online harassment

Thumbnail: Praise for 'Giant Days' Approach to Internetting
Thumbnail: Praise for 'Giant Days' Approach to Internetting
Thumbnail: Praise for 'Giant Days' Approach to Internetting
John Allison and Lissa Treiman's Giant Days is a lot of things: fun, entertaining, silly, cute... but it also offers some interesting commentary on the world of the internet in issue 3. The gang at the center of Giant Days (Esther, Daisy, and Susan) encounter some crappy times with the internet that are all too reminiscent of real women's dealings with internet creeps. The story is handled with just enough humor and sincerity to make it thoughtful without being preachy. Spoilers ahead!
Comics Professionals Tackle Online Twitter Troll
Comics Professionals Tackle Online Twitter Troll
Comics Professionals Tackle Online Twitter Troll
Online harassment is, sadly, so much a part of the Comics Internet - Hell, the Internet in general, depressingly - that it can sometimes be very easy to become immune to it, even accidentally; insults or abuse become glossed over as we tut to ourselves, think troll and move on to something else...