X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN & RED ROOM Writer/Artist Ed Piskor Passes Away From Apparent Suicide

@OmegaBlack13 - Lets also not act like flirting with a 17 year old is worth destroying a man's life. In NY 17 is old enough to consent, in the UK 16 is the age of consent and Canada I think is 15.

Americans have such a guilty conscience. Let me break it down. He found her attractive. He did not have sex with her. At worst he flirted with her. This is not equitable on any level to [frick]ing babies.

Real pedos actually exist. I think we forget that. This guy didn't deserve the pitchforks, but we angry mob folk are just so eager to use them on anyone that we will take any available opportunity. We want to attack pedos and if there are none around then anyone who we catch finding a sexually developed woman under the age of consent attractive will have to do, I guess.

@OmegaBlack13 - She purposefully did not post why he called her "naughty girl". It had nothing to do with sex.

@UniqNo - Its judgement on the internet way more than today than back then. Everyone has to have their "freedom of speech" and their platforms to quickly judge without context. Keyboard warriors dont have the same type of heart to talk that same stuff they type in person but unfortunate for those like Piskor who sounds like he was suffering from depression took a lot of stuff said online to heart. Sad.

@Dunejedi - She was 17 turning 18. He is dead. Perspective.

@Dunejedi - And therefore he was a sexually developed man over the age of consent. She was a sexually developed person who was just under the age of consent in the US.

It makes no difference if he was 18, 40 or 90. If you think it is then you're no longer talking about pedophilia, you're talking about ageism.

@ObserverIO - I guess I’m a bit confused by your response. Could you elaborate on it?

@ObserverIO - literally everything you’ve commented in this comment section. Please go into great detail.

@Dunejedi - Since you're not responding. I'm going to do the opposite of going into more detail. I'm gonna go into less detail:

What I'm saying in a nutshell is that a man over the age of consent flirting (and even that's debatable) with a woman just under the age of consent is far less serious than a man committing suicide because the internet cancelled him.

@Dunejedi -

"I thought you might clam-up if I was being too obvious in feeding you rope to hang yourself with."

So you're not content enough with one death. You've a taste for blood now and you want more.


"Your conflating the various ages of consent across the globe with emotional/sexual maturity"

The ages of consent is what we are talking about here. The fact that she was under the age of consent is the issue. It is the age of consenting to sex. So it has everything to do with what we're talking about.

"Your downplaying his predatory behaviors."

You are up-playing them. The dude obviously needed to get laid and was very creepy in his attempt at flirting, if that is indeed what he was doing. It's all conjecture. We don't know that he had designs on any of these women other than wanting naked models for his art. He was an artist you know.

"Your blanket dismissal of any criticism of his behavior as coming from an “angry mob” with axes to grind, and NOT because those criticisms might be valid."

The validity of these criticisms pale in comparison to methods of cancel culture which are the internet equivalent of angry mobs with pitchforks. People who are out for blood. It's good sport. Well, they got it this time.
It's not civilized.

"Your repeated mischaracterization of children as “sexually developed women/people under the age of consent""

It is not a mischaracterization. 17 year olds are sexually developed. Many of them are sexually active. Were you never 17?
Are you seriously comparing them to children? I think it's important that you realize the difference between the evil of somebody wanting to have sex with an actual child and wanting to have sex with someone with a sexually developed body. There is a very big difference.

"Your conclusion that “he made no attempts to sexually abuse her”."

If he did, don't you think the woman would have told us? She told us everything else.

"And any other thoughts you may feel like sharing with the community on this subject."

I'd just like to repeat the general sentiment of the comics community that this death is a tragic reminder of the very real consequences of internet cancel culture. Whether he is innocent or guilty is one matter. Whether we are innocent or guilty is a foregone conclusion.

Like Rob Liefeld said, "Be better".

@Dunejedi - I think you've taken one quick look around inside yourself to see if there is any guilt there for possibly contributing to a man's death by being a passionate component of cancel culture and.... nope, nothing there. At least not that you can see, maybe it's hiding under a throw pillow or something. [frick] it, what do you need guilt for anyway? You were only looking because some dude on the internet asked you to and he's probably a pedophile.

I'm not btw. Case you were wondering. My kinks are milfs and hotwives (should that be milves and hotwives? We don't say hotwifes, do we?) anyway, that's beside the point. A man did die. And it's tragic. I don't blame you but I do blame cancel culture.

Although ultimately he did kill himself, willfully and with intent. On that I do agree. So this will have to be the only point we actually agree on tonight.

@Dunejedi - its almost as if you seem to think they were valid from accusation. What predatory behaviors or was it just that he was the main artist behind Red Room and has spoken against net bullys before. I bet if it turns out that they were just accusations you will stay tight lipped but if a single accusation or even a whisper of it being true then you will celebrate a suicide . Sorry I'm just snowballing here . these could just be false accusations but lets just run w/ it and save some time and then try and be the most logical on this ste . Its working out great for you so far.