Dearest, beloved, Fandom Wank.

I know you were looking forward to great excitement today. Some of you said words to me that indicated you anticipated fiery 'judgement' upon those who remained fresh and dewey white, those you call n00bs.

Anyway, you got today instead.

Stop anticipating things, we'll just break your hearts.

Sincerely,

Sepia P. Magpie, Esq.



PS: Use this post to reflect on how you could be better people. Or just fuck around in the comments.

Well, looks like everyone's favorite aardvark-adventurin' comic book writer is back for another round at Sequential Tart.

Highlights include his response, broken down into chunks and taking up a pretty long part of his return visit, to a post made by forum member WolfenMoondaughter, a volleyball game of statistics, more posts from Gail Simone, and of course the cherry on top that is extensive commentary from Talon T M.

Have fun!

Recall, if you will, last month's epic 80+ page Dave Sim-related wank at the Comic Book Resource Forum, in which the rather horrifically misogynist views of Dave Sim are argued for and against at length by several persons, one of whom is Gail Simone.

It may interest anyone who followed that particular story to know that there's four pages of direct interaction between Gail and Dave (with a few others; the whole thread is six pages) over on Sequential Tart. Like the last one, the actual Wank Factor is pretty low (no CAPSLOCK OF RAGE!, no "stop being meeaan!" or any of that) but Gail, in that very nice way she has, hold's Dave's feet to the fire. Dave--sort of doesn't give hard answers. Because everyone's focusing on gender issues instead of asking him about his latest creation (Glamourpuss), which is why he's there, he rather civilly wraps it up. Then--

*ominous organ arpeggios; maniacal laughter*

--our old friend Talon T M (aka Rick Sharer) shows up to fling monkeypoo at Gail, because...well, frankly, because that's what he does. (Starts page four, a little over halfway down.)

Not the most gratifying of wanks, as it all peters out and Dave never comes back to comment on Talon's behavior, which I frankly would like to see. I suspect this is just another chapter in what will be a Cerebus-length saga.

ETA: Suddenly it occurs to me that Dave is basically the real-life version of Rorschach. This won't mean much to you if you haven't read Watchmen but...I mean, with Rorschach's mask off, they even look alike.

And now I'm giggling like a loon.

ETA 2: Glamourpuss linked correctly now thanks to ook.

ETA 3: We made When Fangirls Attack!! I'ma cry I'm so happy!

(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*