you better not be fapping in the back corner!

Posted by: Clerk in Unbreakable at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (suO/a)

312 I'm sorry, I think that was me. That was some hellacious chili.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (k1TUh)

Probably all of those carrots.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (7UW64)

313 So that whole idea of Deadpool is just a carefully constructed and well planned / research "ironic" whatever, like millennials wearing sweaters in the summer or growing beards and drinking PBR, right?

Because this seems exactly like what the idea represents, only it actually means it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (VgKNm)

314 I've been playing with adding -some to words to make new words.
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (8rNrN)

Like "toothsome". Which, oddly, means sexually attractive or inviting.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (MX7xj)

315 Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (a0IVu)

I expect the parents of the girls in Long Island killed by MS-13 thinks MS-13 is pretty animalistic. Actually they're worst than animals-cats will play with a mouse, but it's an innate thing. MS-13 tortures people to death and decapitates them to frighten other people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (vw6r3)

316 Even the hispanic immigrants, legal or otherwise, don't care for MS-13 gang members..Dems are not winning any favors with this.

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (a0IVu)

317 Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (lnki2)

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but, Net Neutrality

Posted by: auscolpyr at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (suO/a)

318 312 I'm sorry, I think that was me. That was some hellacious chili.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2018 04:10 PM (k1TUh)

Probably all of those carrots.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM

Shelves collapsed...again.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (0tfLf)

319 Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (lnki2)
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You're forgetting "Fuck the (largest voter group out there)"

Posted by: Axeman at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (vDqXW)

320 295
Nancy Pelosi says MS13 aren't animals.

Run with that one, toots!

Posted by: navybrat, chillin' and thrillin' at May 17, 2018 04:11 PM (w7KSn)

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It must finally come out.

Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi are two of the Republican Party's greatest assets. Seriously, they're double agents, sent by the GOP as sleepers to completely undermine the Democrats at times of need.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (qiXpZ)

321 They think Trump saying groupies will LET YOU grab them by the pussy is saying he commits sexual assault.

They aren't big on reading comprehension.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (oVJmc)

322 "On that note, if you're a commenter here and you've done your own excursions into creative endeavors outside of the leftist controlled institutions -- I mean mainly the authors, but I'm sure there are others who've done creative things outside of writing -- by all means, give your books/efforts a plug and a link! "

Hi, I'm a long time lurker and have made a movie of me having a dik in six different body holes at once, which is pretty creative, even for me. Speaking of plugs.

Posted by: S. Fluke at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (IeDO8)

323 Even the movies will probably turn SJW ,they already announced that Adam Warlock will not be in the next part of Infinity War(a guy who helped save the universe in the comic).Instead the girl power MsUniverse will save everyone.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (LiyEm)

324 "I'm MS-13. And I vote. With my motherfuckin' machete, pendejo!"

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (9De+S)

325 I expect the parents of the girls in Long Island
killed by MS-13 thinks MS-13 is pretty animalistic. Actually they're
worst than animals-cats will play with a mouse, but it's an innate
thing. MS-13 tortures people to death and decapitates them to frighten
other people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:14 PM (vw6r3)
I'll never forget them from the SOTU address...btw - did you get my email?

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (a0IVu)

326 "Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms"

also, all anti-trump jokes all the time, you folks love that stuff right?

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (sB8d1)

327 Kingdom Come was an examination of what happens if the Image Comics guys took over from the main heroes. When the heroes like Batman and Superman and all were old, decades into the future. The next generation was all moral relativist douchebags like the jerks you run into playing online computer games. In real life With superpowers.

They play at fighting crime, but mostly its just fun to blow things up and beat people up, with no regard for the environment, citizens, or justice.

And how the old school superheroes react.

That's what it was about, not a "Dark Knight" rip off. Completely different story and concept.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (39g3+)

328 Holy sh*t Trump actually has the (D)s coming out in public support of the same people they've been constantly claiming are the reason all the illegal aliens are fleeing their homes?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (VgKNm)

329 Isn't AtC cute!!!??? I keep saying she is what I have in mind when I'm telling Mrs D I'm stopping off for a short one.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (0tfLf)

Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (mf5HN)

330 Posted by: Kevin Williamson's Fainting Couch at May 17, 2018 03:30 PM (e4ZX9)

on Facebook -
conservative libertarian fiction alliance

never mind about Sarah's Diner, it's a fan group for Sarah Hoyt (sf writer) also on fb, but there is another blog she contributes to that is geared towards writers
I'll try to dig up the url

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (hMwEB)

331 323 Even the movies will probably turn SJW ,they already announced that Adam Warlock will not be in the next part of Infinity War(a guy who helped save the universe in the comic).Instead the girl power MsUniverse will save everyone.
Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:15 PM (LiyEm)

Well yes, because they need a Muslim to be the one who saves everybody.

Because everyone will be too intimidated to say anything about it.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (9De+S)

332 321 They know very well what they mean,they just pretend otherwise knowing there are many stupid enough to believe their version.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (LiyEm)

333 331 Looks like the Carol Danvers,white woman version.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (LiyEm)

334 "319 Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (lnki2)
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You're forgetting "Fuck the (largest voter group out there)""

also, send your son to college but fuck letting him graduate or get a job.

Posted by: Krystal Slider Enthusiast at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (sB8d1)

335 Oh boo-hoo hoo, Nancy, Poor Pablo and Esteban just had a difficult upbringing-that explains why they torture and kill people. Give them a job that pays less than drug and gun running but is a honest day's work and they'll straighten right out./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (vw6r3)

336
Bob, you better not be fapping in the back corner!

Posted by: Clerk in Unbreakable
_______________

Is that wrong? 'Cause nobody told me that was wrong...

