Wednesday night, comic colorist Chris Sotomayor tweeted out that a comics professional told a fan to go kill themselves.
Comics professionals telling fans who suffer from depression to "go kill yourself"- I don't even know where to start with that bullshit.
— Chris Sotomayor (@SotoColor) May 11, 2017
Comic writer Kurt Busiek, who doesn't want his tweets used as articles, asked Sotomayor who the culprit was.
@KurtBusiek A real EVil Shit.
— Chris Sotomayor (@SotoColor) May 11, 2017
Based on the capital letters, all signs point to Green Lantern artist Ethan Van Sciver. Lo and behold.
@KurtBusiek I see stories of cops protecting other cops who abuse their power, and I get angry. And like I said, I don't have full context. But.. pic.twitter.com/2tScXQ61dy
— Chris Sotomayor (@SotoColor) May 11, 2017
After posting the screencap, Sotomayor took his gloves off.
I don't understand how you work in comics, on the greatest heroes in existence, and then tell people to kill themselves. @EthanVanSciver
— Chris Sotomayor (@SotoColor) May 11, 2017
Which Van Sciver responded to, admitting fault in a comics professional first.
You're absolutely right. I am ashamed of it. I apologize to anyone hurt for my stupid comment, and I am donating https://t.co/hXyCtfNxCb
— Ethan Van Sciver (@EthanVanSciver) May 11, 2017
...to the same suicide prevention charity mentioned in another post. I made a mistake. https://t.co/hXyCtfNxCb
— Ethan Van Sciver (@EthanVanSciver) May 11, 2017
@EthanVanSciver Thank you for admitting and stepping up. I hope you apologized to Sean Jurgens.
— Chris Sotomayor (@SotoColor) May 11, 2017
To learn more about suicide prevention, click here.
UPDATE: May 11, 2017
Ethan Van Sciver deleted his Twitter account and two out of three of his Facebook pages.
