‘Occupy Comics’ Anthology: Exclusive Creators, Kickstarter and Social Change Through Art [Interview] By Andy Khouri Occupy Comics: Art & Stories Inspired by Occupy Wall Street is a forthcoming comic book anthology featuring work created in response to the Occupy movement taking place at multiple sites around the world, most notably in New York City. Led by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo (Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, Godkiller), the project is intended to be “a time capsule of the passions and emotions driving the movement” and “tell the stories of the people who are out there putting themselves at risk for an idea.”Featuring such popular creators as Charlie Adlard, Marc Andreyko, Tyler Crook, J.M. DeMatteis, Joshua Dysart, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Joseph Michael Linsner, Steve Niles, Steve Rolston, Tim Seeley, Ben Templesmith, Dan Goldman, Amanda Palmer and Darick Robertson, Occupy Comics has already received $10,000 in pledges via the Kickstarter fundraising platform. ComicsAlliance can confirm exclusively that Occupy Comics will also containmaterial by Mike Allred, Shannon Wheeler, Eric Drooker, Ryan Ottley, Dean Haspiel, Guy Denning and, perhaps most auspiciously, David Lloyd, whose work has already had a demonstrable influence on the Occupy movement, with many protesters wearing the Guy Fawkes mask he designed for his and Alan Moore’s anarchist anti-hero in V for Vendetta.Occupy Comics is distinct from other comics-based Kickstarter campaigns in that it will pay its contributors from the funds raised, but those contributors have promised to “immediately” donate their wages to the protesters as they see fit, and before the final product is released. The plan requires some explanation, so with nine fundraising days remaining in the campaign, ComicsAlliance connected with Matt Pizzolo for a candid interview about the philosophy, goals and financial particulars of Occupy Comics, and to discuss the controversial protest movement that the book represents. Read the interview at ComicsAlliance.
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‘Occupy Comics’ Anthology: Exclusive Creators, Kickstarter and Social Change Through Art [Interview]

By Andy Khouri

Occupy Comics: Art & Stories Inspired by Occupy Wall Street is a forthcoming comic book anthology featuring work created in response to the Occupy movement taking place at multiple sites around the world, most notably in New York City. Led by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo (Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, Godkiller), the project is intended to be “a time capsule of the passions and emotions driving the movement” and “tell the stories of the people who are out there putting themselves at risk for an idea.”

Featuring such popular creators as Charlie Adlard, Marc Andreyko, Tyler Crook, J.M. DeMatteis, Joshua Dysart, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Joseph Michael Linsner, Steve Niles, Steve Rolston, Tim Seeley, Ben Templesmith, Dan Goldman, Amanda Palmer and Darick Robertson, Occupy Comics has already received $10,000 in pledges via the Kickstarter fundraising platform. ComicsAlliance can confirm exclusively that Occupy Comics will also containmaterial by Mike Allred, Shannon Wheeler, Eric Drooker, Ryan Ottley, Dean Haspiel, Guy Denning and, perhaps most auspiciously, David Lloyd, whose work has already had a demonstrable influence on the Occupy movement, with many protesters wearing the Guy Fawkes mask he designed for his and Alan Moore’s anarchist anti-hero in V for Vendetta.

Occupy Comics is distinct from other comics-based Kickstarter campaigns in that it will pay its contributors from the funds raised, but those contributors have promised to “immediately” donate their wages to the protesters as they see fit, and before the final product is released. The plan requires some explanation, so with nine fundraising days remaining in the campaign, ComicsAlliance connected with Matt Pizzolo for a candid interview about the philosophy, goals and financial particulars of Occupy Comics, and to discuss the controversial protest movement that the book represents.

Read the interview at ComicsAlliance.

The Pepper Spray Cop Makes His Way into Comic Book History [Humor] By now, most people have seen the video of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike shooting pepper spray in the faces of passive, seated student protesters over the weekend; cell phone footage of the incident quickly went viral, transforming Pike not only into an instant symbol of police brutality and a flashpoint for criticisms about how force is used against protesters engaged in peaceful civil disobedience, but also a hilarious Internet meme that mocks the mustachioed policeman. The now-infamous image of Pike — a.k.a. Pepper Spray Cop — deploying his canister has has been inserted into everything from fine art to Disney movies (including The Lion King, which made me ROFLOL). We at ComicsAlliance couldn’t help but wonder what this meme might look like if it manifested at crucial moments in comic book history. Read More at ComicsAlliance.
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The Pepper Spray Cop Makes His Way into Comic Book History [Humor]

By now, most people have seen the video of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike shooting pepper spray in the faces of passive, seated student protesters over the weekend; cell phone footage of the incident quickly went viral, transforming Pike not only into an instant symbol of police brutality and a flashpoint for criticisms about how force is used against protesters engaged in peaceful civil disobedience, but also a hilarious Internet meme that mocks the mustachioed policeman. The now-infamous image of Pike — a.k.a. Pepper Spray Cop — deploying his canister has has been inserted into everything from fine art to Disney movies (including The Lion King, which made me ROFLOL).