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (mPeei)

337 Ace, I've been trying to send you a complimentary version of my four-book "Man of Destiny" masterpiece, but no one replies to the email. (Okay, not all four books, I mean c'mon. But I did send try to send the first one.)

I think you'll like it a lot. It's basically a re-write of the Star Wars prequels so that they don't suck. The shortest review I've gotten is that I "fixed Star Wars."

Set in space, no Force, lots of intrigue, some new characters, some you'll sort of recognize, but it goes in very different directions. Definitely not fan fiction, if that's what you're thinking.

BTW, the Book Thread has been very good to me - Moron sales are the bulk of my buyers.

www.ahlloyd.com is where all my stuff can be found, including my controversial sci-fi horror take on Beowulf called (get this) "Battle Officer Wolf."

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (cfSRQ)

338 Even the movies will probably turn SJW

First hint of that: the next wave of comic movies they plan on bringing in Ms Marvel. Who's Ms Marvel? Well she's a faux Muslim teenager from Pakistan who fights injustice with her lesbian friends. I say Faux Muslim because she doesn't dress, act, or worship like a Muslim except as a stunt victim (mean white men treat her badly because Muslim). She's vaguely ethnic looking with a darker skin tone, but that's pretty much it for her alleged background.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (39g3+)

339 I've been playing with adding -some to words to make new words.
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:39 PM (8rNrN)

Like "toothsome". Which, oddly, means sexually attractive or inviting.
Posted by: hobbitopoly
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Well, 'girthsome' has a nice ring about it. I'm unsure of what the subtle difference between 'girthy' and 'girthsome' would be.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc. at May 17, 2018 04:19 PM (Zdm89)

340 We don't need to actually include that Seward guy. He was just old and white. Never did anything good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (qiXpZ)

HEY!!

Posted by: tcn in SEWARD'S FOLLY at May 17, 2018 04:19 PM (7UW64)

341 Mueller aint got the juice to indict Trump, so he resorts to making lemonade.

"i'm not gonna indict the President and It's not because I aint got a case, it's because I'm a really good guy that follows the rules"

Oldest bullshit on the books. Older than whores

Posted by: REDACTED at May 17, 2018 04:19 PM (Ymy4N)

342
And I love the fact Trump stood firm on calling MS-13 animals and didn't do the whole song and dance apology nonsense
Posted by: IC

He should have apologized. To animals.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 04:19 PM (IqV8l)

343 299 Do cookbooks count?
Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:09 PM (MVjcR)
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Of course they do! Well, one does, anyway!
Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:12 PM (oMtOd)
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Howdy partner!

Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (MVjcR)

344 338 Even the movies will probably turn SJW

First hint of that: the next wave of comic movies they plan on bringing in Ms Marvel. Who's Ms Marvel? Well she's a faux Muslim teenager from Pakistan who fights injustice with her lesbian friends. I say Faux Muslim because she doesn't dress, act, or worship like a Muslim except as a stunt victim (mean white men treat her badly because Muslim). She's vaguely ethnic looking with a darker skin tone, but that's pretty much it for her alleged background.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (39g3+)

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I'm sure they'll have her out there, using the power of anti-Semitism to fight off the evil forces of the world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (qiXpZ)

345 Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:16 PM (a0IVu)

Did you send me something today or yesterday? I haven't checked it since after I sent out the prayer requests to OM. Sorry. Will check it now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (vw6r3)

346 Howdy partner!
Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (MVjcR)
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Howdy! Is the farm getting flooded?

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (oMtOd)

347 333 331 Looks like the Carol Danvers,white woman version.
Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM (LiyEm)

She still likes the cooch though, right?

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (+087i)

348 I was disappointed to see neither RICO nor anti-trust mentioned in that Federalist piece. But y'all covered it.

Posted by: GWB at May 17, 2018 04:21 PM (bPZSS)

349

It doesn't help when literary agents post on their profiles on their sites, "Interested in underrepresented voices."

Which, of course, means "anyone but straight white guys".

And I'm over here saying, "I'm not represented... That's why I'm contacting you..."

Were you born here? If so, just say you're a Native American.

That's what I'm going to start putting in all the little question box thingys, just to see what happens. The leftards have been fucking with me all my life, it's time for me to start returning the favor.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 04:21 PM (GdWl+)

350 The original Ms Marvel was pretty cool: she was sort of a feminist icon, but her background was interesting. She didn't know she was a superheroine. She'd have episodes where she'd black out, everyone worried about her health. When she was out, she'd shift into this other form and psyche and fight crime.

She had kind of a hot costume, too.

http://tinyurl.com/ya4owm7x

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (39g3+)

351 338 Even the movies will probably turn SJW

First hint of that: the next wave of comic movies they plan on bringing in Ms Marvel. Who's Ms Marvel? Well she's a faux Muslim teenager from Pakistan who fights injustice with her lesbian friends. I say Faux Muslim because she doesn't dress, act, or worship like a Muslim except as a stunt victim (mean white men treat her badly because Muslim). She's vaguely ethnic looking with a darker skin tone, but that's pretty much it for her alleged background.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:18 PM (39g3+)

Like what seems like quite a few real-life Western-residing Muslims.

They're only Muslim when they want the Jihad Privileges.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (9De+S)

352 Thank y'all giving me an excuse to add to tablet.

Posted by: auscolpyr at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (suO/a)

353 349 Were you born here? If so, just say you're a Native American.

That's what I'm going to start putting in all the little question box thingys, just to see what happens. The leftards have been fucking with me all my life, it's time for me to start returning the favor.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 04:21 PM (GdWl+)

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My name is super Anglo.

My wife has half-jokingly brought up the idea of submitting under her name.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (qiXpZ)

354 I've really been hesitant to plug this ...

... but I've been working on a little project. In it, the protagonist, an online blogger with a secret identity as a ferral, murderous mammal - Wicket the Warlord - dispenses vigilante justice.

I've really just fleshed out the first scene - a violent quadruple-kill in the middle of a media banquet. He takes out Purple Hayes, Dr. Octopus, The Flaming Faggot, and Captain Cuck.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (fiGNd)

355 The Food Network needs to understand that calling something perfect is gay bullshit. You should reserve perfect to the realm of science

Posted by: REDACTED at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (Ymy4N)

356
Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.

If only the GOPe would mention it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (IqV8l)

357 354 I've really been hesitant to plug this ...

... but I've been working on a little project. In it, the protagonist, an online blogger with a secret identity as a ferral, murderous mammal - Wicket the Warlord - dispenses vigilante justice.

I've really just fleshed out the first scene - a violent quadruple-kill in the middle of a media banquet. He takes out Purple Hayes, Dr. Octopus, The Flaming Faggot, and Captain Cuck.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (fiGNd)

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As long as there's a scene later of him scrounging through a Florida senator's garbage.

Oh, and shelves. Lots of shelves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (qiXpZ)

358 Every comic book character has been portrayed on film almost..
I read a bunch of Metal Men at my neighborhood barber shop in past years.. For me they were my premier comic book characters . Metal Men did have a female character. She was the element platinum and her name was Tina. Check the line to meet the rest of my favorite of all time comic book characters.. Oh to be 10 years old again...
https://tinyurl.com/y8rcaoe4

Posted by: sOME mORON at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (ICWiF)

359 I have noticed that the SciFi genre, movie and print, has been pretty much overrun by SJW, RadFem characters. Too bad, I love the genre....

Posted by: kraken at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (zSVEm)

360 >>The Food Network needs to understand that calling something perfect is gay bullshit. You should reserve perfect to the realm of science

or aliteration:

Pippa's Perfect Posterior

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (zPOWd)

361 That was a bit difficult to follow. Is there a version with, say, drawings of people and/or animals (or hybrids of the two!) explaining it to me instead?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (Evws/)

362 $hit just got real.......

BREAKING: Comey/Yates targeted Gen. Flynn in C.I. investigation a yr
BEFORE he communicated w Russian ambassador in Dec 2016 as a transition
official and the trigger was Flynn sitting at same table w Putin at Dec
2015 Moscow event, even tho Green Partys Jill Stein also at table

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (+Dllb)

363 346 Howdy partner!
Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (MVjcR)
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Howdy! Is the farm getting flooded?
Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (oMtOd)
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Haven't been down in a couple of weeks but I'm sure that it is. I'm going down next Wednesday to close the tractor deal and take delivery. Thursday I'm going to clear enough room for the travel trailer and begin recreating. Start checking the Lynchburg Hillcat home schedule!!!

Posted by: Weasel at May 17, 2018 04:24 PM (EIeR/)

364 Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (fiGNd)

What the gloryholes ???

Posted by: SHEP at May 17, 2018 04:24 PM (Ymy4N)

365 (27

I've got it! Two homo lovers on opposite sides in the Civil War. Call it A Heart Divided.

And first cousins, to boot. And one is half American Indian, the other is a different half American Indian.

Posted by: Burger Chef at May 17, 2018 04:24 PM (RuIsu)

366 http://tinyurl.com/ya4owm7x
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (39g3+)

Ok. Its that one, but with a costume made to avert the male gaze

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:24 PM (+087i)

367 I perform home improvements and I write contracts. My kind of writing .. heh heh

Posted by: sOME mORON at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (ICWiF)

368 360 Toothsome posterior.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (LiyEm)

369 >>If only the GOPe would mention it.

Busy sucking each others dicks.

Posted by: GOP at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (r9UYA)

370
She didn't know she was a superheroine.

Is that the stuff with fentanyl?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (IqV8l)

371 Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: alexthechick Darth Sugartits at May 17, 2018 04:17 PM

You want the stuff?
YOU WANT THE STUFF???

Can you handle the Stuff???!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (0tfLf)

372 Carol Danvers Captain Marvel =/= Ms Marvel.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (39g3+)

373 And you said, "What;'s the big deal? It's just a cake."

Posted by: Central Scrutinizer at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (vI+F1)

374 359 I have noticed that the SciFi genre, movie and print, has been pretty much overrun by SJW, RadFem characters. Too bad, I love the genre....
Posted by: kraken at May 17, 2018 04:23 PM (zSVEm)

Yeah, that's where the sad puppies thing came from. I think that was post gamergate, but pre comicsgate.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (+087i)

375
Tax hikes, MS13 love and adult men in girls dressing rooms. The Dems are racking up quite an attractive platform for the undecided voter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 17, 2018 04:13 PM (lnki2)

Real meat and potatoes issues for working class Americans

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (10vO4)

376 Did you send me something today or yesterday? I
haven't checked it since after I sent out the prayer requests to OM.
Sorry. Will check it now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2018 04:20 PM (vw6r3)
Yesterday! and thank you.

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (a0IVu)

377 372 Right,right.It's been a while....

