Hey, I'm published!?!?!


CaptainScience

 

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I've been a fan of comics, and especially comic art since I was a kid (like many of you I'm sure).

A decade ago I used to work very hard at becoming a penciller and I nearly got in the door with Marvel before the firing of my only contact there....

Anyway long story short, I got ripped off by a lot of independent companies, but some were okay.

Every once in a while I Google my name to see if anyone has published my artwork that I did for comic companies that I never got paid for (or the company just went out of business or whatever).

I found another one! This was something I drew a few issues of and never got paid for and had a few disagreements with the publisher.

I actually remember drawing the cover for this issue. Check it out:

Cover shot:
http://www.atlantisstudios.net/images/covers/wotp.jpg

Order page:
http://www.atlantisstudios.net/store.htm

I never posted in here before, but thought this might be the appropriate place.


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da-yam, that's nice work there, man!

...but, if you never got paid and had disagreements with the publisher - should I order it from them?


 

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hot man! totally hot cover! Gratz that ya finally got published.


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Wow, that's really cool!

You should definitely contact the publishers, though. If they're using work that they didn't pay for, they're basically stealing from you.


 

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that is great work congrats on being published


 

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Iiiif you never got paid for it, but had a contract to do so, and now they're selling it, you need to get out there and freaking *sue* them for your pay.

Otherwise, they will simply think it's okay to continue RIPPING OFF their artists and creators. At the very least.... you ought to send them a proper C&D if they're making money off your product without you.


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Thanks very much for the compliments. I really appreciate it.

As far as suing, a lot of these companies have very little money. Barely enough to publish a book.

I'm in Canada, and back in the day I used to shop my portfolio down in San Diego and stand in god awful line ups hoping for a shot....

Most of the time as you improve you get a 'shot' with very small publishers. I was very close to getting a very good gig on a very popular book, but in the end I was doing a lot of work for small publishers.

Over the years I notice an issue here or there get advertised on the 'net.

I think my worst finding was a publisher that asked me to come up with an idea based on a female character (they sell better in the independent market overall). So I did, and I had a contract to go up to issue 7, at 27 pages a month. That's a lot of art. I never got the first issue back so I never sent the rest in for scanning...(Publisher claimed they were lost in shipping). Long story short, a writer I worked with in N.Y. went to a comic convention and called me up to tell me the Publisher was selling my original pages at about 80-100+ bucks a page.

So it's a really scary business. I'd suggest caution to anyone who'd giving it a serious shot. It's one thing to subject yourself to an editor who will rip your work to shreds, but it's another when you are getting taken for a rid by shady publishers.

I just found this piece, but I've actually been published a few times. I just thought I'd share this with a like minded group of fans.

Thanks again for the kind words.


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gads....niiice. if I had the extra scratch I would look into getting some commission work done but have ta save for lil one...priorities afterall.

eitherway...great stuff and should definately post more of your work here...whether completed work or just plain doddles. good stuff there... ~


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Very cool! Gratz!

*ordering now*

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Thanks again for the nice compliments. I guess it doesn't really support me, or hurt me if you order the book. Heck I just ordered a copy myself. I think it's mostly someone else's interior art. I just did a few issues of this series.


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