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Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Tuesday, April 11, 2006
You Think The Eisners Got Me All Worked Up?
Miraculous. Civilized discussions about the Eisner-ojingogo controversy at Eric Millikin's LiveJournal and Comixpedia. Dare I hope that the pernicious flames of Webcomics Drama are sputtering out at last?
They should, because really, there are few instances of real evil in comics. Most people who are in this field are doing it out of love, and though anyone can be corrupted, it's not like being a little egotistical about your pictures makes you Slobodan Milosevic. Few people in comics are really worthy of hate.
Sexual assaulters in comics, however, are worthy of hate. Taki Soma has come forth with a story of assault that I find all too credible. And despicable.
Thankfully, the Friends of Lulu have resolved to do something about it. They're raising money for a whole new kind of comics "legal defense fund," one focused on sexual assault. You can e-mail Ronee Garcia directly if you want to make a donation right now.
Taki Soma's case could get ugly-- especially if the nameless, alleged assailant is who I think it is. (Garcia drops a few hints.) And I also find it all too believable that Soma hesitated four months to come forward because she was afraid it would kill her career.
I hope the opposite happens, not because of a rush of cheap publicity, but because revealing painful experiences is one of the best tools we have in creating great art. The experience already seems to have influenced the first two pages of her latest work-- and they are two powerful pages indeed.
Finally, if the above fills you with nostalgia for the good old days of meaningless squabbling, you may enjoy David Willis' presentation of M Sipher's Internet Argument-Losing Bingo, or this strip, which contains, as far as I'm concerned, the greatest flame of all time. I tend to believe that nobody wins a flamewar. But if you believe otherwise, then Tycho has just won every single flamewar on the Web, retroactively. (Charles G, you're gonna LOVE this.)
They should, because really, there are few instances of real evil in comics. Most people who are in this field are doing it out of love, and though anyone can be corrupted, it's not like being a little egotistical about your pictures makes you Slobodan Milosevic. Few people in comics are really worthy of hate.
Sexual assaulters in comics, however, are worthy of hate. Taki Soma has come forth with a story of assault that I find all too credible. And despicable.
Thankfully, the Friends of Lulu have resolved to do something about it. They're raising money for a whole new kind of comics "legal defense fund," one focused on sexual assault. You can e-mail Ronee Garcia directly if you want to make a donation right now.
Taki Soma's case could get ugly-- especially if the nameless, alleged assailant is who I think it is. (Garcia drops a few hints.) And I also find it all too believable that Soma hesitated four months to come forward because she was afraid it would kill her career.
I hope the opposite happens, not because of a rush of cheap publicity, but because revealing painful experiences is one of the best tools we have in creating great art. The experience already seems to have influenced the first two pages of her latest work-- and they are two powerful pages indeed.
Finally, if the above fills you with nostalgia for the good old days of meaningless squabbling, you may enjoy David Willis' presentation of M Sipher's Internet Argument-Losing Bingo, or this strip, which contains, as far as I'm concerned, the greatest flame of all time. I tend to believe that nobody wins a flamewar. But if you believe otherwise, then Tycho has just won every single flamewar on the Web, retroactively. (Charles G, you're gonna LOVE this.)
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"Sexual assaulters in comics, however, are worthy of hate."
Sexual assaulters anywhere are worthy of hate. I know it's tough to see within your own community, but it's just proof that it happens everywhere.
That being said, I would like to kick this sleazebag in the teeth while wearing wooden shoes. To say nothing of his testicles.
I applaud Soma for coming forward, even though it's not easy. It's a shame that the offender probably won't end up with more than a proverbial slap on the wrist, but by coming out with her story, she may encourage others to stand up against this douchebag.
"Sexual assaulters in comics, however, are worthy of hate."
Sexual assaulters anywhere are worthy of hate. I know it's tough to see within your own community, but it's just proof that it happens everywhere.
That being said, I would like to kick this sleazebag in the teeth while wearing wooden shoes. To say nothing of his testicles.
I applaud Soma for coming forward, even though it's not easy. It's a shame that the offender probably won't end up with more than a proverbial slap on the wrist, but by coming out with her story, she may encourage others to stand up against this douchebag.
Hopefully, this will cause fandom to start weeding out the more undesireable elements among themselves.
It's been some 16 years since I last went to any form of convention, and it's the people who think a con is the land of do as you please that really repulsed me away from that world.
It's been some 16 years since I last went to any form of convention, and it's the people who think a con is the land of do as you please that really repulsed me away from that world.
Sadly, it appears that molestation is a low-level misdemeanor in Ohio, and the Columbus DA has dropped the case. They would have to pay extradition fees because the guy is not actually in Columbus.
A civil case could still go through, but a criminal case ain't gonna happen.
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A civil case could still go through, but a criminal case ain't gonna happen.
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