Toggle search
Toggle menu
7
1
420
23.1K
WikiToon
Toggle preferences menu
Toggle personal menu
Not logged in
Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits.

Occupy Comics: Difference between revisions

From WikiToon
More actions
wiki>GreenC bot
 
m 1 revision imported
 
(No difference)

Latest revision as of 13:43, 5 January 2025

Template:Infobox comic book title Occupy Comics: Art & Stories Inspired by Occupy Wall Street is a three-issue comic book anthology series published by Black Mask Studios in 2013. Funded on Kickstarter, the series articulates themes of the Occupy Wall Street movement through comics as well as fund-raises on behalf of the protesters.[1][2]

As Bleeding Cool described it:

Template:Blockquote

Wired explained the perceived relationship between Occupy Wall Street and art:

Template:Blockquote

History

Mission

The project was officially announced by organizational spearhead Matt Pizzolo in Wired Magazine on October 13, 2011, several weeks after the occupation of Zuccotti Park began on September 17, 2011.[3]

According to Wired:

Template:Blockquote

Kickstarter campaign

Occupy Comics launched on Kickstarter November 9, 2011 with a minimum funding goal of US$10,000 and a roster of 30 professional artists and writers, including Charlie Adlard, Marc Andreyko, Kevin Colden, Molly Crabapple, J.M. DeMatteis, Joshua Dysart, Brea Grant, Joe Keatinge, George Krstic, Joseph Michael Linsner, B. Clay Moore, Steve Niles, Laurie Penny, Matt Pizzolo, Steve Rolston, Riley Rossmo, Douglas Rushkoff, Tim Seeley, Simon Spurrier, and Ben Templesmith.[4]

Shortly after the Kickstarter campaign launched, Wired released a follow-up article which explained the project's funding goals and strategy:

Template:Blockquote

Early in the campaign, the project got an unexpected boost when Frank Miller attacked Occupy Wall Street in a controversial and polarizing blog post.[5]

As the campaign closed in on its funding goal, 13 additional contributors were added to the roster, including Vito Delsante, Dan Goldman, Amanda Palmer, Darick Robertson, Mark Sable, and Salgood Sam.[6]

The campaign passed its funding goal and was guaranteed its budget on November 20, 2011, 11 days in on its 30-day funding period.[7]

Shortly after passing its funding goal, six additional contributors were added to the roster, including Mike Allred, Shannon Wheeler, Eric Drooker, Ryan Ottley, Dean Haspiel, Guy Denning, and David Lloyd.[8]

In the final week of its Kickstarter campaign, Alan Moore joined the roster.[9]

Although not an official reunion, the participation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd was considered significant to many observers of the Occupy movement, as the duo's V for Vendetta originated the Guy Fawkes mask that has become emblematic of the movement. Moore and Lloyd have not worked together since V for Vendetta was completed in 1989.[10][11][12][13]

Alan Moore further boosted Occupy Comics' profile when, during an interview with Honest Publishing, he responded to Frank Miller's attack on the Occupy movement. The conflict led to mainstream news coverage of Occupy Comics in The Huffington Post, Deadline Hollywood, MTV, Entertainment Weekly.[14][15][16][17]

On December 9, 2011, the Occupy Comics Kickstarter campaign ended with $28,640 raised from 715 backers, earning 286% of its funding goal.[18]

Public release and formation of Black Mask Studios

Template:Main On March 20, 2012, it was announced that Occupy Comics would not be released through an existing comic book publisher, instead a new company called Black Mask Studios would be formed to release the project.[19]

According to Comic Book Resources:

Template:Blockquote

Wired reported that Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Brett Gurewitz (guitarist-songwriter Bad Religion, owner Epitaph Records) joined with Pizzolo to found Black Mask:

Template:Blockquote

On June 12, 2012, Black Mask Studios opened its webstore and officially released Occupy Comics #1 with the announcement that Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, Bill Ayers, Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Matt Bors had joined the Occupy Comics roster.[20]

Spiegelman told Wired:

Template:Blockquote

On September 17, 2012, the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Comics #2 was released to the project's Kickstarter backers and via the Black Mask Studios website. The cover featured a new and iconic illustration by V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd pitting his seminal character V against the Wall Street Charging Bull.[21]

Lloyd told Wired:

Template:Blockquote

Contributors

Template:Div col

Template:Div col end

See also

Template:Subject bar

References

External links

Template:Occupy movement

  1. ↑ Template:Cite web
  2. ↑ Template:Cite web
  3. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Thill2
  5. ↑ Template:Cite news
  6. ↑ Template:Cite web
  7. ↑ Template:Cite web
  8. ↑ Template:Cite web
  9. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  10. ↑ Template:Cite web
  11. ↑ Template:Cite web
  12. ↑ Template:Cite news
  13. ↑ Template:Cite web
  14. ↑ Template:Cite news
  15. ↑ Template:Cite web
  16. ↑ Template:Cite web
  17. ↑ Template:Cite web
  18. ↑ Template:Cite web
  19. ↑ Template:Cite news
  20. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  21. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
Retrieved from "https://www.wikitoon.com/index.php?title=Occupy_Comics&oldid=58106"