Comicsgate

English

Etymology

From comics +‎ -gate.

Proper noun

Comicsgate

1. (informal) A right-wing campaign in opposition to diversity and progressivism in the North American superhero comic book industry.

   Coordinate terms: Celebgate, Gamergate

   • 2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing‎, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.

Further reading

• Comicsgate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia