Community Guidelines

ComicBooked! Community Guidelines

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Welcome to ComicBooked!

ComicBooked! is a private, worker-owned social platform for comic book professionals—free from AI, ads, and algorithms. This is a space by and for Black creators, Indigenous creators, creators of color, LGBTQIA+ professionals, disabled industry workers, and allies who respect and uplift these communities.

Before anything else, know this: All are welcome, but when you are here, you are a guest of the Black community, the Indigenous community, and the many other communities of color, as well as the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities. If you are not comfortable with that, leave this site.

If you join and then harass, threaten, or disrupt any members or staff, you will be permanently banned.

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Our Mission & Purpose

Our mission is to foster a vibrant, evolving community that respects individual preferences and adapts to the changing needs of our members. These guidelines exist to:

• Provide safety and comfort by creating a private, inclusive space where professionals can connect without fear of harassment, trolling, or algorithmic manipulation.
• Create stronger connections through an organic infrastructure that supports creators, retailers, publishers, and event organizers, making the comic book industry more efficient, prosperous, and equitable.
• Cultivate a welcoming environment where all users feel supported, valued, and empowered to participate.
• Evolve with feedback—these guidelines will grow and adapt alongside our community.

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Community Standards

1. Respect & Cultural Stewardship

• Center Marginalized Voices: ComicBooked! is a space where Black creators, Indigenous creators, and other marginalized groups set the cultural standards. All participants engage as guests in this community.
• Use Inclusive Language: Avoid slurs, stereotypes, or language that marginalizes or erases any group.
• Respect Intellectual Property: Do not steal, plagiarize, or distribute others’ work without permission.

2. Safety & Accountability

• Zero Tolerance for Harassment: Harassment, threats, doxing, or coordinated attacks—especially against Black women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, or disabled creators—will result in immediate, permanent bans.
• No Hate Speech or Extremism: Content that promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, or other forms of discrimination will be removed, and offenders will be banned.
• No Illegal or Exploitative Behavior: This includes:
  • Distributing child sexual abuse material or any content sexualizing minors.
  • Engaging in human trafficking, sexual exploitation, or predatory behavior.
  • Trading illegal goods or substances.
  • Hacking, scamming, or phishing.
  • Stealing or distributing private personal information.
  • Circumventing moderation (e.g., creating new accounts to evade bans).

3. Professional Integrity

• No AI-Generated Creative Work: ComicBooked! is a human-first platform. Submitting AI-generated artwork, writing, or other creative content as your own original work is not permitted. Violators will be removed and banned. Discussion of AI’s impact on the industry is welcome—the prohibition is on passing AI-generated work off as human-made.
• No Predatory Business Practices: Exploitative contracts, unpaid labor, or theft of intellectual property are strictly prohibited.
• No Misinformation: Do not share misleading content about elections, public health, or other critical topics.
• No Unsolicited Pitches, Scripts, or Decks: Do not send unsolicited scripts, pitches, decks, or project proposals to other members via private message, activity posts, or any other platform feature. If you want to collaborate with another member, introduce yourself first and ask if they are open to it. Sending unsolicited creative or business materials is a form of professional harassment, can expose both parties to legal risk, and will be treated as a conduct violation.

4. Content Ratings & Mature Content

ComicBooked! is a professional platform that serves members across every sector of the comic book industry, including creators whose work spans all ages and content levels. We believe in creative freedom and we recognize that mature, adult, and explicit content has a legitimate place in comics. This policy exists to ensure that content reaches the right audiences, that public-facing areas of the platform remain welcoming to all, and that members have clear guidance on how to share their work responsibly.

The ComicBooked! Content Rating System

All member-posted content—including posts, media, portfolio work, and any material shared on member profiles—must be labeled with one of the following ratings. These ratings align with the industry-standard vocabulary already familiar to comic book professionals.

