Plebcomics

About

Plebcomics is a webcomic blog which often mocks stereotypes associated with overly hostile members of the Tumblr social justice community. In December 2014, the creator of the series was doxxed, which she claims resulted in the loss of her job.

History

The creation date of the Plebcomics^[1] Tumblr is unknown due to the mass removal of posts that occurred in December 2014 after the blog was purportedly hacked.^[9] On March 9th, 2014, Redditor hydra877 posted a Plebcomics comic mocking hypocritical fat acceptance activists to the /r/TumblrInAction^[6] subreddit, where it gathered more than 800 votes (96% upvoted) prior to being archived (shown below).

On August 24th, Redditor SunAtNight submitted a Plebcomic criticizing a crowdfunding campaign by feminist videoblogger Anita Sarkeesian to the /r/TumblrAtRest^[10] subreddit (shown below).

On October 29th, Redditor Greyathus submitted a Plebcomics webcomic mocking the GamerGate Wikipedia article to the /r/KotakuInAction^[5] subreddit, where it gained over 1,200 votes (91% upvoted) in the first two months.

Creator Doxxed

On December 7th, 2014, the Plebdox Tumblr^[4] blog was launched, which posted the personally identifiable information of the Plebcomics creator. That day, the Plebcomics creator’s personal blog “AbbySucks”^[3] announced that she had been “forced to resign” from her job due to people contacting her employer.

After regaining control of the site that day, over 30 comics were reuploaded, including illustrations mocking overweight racists (shown below, left), misogynistic men’s rights activists (shown below, middle) and hypocritical “social justice warriors” (shown below, right). On December 8th, threads about the doxxing were submitted to the /r/KotakuInAction^[7] subreddit and the /co/^[8] (comics & cartoons) board on 4chan.