Creators Fire Back Against Comicsgate | The Comics Pals Episode 97

This week, the Pals talk about Alec Baldwin's about face with regards to his role in the Joker film, C.B. Cebulski's (A.K.A. Akira Yoshida) desire to keep Marvel Comics entertaining, and we discuss the industry's top creators FINALLY firing back at Comicsgate.

Random Question of the Week

Pals Pulls:

Phil - Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Omnibus, Moon Knight and Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood

Pete - Snotgirl #11

Sean - Batman #54

News:

Alec Baldwin Joins then Exits Joker Film:

https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/29/alec-baldwin-joker-movie/

High Insurance Could Spell End of Batfleck Saga:

https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/08/28/ben-affleck-batman-insurance-costs-cut/

DC Universe Release Date Announced:

https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/29/17798590/dc-universe-streaming-launch-date-titans-tv-air-date

DC Fans Demand Justice League Snyder Cut during DC Live Stream:

https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/08/30/justice-league-snyder-cut-dc-universe-live-stream/

Diamond Delays Pullbox:

https://www.newsarama.com/41626-diamond-s-pullbox-pushed-back-to-october.html

C.B. Cebulski Wants Marvel Comics to Focus on Entertainment, not Politics:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-editor-in-chief-c-b-cebulski-wants-to-focus-on-1828715312

Alterna Comics Says Its Creators Can't Mass Ban Trolls:

http://comicsandheroes.com/2018/08/31/alterna-comics-block-chain-ban-for-creators-courts-controversy/

Main Topic:

Comic Book creators are finally banding together to hit back against comicsgate. We discuss how this could positively (or negatively) impact comics, why the heavyweight creators waited so long to weigh in on this controversy directly, and how the timing and inciting incident of this stand may represent an inherent problem in our culture.

https://www.polygon.com/comics/2018/8/29/17796422/comicsgate-online-harassment-darwyn-marsha-cooke-van-sciver

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

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