Elon Musk’s unflattering graphic novel is having difficulty finding an English publisher

The British Guardian wrote a euphemistic interpretation of the case of an alleged biography by a British comic author about Tesla boss Elon Musk, who also owns X/Twitter:

A biography of Elon Musk by a British graphic novel author is having difficulty finding an English-language publisher because of fears of “legal consequences.”.

Elon Musk: Investigation into a New Master of the World is the latest graphic novel from West Yorkshire-based Darryl Cunningham. Cunningham, 64, has written and illustrated seven nonfiction books on topics ranging from the 2008 global economic crisis (“Supercrash”) to Russian leader Vladimir Putin (“The Rise of a Dictator”).

(…) Cunningham said in a post on his Patreon site last week: “Publication in other countries seems unlikely. I was told that there was interest from various international publishers at the last Frankfurt Book Fair, but There were concerns about possible legal consequences.”

And what if the GN contains defamatory claims and other statements about Mr. Musk that they fear could result in a lawsuit? They provide a sample panel from the GN that appears to accuse Musk of “spreading misinformation,” suggesting that Mr. Cunningham is more interested in having a negative view of Musk than a positive one. In this sense it says here:

It was released in France in Mayand Cunningham added that so much has happened since then – too Musk is appointed by new US President Donald Trump as joint head of his new Ministry for Government Efficiency – this is Cunningham I’m already working on updates for subsequent editions.

The book definitely is no luminous hagiography. Draw on various sourcesCunningham tells Musk’s life story, which goes back to his parents Errol and Maye Musk’s grandfather, who Cunningham says was “something of a white supremacist.”.

He traces Musk’s rise to the “billionaire class” through his various business ventures, including the acquisition of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, which he renamed X.

Cunningham said, “Knowing what I know about the man, My conclusion is that it is incredible that such a mediocre personality can amass such wealth, but it has always been that way.”

“A little bit”? Um, if these turn out to be fabricated allegations for which there are no substantiated sources, then it would be a surprise if some publishers don’t want to risk lawsuits for making false accusations against a businessman, apparently Cunningham puts down rather than praises him for having come this far with the companies he works for. Interesting that a left-wing newspaper like the Guardian only suddenly cares when a right-wing figure is the one who could sue for defamation.

Just recently, Donald Trump threatened to sue the film studio that produces “The Apprentice,” which follows a false, defamatory narrative that has long been debunked, and if Cunningham’s GN also gets it wrong, we should be surprised when it does a lawsuit comes? Why wouldn’t Musk want to defend his grandfather’s good name?

And it’s really strange why someone who wrote a GN about a Russian despot who attacked Ukraine without provocation remains a leftist himself, even though Putin is basically a leftist too. If Trump wants to save Ukraine from a terrible fate, will Cunningham complain? There are many better themes that Cunningham could take on, but he chooses all the cheap ones.

Originally published here