Not to put too fine of a point on it, the man who designed Vac Woman (design K) was outted as a rapist and overall vile person about 10 years ago, yet he somehow managed to come out of it relatively unscathed as a successful artist.

web.archive.org/web/20250906113055/https://nightingalejune.tumblr.com/post/139893409427/im-scared

web.archive.org/web/20240803084028/https://04range.tumblr.com/post/137209296918/warning-about-andrew-dickman-awdtwit

January 30, 2026 - 13:14 UTC

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He is not a pedophile. He is not a rapist. He was in a relationship that ended poorly and had poor boundaries during the fallout. It happens. Diane has pursued her own reparations and likely doesn’t enjoy their personal trauma blasted onto the internet whenever you people feel Andrew is succeeding.
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I don’t think ejaculating on someone while they sleep can be brushed off as “poor boundaries” it’s really crappy to use the same terminology for like a unwanted kiss during a breakup for something like this

Do you have a source on her getting reparations? Cause he at least never publicly apologized
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It really sucks because I was really excited to vote for this one, and it's one of only two designs for a female Robot Master in the lineup. Hopefully at least one of the Robot Masters that Capcom designed for this game can be a woman.
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Actually there is 3, the other two are Sweeper Woman and Spiral Woman
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Thanks for the heads up on this one.
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Now I feel really bad about not just voting for it, but showing the design to my friends cause I liked it ;-;
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Same, i really liked vac woman's design i didnt knew her creator was a scumbag..
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Don't feel bad, you're not the only one. Design K is super popular and I've seen a lot of people vote for it. Not much we can do other than inform people about it.

AWD has just done too good of a job at brushing his disgusting actions under the rug for few to see.
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Here, use this

Tell CAPCOM you want to change your vote and to remove design K from the contest
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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I had no idea, thank you for this information! I've followed him for years, I feel sick...
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Just a quick FYI folks is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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One time I was in a Discord server and I heard him crying his eyes out over his ex ruining his life, and when I went to Lightbox, I walked right past him. I didn't know what to believe after that bombshell dropped years ago since many artists I know followed him still, but people need to know
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Just a quick FYI Grump is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Hey, Droidlust here.

I just wanna say that while I may dislike AWD, I don't really condone cyberbullying. His past will kind of always follow him, and that's of his own making.

But: I don't go out of my way to bother him. I just don't interact, and quietly keep my peace--
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honest to god; I just wanted to post my submission and didn't expect this to just completely unfold in my own comments, I don't like the dude either but I don't really actively want cyberbullying done; awareness needs to be made, yes... but sabotage isn't really the answer
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It's a polite and professional thing to do. At 42, drama is exhausting and not worth the time.

So, I just wanted to make clear that trying to sabotage his design for robot masters isn't right. It isn't cool.

Awareness is important, sure, but don't be petty.

❤️ & ✌️
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Thank you for raising awareness. I was gonna post too but too tired after yelling at people on discord
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You're Welcome Riah and Just a quick FYI is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Ugh that sucks. I know that artist because I had backed a Kickstarter project for their comic (a friend had some art of theirs in there)
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Not surprised upon revisiting the disgusting behavior of this creep, but it's about time that he finally deserves to be fired and never come back for good.
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Just a quick FYI folks is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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i appreciate linking the tumblr posts and the screenshot, and i am going to make sure people don't vote for the design

i do want to know if there's any other additional documents besides the linked screenshot and archived tumblr posts that would be necessary to understand the allegations further
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I really wish I found more, but someone better than me can do it while I'm out of the house atm

This is definitely not fuss out of nowhere. I literally remember this going down 10 years ago, and plenty of others do too. But finding 10 year old posts and docs is not easy for a celebrated artist.
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Send a message via here if you want to change your vote and inform Capcom to remove Design K from the contest
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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That shit's why I unfollowed Andrew Dickman years ago!
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand now I regret voting for Vac Woman, goddammit.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, though. The more people who know, the better.
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Same here Nabil I've completely agree with you cause i know for a fact that Kirbopher is just plain toxic individual so i just mute and block him on sight on my account!!!
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Use this, tell Capcom you want to change your vote
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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i genuinely cant believe people let this slide, like i remember when this info came out too, they did a great job covering their nasty tracks because this was hard for me to find again. thank you so much!
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Christ dude
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Thanks for the heads up but I think this should've been shared again earlier as soon as his design for the contest came up and become widespread, that way Capcom could've noticed before they made the decision for the top 20 if people shared it enough
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Wait a minute… I know that writing…
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lol small world huh?