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (LiyEm)

378 ok, the group blog with helpful stuff for writers is https://madgeniusclub.com

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (hMwEB)

379 She didn't know she was a superheroine.

Is that the stuff with fentanyl?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2018 04:25 PM (IqV8l)

The first Bill Cosby approved superheroine

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (+087i)

380 Gina Haspel confirmed. Difficult nomination process. Emotional debate about brutal interrogation techniques, i.e., waterboarding.

Or, as I prefer to call it, "tactial baptism".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (RkYsP)

381 I think the censorship is deplorable, but so is adults caring much about comic books.

Posted by: doug at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (7DhQU)

382

Like "toothsome". Which, oddly, means sexually attractive or inviting.

Back home in Alabama, having teeth is very sexy.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (GdWl+)

383 My wife has half-jokingly brought up the idea of submitting under her name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (qiXpZ)
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You could always use a pen name, and make it whatever you want. Well, almost. Lemony Snicket is already taken, but aside from that.

I suggest something along the lines of Hiawatha al-Madisoni. Checks off lots of boxes

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (oMtOd)

384 How is it that a person above the age of 13 is still interested in comic books or comic book movies?

Posted by: Sophisticles at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (u5NuV)

385 383 My wife has half-jokingly brought up the idea of submitting under her name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:22 PM (qiXpZ)
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You could always use a pen name, and make it whatever you want. Well, almost. Lemony Snicket is already taken, but aside from that.

I suggest something along the lines of Hiawatha al-Madisoni. Checks off lots of boxes

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (oMtOd)

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Jane Bigballs, pre-op.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (qiXpZ)

386 This just in: Star Wars writer says Lando is pansexual. It was a Huff-poo link, so I did not click.

Guess I know my decision regarding whether to see Solo or not.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (xPJvm)

387 380 Gina Haspel confirmed. Difficult nomination process. Emotional debate about brutal interrogation techniques, i.e., waterboarding.

Or, as I prefer to call it, "tactial baptism".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM

Amen!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (0tfLf)

388 Here comes the nose in the air brigade.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (LiyEm)

389 So short fat manbaby then. i like that Ace.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (aljs9)

390 378 ok, the group blog with helpful stuff for writers is https://madgeniusclub.com

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at May 17, 2018 04:26 PM (hMwEB)

If only I could find a way to market the random quips, snark, and navel gazing I throw down here....

Posted by: kraken at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (zSVEm)

391 The comic industry is full of white knight manlets.

Posted by: Thursby at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (WVn9a)

392 Alright. I need to see if I can get some writing done before I pick up Junior for daycare.

Peace.

And buy all the books, but mostly mine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (qiXpZ)

393 I just now backed this. I can only afford the $25 tier, and I haven't read comics in years, maybe decades, but at least I can do something to help.

Posted by: RogueZombie at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (PxI26)

394 Pansexual is the new term when bi is just not enough?Or does it mean sexually attracted to EVERYTHING?

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (LiyEm)

395 nood

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (a0IVu)

396 380
Gina Haspel confirmed. Difficult nomination process. Emotional debate
about brutal interrogation techniques, i.e., waterboarding.

Or, as I prefer to call it, "tactial baptism".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (RkYsP)

The "punch a nazi" gang dont want to interrogate terrorists.

Posted by: muckrack at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (RbR1e)

397 386
This just in: Star Wars writer says Lando is pansexual. It was a Huff-poo link, so I did not click.

Guess I know my decision regarding whether to see Solo or not.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (xPJvm)

Pansexual? Like he has sex with pots and pans? This is a bizarre world.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (aljs9)

398 395 nood
Posted by: IC at May 17, 2018 04:29 PM (a0IVu)

Figures....

Posted by: kraken at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (zSVEm)

399 338First hint of that: the next wave of comic movies they plan on bringing in Ms Marvel. Who's Ms Marvel? Well she's a faux Muslim teenager from Pakistan who fights injustice with her lesbian friends. I say Faux Muslim because she doesn't dress, act, or worship like a Muslim except as a stunt victim (mean white men treat her badly because Muslim). She's vaguely ethnic looking with a darker skin tone, but that's pretty much it for her alleged background.

and, if I recall Ya Boi Zac's videos correctly, has recently been seen rounding all her little high school friends up into camps.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (v3pYe)

400 Posted in wrong thread by accident. Lat comix I read was R. Crumb. Or maybe it was 'Maus'.

Posted by: Eromero at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (zLDYs)

401 There is a New Post. And we didn't even need Willow to get it.

Posted by: garrett at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (zPOWd)

402 How is it that a person above the age of 13 is still interested in comic books or comic book movies?

Posted by: Sophisticles at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM (u5NuV)

1) Are there any other options?
2) Such an attitude is why conservatives have been losing the culture war. That's cool if you don't like it, its cool if other do.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:30 PM (+087i)

403 Carol Danvers Captain Marvel is the latest in a series of Captain Marvels. The first was the Shazam one, now owned by DC, but Marvel Comics' version was a guy who was a member of the Kree alien race, a huge galactic empire of autocratic warlords. He could fly, had aforce field, was really strong, etc. He died eventually and has amazingly for the comic book universe stayed dead since the 70s.

There have been a sequence of people called Captain Marvel, my favorite a black woman out of Louisiana with light-based powers Monica Rambeau. However the latest is Carol Danvers, the original Ms Marvel who lost her powers due to a fight with a power-draining villain named Rogue. She's basically the same character (flight, force field, blasts, strong -- apparently in the movie universe, the strongest character in the cinematic setting) as the original Captain Marvel without the alien race.

I don't know the origins of the new Ms Marvel, but she's not Carol Danvers, and the movie they are discussing putting out will be AFTER the upcoming Captain Marvel movie.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:32 PM (39g3+)

404 386 This just in: Star Wars writer says Lando is pansexual. It was a Huff-poo link, so I did not click.

Guess I know my decision regarding whether to see Solo or not.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 17, 2018 04:28 PM (xPJvm)

Just in case you thought Black men were safe from having Homofaggotry pushed upon them...

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2018 04:32 PM (9De+S)

405 If you like movie sites free of SJW tediousness AND love old school action movies, you may want to check out these guys: https://toughguydigest.com/

Posted by: Terry Silver at May 17, 2018 04:32 PM (K+hOp)

406 Gina Haspel confirmed. Difficult nomination process. Emotional debate about brutal interrogation techniques, i.e., waterboarding.

Or, as I prefer to call it, "tactial baptism".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:27 PM

John 8:32

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Or at least garner you a halal dinner at Gitmo.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at May 17, 2018 04:33 PM (LOgQ4)

407 How is it that a person above the age of 13 is still interested in comic books or comic book movies?

Same reason they like sports, pirates, and cowboys, Mr elitist

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:33 PM (39g3+)

408 And this, my friends, is how it is done:

President Donald Trump responded to the ongoing controversy of his use of the word "animals"; to describe MS-13 gang members on Thursday.

"When the MS-13 comes in, when the other gang members come into our country, I refer to them as animals and guess what, I always will"; Trump said when reporters asked about the controversy on Thursday afternoon at the White House.

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Can you imagine a Rubio or, heaven forbid a President "!Jeb! doing this?

Mmm?

****

I also love the word "controversy"

"Controversy? There is no controversy. MS-13 are animals. Period. Is someone saying they are not? Who ? Chuck Schumer? Well perhaps he should talk to the gang's victims' families. As a matter of fact, let me hold a press conference tomorrow with them"

Then do it - and invite Schumer to attend to explain it to little Jimmy why Cryin' Chuckie thinks the people who murdered his father horribly are not animals.
perhaps, even, tour the country in contested "purple" districts/states for 2018 election - hmm?
H/T Breitbart.com

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 17, 2018 04:33 PM (Fb9aZ)

409 Oh ffs - into the barrel with me. I go willingly. Screwed up the html conversion

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 17, 2018 04:34 PM (Fb9aZ)

410 I don't think we should give up the comic book shop battle. I think they need to be made to bake our fucking penis cake. I don't think baking my fucking giant pink penis cake should be optional for them.

Posted by: Max Power at May 17, 2018 04:34 PM (q177U)

411 >>>Superman and all were old, decades into the future. The next generation was all moral relativist douchebags like the jerks you run into playing online computer games. In real life With superpowers.

They play at fighting crime, but mostly its just fun to blow things up and beat people up, with no regard for the environment, citizens, or justice.

And how the old school superheroes react.

That's what it was about, not a "Dark Knight" rip off. Completely different story and concept.

...

yes that is nothing at all with the background situation in The Dark Knight Returns where violence has become recreational and a gang called The Mutants is just about thrill-killing.

I mean, there's nothing there at all about the collapse of morality and rise of pleasure in mayhem.

Nothing!

You're pointing out these very minor differences (oh, these are a new crop of HEROES who are just like The Mutants!). These differences were contrived to make it slighty different than TDKR.

Oh and right the big conflict is between batman and superman. (The conflict between Batman and Superman *began* as an ideological one in TDKR, too.) Here, they also are the central actors in the ideological conflict, with Captain Marvel filling in for the actual physical part of the fight.

Oh, and Shazam dies, like Batman did in TDKR (well, you know), and serves as an INSPIRATION to those left to carry on the fight.

Oh you've convinced me, nothing like TDKR for the Justice League AT ALL!!!

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:35 PM (8rNrN)

412 My 7 year old saw this shit and wanted it because Squirrels. I put it back and got her an old school Batman and Thor
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 03:41 PM

I bet you tell her who to vote for, too.

Posted by: Hillary at May 17, 2018 04:36 PM (2NqXo)

413 Hey ace, maybe mention Ethan Van Sciver's T-shirt he's selling "Soylo: A Soy Wars Story." I think he's temporarily sold out, but the shirt is cool as hell.

Posted by: Max Power at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (q177U)

414 Publius, I don't think anyone saw it except you and me.

*throws Publius a rope ladder*

shhhhhhhhh

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (oMtOd)

415 How about a riveting page turner about a secret paramilitary organization operating out of the Presidio in San Francisco ?

Former MMA Champ turned closet homosexual Spew Spewitt struggles with his vow of non-violence while performing his sworn duty as part of the elite Fabulous Corp. Sadistic leather and chains wearing Captain Jonathan Holmes tries to break Spew and drive him out of the Corp, while the gruff yet surprisingly tenor-voiced Sargent Rob "TurboLover" Hefferd has an affair with Holmes "life partner" - Kirk Deichenveld - who himself hides a secret craving for squid sex.

I'll call it ... "From Here to Queerternity"

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (fiGNd)

416 @411

Yep. Ripoff.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:38 PM (+087i)

417 I didn't get how the murderous sociopathic Mutants were suddenly all forgiven because Batman became their leader...

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:38 PM (LiyEm)

418 Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (fiGNd)

It's been done.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 04:38 PM (oVJmc)

419 417 I didn't get how the murderous sociopathic Mutants were suddenly all forgiven because Batman became their leader...
Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2018 04:38 PM (LiyEm)

They got new masks so the cops didn't know who they were?

