THE BEGINNINGS OF COMICGATE? Here’s an 8chan thread that brings up some suspiciousness about comicsalliance, which I wish I could say was “the big lefty comic book news site,” but to be honest that describes just about every one of them, with maybe 2 exceptions.
https://8chan.co/gamergate/res/95059.html
Hey, ever wonder why Comics Alliance seems to hate us so much, even though they’re not really a video game site? Ever wonder how Boom Studios got so popular despite questionable quality of their books? Well I think I might have found out why.
This is Chris Sims, writer for Comics Alliance. https://archive.today/ouqz5
Here he is shilling out for Ryan North (and Chris Hastings in one article): https://archive.today/7yuTJ https://archive.today/9FAod https://archive.today/vqZO9 https://archive.today/RWlcq https://archive.today/flRML https://archive.today/CqTPE https://archive.today/56ot9 https://archive.today/yHsER https://archive.today/jku5I
Proof that Ryan North and Chris Sims are friends: https://archive.today/R9J7F https://archive.today/cxZ0s
Proof that Chris Hastings and Chris Sims are friends: https://archive.today/hikIQ https://archive.today/WzAiB
Here he is shilling out for Colleen Coover: https://archive.today/pEHbM https://archive.today/JciNH https://archive.today/0gUsr https://archive.today/ue8bi
Proof that Colleen Coover and Chris Sims are friends: https://archive.today/7T14K https://archive.today/0ab7U
Here he is shilling out for Noelle Stevenson: https://archive.today/8gZa0 https://archive.today/6d9sf https://archive.today/ZOhFd https://archive.today/iUGo9 https://archive.today/1MTl4 https://archive.today/bxr0I https://archive.today/4PzYR
Plugging a Humble Bundle she’s in: https://archive.today/jCQSo
Proof that Noelle Stevenson and Chris Sims are friends: https://archive.today/gtNsV https://archive.today/80U7l
Here they are joking about the fact that they’re colluding: https://archive.today/63pxH
Here he is shilling out Mark Waid’s Archie reboot: https://archive.today/5L3jN
Proof that Chris Sims and Mark Waid are friends: https://archive.today/KUO5V https://archive.today/5aBa5
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Oh look, here’s Andrew Wheeler, “author and journalist. Senior editor at ComicsAlliance.” https://archive.today/4bjJu
Here he is shilling out the new Squirrel Girl, drawn by Erica Henderson: https://archive.today/P7YMi
Proof that Andrew Wheeler and Erica Henderson are friends: https://archive.today/Nwu1u https://archive.today/7B1PV
