BC publicizes mass e-mail sent to DC Comics freelancers in light of EVS

>Dear DC Talent Community

>The comic book industry is a very special creative community dedicated to telling epic and legendary stories of action, heroism and intrigue with a rich and diverse portfolio of characters. Both DC’s employees, as well as its extended family of freelance talent, contribute to our success and are direct reflections of our company, characters and comics.

>As such, DC expects that its employees and freelance talent community maintain a high level of professionalism as well as reasonable and respectful behavior when engaging in online activities. Comments that may be considered defamatory, libelous, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or that incite violence are unacceptable and may result in civil or criminal action.
>In addition, comments that may be considered insulting, cruel, rude, crass and mean spirited are against company policy and guidelines. We ask, and expect, that you will help to create an online environment that is inclusive, supportive and safe.

>Below you will find the most current version of the company’s social media guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact DC Talent Relations department so that we can be of assistance.

>DC Entertainment Social Media Guidelines for Talent

>This policy has been developed to empower DC Talent to participate in social media activities, represent their creative endeavors well and share their passion for DC’s characters, stories and brands. We recognize the vital importance of online social communities and this policy reflects our commitment to the best possible use of social media. Below are DC’s recommended guidelines when partaking in social media.

>Stay positive when you post and we also recommend that you avoid negative comments in this very public forum.

>You may want to refrain from engaging with individuals who may be speaking negatively about you, other talent, DC, our fans and the comics industry as this is a no-win situation.

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>If there has been a personal threat to you or those around you then in addition to alerting DC, please involve the proper law enforcement authorities.

>Use good judgment when posting, reposting and liking comments, photos and videos as these may have unintended consequences.

>Talent should take special care when using social media to ensure that comments and postings made by you are not associated with DC.

>Under all circumstances, please indicate that you do work for DC, but that your comments are your own and do not reflect those of the company.

>The internet is permanent regardless of “privacy settings” or other limits you may try to place on your posting. Think before you post, comment, retweet or like something.

>Do not reveal plot points, storylines or launch timing — including photos or video of in-progress assets, artwork, story outlines, scripts, panels, announcement details, etc. without coordinating with DC Publicity. Members of the press may follow you on social media, and your posts can — and probably will — become news.

>Don’t break news on social media. If you have any questions on what you can or can’t post on any platform, DC Publicity or Talent Relations departments are available to assist.

>If you’d like to share DC news on your social pages, we recommend sharing news from DCComics.com, DCE-sanctioned social media pages and other news widely reported on credible news outlets.

>If you are contacted by members of the press or asked to participate in an interview about your work for DC, please coordinate this with the DC Publicity department so that news can be rolled out in an orchestrated fashion and elevated on DC digital and social channels as well.

>And finally, we recognize that there can be a dark side to social media and to that end if you feel that you are being harassed or bullied through social media channels because of your work for DC or your association with us, please feel free to contact the DC Talent Relations department so that we can be of assistance.

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>As such, DC expects that its employees and freelance talent community maintain a high level of professionalism as well as reasonable and respectful behavior when engaging in online activities
Take notes, Marvel. Dan Slott is having a fucking meltdown on Twitter right now.

Honestly these seem pretty reasonable, and at the very least social media savvy.

Why? I'm not giving him clicks.

Clicks don't matter on Twitter?

Seconded

All of this makes sense and should be the norm across the board.

>Don't be a dick or worse, a dumbass on the Internet
It's sad how this needs to be spelled out for some people.
I mean, I had to go through all the same training about social media and whatnots when I got hired, and I'm a desk jockey with no chance of interacting with clients or shareholders.

>I also expect that Bleeding Cool may not fall under the “credible news outlets” definition. Especially since we are sharing these guidelines.
Fucking kek Rich you pathetic Leech

>I’d be very interested to hear DC freelancers’ reaction to these guidelines – though based on the above, you may need to keep them anonymous. I promise not to use what anyone tells us without their explicit permission, and to never reveal a source.
Oh boy time to fire up those bogus e-mails and sent Rich some shit

I'm glad we have this. We've been getting so much Twitter drama from writers, and things are getting really aggressive and miserable. I know a lot of that comes from fans (both good and bad), but it's good to see that steps are being made to clean things up before it gets worse.

Basically he keeps saying "all people who are criticizing Marvel are racist bigots who are going after PoC and women" or something. Like, nearly every message is something like that.