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:39 PM (+087i)

420 >>>Hey ace, maybe mention Ethan Van Sciver's T-shirt he's selling "Soylo: A Soy Wars Story." I think he's temporarily sold out, but the shirt is cool as hell.

That's actually Soylo: A Soy Wars SOYry.

I laugh every time he says that.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:40 PM (8rNrN)

421 yes that is nothing at all with the background situation in The Dark Knight Returns where violence has become recreational and a gang called The Mutants is just about thrill-killing.

Wait, so all stories about bad guys being violent are the same? I mean... a bunch of gang members causing problems in a city equals the next generation of superheroes acting like spoiled teens with no regard for justice or innocent bystanders? That's just like a street gang to you?

Is Citizen Kane the same film as Dark Knight Rises because its about a rich dude, in estimation? There's a war in Casablanca and a war in Starship Troopers, so ST is a rip off of Casablanca?

Seriously?

Come on ace, really?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:40 PM (39g3+)

422 Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (fiGNd)

It's been done.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 17, 2018 04:38 PM (oVJmc)

You people really know how to squash a guy's literary dreams. Thanks.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2018 04:40 PM (fiGNd)

423 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 03:54 PM (39g3+)

read Christophersy books
He's a great writer

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at May 17, 2018 04:41 PM (hMwEB)

424 414
Publius, I don't think anyone saw it except you and me.

*throws Publius a rope ladder*

shhhhhhhhh

Posted by: bluebell at May 17, 2018 04:37 PM (oMtOd)
****
Yeppers - saved by the NOOD! Thanks for the rope. Next time I have to not jump into the barrel so quickly.

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 17, 2018 04:42 PM (Fb9aZ)

425 Seriously?

Come on ace, really?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 17, 2018 04:40 PM (39g3+)

I get what you're saying, but CK really hit the same themes and conflicts that DKR did earlier and better. I mean, if it was the same characters, sure. But you really can't overlook it was the same narrative structure.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:43 PM (+087i)

426 Heh. Comics. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. Cobalt 60. War Lizards. Cheech Wizard. Those were comics. Unlike the namby pamby BS being published today.

Nothin' but love,
Old Guy

Posted by: Lurker Extraordinaire at May 17, 2018 04:44 PM (1RsUZ)

427 I had zero luck finding an agent for my supernatural Shakespeare Authorship-themed mystery/adventure. Part of the problem seems to be that agents who say they want to see urban fantasy novels really mean "Vampire romance novels", so I ended up going the self-publishing route.
https://tinyurl.com/y9theapr

Posted by: Eisengrim at May 17, 2018 04:44 PM (/8/Qy)

428 Christopher,

The basic idea of aging heroes in a dysfunctional society that keeps getting worse and worse called out of retirement (remember: Superman was gone for 10 years, and wasn't Diana in exile on paradise island?) to put things right...?

And then featuring a lot of the same story beats...?

A lot of works are derivative and comic books are among the most derivative. and if you want to say it's still good, fine. but I can't call such an obvious rehash anything more than derivative and done better the first time.

Actually the first two times. Watchmen came out at about the same time. Wikipedia says the idea was to do the Watchmen for the justice league.

I think they're saying "The Watchmen" instead of TDKR because it's actually more of ripoff of the latter and they're hiding their tracks a bit.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:45 PM (8rNrN)

429 Like "toothsome". Which, oddly, means sexually attractive or inviting.

Back home in Alabama, having teeth is very sexy.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy

In the mouth or on the nightstand?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2018 04:45 PM (RkYsP)

430 428 Christopher,

The basic idea of aging heroes in a dysfunctional society that keeps getting worse and worse called out of retirement (remember: Superman was gone for 10 years, and wasn't Diana in exile on paradise island?) to put things right...?

And then featuring a lot of the same story beats...?

A lot of works are derivative and comic books are among the most derivative. and if you want to say it's still good, fine. but I can't call such an obvious rehash anything more than derivative and done better the first time.

Actually the first two times. Watchmen came out at about the same time. Wikipedia says the idea was to do the Watchmen for the justice league.

I think they're saying "The Watchmen" instead of TDKR because it's actually more of ripoff of the latter and they're hiding their tracks a bit.

Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 04:45 PM (8rNrN)

Now, for something different, did either of you read Red Son? That was cool as f and original.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:46 PM (+087i)

431 Re 207,
The great weakness of conservatives, if it is a weakness, is that traditions and the idea of preserving order mean that conservatives should back away from confrontation and try to preserve the institution and thus tradition.

Leftists have no such attachment to ordered society nor to traditions and seek power over others instead. They happily gut the institution today for fun, power, and profit today with little regard over its long term viability. In the end, all will bow before government power exercised by the righteous coalition of the people. Expecting to save or redeem an institution from leftists requires a consistent and even vengeful purging of leftists and ignoring the pointing and shaming technique when employed through the media. It is something that no decent conservative has a stomach for because of their compassion.

Conservatives still think of leftists as idiots or stupid--leftists think of conservatives as irredeemably evil. Thus, conservatives engage in dialectic to reason the leftists out of their positions and point to the rare leftist that appears reasonable as proof that these people can be redeemed. Leftists would gladly serve as a conservative's executioner in service to their religion.

