Marvel Comics Creator Wank! Get your creator wank here!
All right, I warn ahead of time that I came to this wank late, and the only posts I've found on the subject have been somewhat ... one-sided, shall we say. I was a little unsure as to whether this could make it over on fandom_wank, so followed the 'When in doubt' rule.

(Also, forgive the attention-whoring, but I'm ill and 2010 has decided to give my arse a few parting kicks on the way out. Distract meeeeee.)

Background: Lots and lots of Spider-man fans are, shall we say, quite unhappy about the events of Brand New Day and since, where Peter Parker gave up his life with wife Mary Jane (and all his memories of her) in a deal with Mephisto to save Aunt May's life. The whole plot was almost certainly an act of Editorial Intervention, since the guy in charge at Marvel, Joe Quesada, is well-known as hating Mary Jane and her relationship with Spidey. I don't read the Spider-man comics, but by all accounts the writing since this has not improved things a jot.

Secondary background: box_in_the_box is well known for constant whining about what he refers to as NuSpidey. YMMV on how much of it is justified, but you cannot deny that that's a loooot of complaining.

So, on with the show!
The Beat, a popular comics blog, makes an entry which calls out a message board attack on Dan Slott, Amazing Spider-Man's current writer, as a 'Jerk of the world'. To recap, Slott responded to seeing one fan's accusation of hackery with a ... somewhat disproportionate rant. Just a little.

Dan Slott, you see, spends perhaps a little bit too much time on the internet. But hey, the guy says he's sick and overworked, maybe that was just a one-off, right?

Apparently not.

bitemetechie makes brief reference to the previous debacle on her LJ... only to have Slott himself show up in the comments.

Since the guy showed up to pick a fight in a stranger's LJ, neo_prodigy takes the opportunity to call out Slott for racist writing, with particular regard to the Norah Winters character, about which fans have been complaining for some time now...

And apparently manages to drive Slott off LJ in one comment.

Slott may be down, but he's not out! He takes to Twitter with his grievances, as he has done before:

"You make a living on writing a racist character who denigrates people of color and you have the fucking gall to —" Mark the date, 12/15/10, that's the point I hit the richest vein of Internet-Crazy. Someone I've never addressed or talked to on the web, addressing me for working on Spider-Man 'cause he's a "racist character?" What now? OK ... cross LJ off from places to "visit." Crazy, please stay in that corner. :)

You might think that would be it ... but you'd be wrong.

Slott pokes his head above the parapet once again, in response to a later post by neo_prodigy over at Ars Marginal, neo_prodigy's other blogging site.

In response, neo_prodigy and afro_dyte/RVCBard attempt to ban Slott and delete his comments, but the guy just keeps coming back! For bonus: witness Slott's flailing about his constitutional rights! Flail, Slott! Flail!

box_in_the_box (as K-Box, unless I am very much mistaken) keeps baiting the guy, but you know what? In this case, I can't entirely blame him.

By way of conclusion, Ars Marginal posts another entry outlining ALL of Slott's known bullshit, both professional and extremely unprofessional.

The end?

Maybe not ... since if box_in_the_box is to be believed, we have sockpuppetry!

PROFESSIONAL sockpuppetry.

Seriously, if it weren't for the hideous racism, this would be an amazing fandom_wank post.