Well, since they're "hot-to-go", we return to
Anyway, Mondays!
Next Time: Jen has news/faxes/pictures/I dunno...something SDOAR related...
Showing posts with label Creators Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creators Rights. Show all posts
Monday, 20 January 2025
The A/V Family Photo Album: May 1988 the First Creator's Rights Summit
Hi, Everybody!
And, that's all the Creator Rights Summits photos (unless I find more...)
Saturday, 18 January 2025
The Northampton Summit: Part 2
Hi, Everybody!
Don't worry Mags, there's only 24 more pictures in this section...
I don't wanna do the post I WAS gonna do today, so TO THE AV FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM!
We return to
And the Northampton Creator Rights Summit:
Next Time: I don't know, depends on my mood tomorrow...
Sunday, 12 January 2025
A/V Family Photo Album: May 1988, 1st Manifesto Meeting
Hi, Everybody!
Okay Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for
Who's who? No idea, as you can see, Dave didn't label that. I THINK Veitch is there, Eastman & Laird. Michael Zulli and Stephen Murphy? Um, I don't recognize the lady.
Anybody want to take a stab in the comments, I won't stop you...
Rigamarole:
Josh Even has a new deal for the new year:
Happy New Year! Let’s make this the Year of the Earth Pig. I have recovered from the inaugural 2024 run of 30 ‘Deluxe’ Earth Pig Warriors.
I will start off 2024 by opening up orders for the 2025 ‘Basic Bitch’ Earth Pig Warrior.
Here’s the pricing. The two prices are for ‘unpainted’ and ‘painted’. ‘Painted’ for this run means painted heads and black-lined bodies- so the medallions swords will be the comic-style gray.
If you want gold or silver medallions or a gold & silver sword, that’s a bit extra.
Shipping to the US will be included. Shipping out of the continental US will be extra (determined at time of shipping).
All orders will come with a collector’s card and some stickers!
Basic figure (1 head, 1 pair hands- right grip/left fist, one gray sword) $90/$100. Choose from one of 4 available heads (see photo).
Extras:
Painted medallions (silver or gold) $5
Extra Head $10/$20
Hands $8/$10 - left grip/right fist or open pair
Painted sword (silver and gold) $20
Fabric Vest $20
Let’s see how this goes!
Direct message me to order.
Each order will need a $20 down payment to get going.
I’ll place an order with the printer at the end of a week if I have orders. Those will be completed in the order they are received.
Thanks everyone! Tell your friends!
If you click on Josh's name, it's supposed to take you to his Facebook post. But if that doesn't work, or you don't deal with Zuck the Fuck's bullcrap, you can always send an e-mail to momentofcerebus@gmail.com, and I'll get you in touch with Josh. You can see a video of my 80s Earth-Pig Warrior here.
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Our friends at The Waverly Press are running a new Kickstarter:
FACTORY POEMS by BIBBE HANSEN
Bibbe Hansen's poetry dedicated to the people around Andy Warhol's Factory with accompanying rare photographs.Bibbe Hansen comes from a well known family of remarkable artists. Her late father was Fluxus artist Al Hansen, her son Beck is a widely known musician and son Channing a successful visual artist. Bibbe is a writer, performer and visual artist. As a teenager she was a member of the group “The Whippets” with Jack Kerouac's daughter Jan Kerouac, releasing the 7" single Go Go Go With Ringo in 1964. That same year, while visiting galleries with her father Al, she met Andy Warhol who decided then and there to make a film based on her experiences called Prison where she starred alongside Edie Sedgwick, Pat Hartley and Marie Menken. Bibbe went on to appear in numerous other Warhol films including Restaurant, 10 Beautiful Girls, 10 More Beautiful Girls, and sat for two Screen Tests.
In Case You May Be Interested.
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25% off January 12, and up to 35% off January 22-26.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
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The Cerebus Humble Bundle is over, the check made it to Dave and was cashed, *yay*, you can STILL get all 16 volumes for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
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The Last Day Without nothing.
" " " " Dave's signature.
" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque
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Oliver' Simonsen's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi". If you're in Brazil..., "Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video".
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Next Time: The Monday Report, and a round-up of stuff Dave sent...
Monday, 6 January 2025
NOT a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! DC Comics Counter-proposal to purchase/license Cerebus
Hi, Everybo...
WHERE IS IT DOW?!?
WHERE'S THE DC CONTRACT?!?
WE'RE SOFUCKING(hey! No swearing!)TIRED OF YOUR BULLSHIT!
WHERE'S THE DC CONTRACT?!?
WE'RE SO
JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GIVE US THE DAMN CONTRACT!!!!!
Hey, are you okay Imaginary-AMOC-Reader-who-lives-rent-free-in-my-head? You seem a little more stressed than normal...
Anyway, by popular demand:
But, honestly, it's NOT a contract. It's DC's counter-proposal to Dave's proposal.