• All Ages — Appropriate for all readers. No violence beyond cartoon or slapstick, no profanity, no suggestive themes.
• T (Teen, 12+) — Mild violence, mild language, and/or mildly suggestive themes. Appropriate for general audiences.
• T+ (Teen Plus, 15+) — Moderate violence, moderate profanity, graphic imagery, and/or suggestive themes. Not appropriate for younger readers.
• M (Mature, 17+) — Intense violence, extensive profanity, nudity, sexual themes, and/or other content suitable only for older readers.
• 18+ (Explicit/Adult) — Sexually explicit content appropriate for adults only. This rating carries the strictest placement rules on the platform.

Where Each Rating Is Permitted

The table below describes where content at each rating level may appear on the platform. The public directories and job board are restricted to All Ages and T-rated content only, regardless of membership tier. The Indie Comics Library permits T+ titles with a required content warning, as the Library is a catalog of published works. Blog and editorial spaces may include T+ and M-rated content with a required content warning. 18+ content is never permitted in the Library, public directories, job board, or blog and editorial spaces.

Rating	Member Profiles	The Bullpen	Public Directories	Indie Comics Library	Job Board	Blog/Editorial
All Ages	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
T (12+)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
T+ (15+)	✓	✓ with content warning	✗	✓ with content warning	✗	✓ with content warning
M (17+)	✓	✓ with content warning	✗	✗	✗	✓ with content warning
18+ (Explicit)	✓ designated sections only	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

Content Warning Requirements

Any content rated T+ or above shared in the Bullpen—including activity feed posts, group posts, and messages to groups—must be accompanied by a content warning that clearly identifies the nature of the mature content before it is visible. ComicBooked! will be implementing a content warning toggle feature that will allow members to blur or hide T+, M, and 18+ content behind a click-through confirmation. Until that feature is live, members are required to lead any such post with a written content warning in the post text itself, clearly stating the rating and a brief description of the mature content (e.g., “CW: M-rated — graphic violence”). Failure to label mature content appropriately is a violation of these guidelines and subject to enforcement under Section 6.

18+ Content — Additional Restrictions

• 18+ content may only appear in designated sections of a member’s profile—not in the general activity feed, groups, forums, or any area visible to logged-out users.
• It is never permitted in any public-facing area of the platform, including the directories, Library, job board, or editorial spaces.
• Members who post 18+ content are responsible for ensuring it is restricted to the appropriate profile section. Posting explicit content outside of designated areas is a serious violation subject to immediate content removal and possible account suspension.
• ComicBooked! reserves the right to implement age-gating or membership tier requirements for access to 18+ profile sections as the platform develops.

Prohibited Content — Regardless of Rating

No content rating permits the following, which are prohibited on ComicBooked! under all circumstances and are subject to immediate permanent removal and account termination:

• Sexual content involving minors in any form, real or fictional.
• Non-consensual sexual scenarios presented approvingly.
• Content that sexualizes real, identifiable individuals without their documented consent.
• Content designed to harass, demean, or target specific individuals under the guise of creative expression.

Member Responsibility

Members are responsible for accurately rating their own content. Deliberately mislabeling mature content as a lower rating in order to circumvent these rules is a violation of these guidelines and subject to enforcement. When in doubt, rate higher rather than lower. Moderators may re-rate content that has been inaccurately labeled and will notify the member when they do so.

5. Content & Conduct

• No Excessive Violence or Gore: Depictions of extreme violence, torture, or non-consensual acts are not allowed.
• No Impersonation: Misleading impersonation of individuals or organizations is prohibited.
• Follow Group-Specific Rules: Some forums or groups may have additional guidelines. Failure to follow them may result in restrictions.

