You can’t make this stuff up in 2020. Every time you think the entertainment media can’t possibly get more degenerate, more destructive, more horrific, they somehow lower the bar. I don’t even want to post the image because it’s so disgusting. You can look it up if you want. The show is called “cuties” and […]
Ditko On Heroism and Truth
I found this video of Steve Ditko speaking as to what a hero is and should be, on ideals and truth, and how important those ideals are to story. I’d never heard Ditko’s voice before, and though he’s obviously not an orator or salesman like Stan Lee while reading this script, his ideas are what’s […]
Meme Of The Day: Gucci Gang
Li’l Ben Shapiro may be trying to get us into a middle east war, but he should really just be joining the Gucci Gang. Spy Training is now off to the publisher, which means you need to catch up on my Steam Knight series if you haven’t already! It’s cooler than the Gucci Gang. Read […]
IndieGoGo Tampers With 2nd ComicsGate Campaign
@ElectricDino12 reports this morning that IndieGoGo has not delivered him his funds on his comic book, Rebel Yell #2, even though the campaign closed back on Feb 21st. “Indiegogo has had since Feb 21st to disperse the funds for our successfully crowdfunded Rebel Yell Issue #2, but they say that the comic has yet to […]
Why Do People Clap During Movies?
It’s something that is pretty much only a part of geek fandom movies like The Avengers. But like monkeys, people in the theaters go and clap during the title sequence, or after the movie, as if they’re applauding someone for an excellent performance… …but there’s no one there performing. It doesn’t make sense. It’s pure […]
Another Right Wing Scalp Is Claimed…
…by the right. Why do we eat our own? You may not have heard of DC McAllister before. but she’s a writer who’s done a ton of work for The Federalist and The Daily Wire as a staff writer. She’s been doing it for a long, long time, the type of person who’s consistent, putting […]
Video Games Cause…
…something good? Yes, you’re reading that right. I figured we have enough bad news all the time that when I see a good story, I want to repeat it and shout it from the rooftops. A 15 year old girl went missing, and police did everything they could to find her, including Officer Strebel of the […]
Worldcon 76 Committee Member Attacks Hispanic Author With Fake Review
One would think that while Worldcon was in a lawsuit with me over their defamatory statement calling me a “racist bully” that they would at the very least instruct their committee members not to further tamper with my business or try to harm my reputation over their angry extremist political stances. Well, it looks like […]
The Feast Of War Recap: The Value Of Good Men
Apologies for the lack of blog on Monday, but I was recovering from a weekend of too much fun, joy, energy, and needed the headspace to work on prepping my Kickstarter launch on Thursday for Flying Sparks 2: Mob Ties. You might be wondering what the title Feast Of War is, or why it was […]
#ComicsGate Doesn’t Want Or Need Gatekeepers
Political gatekeeping has to stop. Last summer saw a group of guys who were forging ahead in indie comics in a way that was unique. We pushed each others books, cared about the craft, were working toward building a world where GOOD books were what mattered. The whole point of ComicsGate was to point a […]
Captain Marvel: FINALLY, A Movie Supporting Trump’s Immigration Policies
I’m not going to give the same hot takes as everyone else. You’ll have your movie reviews that talk about the mess that is Captain Marvel. I think the sad part about the whole movie that there’s just very simple choices which are easy to fix and it could have been a fine movie. But! […]
Women Lie About Rape
The #MeToo movement went completely out of control this last year and a half, destroying men’s lives, dragging them through mud, and more often than not, during incidents that are complete falsehoods like in the case of our supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Award-winning journalist Megan Fox will be joining us on the lunch stream […]
I See The Same Mistakes In Every Culture War Battle
Every time there’s a flare up, the folk who try to be fence sitters and moderates do exactly the same thing. They’re engaged in a battle because they’re attacked, or some of their friends are attacked, and they try to play a “voice of reason” in this. The problem is, when you’re in the middle […]
A Phenomenal Review + The Lunch Stream with Brian Niemeier
I received about the most substantive review of Flying Sparks to date last night from Elzibar. This person truly understands the importance of character to drive a story, and what I’m going for by proxy. It’s not a puff piece, he has very good critiques on the book but on the story front, you can […]
Never EVER Apologize to SJWs
It’s 2019, and I feel like this has been beaten to death as a topic, but it still bears repeating as we now have the millionth example of someone hoping to get back in the good graces of SJWs who control publishing after explicitly VIOLATING THE NARRATIVE. I need to point people to the great […]
When You Can Predict How Enemies React (SOTU Analysis)
When you easily can predict how opponents will react, you can set a persuasive agenda that is unparalleled. We watched this in action in the state of the union address last night where President Trump has pushed the Democrats to go full tilt. I love watching this strategy in play because it’s useful on a […]
Burnt Out On Fake Outrage
If there’s one thing the internet is good at, it’s fake outrage of the day. For the people stirred up, it isn’t even fake. The passions are real. But the reason people stir it up is for clicks and engagement, not about any concern about an actual topic. The danger we run into is there […]
Amazon’s Tampering With Castalia House Is A Lesson In Anti-Fragility
For content creators, we rely on platforms. This blog is hosted. Amazon sells books. Indiegogo crowdfunds. Patreon provides a stable source. Youtube provides video advertising and discussion. Twitter provides interaction with fans. It’s a necessary part of the game if one wants to have a full career where one is actually getting their content out […]
Interviewing Hoaxed Movie’s Directors
There’s going to be a very important lunch stream today where Katrina and I talk about Hoaxed the movie with its directors. You won’t want to miss this. The movie is one of the most monumental undertakings in culture over the last year. Please like, subscribe, share.
Introducing IndyCron
Back on July 30, 2018, I unveiled IndieChron, crowdfund tracking of independent comics from my site here meant to highlight indie books and show how much of a dent they’re making in the industry from their successes. The point was this: we would promote indie books, have a good spot for people to find […]
Everyone’s Talking Meta-Man!
What a day! Despite having a hate campaign against me where several reviewers said they couldn’t review the book because they feared harassment from ComicsGate, some reviewers were very brave with their channels. Please give them likes and subscribes to let them know that people love them for being brave and being a REAL alternative […]
The Distribution Problem In Comics Is Solved
Peter Simeti, owner of Alterna Comics, made a post inquiring as to whether would support a crowdfund to “make a new distribution system” for comics the other day. He’s interested to see what people would pay for that. Overwhelmingly, comics fans acknowledge Diamond Distribution’s role in being a problem for comics, and of course, the […]
SFWA’s Bizarre Stance Of Supporting Targeted Harassment Of Children
Over the past year, I’ve applied to join the Science Fiction Writers of America three times. In theory, the organization is supposed to be a group that supports professional sci-fi writers, in assisting with medical insurance, providing access to net-galley reviews for releases, and being a community of writers who sell above a certain threshold. […]
Being A Creator Is All About Producing
There’s things going on right now I just don’t want to blog about because it’s just so negative, so instead, I’m reflecting on how to make 2019 into something better than 2018 (which was pretty great as it was) and build a new movement from the ashes of the old one I started in early […]