Daily Comics Digression #47: Comics Is Full of Wusses

I've mentioned before how comic book professionalism is a dinosaur from a bygone eon. The more access comic book creators have to social media, the more childish they seem to become. If you would like some recent evidence, take a gander at Richard Meyer's successful crowdfunding campaign. Meyer, an outspoken critic of the current SJW infestation of popular culture, has raised upwards of two hundred grand to publish his graphic novel Jawbreakers: Lost Souls. Before the campaign ended, there was almost complete radio silence from much of the establishment comic book industry and media. But once the campaign was successfully funded and a publisher announced, suddenly so-called professionals began crying wolf about how Meyer is some serial harasser for daring to poke fun at comic books with dad jokes. 

Reading through the complaints of these wimps is excruciatingly painful. Especially frustrating is the hypocritical double standard many of them have. People who do not mind using the worst profanity or violent language when it comes to verbally lacerating Trump suddenly flip and clutch their pearls when normal people say that they don't like feminism and want a particular creator to stop ruining their favorite characters. It's an insidious kind of intellectual sleight of hand when one says the most vile things about one's enemies and expecting to get away with it because "I don't really mean it," but then refusing the same kind of consideration when one's opponents make criticisms. Professional offense takers take everything literally except when they speak. 

While this double think is often used to try and bully non-progressives into silence, it also has the unintended side effect of making grown men and women look like pathetic, whiny brats. Remember that kid in grade school who was really mean, but who always overreacted and yelled for teacher over the most meaningless perceived insults? These sissies now write your favorite comic book characters. 

You can imagine how these wusses react to a military veteran who fearlessly lampoons them and their work. They seem ignorant of the fact that Meyer is a fairly average individual in his tastes and speech; so every time twitter warriors call him the worst of humanity, they're really vilifying their own consumer base. Such actions and attitudes are not without consequences, and it looks like the beginning of these is a graphic novel that's sold a fifth of a million dollars before even being released.