Ethan Van Sciver Educates Bill Sienkiewicz on Comicsgate!

John F. Trent |

Sep 4, 2018

Comic book creator Ethan Van Sciver took to Twitter to educate Bill Sienkiewicz on Comicsgate. Van Sciver’s education of Sienkiewicz came after the [easyazon_link identifier=”1302912887″ locale=”US” tag=”boundingintocomics-20″]New Mutants[/easyazon_link] artist penned a Facebook post where he decried Comicsgate and decided to call those participating in the movement “assholes.”

He would take it a step further and call them “creepy racist misogynist uncles showing up at reunions and pissing in the punchbowl.” He would continue with insults calling Comicsgate supporters “awful ambassadors,” “brownshirts,” and “goddamned ugly dicks.” He would end his post saying, ” you won’t be missed one damned bit.”

Sienkiewicz’s post would inspire what appears to be a coordinated media attack on Comicsgate and its members. There would be articles from CBR, Paste, Vulture, Polygon, Daily Dot, Inverse, and more.

Ethan Van Sciver took the chance to educate Sienkiewicz as well as the public at large on Comicsgate:

So here’s a list of what #Comicsgate has suffered in the last year at the hands of the people @sinKEVitch is coddling and justifiying. This will be a looooooong thread. Let’s go! https://t.co/a4QePcLFFx

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

1.Calls for violence against CG supporters.
2. Tried to shut down D&C’s Patreon.
3. Wished Zack had died from an ied.
4. Wanted to hit CIS people with a baseball bat.
5. Make fake sock accounts to make their enemies look bad

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

6. Tried to frame a CGer for murder.
7. Calls POC within CG Uncle Toms.
8. Wish CG would get dick cancer.
9. Harrass anyone who doesn’t denounce CG as a hate movement, even if they are long time friends/colleagues.
10. Try to get people fired.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

11. Committed a (failed) doxxing.
12. Shamelessly e-beg for sandwiches and rent money.
13. Laughed at a woman getting shot (injured) by her toddler.
14. Send letters to cons so they drop anyone they dislike from attending.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

15. Collude to trigger a veteran’s (non-existent) PTSD, to justify punching him under the excuse of self defense.
16. Collude and harass a smaller publisher into dropping the publication of a comic made by a person they dislike.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

17. Labeled EVS a white supremacist and made him exit the industry with their “toxic” behavior.
18. Set up fake IndieGoGos to hinder their success.
19. Tried to have crowdfunding sites to ban CG backed projects.
20.Have numerous hit pieces targeting CG and individuals within it.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

21. Sent pictures of an anus to a person they dislike.
22. Called for incivility and tried to link domestic violence to CG.
23. Tried to tie the most recent shooting to the CG.
24. Openly racist to white people.
25. Support antifa.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

26. Call criticism harassment.
27. Created an entire fake persona to fight against CG.
28. Led a harassment campaign against EVS for making a joke and defend James Gunn for doing the exact same thing.
29. Treat customers like garbage.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

30. Lead a harassment campaign against publisher who RT or thank purchases from customer associated with the CG.
31. Stalked D&C’s son Facebook.
32. Killing the comic industry.
33. Pushing away existing readership for an imaginary new and more progressive readership.

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

34. Told people reviewing his books to “feast upon his ass”.
35. Threatened violence with a gun.
36. Censored any discussion on boards/reddits about comicsgate or its supporters.@sinKEVitch this is the campaign you have become the leader of. Any comment? You’re cool with this?

— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) August 31, 2018

We have documented a number of points that Ethan makes.

Take a look:

Image Comics writer Michelle Perez wishes death upon military veteran Richard Meyer a.k.a. Diversity & Comics by IED.

Marvel and DC Comics writer Magdalene Visaggio threatened to beat cis people up with a spiked bat.

Black [AF] writer Kwanza Osajyefo implied non-white Comicsgate supporters were Uncle Toms.

Comic book creator Mike McKone wished Comicsgate supporters would get dick cancer.

CBR and Polygon writer Kieran Shiach has been leading campaigns to get a number of comic book professionals fired including Ethan Van Sciver, Howard Chaykin, and Brian Wood.

Tim Doyle called for lawsuits against Donald Trump supporters who work in the comic book industry.

Comic book creator B. Clay Moore threatened to harass Richard Meyer at a convention in an attempt to provoke him into violence.

Mark Waid inserted himself into a relationship with publisher Antarctic Press and Diversity & Comics, Jon Malin, and Brett R. Smith’s Jawbreakers – Lost Souls. After Waid’s intervention the publisher dropped Jawbreakers – Lost Souls.

Tim Doyle and Kieran Shiach worked overtime in order to label Ethan Van Sciver a white supremacist, an accusation that has been roundly condemned.

Trolls attempted to create fake fundraisers for Van Sciver’s Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney. in order to dupe customers.