Richard Meyer v. Mark Waid (2018)

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

Man not sorry about getting out of Comics back in 2005 after this whole thing. Granted I do still have 1 comic ironically Kingdom Come Hardback.

I'll trade you my Spider Girls #1 issue for it.

 

[Urbanmech]

Nah I am good the only comics I miss are my City of Heroes ones, they actually tied in nicely with the game. At least the War Witch/Apex/Horus story did not sure how the ones after they stopped the physical copies.

 

[Judge Dredd]

I love the "I'll lose your number" one. The desperation. I can smell it from here.

It's almost as if he's becoming more desperate as the texts go on.

 

[AnOminous]

It's almost as if he's becoming more desperate as the texts go on.

I think he's probably increasingly chimping out, like Gary Groth described him behaving in an office environment, but having destroyed more than one iPhone in a squalling, crying, screaming tantrum already, he knows they're too expensive for that.

So he's texting because he can't control himself verbally, but increasingly losing his shit as he continues not getting what he wanted, which was apparently to bully some dude into denying that he was bullied. He has no idea what a complete piece of shit he looks like in the cold light of day.

It's almost as if he's becoming more desperate as the texts go on.

He sounds like a crazy stalker ex, and he's some guy who's talked to this dude maybe once or twice. What a mental case.

 

[Slimy Time]

I think he's probably increasingly chimping out, like Gary Groth described him behaving in an office environment, but having destroyed more than one iPhone in a squalling, crying, screaming tantrum already, he knows they're too expensive for that.

So he's texting because he can't control himself verbally, but increasingly losing his shit as he continues not getting what he wanted, which was apparently to bully some dude into denying that he was bullied. He has no idea what a complete piece of shit he looks like in the cold light of day.



He sounds like a crazy stalker ex, and he's some guy who's talked to this dude maybe once or twice. What a mental case.

The genius manages to yet again, hurt his own case badly. If he just left it, there could be a dispute whether or not he was bullying AP. With these texts begging/trying to coerce Dunn into saying he wasn't bullying them, there is no dispute that he did bully them. What a complete spastic.

I also like that Zaid had to haul his ass all the way to Texas to sit in the deposition, unable to do anything. Completely pointless having him there, other than giving him an excuse to ramp up fees.

 

[AnOminous]

I also like that Zaid had to haul his ass all the way to Texas to sit in the deposition, unable to do anything. Completely pointless having him there, other than giving him an excuse to ramp up fees.

It may have been pointless from Waid's point of view but I'm sure Disney wanted him there to give a report afterwards.

 

[Urbanmech]

Is there a discovery phase for the Anti-SLAPP motion? Just curious about that.

 

[mindlessobserver]

It may have been pointless from Waid's point of view but I'm sure Disney wanted him there to give a report afterwards.

Good sir, surely you are not suggesting a lawyer of Zaids caliber and reputation would be looking out for the interests of other parties rather then those of his client!

 

[Clockwork Dragon]

I posted all of the DMs in the main doc earlier.

EDIT: From the Exhibit 2:
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EDIT: I love this:
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We have texts, posts, transcriptions, yet not a SINGLE death threat. How convenient.

This is actually really interesting to me in that he refuses to take ANY responsibility for what happened and the fallout. "People were angry at me for what I openly said I did.. HOW MEAN OF THEM!!" That's basically his stance.

Also, people saying they hope he dies is not a death threat. It's more of a curse.

Edit: Spelling and clarity

 

[RockVolnutt]

I wish I had a big brain to understand comic pros logic.

 

[mindlessobserver]

I wish I had a big brain to understand comic pros logic.

Ever been around 5 year olds at an ice cream party?

 

[GhostButt]

I wish I had a big brain to understand comic pros logic.

1. Cannibalize sales via poor quality and shoehorned politics
2. Industry collapse
3. "Haha NERDS now we're unemployed, sure showed u!!"

That shit looks fucking bullet proof to me.

 

[Judge Dredd]

I wish I had a big brain to understand comic pros logic.

Up until this point they have been untouchable. Sure, they've had recent losses like Brexit, Trump, and GamerGate, but individually no one has been held accountable. Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, Brianna Wu, none of them have had to face real consequences for their actions. They've always had something, be it influence, public pressure, victim that just wanted to be left alone, money, whatever it was they could make every problem go away.

 

[AnOminous]

Is there a discovery phase for the Anti-SLAPP motion? Just curious about that.

No, there's no discovery for a motion on the complaint. Everyone knows what's in the complaint.

Ever been around 5 year olds at an ice cream party?

Even 5 year olds know if you flip over the ice cream then nobody gets to eat any.

This is actually really interesting to me in that he refuses to take ANY responsibility for what happened and the fallout. "People were angry at me for what I openly said I did.. HOW MEAN OF THEM!!" That's basically his stance.

He's completely oblivious to what he looks like and that it's the book burners who look like Nazis, not the people who the Nazis are after.

This is a scene that will never occur in Mark Waid's life:

 

[Jub-Jub]

I wish I had a big brain to understand comic pros logic.

I made a helpful presentation

 

[Urbanmech]

No, there's no discovery for a motion on the complaint. Everyone knows what's in the complaint.



Even 5 year olds know if you flip over the ice cream then nobody gets to eat any.



He's completely oblivious to what he looks like and that it's the book burners who look like Nazis, not the people who the Nazis are after.

This is a scene that will never occur in Mark Waid's life:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU

Damn so its safe to assume he omitted the DM's from his lawyers then? I mean they would have led with the Anti-SLAPP instead of jurisdiction arguments to avoid discovery?

 

[Crabbo]

This is so satisfying, ESPESCIALLY after all this KickVic stuff.
Waid always tried to behave like a mafioso don, with his black bouquets, leather jackets, and shit.

Man is a pathetic locker dweller, and I'm happy to see his shitty composure breaking.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Damn so its safe to assume he omitted the DM's from his lawyers then? I mean they would have led with the Anti-SLAPP instead of jurisdiction arguments to avoid discovery?

Well at a minimum they might have asked more questions of their client to avoid committing perjury in the first filing, that led to the early discovery. The early discovery wasn’t because they made a jurisdictional challenge. It was because Waid lied to the court in that challenge and immediately got caught in it.

He claimed he had no connections to Texas, did no business in Texas and in no way fell under Texas jurisdiction. After which it came out the actual amount of business he did in Texas, and that he was in fact at a Con in Texas when he gave the defamatory interview about Meyer that is part of the lawsuit.

Oh and to make that even more delicious, Renfamous had tweeted out about seeing him there as a way to support Waid and attack Meyer, not realizing that she helped prove Meyers claim, and open up discovery regarding Jurisdiction.

 

[Urbanmech]

Well at a minimum they might have asked more questions of their client to avoid committing perjury in the first filing, that led to the early discovery. The early discovery wasn’t because they made a jurisdictional challenge. It was because Waid lied to the court in that challenge and immediately got caught in it.

He claimed he had no connections to Texas, did no business in Texas and in no way fell under Texas jurisdiction. After which it came out the actual amount of business he did in Texas, and that he was in fact at a Con in Texas when he gave the defamatory interview about Meyer that is part of the lawsuit.

Oh and to make that even more delicious, Renfamous had tweeted out about seeing him there as a way to support Waid and attack Meyer, not realizing that she helped prove Meyers claim, and open up discovery regarding Jurisdiction.

wait does she knows she did this? Also kind of wondering what that other deposition was..

 

[Ichimaru Gin]

Nick said in the stream Waid cried when he got the lawsuit

If it's true (and let's be honest, with what we know of him it probably is) I'd have loved to be a fly on that wall.