6. Reporting & Enforcement

• Report Violations: If you encounter harassment, hate speech, or other violations, report it immediately using our confidential reporting system.
• Consequences for Violations: ComicBooked! uses a graduated enforcement approach rooted in restorative justice principles. Consequences are proportionate to the nature and severity of the violation.
  • Content Removal: Individual posts, messages, or other content may be removed without further action for minor or first-time violations.
  • First Offense (non-severe): Written warning and mandatory review of community guidelines.
  • Repeat or Escalating Violations: Temporary suspension from the platform, ranging from 48 hours to 30 days depending on severity and history.
  • Severe or Zero-Tolerance Violations: Immediate and permanent ban. Zero-tolerance violations include harassment, threats, doxing, coordinated attacks, hate speech, and any conduct listed under No Illegal or Exploitative Behavior.
  • Appeals: Members who believe a moderation action was applied in error may submit an appeal to info@comicbooked.org within 14 days of the action. Appeals are reviewed by the moderation team and, where appropriate, escalated to the board. All appeal decisions are final.
• Transparency: Major moderation decisions will be communicated to the community, respecting privacy where necessary.

7. Community-Led Moderation

• Our moderation team follows trauma-informed, restorative justice principles, prioritizing education, accountability, and harm prevention.
• We rely on community feedback to evolve these guidelines. If you have suggestions, share them at info@comicbooked.org.

8. Library & Community Partner Standards

Indie Comics Library Conduct

• Submit in Good Faith: All title submissions to the ComicBooked! Indie Comics Library must be accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge. Submitting fabricated, plagiarized, or deliberately misleading records is a violation of these guidelines and will result in removal of the submission and possible account action.
• No False Credit Claims: Only claim credits on titles you genuinely contributed to. Falsely claiming authorship, art, lettering, coloring, or any other creative credit on a title you did not work on is a serious violation and will result in immediate suspension or permanent ban.
• Corrections in Good Faith: Suggesting corrections to existing Library records is encouraged and valued. Corrections submitted with the intent to vandalize, erase, or misrepresent another creator’s record are a violation of these guidelines.
• Directory Submissions: The good faith submission standards above apply to all ComicBooked! directories, including the Business Directory, Events Directory, and Icons! Directory. Listings must accurately represent the member, organization, or individual being listed.

Community Partner Standards

• Same Standards Apply: Community Partners—organizations and brands with a presence on ComicBooked! through the Community Partners Program—are held to the same community standards as individual members. Partnership status does not exempt any organization or its representatives from these guidelines.
• Partner Accountability: If a Community Partner organization or any of its representatives violates these guidelines, ComicBooked! reserves the right to suspend or terminate the partnership, remove partner content, and take any other action consistent with these standards.

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Final Notes

Together, we are ComicBooked! Let’s build a comic book industry that is just, equitable, and liberating for all.

These guidelines are living documents and will evolve with our community. When significant changes are made, members will be notified and the updated guidelines will be posted at comicbooked.org/community-guidelines/. Continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of the current version.

By using ComicBooked!, you agree to uphold these standards and contribute to a safe, empowering, and inclusive space.

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Privacy Policy

ComicBooked! Network 8/4/2025

ComicBooked! Network and its affiliates (“Company,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) value the privacy of individuals who use our social application, website, and related services (collectively, our “Services”).
This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and share information from users of our Services (“Users,” “you,” and/or “your”). By using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes. Beyond the Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our User Agreement. 

Information We Collect

We may collect a variety of information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.

Information You Provide to Us.

• Registration and Profile Information. When you sign up for an account, we may collect information such as your name, email address, username, and profile photo.
• User Content. We collect any information you choose to provide on our Services, such as posts, photos, videos, gifs, comments, messages, votes, and shares. This can include information in or about the content you provide (like metadata), such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created.
• Payment Information. If you make a purchase through our Services, your payment-related information, such as your credit and debit card or automated clearing house (ACH) information, is collected and stored by our third-party payment processor on our behalf. This includes payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and other card information; other account and authentication information; and billing, shipping and contact details.
• Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you. For example, if you contact us for customer support, we may receive your name, email address, phone number, the contents of any message or attachments you may send to us, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information We Collect When You Use Our Services.

