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mercutia ([info]mercutia) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2008-01-01 22:01:00

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Current mood:Overwhelmed

Epic Comic Book Resource Forum Wank
(Teal deer alert.)

And when I say "epic" I mean "80+ pages". I found it interesting and even I collapsed after 18 straight pages and just started skimming. Mercifully, the thread's been closed, but the whole thing's of recent vintage.

Over on the Comic Book Resources Forums, a member named talontm starts a thread about an article on Comics Village by one Rick Sharer regarding Dave Sim (creator of Cerebus, a 20-year-running comic about an anthropomorphic misanthropic aardvark) and his Very Brave (And Right!) Stand Against Feminism, including this gem of praise:

We needed a good slap in the face to wake us from our zombie-like existence so that we could somehow find a way to put an end to the madness with which Marxist-feminists have been slowly, but effectively and pervasively, poisoning our society.

That's talontm speaking, not Dave Sim. Because after a while it gets hard to tell who's saying what. Talontm shows in later comments that he is very much in agreement with the article's author and with Sims. FEMINISM IS EVIL! WAKE UP, PEOPLE OPPRESSED MEN! Talontm also goes on to briefly congratulate Gail Simone (one of the CBR forum's mods) on being recognized for some of her work, I suppose in an effort to make himself look enlightened or something.

The very second comment in the thread is from Gail Simone, who read the link and is having none of it:

What a bunch of twaddle.

...aaaaaand they're off. Major players include Gail, talontm, cedardryad, who is female and thinks maybe it's not as bad as all that, Paul McEnery who doesn't totally agree but thinks there's a case to be made for Sim's position, and a Greek chorus of politely outraged male/female/transgendered forum members (Evan Waters, Solaris, and Pink Bat Max, to name a very few) who argue with talontm to no avail. And I say "polite" in that they actually try to reason with him and nobody that I saw went into flailing capslock of rage.

Oh, and it comes out that talontm and Rick Sharer are one and the same. Surprising, I know.

Eventually talontm accuses forum member colleen of being a lying liar who lies, but doesn't really say HOW. Right around here my eyeballs started to cross, so YMMV, but eventually it comes out that this searing indictment of untruth on colleen's part is because she said she doesn't read Cerebus, but apparently got a free copy or something once, and read that. One copy of one issue of a 20-year comic. Clearly, she needs to be locked up for life.

Lots of fun if you have the time, including the term "Simogymists" for icky nasty gurls who don't like Dave or his Brave Stand Against Feminism, the position (Dave's) that the Male Light of Creation is devoured by the Rapacious Female Void (no word on whether that requires antacids afterwards), and the 80 PAGE stamina of a troll and mod locked in a sort-of mortal combat.

If there's a moral to this, it's that "Simone" rhymes with "own" for a reason.

ETA: Helps to link to the thread in question, doesn't it? *facepalm*



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