Will Caligan, a Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran suffering Gulf War Syndrome, is out of a job. What caused him to lose it is one more weight on the scale that is tipping America toward total insanity. Caligan is a talented comics artist who contracted with Short Fuse Media Group to produce comic books. If you have followed any of my investigations into #Comicsgate you would know that the comics industry has been completely taken over by rabid alt-left types who spent their days devising ways to destroy beloved characters by "diversifying" them into an approved SJW mold. Caligan, a conservative Christian, had little chance of survival in that environment. One hint of wrongthink could spell curtains for any artist, writer or producer in today's comics climate. In Caligan's case, he made the catastrophic mistake of voicing his opinion about a pop culture story about a straight man rebuffing a kiss from a transwoman....
Caligan contacted Sean Mack, his boss at Short Fuse Media Group, who seemed to take the whole thing in stride at first, writing in a communication, "If it's not this, it would be for something else. Don't stress over it. I'm good and we're dealing with it head on. I have your back!" He quickly changed his tune with no explanation — presumably after being threatened by rabid SJWs and facing too much pressure by the lynch mob — and cut ties with Caligan. "I'm going to have to put some distance between us until you can change the perception people have of you," wrote Mack.
I've been asked to see if there is anything we can do as a comics publisher to help the guy out, and I'm looking into the situation. I'll do a Periscope in half an hour if I manage to pull a few things together.
UPDATE: All right, I talked to Will and a few others and here is what we're going to do. On Monday, we're going to launch a special one-week Freestartr. Freestartr has reduced their usual fee to support the campaign and all of the funds are going to be used to hire Will, a colorist, and a cover artist to do as many comics as their normal rates allow, and to cover the cost of printing them. The comics will be based on the books(s) of one of the Castalia authors, to be chosen by the backers from a list that will be made public on Monday. So far, Nick Cole, Peter Grant, Lawdog, Rolf Nelson, Kai Wai Cheah, and John C. Wright have all made books available at no charge; if you're a Castalia author who is interested in supporting this project, email me and let me know that you're in and with which books. The scripts will be adapted from the books for free by Chuck Dixon and me.
Arkhaven will publish the comics in print and digital editions which will be provided to the backers as per the campaign rewards and 50 percent of any subsequent sales will be split between Will, the contributors, and the backer-selected author(s). Arkhaven will take care of all the setup and layout costs.
More details to come this weekend. I don't know Will, but I agreed to pitch in because he is a Christian and a veteran and I think it is is important to demonstrate to the SJWs and those they have successfully intimidated know that their victims are not going to be forgotten or left behind.
UPDATE: Moira Greyland also graciously offered her support for this project. GAH! (shudders uncontrollably for 15 seconds) While I appreciate her gesture, we will not even consider doing a graphic novel adaptation of The Last Closet, for reasons that anyone who has read it will understand.
Thank you Vox for leading the charge to help. Will deserves the support and it's really encouraging to hear!
Sometimes even I marvel at how fast the narrative changes. A few years ago if you told people that a straight guy turning down a kiss from a gay guy would be a controversial thing that would get him in trouble, people would have laughed at the idea.
Now it's a firing offense. Will it even be 2020 before straight guys are being fired or sued for not having sex with gays?
Hey, I'm not leading any charges. I was just asked to throw in by those who actually are. This isn't about me.
“An anonymous insider had released the names, addresses, emails, passwords, and dues-paying records of more than 4,800 members of the group to a left-wing activist, who in turn forwarded the information to Squire, an expert in data mining and an enemy of far-right extremism.
...By midafternoon, Squire was exchanging messages via Slack with an analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a 46-year-old organization that monitors hate groups. Squire often feeds data to the SPLC, whose analysts might use it to provide information to police or to reveal white supremacists to their employers, seeking to get them fired.”
The Kurgan wrote:I am seriously thinking impalement will make a big comeback before the next 30 years are up.
That's reminds me of journalists in December 2012, after the Sandy Hoak tragedy, who published in a Westchester county journal, the list of gun owners of Westchester county. There was one guy who decided then 2 can play to that game and showed a map of the journalists in question who had to live in hotels and/or get security guards. http://www.newrochelletalk.com/content/map-where-are-journal-news-employees-your-neighborhood
So if these left-wings activists decide to expose the list. They should be careful for what they wish for if someone decided then 2 could play to that game and give them a taste of their own medecine like these journalists from Westchester county got.
Considering how many people live paycheck to paycheck, I'm surprised one of these little SJW ventures hasn't ended with the fired person making a personal visit to the ones most directly responsible (like Malikali Shabazz here) for revenge. Probably only a matter of time.
