Grand Rapids Comic-Con announced that Mike S. Miller will no longer be attending their convention that is set to take place from November 9-11 at the Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

We need to report that Mike S. Miller will not be attending the Grand Rapids Comic-Con this year. We apologize to his fan base and wish Mike the best. We will be announcing a few comic writers over the next week or so, just finalizing some details before doing so. — GR Comic Con (@grcomiccon) September 19, 2018

Mike S. Miller took to YouTube to report that the Grand Rapids Comic-Con cancelled their contract with Miller.

Miller notes, “Even though they invited me, signed a contract for me to go there, were going to pay me an appearance fee…They apparently decided I was a xenophobe. Xenophobe is the word used because of our friend the Nigerian prince.”

Miller also references cosplayer and Twitter user Renfamous calling her Notfamous believing she is behind Grand Rapids canceling Miller’s contract, “Apparently it’s from Notfamous on her little tirade to make sure none of us can make a living in our chosen profession.” Miller explains his reasoning, “Someone said they did a Twitter search of me, my name, and Grand Rapids Comic-Con, and the only connection was that blue-haired bimbo, who shall go unnamed on my channel.”

Miller goes on to read the letter he received from Grand Rapids Comic-Con:

“Hi Mike, I’m writing in regards to some very disparaging remarks you have made in regards to minorities and women over the past few weeks through your Twitter feed and podcast. On the podcast: “Marvel: The People Are Revolting” published by you on Youtube on August 29 you interviewed a Nigerion national as VKTR on Twitter about the Comicsgate issue. I found several of the remarks made in regards to VKTR after he left the podcast to be quite disturbing: A couple comments were made by you in regards to him being a Nigerian prince and the money scandals in that country, which I found to be stereotyping and incredibly inappropriate as you had zero evidence of his involvement in those crimes; and The final comment that “he probably doesn’t know who his father is” was downright unprofessional, a blatant disrespect to his national heritage, and a stereotype based on his skin color. I also found the excuse that you continually posted on Twitter that U.S. Democratic policies created single parenthood in African-American community in this country to be a cop out and completely irrelevant, considering that he is not a citizen of this country. We have also noticed several comments over the last couple months directed at women that I found to downright rude. Since our leadership staff is 65% women and our ownership is 50% women, I feel that these kinds of comments have no place in an event that gears specifically towards families and has a high female demographic. As a result, I have decided as the Event Director and person responsible for our lineup to pull you from appearing at our event due to these xenophobic comments. I am sorry to do this as I believe in freedom of speech, but there is a responsibility to the speech in which you choose to participate. We will not be stating a reason as to why you are off the ticket, just the fact that you are no longer appearing. I am hoping that you will choose to not make a major scene on this as we will not do so.” Thank you, and I am sorry that it came to this. Sincerely, Mark Hodges

Event Director”

As for Miller’s claim that Twitter user Renfamous might be involved in the cancellation, she had previously been warning people to avoid Mike S. Miller at Grand Rapids Comic-Con back in August. She would refer to Miller as a “bigot.”

Discussing what cons bigots plan to attend is a public service that benefits everyone. For example, pointing out that Mike S. Miller (@abacusmike) will be at @grcomiccon in Nov. allows LGBTQ+ folks to avoid giving money to a homophobe AND allows Mike to avoid touching gay money. pic.twitter.com/iArCCVEoIc — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) August 15, 2018

Don’t forget to spread the word! Mike S Miller does not want your queer money, so any queer folks going to Grand Rapids Comic Con in November should absolutely avoid his table. Don’t make this good Christian man touch dirty gay dollars! @grcomiccon https://t.co/FUyStavovO — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) August 27, 2018

She had previously labeled Miller a bigot on a number of occasions:

Mike S. Miller is a disgraced former big two comic artist who stopped getting work when everyone found out he’s a raging bigot. Now he draws some comicsgate comic, I forget the name but it’s just a mashup of existing superheroes. He added a bomber jacket. — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) September 2, 2018

Miller is a gay-hating bigot who only had a career to begin with because he hid his fundamentalist garbage behind fake names and accounts for 20 years. He deserves to be where he’s at now and wouldn’t even be there if he’d been open about his shitty opinions from day one. — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) August 14, 2018

NY Times bestselling homophobe, bigot, misogynist and all around embarrassment to the Christian faith Mike S. Miller! https://t.co/o7N8Lfj8Rw — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) August 11, 2018

She also attacked Miller’s Christian beliefs:

Nice of @Comic_Con to look past Mike S. Miller comparing gay people to pedophiles and his vocal transphobia/misogyny to let him table in their AA. Luckily, Mike was nice enough to tell us where he is! RT so your queer/lady followers at #SDCC can avoid booth #5568. #Comicsgate pic.twitter.com/BrRLyze33m — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) July 19, 2018

Mike Miller being a racist and a misogynist has nothing to do with his religion. — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) September 19, 2018

She has also targeted other Comic-Cons including San Diego Comic-Con and Fan Expo Boston:

And if anyone’s interested in seeing screenshots of Mike S. Miller being a misogynistic, transphobic ass (with bonus comparing gay people to dog torturers and child rapists), here you go! Be sure to avoid his booth at @fanexpoboston this weekend. https://t.co/o7N8Lfj8Rw — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) August 9, 2018

Nice of @Comic_Con to look past Mike S. Miller comparing gay people to pedophiles and his vocal transphobia/misogyny to let him table in their AA. Luckily, Mike was nice enough to tell us where he is! RT so your queer/lady followers at #SDCC can avoid booth #5568. #Comicsgate pic.twitter.com/BrRLyze33m — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) July 19, 2018

Following Grand Rapids Comic-Con’s announcement that Miller had been kicked out of the convention, Renfamous declared Miller was kicked out because “he has made several racist, sexist and transphobic comments.”

So, in case it wasn’t clear already, GRCC uninvited Mike Miller partially because he has made several racist, sexist and transphobic comments. The other reason is because they don’t want people who excuse that kind of hate there either. People like you. — Renfamous⭐️ (@renfamous) September 19, 2018

The decision to kick Mike S. Miller out of Grand Rapids Comic-Con comes after DC Comics writer Scott Snyder denounced Comicsgate calling the movement “poisoned from its origins.” DC Comics artist Frank Cho also decried Comicsgate describing it as “an alt-right hate group in the comic book field.”

Following Cho’s statement, Marvel Comics artist Mike Deodato declared he would no longer be attending conventions if anyone associated with Comicsgate would be attending. DC Comics and Marvel Comics writer Gail Simone would follow Deodato’s lead and promised to do the same thing.

This is an extremely dangerous precedent being set by Grand Rapids Comic-Con. It also could empower people who are already threatening Comicsgate creators with violence to increase their rhetoric and potentially begin taking action against creators. Ethan Van Sciver and Diversity and Comics have specifically been threatened with violence. Mitch and Bettie Breitweiser have also canceled a convention appearance due to security concerns. And YouTuber Jeremy Hambly aka The Quartering was actually physically assaulted while attending GenCon. Violence is not out of the question, and a number of comic book professionals are increasing hateful rhetoric that could motivate lunatics to violence against Comicsgate creators.

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