We at ComicsAlliance couldn’t help but wonder what this meme might look like if it manifested at crucial moments in comic book history. 

Read More at ComicsAlliance.

The Pepper Spray Cop Makes His Way into Comic Book History [Humor] By now, most people have seen the video of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike shooting pepper spray in the faces of passive, seated student protesters over the weekend; cell phone footage of the incident quickly went viral, transforming Pike not only into an instant symbol of police brutality and a flashpoint for criticisms about how force is used against protesters engaged in peaceful civil disobedience, but also a hilarious Internet meme that mocks the mustachioed policeman. The now-infamous image of Pike — a.k.a. Pepper Spray Cop — deploying his canister has has been inserted into everything from fine art to Disney movies(including The Lion King, which made me ROFLOL).We at ComicsAlliance couldn’t help but wonder what this meme might look like if it manifested at crucial moments in comic book history. See more at ComicsAlliance.
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The Pepper Spray Cop Makes His Way into Comic Book History [Humor]

By now, most people have seen the video of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike shooting pepper spray in the faces of passive, seated student protesters over the weekend; cell phone footage of the incident quickly went viral, transforming Pike not only into an instant symbol of police brutality and a flashpoint for criticisms about how force is used against protesters engaged in peaceful civil disobedience, but also a hilarious Internet meme that mocks the mustachioed policeman. The now-infamous image of Pike — a.k.a. Pepper Spray Cop — deploying his canister has has been inserted into everything from fine art to Disney movies(including The Lion King, which made me ROFLOL).

We at ComicsAlliance couldn’t help but wonder what this meme might look like if it manifested at crucial moments in comic book history.

See more at ComicsAlliance.

Frank Miller Was a Cranky Old Man All Along: A Retrospective By Chris Sims By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about the statements about the Occupy protests by legendary comic book creator and hat enthusiast Frank Miller, in which he referred to the protesters as “louts, thieves and rapists” and suggested that they “go back to your mommas’ basements.” They are undoubtedly pretty polarizing statements, but we here at ComicsAlliance have been a little perplexed by people saying that they were surprised by them. If you’ve been reading his comics closely over the years, you could spot this coming a mile away. That’s why today, we’ve decided to take a look back at Miller’s earlier works and identify the moments where these ideas begin to emerge. Read more at ComicsAlliance.
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Frank Miller Was a Cranky Old Man All Along: A Retrospective

By Chris Sims

By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about the statements about the Occupy protests by legendary comic book creator and hat enthusiast Frank Miller, in which he referred to the protesters as “louts, thieves and rapists” and suggested that they “go back to your mommas’ basements.” They are undoubtedly pretty polarizing statements, but we here at ComicsAlliance have been a little perplexed by people saying that they were surprised by them. If you’ve been reading his comics closely over the years, you could spot this coming a mile away. That’s why today, we’ve decided to take a look back at Miller’s earlier works and identify the moments where these ideas begin to emerge.

Read more at ComicsAlliance.

Mark Millar Defends ‘Favorite Writer’ Frank Miller from Fan Backlash [Op-Ed] By Laura Hudson Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and 300 creator Frank Miller has faced a great deal of criticism lately for his controversial behavior and commentary, from the anti-Muslim sentiment of his self-described “propaganda” graphic novel Holy Terror, his admitted ignorance about the faith of the people he wants to “burn in hell,” and his comments labeling the Occupy Wall Street protestors “pond scum” and “louts, thieves and rapists” for distracting America from what he believes is an Islamic threat.Miller’s screeds have shocked many comic book fans and even professionals, not just because his ideas are ideologically different than their own, but because his “analysis,” as Wanted and Kick-Ass writer Mark Millar called it, amounts to little more than ugly, emotional tantrums comprised almost entirely of name-calling. Millar has nonetheless stepped up to defend Miller, berating his “favorite writer’s” critics for… well, being so mean to him.   Politically, I disagree with [Miller’s] analysis, but that’s besides the point. I wasn’t shocked by his comments because they’re no different from a lot of commentators I’ve seen discussing the subject. What shocked me was the vitriol against him, the big bucket of sh*t poured over the head by even fellow comic-book creators for saying what was on his mind. Apologism is a common reaction, or tactic, by the supporters of great men and women whose profound personal flaws or misdeeds have been exposed, and an understandable one. It’s difficult to watch your heroes fall, especially by their own hand. But let’s get real: the problem here is Miller and the things he has said and done, not the fact that other people have failed to protect him from the consequences of his very public and deliberate actions.Read more at ComicsAlliance.
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Mark Millar Defends ‘Favorite Writer’ Frank Miller from Fan Backlash [Op-Ed]

By Laura Hudson

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and 300 creator Frank Miller has faced a great deal of criticism lately for his controversial behavior and commentary, from the anti-Muslim sentiment of his self-described “propaganda” graphic novel Holy Terror, his admitted ignorance about the faith of the people he wants to “burn in hell,” and his comments labeling the Occupy Wall Street protestors “pond scum” and “louts, thieves and rapists” for distracting America from what he believes is an Islamic threat.