In my own life, I quietly shun any gay man I run across to minimize the chance of this crap happening.
Just did a quick search for his art. Caligan brings some serious skill to the drawing table. Here's to hoping the SJW's loss leads to the SDL's gain.
Hard to believe the Tranny Tyrants went after a black rap artiste as well, my, my they must be feeling their hormones to attack a political ally.
Excellent ad hoc and impromptu response to a crisis, and now that I see that damn t-shirt on a live human body, I'm out SOME MORE MONEY.
Ummm, last time I checked companies can fire whoever they want. It’s called the free market. Being an asshole bigot is grounds for dismissal. This guy’s behavior is a PR risk and opens up the business to lawsuits and boycotts. Employees shouldn’t have offensive political views if they want a job.
We have a bunch. I have yet to step up, since the portfolio is more than filled. BTW Rabbi B, where are you?
Tranophilia is Damn near compulsory these days, I certainly hope they take over the Democratic party.
EVS did reiterate the position about distribution, however. He states that going around Diamond would take money away from comic book stores, which he argues is counter to being a supporter of the comic book industry as a whole.
And the Comic creators entered Arkhaven two by two before the rains came. And the SJW's were sore afraid.
He has it completely backwards. That makes no sense at all. No one takes more money away from comic book stores than Diamond, except for Amazon/Comixology.
Former Army CI guy myself. I have no interest in comics. Looks like I'm picking up a regular subscription and buying all the books.
Fuck the left. I've started learning Spanish. In South America my money will go farther and leftism isn't rampant.
Hope this man is fully employed soon and is able to screw over his recent employer in some public manner that messes with his SJW head......
BriarRabbit wrote:Former Army CI guy myself. I have no interest in comics. Looks like I'm picking up a regular subscription and buying all the books.
Vox Day is trying to get something set up to help this fired disabled vet -- more than just charity. Nothing is quite finalized (duh -- Will just got fired today!), although Vox Day will do another Darkstream (on Periscope) on Monday with more details than he had when he did tonight's Darkstream.
All right, I talked to Will [https://www.artstation.com/alphadog] and a few others and here is what we're going to do. On Monday, we're going to launch a special one-week Freestartr. Freestartr has reduced their usual fee to support the campaign and all of the funds are going to be used to hire Will, a colorist, and a cover artist to do as many comics as their normal rates allow, and to cover the cost of printing them. The comics will be based on the books(s) of one of the Castalia authors, to be chosen by the backers from a list that will be made public on Monday. So far, Nick Cole, Peter Grant, Lawdog, and John C. Wright have all made books available at no charge; if you're a Castalia House author who is interested in supporting this project, email me and let me know that you're in and with which books. The scripts will be adapted from the books for free by Chuck Dixon and me.
I'll have to wait and see what levels of support we're talking about, but if it's on par with Alt*Hero I'll throw in a few bucks.
And a second for Lawdog Files. It was such a visual imagery in your head book. It would lend itself well to an artist with a comedic touch.
It will. You are defintively going to see it it happen to Christians in Eurabia in less than 30 years.
My God, can you imagine the screeching that a comic of the African Adventures installment would cause?
As for @25, it works both ways. Put up your information and we will boycott you if possible for implicitly supporting SJW asshattery. Making common sense things like your DNA determines if you are a man or a woman a firing offence suggests that the person implementing that policy has a very weak grass of reality.
I've been studying the music of Bobby, that stable genius, since he came to public knowledge. Taylor didn't fall far from the tree.
Nakota Publishing wrote:I know trans people whom I actually like but dammit, gender IS NOT a social construct.
Yep, it's not a social construct, it is empirical reality. The SJWs will accuse you as they accused Will of transphobia, which is a serious crime in their religion, and they'll feel no pang but that of righteousness while they burn you at the stake for it.
Meanwhile back in reality, back among the Tethered, what has really happened isn't a phobia or a negative thing at all. Quite the opposite. In fact, up being down as it is everywhere in the SJW world, if you acted in fear you would assent to the SJW narrative. That's what Will's boss did. He caved in fear.
I submit that Will acted from a sense of duty rather than fear. Yes, duty. We absolutely do have a duty to society (this includes the tranny screaming in your face) to keep things tethered to reality. What, should we submit to the fantasy of a transgender and deny reality because of his feelz? What is that harm in that?
A lot. We cannot allow society (which includes ourselves) to be sucked into the Bizzaro world of the SJW where always, yes, up is down. Goodness cannot survive that violent, angry Funny Farm for long.
