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PLS PLS PLS FOLLOW ME MY OLD ACCOUNT GOT SUSPENDED 😭😭😭
Hi I'm Explodikid! I'm the creator of the webcomic and soon-to-be-published graphic novel Covenant!
my publisher WEBTOON is trying to sabotage my graphic novel launch by deleting my credits off my episodes and prohibiting me from telling my own readers that the webcomic they read is available as a book.
The credits they’re deleting is shown below
the phenomenon of artists getting more traction on their art when they pretend to be a reposter account can be explained by the fact that people hate you if youre good at something and are proud of it and want to show it to the world
the people who get on my case about me sexualizing and homosexualizing my own priest characters need to understand I'm allowed to because i asked my characters if they're okay with it and they said yes! so there!
HOLY SHIT thank you for your support everyone!! Covenant is
#3
on amazon fantasy manga bestsellers beating out chainsaw man, berserk and jjk 😭😭😭
my readers are the best 🥺❤️🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 thank you so much for the bit of good that’s come out of all of this ❤️❤️❤️
Their lack of support and attempts to undermine my career has been incredibly damaging to my mental health and is greatly impacting my ability to continue creating my series.
Their actions prevent me from reaching my 700k readers and will greatly hurt my book sales.
They have allowed every single other series on the platform that has been printed to promote their books, except for ME. Citing new policies that conveniently coincide with MY book…
If you’re a reader that I am no longer able to reach through my series, or are someone who might appreciate a supernatural action comic, please consider preordering my graphic novel! your support is greatly appreciated ❤️
From unfairly age gating my comic, denying me raises despite 3 years of back breaking labor, and now sabotaging my book launch, they have completely destroyed my mental health and I will no longer stay silent
Apparently they feel comfortable forbidding me to promote my graphic novel because “how do they (webtoon) even benefit from me promoting my book” seeing as I am a creator who narrowly evaded their IP grabbing endeavors they see no reason to even ALLOW ME to tell my readers about…
They will probably reply to this saying “well we just said you have to put it on your creator page, you just cant put it in your webtoon”
The difference in reach is 700k readers on my webtoon and 11k readers on my creator page
If you are new to me and my work, you might not know I am very outspoken about artists and workers rights compensation, and discuss unethical webtoon practices so I strongly feel this is retaliation. But of course it probably is just convenient timing.
so what’s Covenant about??
In a world where priests are decked out in holy tattoos and brandish machine guns in the face of demons, a powerful exorcist and a child of darkness cross paths...in a college classroom.
Genres: Supernatural Action LGBT BL+GL romance SEXY PRIESTS
2019: quit my job in biotech 🤢 started posting comics
2020: omg webtoon hired me to make covenant 😲
2021: covenant starts taking off 😦
2022: i can move out and make a living wage with comics! 🤩
2023: my comic gets acquired for print!
2024: my graphic novel comes out!🎉
if you as an artist post your work you’re saying “hey everyone look at me and what i made” which is cringe and annoying to so many people but theyll never admit it
something something about the societally enforced shame of wanting to be seen and heard
also goes hand in hand with the rise in AI art. ppl cant stand that youre good at something so theyll do everything in their power to take it away from you, to “democratize” it. because its cringe to be good at things and to know you are good at things
losing my old account was a blessing in disguise i feel more free at this size and able to run around being mean to people on twitter and the optics aren't as bad
I just wanted to express my endless thanks for the outpouring of support and love from my readers, friends and even strangers ❤️ it really and truly means the world to me. yall have given me the motivation to keep going and keep working on this story 🥹🙏🏽
my publisher WEBTOON is trying to sabotage my graphic novel launch by deleting my credits off my episodes and prohibiting me from telling my own readers that the webcomic they read is available as a book.
The credits they’re deleting is shown below
The thread above contains my FEELINGS about my experience and my relaying of what *I* experienced happening to me and my comic, and what I FEEEL are the motivations behind these actions
posted disclaimer for no reason whatsoever 🚨🚔
@explodikid_
Just looked at the last free episode and i see a lot of people already started doing it! Hopefully on the next episode it can be a top comment and then it will be even more helpful
not everyone who follows me knows this but my most effective marketing platform has been tiktok for the past 2+ years and its largely because i make content from the perspective of a “fan” and not a creator
lol my shock when i saw this thread was shitting on this style and so are the replies when i consider this style absolute PEAK and everything my comics aspire to achieve
its official im considering my old account dead and just moving on w this one.
its been difficult bc its stuck for MONTHS in this not really suspended but also not usable limbo??? regardless i have to move on
thanks so much to everyone who has boosted and followed me here!!
the yaoi/yuri discourse has become rancid and lesbophobic so quickly damn lol
as someone who makes both bl/gl stuff, the queer content fandom is just so evil and toxic on both sides. yall just police and scrutinize ALL queer things way more than you do to any straight stuff
wow I can already tell the age gating webtoon did to my comic is going to be pretty devastating for my readership, numbers, income haha so there’s that
so I really appreciate anyone reading it and sharing and liking it ❤️🫶🏼
@refrainbow
what still kills me is they did ALL OF THIS AGAINST YOUR WILL when they are still a minority IP holder like WHO GAVE YOU GUYS THE RIGHT????? and the fact that they just left you to fend for yourself and kept those ads running for so long…
HOLY SHIT thank you for your support everyone!! Covenant is
#3
on amazon fantasy manga bestsellers beating out chainsaw man, berserk and jjk 😭😭😭
my readers are the best 🥺❤️🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 thank you so much for the bit of good that’s come out of all of this ❤️❤️❤️