If I knew this post would spread out this far, I probably would've chosen a different image (also knowing that someone copied this post to Twitter and used the same image too), but honestly this section of your review was just too perfectly succinct and well-put.
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Dang it, I really liked her character details and the concert stage concept. This sucks.
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Ffs 🤢
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10 years ago.
Can people not change?
Can they not grow past what they did?
Can they not be better?
Is that not what we want people to do?

Yet here you all are, at the height of something big, and fuck all that. Dig up the past, tear'em down, upend their current peace.
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Change from a rapist?
I don't think that's something you can forgive so easily.
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Considering the severity of the crime: no lmao

But also like, has he ever apologized for it? You cannot “grow past what you did” if you never took accountability for doing the thing and never apologized but instead plugged your ears and went “lalalala” until the drama went away
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God, this sounds SO MUCH like Depression Quest's creators's EX from gamergate, like weirdly similar
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I'm here to give something that he wrote HIMSELF and deleted:
archive.is/GLddb

Proof it's his account:
archive.is/1ivTt

He is a massive creep and has hurt multiple people I love, fuck him. I just hope this isn't dredging up too much for them, but I needed to forward this.
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Just a quick FYI folks is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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I'm actually glad this is all getting traction again. He has never felt remorse for anything. I was friends with him YEARS ago and he would only friend female artists & blew up on me when I "dared" to get in a relationship. I consider myself one of the lucky ones who had the misfortune to know him.
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Ughhhh

So disgusting
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Oh man, I always wondered if some grabbed that, he deleted it so fast too.

I didn't fault him for not remembering me lol, it was back on msn days. But he very much said that shit to me and is why our friendship ended.

He has no reason to remember it, whereas I, sadly, do.
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it explains so much when I see Kirbopher's name.

So. SO much.
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Well damn! Wish I could take back my vote now. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Change your vote by sending a message to CAPCOM through here
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Christ- i literally voted for that design this morning and didn’t know about this until now- thank you for spreading awareness!
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If you wanna change your vote, send a message to Capcom here
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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oh god dammit i knew i should have picked sweep woman
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Use this to tell Capcom you want to change it
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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God dammit.
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Just a quick FYI folks is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Is there any way you could post this on Twitter? That’s where most of the voting is taking place and I worry people won’t see this
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Just a quick FYI Nauti is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Nvm someone LITERALLY just posted it
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That’s heartbreaking, really. I started reading Bear with Us (their comic) a while ago — now I can’t even look at the characters
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And now I've officially regreating voting Vac Woman Oh GOD DAMN IT

Thanks for brought my attention Ozzy and mortal of the story is that don't hate the art, hate the artist and this is why i am officially cutting ties with Kirbopher cause he is just purely toxic person.
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And I've officially block Andrew W. Dickman on my socal media acc's cause Andrew W. Dickman is even worse than Kirbopher OMFG!!!
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The same Bastard also made on the of the Cartoon Cartoon shorts, when this comes out please ignore it.
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I've will not watch it that has Andrew W. Dickman's finger prints all over it and btw thanks for the warning/ a heads up there Catfox.
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Time to use Capcom's support website to report the issule and prevent his design from making it in. CrossiestTrash's on Twitter had the idea, this is also their screenshot.
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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can't wait for capcom vs snk 3 with vac woman vs ronaldo
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And the source is... two archived tumblr posts? Maybe it's true but people should provide more than that before everyone starts buying it - and I already voted for Design K before I knew this I'm afraid.
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Just a quick FYI folks is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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bsky.app/profile/heartcorecomic.com/post/3mdoer43fps2y
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How is THIS how I find out AWD is a rapist??

Lord I KNEW that dude gave me a bad vibe.
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Just a quick FYI TerraTerraCotta is that make sure to Use this link to send a message to Capcom, change your vote and request that Design K which is Andrew W. Dickman shall be removed!!!
www.capcom-support.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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At least Sludge Woman's artist is a good person
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