Good morning friends, how are we all today? This week’s Previously On will be slightly more comics adjacent than usual as it seems that comics people have either been incredibly well behaved or considerably less vocal with their nonsense. And yes that is an unfair evaluation of the things we usually report on but indulge me this once.
This week began with Archive of Our Own, better known as AO3 being forced offline by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The site was down for just over a day and a spokesperson has confirmed that as the attack did not compromise any personal data there is no need for users to update their passwords. Anonymous Sudan, a group with no credible ties to either Anonymous or Sudan, has taken credit for the attack.
After weeks of bargaining, negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the increasingly ghoulish AMPTP have broken down resulting in the approval of strike action by the guild’s national board. This follows a statement from one studio executive who, in reference to the WGA writers strike, claimed that their intention was to allow the strike to “drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses.” Like I said, these people are ghoulish. This will be the first screen actors strike since 1980, and the first time that actors and writers have been on strike at the same time since 1960. As someone who has spent a big chunk of this year on strike fighting for fairer pay and workloads I wish them all the best and hope that the people writing the cheques will be forced to see the value of those who create the work they seek to profit from.
Finally, and actually 100% related to comics, the nominees for the 2023 Ringo Awards have been announced. Anyone involved in or credited with creating comics professionally can vote on the final ballot so if that’s you, I’d recommend you go check it out. Awards will be presented on Saturday, September 9th during Baltimore Comic-Com.
That’s all for this week buds. Take it easy and if anyone gives you trouble, tell ‘em Kell said it’s all good.
