VALERIE D’ORAZIO is an author/editor who’s worked for DC, Marvel, and MTV. She’s written comics featuring The Punisher, X-Men, Pinhead, & even Edward Snowden.
Jun 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I know some of you comic peeps don’t like him, but please make a rebuttal then of his individual points. Because I have been in/around the industry for over 20 years, I’ve seen a LOT of the sh*t he’s describing…🤷🏻♀️
A bunch (not all) of the comic people I worked with both in editorial & creative had *massive* disdain for, and shame of, the readership & the fans…some fantasized that these “old time readers” would just up & die, making way for a “better” readership…well that hasn’t happened
May 27, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
In the effort to clear up some other stuff…in 2003, in the offices of DC Comics, my co-worker Steve Wacker was standing behind my chair as we both looked at color proofs on a screen. He suddenly put his hand under my shirt collar, over the skin of my back, near my bra strap…
…Steve’s hand stopped moving south down the skin of my back, under my shirt, when I guess he realized he f**ked up. Everything in that office became completely silent. I was frozen. Longest several minutes of my life. Then he retracted his hand & acted like nothing happened…
May 27, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
1/7 I just wanted to clear something up. About 5 years ago, comics artist Dean Haspiel was accused by a woman of harassing her at a comics convention. A concerned friend of hers contacted Heidi MacDonald, noted comics journalist/feminist, to investigate the story…
2/7 …Heidi very patronizingly dismissed the accusation against her friend Dean. The alleged victim’s friend then sent me a screenshot of the conversation, asking if *I* would investigate the accusations. But alas, I was “retired” (forced out) from comics blogging by then…
May 26, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I’ll be “sorry” for retweeting EVS when the mainstream comics peeps recognize their *own* peeps who have done bad s**t…
See, here is a person reporting to Heidi MacDonald of The Beat that a popular indie artist has been accused of assault. But she dismisses it, and it’s never followed up by anybody. This individual has never been censored or exposed by the mainstream comics community…
May 25, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Wasn’t able to do the big eBay sale, tho I did send off today a couple of packages of cool collectible oddities to gift a couple of my followers. A sizable bunch of toys & games will have to stay; maybe the landlord’s little grandson whose family is moving in can make do!
I still took a healthy bunch of collectibles with me. But really, I was holding onto stuff you keep comfortably in a basement or attic until you’re 80. And everything of immediate resale value was sold many many moons ago. I’m just unloading some weight. It’s all good.