To do that, it requires a populace with no buffer from a vengeful government run by apparachiks--thus all institutions are simply grist for the mill of government and exist to exercise dominion over others. This model eventually fails but does enormous carnage to societies which usually adopt the tyrant as a remedy. It is easier to appease one than many.

If you want peace, you must remove their power to hurt you which means separate institutions that act as a buffer to keep individuals from being outgrouped in society.

Posted by: whig at May 17, 2018 04:47 PM (tRqQ6)

432 Do you ever feel like a hypocrite for making your wife have sex with strangers without even lending a helping hand?

Oh wait -- do you lend a helping hand?
Posted by: ace at May 17, 2018 03:38 PM (8rNrN)

We come here for insightful political commentary and as a bonus, we get this^.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at May 17, 2018 04:49 PM (R5lpX)

433 @431

I think you're right and that describes what our never trump brethren believe.

For some of us, we have heeded the words of St. Andrew: WAR.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 04:49 PM (+087i)

434 The atmosphere of purchasing a decent comic or graphic novel is becoming like something from "The Weapon Shops of Isher".

Posted by: George V at May 17, 2018 04:50 PM (LUHWu)

435 Well, I'm not sure if creative efforts in this case includes movie reviews, but that's the primary focus of my Youtube channel so if that is of interest, check out: https://youtube.com/crankytrex

Always happy to help my fellow Morons avoid crap, SJW-infested movies if I can, so if the weekly movie thread isn't enough for ya, feel free to pop by my channel for a listen.

Posted by: crankytrex at May 17, 2018 04:53 PM (3hUPZ)

436 I'm not a gamer, but am a fan of Larry Correia and his MHI series. This week Larry was disinvited from a gamercon due to a shrieking harpy still mad about comments made by Larry on a article her beta boyfriend wrote 4 years ago. Seems the organizer of the con didn't want anyone to feel unsafe in the same building with Larry due to the unsubstantiated rumors SJW have been spreading about him for years.

The events playing out on social media are fascinating! SJW, who started this, is a victim of perceived insults and misdeeds by Mr. Correia and Mrs. Correia (who took offense to the un-invite as one of the children was the +1) is also at fault as well for being insulted.

why did I not major in psychology? this has thesis written all over it.

Posted by: Tass at May 17, 2018 04:54 PM (0Q1T/)

437 436, Tass, do you honestly think that such a thesis could get by a psychology dept unless it treats Larry as anything other than despicable.

Posted by: whig at May 17, 2018 04:55 PM (tRqQ6)

438 tortious interference

Band name!

Posted by: jabrwok at May 17, 2018 04:57 PM (BlRin)

439 >ALSO, speaking of, I want to get some formal experience in >proofreading, so if anyone wants to submit one chapter (or one short >story) for proofreading send it to me.
>Limited time free offer.

Hit up your nearest law firm. As the economy improves, they get desperate for proofreaders

Posted by: marcus gravey at May 17, 2018 05:01 PM (e0S01)

440 Well Golden Isis by Anastasia Atelier, my little novel, is available on Amazon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2018 05:12 PM (oo2tY)

441 Jollyroger, thanks! Love to hear your feedback, if you decide to give them a look.

Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 05:16 PM (d+9ox)

442 Hey morons,

Long time reader and occasional poster. My endeavor is not as creative as others but I have developed a product after my daughters love of all things unicorns. It is unicorn party favor pack that I sell on Amazon. I designed the unicorn on the bag and I am hoping that I can sell enough that I can leave my job - which is at a liberal university. I am the lone conservative among a very liberal group and my tongue needs a break from all the biting that I do on it.

Anyway - if anyone needs this type of product, here is the link to amazon (It will be the third product - first 2 are sponsored products):

My brand name is Our Sweet Celebration

https://tinyurl.com/yazavw7n

Posted by: Vicky at May 17, 2018 05:27 PM (Ypyo1)

443 Zack is calm about the whole thing. Antarctic Press was going to do the publishing... and only the publishing. The deal was that Zack and his art team were going to bring ready-to-publish finished pages, in PDF format or whatever comic professionals use. Antarctic press wasn't providing art, coloring, lettering, layout, editing, or any other service beyond publishing. And Antarctic Press isn't a print shop; they send out the actual printing work. As Zack observed in one of his videos, "We know how to send out a print job too." So they are now founding their own publishing company to publish these books.

Zack found a panel of terrible art in a recent comic book, something about a cat that either looked like it was going to be run over, or maybe actually was run over, I no longer remember. But that started a running gag about "Splatto del Gatto", the cat that was run over and went splat. So that's the name of his new publishing company: Splatto Comics.

Comics distribution is handled by one big company, named (I think) Diamond. So the remaining big question is whether Splatto will be able to distribute through Diamond, or not. If not, then you will have to order over the Internet. But his dream is for the comics to go to actual comics stores, and it's up to Diamond whether that will happen. Given the situation it seems like a certainty that Mark Waid and his friends are calling everyone they can find at Diamond to urge them to deplatform Zack.

Posted by: mr_jack at May 17, 2018 05:31 PM (hdSIf)

444 Jollyroger, thanks! Love to hear your feedback, if you decide to give them a look.
Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2018 05:16 PM (d+9ox)

Great stuff there man. You nailed it with the Krankor. My buddy really liked it too.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2018 05:39 PM (+087i)

445 Alt-Hero was only mentioned in passing in one of the links. Issue #1 was released to backers yesterday and looks great (IMO) so far. Chuck Dixon's books set in the same universe are upcoming (yes, Batman & GIJoe's Chuck Dixon).

https://freestartr.com/project/althero/

Posted by: DaveW at May 17, 2018 05:47 PM (sGWK0)

446 Probably late to the party here, but please do check out my comic "Burrito Apocalypse" which features POTUS, Vladimir Putin, Aliens and lots more:

https://tomatocarrot.com/comics/burrito-apocalypse-one/

It definitely a non-PC political comic. And Chapter One is free!

Posted by: TC Comics at May 17, 2018 06:35 PM (4a9/m)

447 I went through all of this in the 1960s through the 1990s, at which time I decided I was going to write for myself and occasionally show my stuff to other people. In the creative fields, it is always the money people who control things and the money people are usually scared sh*tless of an audience that thinks, preferring one they can control. Books, nonfiction, verse, plays, movies, you name it. Academia as well. People seeking control, rather than independence, gravitate to these areas and most people who seek control are whatever the current euphemism is for the infallible ones (from church to wannabe churches masquerading as ideologies. The internet gave others a chance and now it, too, has been seized by the infallibles. Boycott them. As Thatcher said eventually they will run out of other people's money and we can return to slavery so that everyone is equal under the ruler. Have I given up hope? No. But at the same time I am no longer a kid with aspirations who believe what he was told: when you are ready, it will happen. The more realistic you are, the better. Realistic, not cynical. People called me cynicals and I would reply, "I am not a cynic. Cynics don't cry."

Posted by: Leonard Pailet at May 17, 2018 06:47 PM (BHiyW)

448 I write Christian (gasp!) themed fics for fans of Japanese anime and mainstream SF film. The fanfics target college educated STEM types who think the Bible is for uneducated bumpkins. I have a readership of around 1,800 at fanfiction dot net.

Posted by: HuuskerDu at May 17, 2018 06:49 PM (FK2jv)

449 My novel "Wearing the Cat" is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle format.

It's a comic, picaresque novel of the literary kind.

Think of "Tom Jones", "Moll Flanders", "Vanity Fair", "Catch-22", "The Magic Christian" mashed together and updated for a modern audience.

It's literary, yo! So, there will be diversions, disquisitions, and dirty jokes. There will be humor both high and low. There will be tragedy of the most tragic kind. There are surprises and outrages on every page ( well, almost every page).

While picaresque, "Wearing the Cat" contains an overarching plot which comes together neatly and surprisingly at the end.

It is a novel of paradox. A military novel set in a time of peace where the present is dominated by past war. A novel that examines the battle of the sexes in a unique and refreshing way as well as the question of can there ever be a truce in that battle. And what is the price of peace? A novel of human freedom which is set in two of the most vertically oriented societies on Planet Earth, The US Navy Dental Corps and Japan.

Despite the ambitions of "Wearing the Cat", it is a rollicking, raunchy, uproarious ride through human nature.

The first half of "Wearing the Cat" functions as an Anti-romance; the second as a Romance.

Your guide through the hijinks is Navy Dentist, Nick McGill.

Some might call him an anti-hero. Some the Goofball of Love. Some might call him clueless. Till he meets the Pompatus of Love.

Here are the links for "Wearing the Cat" on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Wearing-Cat-Complete-Novel-Book-ebook/dp/B06XKQVKH8

https://www.amazon.com/Wearing-Cat-Complete-Novel-Two/dp/1541016394

If you're in the mood for something completely different and non-PC in the best way give "Wearing the Cat" a try.

Pro Tip: Amazon provides a generous sample on the "WTC" page, if you'd like to test drive the novel before you buy.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 17, 2018 06:54 PM (ZSkht)

450 Cartoonist and long time lurker Moron here. My comic is linked in my name.

Posted by: Akornzombie at May 17, 2018 07:07 PM (AOLoa)

451 450+ comments? Well, if anyone makes it down here, my books about Machine Civilization are Catholic and conservative. See y'all on Gab.ai!

Posted by: Clayton Barnett at May 17, 2018 07:27 PM (ug1Mc)

452 Daily lurker. My book is subversive anti-collectivist, anti-third wave feminism disguised as a space love triangle. Kindle available.

https://www.amazon.com/Waypoint-Magellan-L-S-Roebuck/dp/0998609005/

Posted by: North at May 17, 2018 11:14 PM (1aDNm)

453 Long time reader, early follower of Diversity and Comics. Self print on demand comic artist, fantasy and sci-fi webcomics.

Posted by: frankg at May 18, 2018 06:57 AM (Z1HFx)

454 I've been a reader here for years, but never felt compelled to comment, but with the opening to plug/link my work, I thought I'd give it a go (I know, by now, nobody's probably reading the comments on this post, but nothing ventured nothing gained - maybe I'll start trying the book thread on Sunday's too)

Here's the back cover blurb for my apolitical, pulp-fantasy adventure, To Walk a Road of Ruin. It can be found at:
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Road-Ruin-AJ-Vanorden/dp/1480076988

Saga, a vagabond gunfighter from Samarkand, and the rogue scholar
Richter have spent their lives in search of fortune and dodging the
consequences of their actions. When they accidentally unleash an ancient
evil while robbing the wrong tomb, the pair find themselves in more
trouble than they can handle. Alongside the aged thief Grail and the
reticent knight Ialae, whose ties to the Church may yet set the Saga and
Richter at each others throats, they must stay one step ahead of an
Inquisition that would see them all in chains and try save their world
from the undead horror their rival Kage now serves. Now they must find
it in themselves to leave the path of least resistance to walk a road of
ruin.

Posted by: Andrew VanOrden at May 18, 2018 06:09 PM (docrT)

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