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Late to the party as ever, I thought I would add my thoughts on the above now infamous quote from a 2017 interview with comic writer Kelly Sue DeConnick. I'm sure lots of other people have said the same thing, but don't worry, it's gonna be short and sweet.
This is why I'm comicsgate. Comicsgate puts aside the petty differences and is inclusive of everyone regardless of their identity or point of view.
The ridiculous 'If you don't like my politics...' line has to be one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard in comics. Not to mention mean spirited, condescending and rude. I've only ever read one trade paperback of one of her series in the past and will never be reading any more again. Congrats Kelly Sue, here's another potential PAYING CUSTOMER you've chased away. The book I read was kind of 'meh', not very good, kinda boring. What I particularly don't like is the erstwhile Ms. DeConnick's appalling attitude that you see everywhere in pop culture at the moment, that nasty need to divide the audience all in the name of preaching some sort of extremist dogma. It's really weird, ugly and just so effing stupid! That's NOT what comics and pop culture is about. It's about bringing people TOGETHER from all walks of life, from all colours and creeds, and from all points of view including the ones you disagree with. The business of comics is about selling as many books as possible, not chasing away your customers and taking the few that remain for granted. You can't control and police your readers, what they do or think is not up to anyone but themselves and you, Ms DeConnick and your ilk are NOT entitled to any of their money or patronage. You have to earn that by producing good work that anyone, regardless of their politics might want to buy.
'If you don't like my politics, don't buy my books', (?!!) Surely the OPPOSITE is true. If you have something to say, that you feel is important and needs to be out there doesn't it make sense that you want it to reach as many people as possible? Even the people who might disagree with you?
As a rule I want to stay out of divisive partisan politics in any of my comic projects. That's not to say I don't have a point of view or don't explore any issues within any work I produce, in fact the opposite is probably true. I'm just not gonna preach or chase anyone away and I want to challenge other points of view and have my point of view challenged. Maybe then we can both learn something new to take forward.
So if you don't like my politics, if you do, or if you don't care, please buy my book and then tell me what you think of it. There will be something in there for everyone to enjoy.
A whole piece with no images... we'll soon fix that-
Here's a digital OC that was going to be a character in 'Reality Check' from a few years ago.
P.S. Everyone knows this as well but, Captain Marvel is a poor selling, mean spirited, catastrophic failure that only survived because of constant reboots and new #1s to artificially push up the numbers. Nobody likes it... and it's an objectively poor comic. Pass it on...
This isn't objectively poor, it's a Funky Punk Comics T-shirt... links below.
Here's the cover for the first issue of the old Fred Fortune series, link to where to find it on Comic Flea Market below. It is now available, along with the FP logo above, as a design on T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers from our Teespring also linked below. Please have a look, thank you.
Late to the party as ever, I thought I would add my thoughts on the above now infamous quote from a 2017 interview with comic writer Kelly Sue DeConnick. I'm sure lots of other people have said the same thing, but don't worry, it's gonna be short and sweet.
This is why I'm comicsgate. Comicsgate puts aside the petty differences and is inclusive of everyone regardless of their identity or point of view.
The ridiculous 'If you don't like my politics...' line has to be one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard in comics. Not to mention mean spirited, condescending and rude. I've only ever read one trade paperback of one of her series in the past and will never be reading any more again. Congrats Kelly Sue, here's another potential PAYING CUSTOMER you've chased away. The book I read was kind of 'meh', not very good, kinda boring. What I particularly don't like is the erstwhile Ms. DeConnick's appalling attitude that you see everywhere in pop culture at the moment, that nasty need to divide the audience all in the name of preaching some sort of extremist dogma. It's really weird, ugly and just so effing stupid! That's NOT what comics and pop culture is about. It's about bringing people TOGETHER from all walks of life, from all colours and creeds, and from all points of view including the ones you disagree with. The business of comics is about selling as many books as possible, not chasing away your customers and taking the few that remain for granted. You can't control and police your readers, what they do or think is not up to anyone but themselves and you, Ms DeConnick and your ilk are NOT entitled to any of their money or patronage. You have to earn that by producing good work that anyone, regardless of their politics might want to buy.
'If you don't like my politics, don't buy my books', (?!!) Surely the OPPOSITE is true. If you have something to say, that you feel is important and needs to be out there doesn't it make sense that you want it to reach as many people as possible? Even the people who might disagree with you?
As a rule I want to stay out of divisive partisan politics in any of my comic projects. That's not to say I don't have a point of view or don't explore any issues within any work I produce, in fact the opposite is probably true. I'm just not gonna preach or chase anyone away and I want to challenge other points of view and have my point of view challenged. Maybe then we can both learn something new to take forward.
So if you don't like my politics, if you do, or if you don't care, please buy my book and then tell me what you think of it. There will be something in there for everyone to enjoy.
A whole piece with no images... we'll soon fix that-
Here's a digital OC that was going to be a character in 'Reality Check' from a few years ago.
P.S. Everyone knows this as well but, Captain Marvel is a poor selling, mean spirited, catastrophic failure that only survived because of constant reboots and new #1s to artificially push up the numbers. Nobody likes it... and it's an objectively poor comic. Pass it on...
This isn't objectively poor, it's a Funky Punk Comics T-shirt... links below.
Here's the cover for the first issue of the old Fred Fortune series, link to where to find it on Comic Flea Market below. It is now available, along with the FP logo above, as a design on T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers from our Teespring also linked below. Please have a look, thank you.
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