Harlock
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So, Eric Esquivel being an a-hole to women was kind of unspoken secret, but he was the golden boy of new DC Vertigo. Because that everyone inside comic industry keep quiet until now.
http://www.comicsbeat.com/creative-team-quits-after-border-town-writer-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/
http://www.comicsbeat.com/creative-team-quits-after-border-town-writer-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/
Over the weekend, toy designer Cynthia Naugle posted a harrowing account of her abuse at the hands of a man she called “X”. According to her post, “X” began an abusive sexual relationship with her when he was her manager at a comics shop in Tucson, AZ. You can read the entire account in the link, but trigger warnings are definitely called for, as the extreme physical and emotional abuse she describes is truly disturbing.
While Naugle did not name “X” in her blog post, the details matched only one person: writer Eric Esquivel. Naugle later confirmed his identity with other sources. According to her post, she had written to Esquivel to confront him about his actions, but his reaction was to write a hasty and trivial apology. He then deleted all of his social media accounts except his Twitter, which he turned private. It was after this that Naugle took her account public.