tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post8916667319218601013..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Work For Hire: "Open Up Your Eyes To What’s Going On Here!"A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-23295713228614003252015-04-20T13:07:32.327-05:002015-04-20T13:07:32.327-05:00Why patronize any of the egregious corporate gatek...Why patronize any of the egregious corporate gatekeepers? If you simply must have their lawyer-designed products, why not wait until they are available used, when they'll get none of the income you can direct instead to where creators are paid fairly, receive fair royalties, and retain ownership of their work instead of being exploited? Used bookstores, yard and garage sales are your friends for corporate product. <br /><br />The Rosa story is surely a wakeup call.CerebusTVhttp://cerebustv.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-34427189839432694962015-04-19T21:26:32.697-05:002015-04-19T21:26:32.697-05:00I submitted my own creation, Sunnyville Stories, t...I submitted my own creation, Sunnyville Stories, to corporate entities - they passed on the project. To be honest, I feel relieved. These horror stories I hear from big companies like DC and Marvel reinforce Dave Sim's view that you should go it alone and have full creative control over your own work! Max Westhttp://www.sunnyvillestories.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-40071132814229567182015-04-19T18:37:16.093-05:002015-04-19T18:37:16.093-05:00Don Rosa tells his own story of finally reaching t...Don Rosa tells his own story of finally reaching the end of his own rope with Disney:<br /><br />http://career-end.donrosa.de/<br /><br />I spent three days with Don in 2014 at a local comic con; he's one of my 'comic heroes' and it was a tremendous privilege to visit with him. <br /><br />Given Don's huge popularity in Europe, Disney's own work-for-hire system bilked Don out of huge sums of income from reprints of his stories.<br /><br />Like Dave, Don is also a gifted writer on the medium of comics and the corporate ... crushing which the gifted creators suffer through.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324364972414451992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-33362704309386076522015-04-19T18:19:20.700-05:002015-04-19T18:19:20.700-05:00In the larger picture, what Stephen is describing ...In the larger picture, what Stephen is describing here is called "capitalism." The people who actually do the work that creates all that wealth, the assembly line workers, the cooks, the cashiers; it's their time, sweat, and energy that pays for the limos, the penthouse suites, the private jets. Captialism is evil, pure and simple. It's theft. Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-60026154534512867072015-04-19T15:00:03.748-05:002015-04-19T15:00:03.748-05:00Amen to that.
Boggles the mind, it does.
Every s...Amen to that.<br /><br />Boggles the mind, it does.<br /><br />Every superhero movie nowadays is mede by a publishing or Mickey Mouse corporation.<br /><br />So.go see Avengers: Age of Ultron, but do it knowing that Walt Disney still gets a huge chunk of that money.Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-34075242714786412712015-04-19T07:20:23.933-05:002015-04-19T07:20:23.933-05:00The corporatism's only gotten bigger with acqu...The corporatism's only gotten bigger with acquisition into Time Warner and Disney.CerebusTVhttp://cerebustv.comnoreply@blogger.com