Miller’s screeds have shocked many comic book fans and even professionals, not just because his ideas are ideologically different than their own, but because his “analysis,” as Wanted and Kick-Ass writer Mark Millar called it, amounts to little more than ugly, emotional tantrums comprised almost entirely of name-calling. Millar has nonetheless stepped up to defend Miller, berating his “favorite writer’s” critics for… well, being so mean to him.

 

Politically, I disagree with [Miller’s] analysis, but that’s besides the point. I wasn’t shocked by his comments because they’re no different from a lot of commentators I’ve seen discussing the subject. What shocked me was the vitriol against him, the big bucket of sh*t poured over the head by even fellow comic-book creators for saying what was on his mind.


Apologism is a common reaction, or tactic, by the supporters of great men and women whose profound personal flaws or misdeeds have been exposed, and an understandable one. It’s difficult to watch your heroes fall, especially by their own hand. But let’s get real: the problem here is Miller and the things he has said and done, not the fact that other people have failed to protect him from the consequences of his very public and deliberate actions.

Read more at ComicsAlliance.

Cartoonists Occupy Webcomics in ‘Beginning of the American Fall’ and ‘Occupy Sketchbook’ Known to ComicsAlliance readers for publishing Susie Cagle’s What Every Woman Should Know — about the faith-based “crisis pregnancy centers” that have been cropping up in California — and several pieces in support of assaulted cartoonist Ali Ferzat, Cartoon Movement has quite naturally been all over the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City and elsewhere. The site and its contributors have been documenting scenes and anecdotes from the controversial protests around the United States, and the results so far have been the first seven-page installment of Minimum Security cartoonist Stephanie McMillan’s “The Beginning of the American Fall” and the first Occupy Sketchbook, featuring work by Cagle as well as Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man, I Thought You Would Be Funnier) and Sharon Rosenzweig (The Comic Torah).  Read more at ComicsAlliance.
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Cartoonists Occupy Webcomics in ‘Beginning of the American Fall’ and ‘Occupy Sketchbook’

Known to ComicsAlliance readers for publishing Susie Cagle’s What Every Woman Should Know — about the faith-based “crisis pregnancy centers” that have been cropping up in California — and several pieces in support of assaulted cartoonist Ali Ferzat, Cartoon Movement has quite naturally been all over the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City and elsewhere. The site and its contributors have been documenting scenes and anecdotes from the controversial protests around the United States, and the results so far have been the first seven-page installment of Minimum Security cartoonist Stephanie McMillan’s “The Beginning of the American Fall” and the first Occupy Sketchbook, featuring work by Cagle as well as Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man, I Thought You Would Be Funnier) and Sharon Rosenzweig (The Comic Torah). 

Read more at ComicsAlliance.

Frank Miller Calls Occupy Movement ‘Louts, Thieves and Rapists’300 and Holy Terror creator Frank Miller expresses his thoughts about the Occupy movement on his blog. Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense: The “Occupy” movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. “Occupy” is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.“Occupy” is nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the “movement” – HAH! Some “movement”, except if the word “bowel” is attached - is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for themselves.This is no popular uprising. This is garbage. And goodness knows they’re spewing their garbage – both politically and physically – every which way they can find.Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy.Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you’ve been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you’ve heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism.And this enemy of mine - not of yours, apparently - must be getting a dark chuckle, if not an outright horselaugh - out of your vain, childish, self-destructive spectacle.In the name of decency, go home to your parents, you losers. Go back to your mommas’ basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft.Or better yet, enlist for the real thing. Maybe our military could whip some of you into shape.They might not let you babies keep your iPhones, though. Try to soldier on.Schmucks.FM  
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Frank Miller Calls Occupy Movement ‘Louts, Thieves and Rapists’

300 and Holy Terror creator Frank Miller expresses his thoughts about the Occupy movement on his blog.


Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense:

The “Occupy” movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. “Occupy” is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.

“Occupy” is nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the “movement” – HAH! Some “movement”, except if the word “bowel” is attached - is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for themselves.

This is no popular uprising. This is garbage. And goodness knows they’re spewing their garbage – both politically and physically – every which way they can find.

Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy.

Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you’ve been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you’ve heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism.

And this enemy of mine - not of yours, apparently - must be getting a dark chuckle, if not an outright horselaugh - out of your vain, childish, self-destructive spectacle.

In the name of decency, go home to your parents, you losers. Go back to your mommas’ basements and play with your Lords Of Warcraft.

Or better yet, enlist for the real thing. Maybe our military could whip some of you into shape.

They might not let you babies keep your iPhones, though. Try to soldier on.

Schmucks.

FM