You don't find it extremely dishonest of yourself to not mention race and gender bias in your "breaking into comics" piece? Especially considering you made noise via WIR?

“Extremely dishonest?”

No, I don’t, not even remotely.

First, it was never meant to include all possible obstacles or hurdles to every possible aspiring creator. That would be impossible. It was mostly based on MY experience and things I personally had witnessed.

If someone reads that piece and thinks I was sugar-coating the industry, I have very little I can say to that, except that I don’t think they read it very clearly.

Next, I have NO authority to speak about how race affects someone breaking into the industry. There are hundreds of POC creators and staffers who could discuss that better than I could, and many have done just that.

Third, again, I am kind of shaking my head at the idea that THAT article, of all articles, is trying to cover up or defend unfair industry practices. One does not have to look very far to see that I talk about disadvantages and expectations placed on women in comics REGULARLY and have for over a decade. To the point where many, many of my critics use it as a cudgel to beat me over the head.

The article is about practical things one can prepare oneself to accomplish when thinking of working in this industry. I have no doubt that race, gender, sexuality, and other issues would likely up the difficulty level. I wrote that article to help the people who have a sincere drive to get into a difficult industry. It was never meant to include all possible difficulties. I write about those other issues routinely, and have zero problem pointing out where I think the industry is failing in those areas.