A roast is done with the consent of the roastee. Talking shit about people is just being an asshole. 

Publishers drop controversial authors all the time. The idea that Waid “bullied” a publisher into dropping a book through a single phone call is risible and vastly overestimates the power that he wields.

He wasn't breaking the law but a lot of his accusations were rumor and innuendo. Does he have proof that Jordan White has an unhealthy obsession with Heather Antos? Does he know for sure that Mark Waid pulled strings for a "work girlfriend"? Or is it speculation because he doesn't like how they write and draw comics? Mark Waid and Mags Visaggio use very aggressive language in their social media like they're trained fighters (like much of social media, I question if any of these people have ever been in a real fight because maybe they wouldn't be so keen to look for one). Dan Slott and Nick Spencer do not respond well to people who question their work online but once again, critique Slott's Spider-Man not his appearance. If Spencer wants to be angry about people voting for Trump instead of Hillary but you don't like his Captain America, focus on the latter not the former.  

*I dislike a lot of dialogue in Marvel comics today because it is very fan fiction-y to me. Things like a character in the X-Men saying "To me, my X-Men" or someone saying to a member of the X-Men "Isn't dying your thing?" take me out of the story! It's too "inside baseball" for me. I know we all read the same comics but I don't expect Kitty to have a copy of X-Men #1 to know that Professor X said that. I dislike the fact that everyone seems to know everyone else's adventures as if they all discussed them over coffee "Hey She-Hulk, remember that time we fought in Secret Wars? Good times..."

I've known of Richard C. Meyer for at least 8 years now. Under the name "MeyerAustin" he was an active and well-known comic-book message board participant. Particularly he liked popping up on predominantly liberal forums, like Gail Simone's on CBR and then later the 606 forum, stirring up trouble, and then running back to Conservative forums like Chuck Dixon's to whine about how all the intolerant liberals were picking on him. He was the same then as he is now, just with a bigger platform. "Dark humor" MY ASS. This is who he is.

I only heard of the D&C channel and Patreon, and his involvement with it, a few months ago. When I did take a brief look at it, I saw that he'd posted an 11-page fan-fiction comic where RiRi Williams has succeeded in ruining Tony Stark's life, stealing his company, and driving him to suicide, by falsely accusing him of rape (as women constantly do, y'know). That told me all I needed to know.

If he wants to crowdfund his own comics, well good for him. As the article I posted said, getting 4000 and then 6500 pledgers IS impressive. Good for him, I take nothing away from that accomplishment. And it shows that those who do want to read it, can get it. But no publisher is obligated to pick it up.. And he can't whine like a baby when a publisher looks at Meyers own past public statements and decides that they don't want to be in business with him, especially when that's exactly what Meyer and his supporters did to Aubrey Sitterson.

Likewise, no store is obligated to stock the book, although I do think those who said that they wouldn't order it even if a customer asked for it, are not doing good business. But that's their problem.

And "politics" in entertainment are not inherently good or bad. Some may look to entertainment, be it comics or movies or music, whatever, to "get away from the real world", while others make like it when they're entertainment tackles real-world issues. To me it depends on the situation and how its handled. As I said yesterday over on the TV forum I'm a big fan of Last Man Standing and am glad it's returning, because, to me, the show is just funny. I don't have to agree with the "Mike Baxter's" political views, any more than I agreed with how "Barney Stinson" treated women on How I Met Your Mother. The characters and the shows were still funny to me.

On the other hand, I was never a fan of the Roseanne show in the past, so I have no interest in watching it now. It has nothing to do with her and her character's politics.

My own reservation about Meyer is that he is from that group of readers who look to early 90's Marvel, early Image, and early Quesada-Marvel as how comics should be. He also loves 80's Marvel, but a look at his work reveals his heart is in the latter stuff. I happen to think that stuff is rotten to the core, so I guess I'm an even more conservative fan than he is. 

Same here, Stephen. I'm a Christian who is registered Republican. I feel I'm more Libertarian because I'm also pro-choice (my wife and I are pro- life personally but don't want our will forced on others), I have no problem with gay marriage and I don't feel that everyone has to believe what I believe. And I appreciate a well told story that offers me a different perspective. A good storyteller doesn't need to hit you over the head with a message. Unfortunately, those types of creators are few and far between in comics today because, like many other forms of media, they force you to take a side. I find that every day life is much different than life that is lived on Twitter. Regular people tend to find ways to get along. Meyer feels that every comic book should be tailored to his tastes (shapely woman, manly men) but you and I both know that if every comic was the same, we'd lose interest real quick.

Judging a show on enjoyment so much more rewarding than thinking about the message behind it for me. Fox News tries to prop up those shows as conservative shows but if they're entertaining and funny to people, who cares what their politics are?

Joe, I couldn't quite put my finger on how I viewed his tastes in comics but that pretty much nails it. I feel that, while sales were high in the early 90's (speculator inflated sales), we lost a lot of diversity that was established in the 70's and 80's at Marvel. Luke Cage had been pretty much pushed aside at the end of Power Man and Iron Fist, Monica Rambeau Captain Marvel had been forgotten about just to name two characters. And diversity in art had become a thing of the past (I know Marvel always had the Romita model "House Style" but tell me how much JB, Simonson, and JRjr's art looked alike and I will disagree).

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If you're going to be pro-life, that's the way to do it. I'm not of that mindset, but I really don't think men should have a say in the rules for things that they can't experience.

This Meyer guy seems like a real piece of shit who I will add to my "travel back in time and stop" list.