What’s Dan Slott crying about this time?

What's going on with EVS

He’s most likely getting fired for his online shenanigans bullshit, you know the usual political pouts, he told a guy to kill himself once and usually has his followers go after people, and DC doesn’t want to deal with his BS so firing him looks like where they’re heading right now.

Bendis did something...Didn't he?

>It's sad how this needs to be spelled out for some people.

Well, not to get political here, but keep in mind this is a world where the POTUS now literally does this on regular basis on Twitter. And in a single year that's gone from being scandalous behavior to "oh, what did he say this time?" tier normal.

He's started the fire.
#movetheneedle

Remember when we were impeaching the president for lying about an affair?
Things sure do change.

Same shit, different day. Don't be a dick on social media, or better yet, don't be a dumbass

Name one good thing twitter has done.

made a shitton of dumbasses lose their jobs

Holy shit, DC is actually doing something correctly, I mean, Twitter nowadays sucks so much shit and yet a lot of people take the platform so seriously they lose their shit.

I honestly think though everyone should do the same shit.
And especially Sup Forums too.

Marvel really needs to do the same. Pretty much all their employees on Twitter are toxic. Big name ones - like Slott and Waid.

Hongo for President.

>>As such, DC expects that its employees and freelance talent community maintain a high level of professionalism as well as reasonable and respectful behavior when engaging in online activities
They say after giving work to the hyper aggressive tranny.

>Holy shit, DC is actually doing something correctly


>please don't have any political ideas that are not pre-approved by Warner Brothers


Fuck off.

who?

How about just don't act like a raving lunatic on a public platform?

>Stuck with shitty social media job
>Get used as scapegoat
>Say fuck it and get into development proper, making a great VR game.

Literally the best thing that ever happened to him.

this is fucking pathetic

no wonder DC is going bankrupt

Lol! How delusional do you have to be to believe this?

Magdalene Visaggio.

Doubtful. if anything this is a CYA for when Mags Visagio has another "I want to smash cis people with a bat" Meltdown.

EVS told someone to Kill themselves years ago, and he appologized and moved forward.

Or its just a CYA so any talent doesnt fall down the Marvel Hole of telling everyone to fuck off.

What? This is a very by-the-books memo. I really can't believe this wasn't already a thing.

>What's going on with EVS

10 years ago he did a gag drawing of Sinestro as Hitler. Bleeding Cool and Twitter mobs have dragged that up as "proof" that Ethan is a Nazi sympathizer and a racist and they aren't letting it drop. DC is likely going to fire him in order to get the comics news sites to stop giving them so much bad press.

Oh look, the EVS defense force has arrived

No, faggot, it clearly says that any guy that works with DC shouldn't be a retard or legitimately because otherwise DC will ban you.

As much as you want your drama, Slott, Quesada and the Secret Empire writer (which name I just forgot) are in the thin line to getting fired over acting like idiots, no matter how right or wrong they are about stuff.

Actually, I'm almost positive this is the standard "behave yourselves" email they always send out, with some added shit. The bullshit is whichever fuckstick (no doubt one of the crying sjw types) leaked this to BC.

I could just imagine the rage boiling inside the buttercup who sent this to Rich.

@98640184
Try again nigger

moments like these make me want to be a dcfag

EVS retiring from the Big Two and becoming an art teacher instead when? In a matter of time?

>the Secret Empire writer (which name I just forgot)
Nick Spencer, now co-writer of TARNATION and facing heavy delays on his latest creator-owned comic The Fix.

"Everybody's a Nazi except me!"

Why do you hate free speech?

>I promise not to use what anyone tells us without their explicit permission, and to never reveal a source.

But he sure as shit will hold it over your head if he needs a favor down the road...

Its rare to see this much retard in one post. Good job on you.

Waid is coming home, baybay.

because it's abused by retards like you

It says make sure people know you aren't speaking for the company and think twice about what you say online because the internet is permanent. Both of those are reasonable.

Fairly benign, nothing controversial here. Stop shitposting with your public identity, ya morons.

freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence. I really wish you idiots would learn that.

Ugh. Uuuggghhhhhhhhhh.