• Location Information. When you use our Services, we infer your general location information, for example by using your internet protocol (IP) address.
• Device Information. We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, including IP address, device type, web browser type, operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, user agents, application installations, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens. We collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs and other web-connected devices you use that integrate with our Products, and we combine this information across different devices you use. For example, we use information collected about your use of our Products on your phone to better personalize the content or features you see when you use our Products on another device, such as your laptop or tablet, or to measure whether you took an action in response to an article we showed you on your phone on a different device.
• Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Services, such as the posts or other content you view, the searches you conduct, the people you follow, and the dates and times of your visits.
• Networks and connections. We collect information about the people, Pages, accounts, and groups you are connected to and how you interact with them across our Products, such as people you communicate with the most or groups you are part of.
• Things others do and information they provide about you. We also receive and analyze content, communications and information that other people provide when they use our Products. This can include information about you, such as when others share or comment on a photo of you, send a message to you, or upload, sync or import your contact information.
• Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and our third-party partners, such as analytics partners, collect information using cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Services.
  
  Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from our Services, you may not be able to utilize the features of our Services to their fullest potential.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We may use the information we collect:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our Services;
• To personalize your experience on our Services, such as by providing tailored content and recommendations;
• To understand and analyze how you use our Services and develop new products, services, features, and/or functionality;
• To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information relating to our Services, provide information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and otherwise provide customer support;
• For marketing purposes, such as developing and providing promotional materials that may be relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you;
• To send you text messages and push notifications;
• To find and prevent fraud and respond to trust and safety issues;
• For compliance purposes, including enforcing our User Agreement or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency; and
• For other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time the information is collected.

How We Share the Information We Collect

• Vendors and Service Providers. We do not share any information we receive with vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services.
• User Content. Our Services are social services that allow you to find, enjoy, and share content. Your display name, username, profile photo, about me section, and contacts (i.e., followers and following) will always be viewable and/or searchable by other Users. The content you post to our Services will be displayed on our Services and viewable by other Users by default. This content is private by default, in the “Your Choices” section below, we describe the account settings and controls you can use to limit the sharing of certain information. We are not responsible for other Users’ use of available information, so you should carefully consider whether and what to post and how you identify yourself on our Services.
• Marketing. We do not rent, sell, or share information about you with nonaffiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless we have your affirmative express consent.
• Analytics Partners. We use may use 3rd party analytics services to collect and process certain application analytics data.
• As Required By Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of your information may occur if you post any objectionable content on or through our Services.
• Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.
• Consent. We may also disclose your information with your permission.

Your Choices

• Sharing Preferences. We provide you with settings to allow you to set your sharing preferences for content you post to our Services. Certain information, such as your username, may always be publicly available to others, and other information is made publicly available to others by default. To change whether certain information is publicly viewable, you can adjust the settings in your account.
• Marketing Communications. We send you marketing communications consistent with your choices. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails by adjusting your account settings or via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt-out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.
• Notifications. You can opt-out of receiving notifications for posts, votes, shares, comments, and followers by adjusting your profile and/or operating system (i.e., iOS or Android) settings.

Third Parties

Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.

For example, any information you share with Google as a consequence of sharing or interacting with YouTube content on ComicBooked! Network is governed by Google’s privacy policy. Google now provides users some control over the collection of data by its users and API Clients like ComicBooked! Network. Exercising such control may require having a Google account, which itself may be a privacy concern for some of our users. Therefore, users are encouraged to use ComicBooked! Network’ own native video capabilities (or the capabilities of other platforms equally respectful of user privacy) if they wish to avoid sharing data with Google.

Security

We make reasonable efforts to protect your information by using physical and electronic safeguards designed to improve the security of the information we maintain. However, as our Services are hosted electronically, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information.

Children

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 18 years of age, and no part of our Services is directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at info@comicbooked.org.

International Transfers of Data

Our Services are hosted in the United States. If you choose to use our Services from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. By providing any information, including personal information, on or to our Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.

Update Your Information or Pose a Question

You can update your account and profile information, or delete your account, through your account settings. If you have questions about your privacy on the Services or this privacy policy, please contact us at info@comicbooked.org.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share personal information previously collected from you through our Services, we will notify you through our Services, by email, or other communication.

Contact Information & Effective Date

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at info@comicbooked.org.

Last Updated: August 8, 2023

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