It's great to support those who stand up and stand straight when facing this leftist attempt at flipping reality in their favor. I am all for getting him up and running again at Arkhaven. His work, at least based on the artstation linked, is a bit rough though. To put it nicely, there is room for improvement, perhaps Arkhaven can provide opportunities for that.
"Fuck the left. I've started learning Spanish. In South America my money will go farther and leftism isn't rampant. "
It may not be, nevertheless this is one of the most noble things someone has done for a victim of SJWs.
"Hey, I'm not leading any charges. I was just asked to throw in by those who actually are. This isn't about me."
Shut up, (((not Conservative)))) probably not a business owner. Quit lying, that's why nobody likes you.
The point of caring for cast off veterans is not to say that they fought for the right side, for assuredly they fought in Satan's legion. But it is to honor the spent soldier, so that our side will have the morale to serve in the just war to come. And because they were deceived, the K-selected among us sent to suffer for lies - as were we all.
JCW's Awake in the Night Land (the greatest work of sci-fi ever written) would be a perfect start. It's already chopped up into "issues". And there's a Dread Ilk who's already done alot of amazing art on it.
@75; with due humility, and knowing that Vox & Co will do what seems best to them; Awake in the Night Land as a comic I would make budget for, no matter what. That would be must-have stuff.
This is what I'm talking about - for better or worse, the American alt-white is who I'm throwing my cards in with; I wish we had anything as remotely competent to offer our guys who get fired.
I hope this guy gets flooded with work - his race wasn't mentioned, and I don't particularly care what it is. Good on him, I hope he gets lots of work!
Yes and no. Watching Vox's Darkstream last night, my thought was: this is not surprising, that Vox would try to help Will because he is (maybe just at the beginning?) in a position to do so. (I think you Christians would say that God arranged the timing so that it's a comics guy veteran, JUST as Vox is creating a comics empire...
However, and seriously seriously -- I am SO NOT describing Will here; HE did not come importuning Vox; Vox saw the injustice and stepped up-- when you give a handout (and this is NOT a handout, but a "hand up" for a guy unfairly fired) you may be seen to be opening the door to EVERY person on the right (cucks, Reichtards, GOPe slaves, whomever) who gets harried by the SJWs.... "Oh Vox, save me!"
This will no doubt be perceived as "Vox's employment agency" by folks who say something stupid and need rescuing. (Which Will did NOT -- Will seemingly said something necessary. As someone above wrote: stand-up guy standing up).
My thought during the Darkstream was: I HOPE this is a project Vox will be able to delegate, to hand off, to someone who can manage it FOR him. I don't know, maybe Vox is already a master at delegation (as he is at so many other things). I can't imagine how he is not wholly buried under his own writing, Arkhaven and Alt*Hero writing and supervision of others writing, Rebel et al. figurines, Alt*Hero cosplay photos, cartographer mapping project, two (or is it three?) Alt*Hero novels with Jon, Alt*Hero forum, the 100 other books he is editing or supervising or contributing to (e.g., the Gen-X book), his third Arts 800+-page novel to come, plus, plus, plus, plus... (Plus somewhere in there, SpaceBunny and the kids!)(Oh yeah, and maybe a bit of sleep?)
I agree and support and will kick in -- this is where the culture war recruits more warriors; but I hope this doesn't snowball in a ... less-than-optimal ... way!
I would love to see The Missionaries in graphic novel format. I think the setting and story lend themselves well to the format. The art could be stunning.
An evangelical Christian has done literally tens of thousands of dollars of work for me over the past year, and will do tens more this year, all for free, even though I am not and have never been Christian. It would be wrong for me to pass up such a clear opportunity to pay it forward, so sign me up as a backer.
Ok, so maybe you would not do a full graphic novel of Ms. Greyland's book.....but maybe you'd consider a short form series of Chic tracks to be mass printed and distributed into SJW concentrations, conventions, public demonstrations and such....
Oh, gawd, Chic tracts..."If an old guy with a huge unkempt beard starts acting friendly, run away...."
Do tell us, Cuckservative Business Owner, what business you're in so we can help you with your future goal of having a 100% employee-free company.
I can't think of a better thing to do than to help keep people from being abused at the hands of Vichy Cuckservatives, so go ahead, tell us all about this business of yours ...
I'm with Akulkis: you're a chump, and you obviously didn't read that thing that VD wrote a few days ago, which is why you've earned the abuse you're now receiving.
By the way. When the freestartr goals get blown out of the water let's not rub short fuse's nose in it. That might be unseemly........