Um sweetie, freedom of speech is like, not freedom from uh consequences, diddums. ;)

tell that to americans

Based retarded "not giving clicks" poster

huh dan slott has me blocked on twitter. never once tweeted to or about him.

probably for the best.

there are paid interns that will post shit like ''Wow, no wondere DC is shit!!!!'' regardless of the news being talked.

we spoted the Marvel Gwenpool fag

not one word of what you posted there is true

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Look guys, Bleeding Cool is #4 on YouTube Trending!

You really just have to tweet something like any combination of "Spider-Man run bad" and I think he has a bot that does it.

what did he mean by this?

they are MAD at that 99% score huh.

It's not when it means you can lose your job for saying something against Israel

That's all reasonable, but sadly the people it's adressed to are often not reasonable.
They think it's harassment or a threat when people disagree with them on twitter.
And in turn they see nothing hatefull in telling people to fuck off or #killallwhitepeople because they've been """""harassed"""""" first.

You're probably on a blocklist because you're following someone or being followed by someone who at one point disagreed with somebody on twitter.
Guilt by association.

97% and still free falling.

Whenever I'm feeling down, I go to donald trumps twitter profile and read the description that merely states "45th President of the United States of America" and a big smile reaches across my face. Cheers me up every time.

I enjoy looking at the replies for any of his tweets as there is usually some absolute beg writing an essay pleading for likes

What he said, presumably.

In other words, not what said.

That kind of behavior has been going on way longer than Trump you delusional faggot.

The only person that should be allowed to use twitter is Hideki Kamiya.

>There Will Be Blood has 91%
>Lawrence of Arabia has has 95%
>Spartacus has 95%
>but a flick about a guy in pyjamas deserves a perfect score?
Well he has a point.

That's a very resonable policy for a person in customer-facing position in that kind of field. If you want to talk shit it's better to not attach your name to it in any case.

>Waid is coming home

What? He's returning to DC?

...

Are people seriously trying to view this in a negative light? Are you some kind of retard that cusses and acts like a mongoloid at work? This should be standard for every company.

Make an anonymous account if you want to shitpost that badly, athletes and actors have been doing it for years...

>shouldn't lose your job for hate speech

And that is why you work at Walmart

DC is their employer, not the government, they don't go to jail or get SWAT'd if they don't follow guidelines, just get in trouble with their employer.

This is the end game. Any criticism of Israel should be considered "hate speech".
Fuck off big brother.

You don't discuss any of that stuff as a comic writer. You aren't a political journalist. Go read Marlel if you want hamfisted political opinions and writers behaving like children online.

>Nick “Infinite Vacation” Spencer

Yeah good luck reading a finished story of his within a half decade.

>t. Dan Slott

>You don't discuss any of that stuff as a comic writer.


Fuck off manchild. And "political journalism" isnt about opinions. You are a retard and the reason idiotic ignorant writers like Geoff Johns get popular and feel like a watchmen sequel by someone who doesnt know the difference between NATO and the EU is "fine".

Do you think that DC comics makes the laws for this country or the policy for twitter as a whole?
>user you can't wear that "FUCK NIGGERS" shirt to work, this is Baltimore, I'm sorry you're fired
>WHAT ABOUT FREE SPEECH HUH

Don't like it? Don't work for DC, Marvel lets their writers chimp out daily, Image lets you post tranny porn all over your social media. You're just shitposting here, you likely don't even read comics let alone write them, this memo will never effect your life at all, so the fact that you're getting so fucking rectumraged about it is pretty pathetic.

>nearly every message is something like that.

Nearly every thread on Sup Forums about Marvel is just Sup Forums shit these days. It's hard to even have a storytime without some dickhead trying to start shit.

This is just the way the world is, user. If someone who just browses Sup Forums is as sick of it as I am - and I don't get involved, and it doesn't personally affect me other than being unable to have a conversation without some child butting in - imagine how sick of it a Marvel/DC/any other employee must be. Imagine getting tweets, facebook messages, DMs, emails constantly from people whose reasoning skills are worse than John Byrne's and only want to tear you, your colleagues and your product down because they happen to personally dislike the direction it's taking.

I'm not saying responding to every basement dweller with a dial-up connection is worth his time or yours, but you can always mute him if you don't like it. It's not like his tweets are being reprinted verbatim in his comics. And frankly, if you don't like his comics because you don't like his politics... don't read them. You'll spend less time bitching on Sup Forums.

fuked ur mum

we all saw it

>Do you think that DC comics makes the laws for this country or the policy for twitter as a whole?
No you israeli shill, i'm saying that DC is forcing all his writers to he shallow idiots without the right to say anything that can be offensive for jews.

