Last time, we discussed the beginning of the Archie Comics series Sonic the Hedgehog and how one man wove his personal mythology and history directly into the character Knuckles the Echidna. While there were many contributors to the comics at that t…
Growing up in the early days of Nintendo and Sega, I have seen the many ups and downs of early gaming, but probably none so volatile as that of Sonic the Hedgehog. In 1990, Sega president Hayao Nakayama decided that their company needed a flagship s…
The high profile victimization of both Peter Simeti and Edwin Boyette helped to fill a narrative hole in the ComicsGate mythology. The online harassment lobbed at trans and female creators left the general public extremely wary or largely turned off…
As ComicsGate found support in alternative news outlets, there was still an open question as to how much legitimacy the group could obtain. Certainly they found some big names in Ethan Van Sciver or Jon Malin, but both of these artists had largely a…
After years of growing harassment, provocation, and Alt-Right infiltration, ComicsGate staked its claim as the heir apparent to the GamerGate movement from just a short while prior. Arguing for apolitical storytelling while pushing for more right-wi…
While GamerGate laid the groundwork for a change in how the public interacted with creators, critics, and publishers, bad faith actors took note of how easily co-opted an online movement can be (Romano, 2021). We already learned how Breitbart, Storm…
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