Comicsgate

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proper noun

A right-wing campaign in opposition to diversity and progressivism in the North American superhero comic book industry.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. informalA right-wing campaign in opposition to diversity and progressivism in the North American superhero comic book industry.

    Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.

    2021, Lisa Nakamura, Hanah Stiverson, Kyle Lindsey, Racist Zoombombing, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin

From comics + -gate.

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Cite this entry
APA

Comicsgate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comicsgate

MLA

“Comicsgate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comicsgate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Comicsgate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comicsgate.

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