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Magic: the Gathering artist Noah Bradley admits to sexual assault after accusations come out

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SigmasonicX

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Noah Bradley is a long time fantasy artist, particularly for the Magic: the Gathering franchise, where he's been especially prolific. Yesterday, accusations surfaced of him sexually assaulting women during parties.

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Today, Bradley released an apology, admitting to sexual assault. Note, of course, that he only did this after being called out.



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Noah Bradley is, as mentioned, a prolific artist for Magic: the Gathering, and that includes pieces of art in the latest sets. Hopefully Wizards of the Coast acts quickly to release a statement about this.

All of his Magic art can be found here
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Fulminator

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well shit. I follow him on and insta and he always seemed like a nice guy...

Anyways, time to unfollow
 
Squarehard

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If you can give him any points, I guess is that he actually admits to all of it.

Of course, when you're already in a hole that deep, it's a dig up situation.
 
K' Dash

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Didn't they just fired another artist who was there from the beginning?

What's happening?
 
The Adder

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K' Dash said:
Didn't they just fired another artist who was there from the beginning?

What's happening?
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A lot of people are shit, when you hire a lot of people a good percentage of them are going to be shit. Especially when you're not actively trying to filter out shit people. Now that folks are more willing to point out people who have been shit the shit is being outed.
 
ToTheMoon

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The guy needs a long, long break. It sounds like this was an open secret in the artist community, but if people at WotC knew and continued to give him work then I would be disappointed in them as well.

His apology seems sincere, at the very least, but it doesn't excuse the actions in the first place. And he only issued it because he got caught.
 
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Wulfric

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You only had to attend one Magic event to realize how big his ego was. Wasn't he handing out shirtless business cards at one point?
 
LazyLain

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Well that is most unfortunate.

His apology isn't for me to accept, but a mere apology certainly isn't enough to atone for his crimes here. I will say that his apology does, at the very least, seem slightly less weasely than the typical response... but even then it's not entirely weasel-free, and it's entirely possible that he's only as honest as he is because he knew people would respond positively to it.
 
Fulminator

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Wulfric said:
You only had to attend one Magic event to realize how big his ego was. Wasn't he handing out shirtless business cards at one point?
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He makes figure drawing reference packs for artists with his wife (they are both usually in their underwear so you can see the anatomy) so it kind of makes sense?
 
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Hella said:
Wtf are these 'laws'. They read like a serial killer's manifesto.
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They're based on a book. The 48 Laws of Power. The author never meant the book to be prescriptive. It was a guide to human nature. To protect yourself from darker behaviors that most people encounter more frequently in adulthood.

However, it developed a cult following in certain circles. Hip hop artists loved it for example. The author did a collab with 50 cent on a similar book. The appeal is similar the Art of War in hip hop circles.
 
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According to his site CD Projekt RED is a client, I wonder if he worked on Cyberpunk. Walt Disney too.
 

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Ew. I used to follow him and his wife on twitter. Thought of them as this cute couple making good art. What a fucking creep. I hope he goes to jail for his crimes.
 
atomsk eater

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I hate that sniveling "I'm such selfish cruel trash" crap people pull in apologies. Like yeah it's true but it's just bait for your loyal fans to flock and provide reassurance that you aren't bad and they forgive you, despite not being part of the wronged party anyway.

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Seems kinda like the Dennis system with more steps. :p
 
Frankie Williamson

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Yeah, he's right into the whole build a cult thing. Dude is always talking about starting an artist's commune with his wife on Twitter. Everything about his behavior is right out of those rules and it's fucking gross.
 
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    • Wulfric

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    Well that was fast

    I didn't expect them to say anything to the public.

    But the fact that the incidents happened at artist conferences meant they had to address it.

     
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    Alternade said:
    Terese Neilsen, she came out to be JK Rowling level transphobic. WotC has pretty much cut ties with her and the next set will be the last with her art
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    Nope the terese nelilson thing was because she followed ultra right wing stuff like info wars and the like.
    No terf stuff was found, I don't know where the community started saying that
     
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    SigmasonicX

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    Estimated last set to include Noah Bradley art will release around February 2021.



    Squire will be removed from the April Fools Secret Lair product (which was delayed due to Covid-19). Since that product is printed to demand, and it was never put on sale, then theoretically there should be no printed copies of Noah Bradley's Squire art.
     
    Arkeband

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    SigmasonicX said:


    Estimated last set to include Noah Bradley art will release around February 2021.



    Squire will be removed from the April Fools Secret Lair product (which was delayed due to Covid-19). Since that product is printed to demand, and it was never put on sale, then theoretically there should be no printed copies of Noah Bradley's Squire art.
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    Are cards printed that far ahead of time? That seems like more than enough time for them to hire someone else to redraw his cards.
     
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    SigmasonicX

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    Arkeband said:
    Are cards printed that far ahead of time? That seems like more than enough time for them to hire someone else to redraw his cards.
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    Card art takes months to draw, and they have to have cards finalized and start printing several months before release. There's also the likely business logic that they already paid premium for his completed artwork so they feel obligated to use it.
     
    Nothing Loud

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    He probably shouldn't have admitted to a crime on the internet. Disgusting behavior described.
     
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