Eric Powell removes protest video

Eric Powell has removed the video he created protesting the supremacy of superheroes in the comic book industry, reports iFanboy.

The Goon creator's video, which highlighted the plight of the creator-owned market, has attracted much publicity, as well as some critics, who questioned its accuracy and methods.

"The video I released last week in an attempt to draw attention to the lopsided tendencies of our industry has clearly become a divisive force instead of the unifying positive one I intended it to be," wrote Powell on his Facebook page. "For that reason I've taken it down.

"I work in satire and humour. Apparently those aspects of the video were lost on some people.

"If anyone misconstrued the meaning, my exact quote at the end of the video was, 'We have to make original creator-owned content just as vital to sustaining this industry as the Marvel and DC superhero books.' And that's exactly what I meant and feel. At no point did I say or even allude that no-one should buy superhero comics."