If this were the 80's, moore, morrison, miller and O'neil wouldnt had worked for DC anymore.

It sounds like they've just discovered half their regulars are convention rapists and the other half are calling the office saying "mee so solly, canna make pickashur" when Jim Lee asks them for something.

You're free to behave however you want, so long as you're not breaking any laws, but they're under no obligation to employ you. Failure to get a job is not a breach of your constitutional rights.

>No you israeli shill, i'm saying that DC is forcing all his writers to he shallow idiots without the right to say anything that can be offensive for jews.

>S-Shill
The cry of a buttmad faggot with nothing left to say. Why is this about Israel to you when it's very obviously about what John Malin was saying about his piers?
>Miller
>anti Israel
O I am laffin!
Funny that all 4 of those guys just don't use social media even now, so, you're retarded.

Show us where Israel touched you user

Superior Foes, Ant-Man, Captain America, Secret Empire.

>>Dear DC Talent Community
>>The comic book industry is a very special creative community dedicated to telling epic and legendary stories of action, heroism and intrigue with a rich and diverse portfolio of characters.
Cape comics rhetoric. For the thousandth time, comics arn't just superhero's.

>Both DC’s employees, as well as its extended family of freelance talent, contribute to our success and are direct reflections of our company, characters and comics.
Contribute? More like they make it possible. More of this myth that comics are this gift from the heavens and creators just happen to pull ideas and art from the air.

>>As such, DC expects that its employees and freelance talent community maintain a high level of professionalism as well as reasonable and respectful behavior when engaging in online activities. Comments that may be considered defamatory, libelous, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or that incite violence are unacceptable and may result in civil or criminal action.
Those libel laws are already in place. This is overkill.

>>In addition, comments that may be considered insulting, cruel, rude, crass and mean spirited are against company policy and guidelines. We ask, and expect, that you will help to create an online environment that is inclusive, supportive and safe.
Define "insulting, cruel, rude, crass and mean spirited"? Does that mean when you dislike impressionistic art as opposed to realism your a hat monger now?

@98640700
@98640329
>hurr durr DC is going bankrupt
>how dare you insult me
>I will call you names right back

Faggots have been repeating that meme for months, and have nothing to show for it.

>>Below you will find the most current version of the company’s social media guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact DC Talent Relations department so that we can be of assistance.
>>DC Entertainment Social Media Guidelines for Talent
>>This policy has been developed to empower DC Talent to participate in social media activities, represent their creative endeavors well and share their passion for DC’s characters, stories and brands. We recognize the vital importance of online social communities and this policy reflects our commitment to the best possible use of social media. Below are DC’s recommended guidelines when partaking in social media.
>>Stay positive when you post and we also recommend that you avoid negative comments in this very public forum.

Oh boy! More team comics bullshit. "Hey guys, check out the new Suicide Squad(TM) movie! It's a good movie and I'm not saying that because I have a wire up my ass. Also, buy the new Justice League action(TM) figures from Mattel(TM)".

>>You may want to refrain from engaging with individuals who may be speaking negatively about you, other talent, DC, our fans and the comics industry as this is a no-win situation.

Dobson be proud.

Strawman argument: the post.

Isn’t Sinestro, you know, evil and actually kind of a totalitarian fuckhead?

>>If there has been a personal threat to you or those around you then in addition to alerting DC, please involve the proper law enforcement authorities.
This is basically DC encouraging a comics industry GamerGate.

>>Use good judgment when posting, reposting and liking comments, photos and videos as these may have unintended consequences.
>>Talent should take special care when using social media to ensure that comments and postings made by you are not associated with DC.
>>Under all circumstances, please indicate that you do work for DC, but that your comments are your own and do not reflect those of the company.
"The Talent" should know their place, sucking Warner Bros dick.


>>Don’t break news on social media. If you have any questions on what you can or can’t post on any platform, DC Publicity or Talent Relations departments are available to assist.
>>If you’d like to share DC news on your social pages, we recommend sharing news from DCComics.com, DCE-sanctioned social media pages and other news widely reported on credible news outlets.
"Only share news from sanctioned outlets" Wow, sounds mildly Stalinist.

He worked on Adr1ft after getting fired and used his experience with that debacle to further his career.

Sorry you're butthurt he ended up doing well, but those are facts.