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Comics Link. I got all the Auctions in one link, you're welcome.

So: More with the ComicsGate...

When last we met, I was getting ready to discuss THIS:

Let me zoom in:

"Hiring based on MERIT, not IDENTITY."

Ahem, they're complaining about Marvel Comics.

That want Marvel to hire "based on MERIT, not IDENTITY."

If Marvel hired based on Merit, there would be no Marvel.

Let me say that again:

If Marvel hired based on MERIT, there would be NO MARVEL.

Allow me to elucidate: Marvel Comics (as we know it today) is the work of one man: Stan Lee*

*yes, yes, Kirby and Ditko and others ALSO created the Marvel Universe that the one we know today evolved from. But with no Lee, I'd wager my last half crown that THAT Marvel would never have lasted. Remember: Lee+Kirby=Silver Surfer, Kirby by himself=The Black Racer.

And Stan only got the job at Timely Comics because the Publisher Martin Goodman was his cousin's husband.

Now, I'm not saying that Stan had no Merit, but to suggest that he started at Timely because he had talent when it was his "familia" that got him the gig in the first place?

Well, it's like Mick says:

"Bes' larf oy've 'ad in a LONG why-o..."

Ah...

Anyway,

Carson Grubaugh said...

I spent over two hours on the phone with Ethan about a week ago. Very kind of him, a well known creator raking in cash, to speak with me, a total nobody who disageees with him. 

 Yup, rather gentlemanly of him.

Carson Grubaugh: I got the impression he is legitimately frustrated by the way he has been treated behind the scenes in the industry after it became clear he voted for Trump. He is definitely NOT a Nazi. His call for the firing of SJW creators is limited to the abstract, not aimed at specific creators, and only made from a "lead to declinging sales" business standpoint.

Yeah...that's kind of a bullshit argument. I'll allow "Hero to the Blog", Brian Hibbs to discuss that one.  (Seriously, Brian is pretty much the topper-most of the popper-most in my eyes when it comes to retailing. He's been in the game long enough to know his shit. Tilting At The Windmills is doubleplusgood!)

Carson Grubaugh: In his mind this is not a mask for his political motivations because he also thinks overly political comics by conservative creators would drive away business.

The conversation confirmed that he does indeed prioritize comics as a business over comics as an art form.

Well, that's...interesting...

Carson Grubaugh: When I explained YDKJ to him he said he was not interested in projects that are explicitly political, on any side of the spectrum.

How "political" is YDKJ? Exactly?

Carson Grubaugh: Comicsgate, in his mind, seems to be mostly about creating a venue for making 1990's-esque junk-food superhero books because he believes this is what fans want.

I believe it was Neil Gaiman, who said, "I like a story." Also, ya know, this.

Carson Grubaugh: He constantly said that Marvel and DC are like Burger King, and since they only sell carb-free soy-patties now he is going to set up a nice greasey hamburger stand on the other corner.

Uh...

Carson Grubaugh: He repeatedly said that he is against creators telling fans "If you don't like it don't buy it." I suspect Ethan and Dave are 180º on that position. In Ethan's mind you should listen to what fans want and cater to that. It is their money, so they have a say.

Yeah...

Seriously, who said this?

Carson Grubaugh: Ethan was also adamant that by not listening to fans demands the Big Two are taking money out of the pockets of the retailers.

Um... How?

Carson Grubaugh: How he is solvimg this by crowdsourcing his work is unclear to me.

He's not. At all.

Carson Grubaugh: He was totally unaware of the situation Dave got into by releasing the first Cerebus trade on his own, the Creators Bill of Rights, etc.

And this is my problem with the ComicsGate. They have no clue as to the history of the Comics Industry, or of the Medium (One of them, not sure who, claimed Cerebus started as a parody of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Seriously.)

Ethan, if you're reading this, GO here, read EVERYTHING. Seriously, Al has done a great job documenting the history of the Bill.

Carson Grubaugh: Etham did express that there should be venues for comics as art, his brother Noah does well with exactly that over at Fantagraphics. Comicsgate, in his mind, is only about creating a venue the fills the void of junk-food comics since apparently Marvel and DC do not any more.

Uh... Fug it:
http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-252-this-retailer-wrote-252-columns-and-what-he-found-out-might-shock-you/
http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-261-marvel-comics-and-the-deck-chairs-of-the-titanic/
http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-262-why-marvels-lenticular-numbers-dont-add-up-for-my-stores/
http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-270-pondering-whether-to-close-a-comic-shop/

I mean, just read everything by Hibbs you can find. (I swear I read a column in an old issue of Comics Retailer where he talked about the received wisdom of how many issues of Cerebus you're supposed to order in relation to the number of issues of Batman you order. I wish I still had that...)

Carson Grubaugh: The offer was put forth many times that if Dave would just write a 48 page superhero book Ethan could net Dave a big payday. Apparently Dave was not interested in that.

Dave has always struck me as the kind of guy who gets up to leave, and somebody says, "But Dave, you're leaving money on the table." and Dave responds, "But my pockets are full".

Or as Dave has said, "Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered." (I believe it went.)

Carson Grubaugh: When I talked to Dave about that offer he shared my opinion that we probably just don't have the ability to produce junk-food superhero comics,

I do, and I'll work cheap. (tell Dave.)

Carson Grubaugh: but he will see if he can find a way to make it work, largely from the point of a formal challenge. I haven't heard anything back about that yet, and doubt, kind of hope, I don't. SDOAR is the priority.

As far as Cyberfrog. I can't speak.

Okay, this is like version...six? (seven?) of what I want to say about this.

And... I'm just not that invested. So, I'll send something up to Dave with everybody's concerns, and report back.

This is me, writing the blog...

Next Time: Hobbs, Thursday: Liss. Friday: Sim Saturday: Heath (If I can figure out how to get the MP3 to work.)Sunday: Sim Monday and Tuesday: Judenhass (just to finish it out...) Then: Hobbs, Liss, Sim, and then I gotta work again. Shit.

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