Dave talked about it on Please Hold. For those NEW to the plot/ripping me off for clicks on THEIR Comic-related website (dicks.):Now, some Historical context: Using Tim's timeline (which is slightly off, as it uses cover dates as opposed to actual published dates (as an example, Tim has Epic #26 as October 1984. Which is the cover date, but according to Marvel, its on sale date was August 14, 1984), Dave had been publishing intermittently in Epic Illustrated for two years (February 1983) at this point. February 1985 (when Dave contacted DC with his proposal) was a YEAR after Marvel worked up their pitch to buy DC Comics (as Jim Shooter shows in his post, Marvel's proposal was February 21st, 1984). So, as Dave explained, with Marvel/Epic doing the color reprint of Elfquest (May 14th 1985 on sale date), Dave decided to see what DC would offer. Why? Well, I freely admit it's a bit of a guess, but I think Jim Shooter explains that too:
Bill [Sarnoff] said, more or less, that Marvel seemed to be able to turn a substantial profit on publishing comics, as opposed to DC, which consistently lost money, a lot of money, and had for a long time. On the other hand, LCA (Licensing Corporation of America), Warner’s licensing arm did very well with the DC properties, while Marvel “didn’t seem to do much licensing.”
If Dave was gonna license Cerebus, why would he go to the guys who were selling more comics? Dave was selling comics just fine on his own. He wanted some of that licensed money. And DC were the top dog at that (although 80+ years and they still miss opportunities. Batman shampoo, but no Conditioner Gordon? WTF DC?).
Anyway, back to the History: Dave, as we all know, turned down DC's $100,000. And in November of 1985, met a couple of guys who did this comic about...turtles?:
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| Dave Sim (with sunglasses. Indoors.), um...Dave didn't identify the guy in the Cerebus shirt, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (back to camera) |
And the following year (1986), in June. Dave published the first phonebook, High Society. And self-distributed it by phone/mail order, earning $150,000. And the turtles guys? Around the same time, a freelance licensing agent named Mark Freedman heard about their turtle comic and approached them about licensing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. By the end of the year, the three of them had signed an agreement with Playmates toys and got an advance for...$150,000.
And the rest, as they say, was "totally tubular"...
Anyway, Mondays!
Rigamarole:
25% off January 8-12, and up to 35% off January 22-26.*
*Sale dates are not final and therefore subject to change.
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The Cerebus Humble Bundle is over, the check made it to Dave and was cashed, *yay*, you can STILL get all 16 volumes for $99CANADIAN at CerebusDownloads.com (More if you want the Remastered Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing...)
The Help Out Bill Messner-Loebs Go Fund Me, or buy Rodney Schroeter's book with proceeds going to Bill.
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The Last Day Without nothing.
" " " " Dave's signature.
" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque
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Oliver' Simonsen's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi". If you're in Brazil..., "Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video".
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Next Time: Jen shows the contract Dave had with IDW for SDOAR...
Sunday, 5 January 2025
A bit of the Historical Filler while I finish Please Hold
Hi, Everybody!
There's no way I'm gonna get Please Hold For Dave Sim 1/2025 done before midnight, so here's a bit of Historical Filler. Photos from the 1988 Northhampton Summit:
AND, if anybody can definitely identify this creator, you'll win an AMOC Prize Pack.
Okay, back to uploading/editing/describing videos...
Saturday, 24 June 2023
News from the Ol' AMOC Mailbag...
Hi, Everybody!
Friend to the Blog and host of the Creator Bill of Rights site, Al Nickerson sent me:
The story was picked up here. Hopefully Al gets paid sooner rather than later...
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Speaking of getting paid, Spatula owes me $35 American Dollars for this:
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| You know where to send my money Spatula... |
The AMOC Rummage Sale continues, but I'm laying off the Auctioning because I'll be away next weekend, and the following Saturday is Please Hold For Dave Sim, (YOU can get your questions in if you email them to me at momentofcerebus@gmail.com before Wednesday July, 5th.) and I'll otherwise be engaged...
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Speaking of Auctions, Dave sent an update after I sent him Zipper's questions:
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If you need a The Last Day Spine Sticker:
The package I sent to AMOC's Man in the United Kingdom arrived, so if you need one:
USA: email me momentofcerebus@gmail.com
Canada: Write Dave and ask:
UK: email me and I'll pass your address along to my man.Aardvark-Vanaheim
P.O. Box 1674, Station C,
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4R2, Canada.
Everybody else: me. Email me. What else ya gonna do?
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Speaking of the Last Day:
The Last Day Without nothing.
" " " " Dave's signature.
" " " " an Old Cerebus Remarque
" " " " a hardcover.
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Dave's pieces on Heritage, go "live" tomorrow:
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CEREBUS IN HELL?:
Still a day or two to get CIH PRESENTS AARDVARKIAN SPLENDOUR ONE SHOT And CIH PRESENTS AARDVARKIAN SPLENDOUR ONE SHOT SGN ED
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Oliver's Cerebus movie: The Absurd, Surreal, Metaphysical, and Fractured Destiny of Cerebus the Aardvark it's currently available on "Plex", "Xumo", "Vimeo On Demand", "Tubi". If you're in Brazil..., "Mometu", "Nuclear Home Video".
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Hey Matt!Could you add a link to SDOAR 2023 GFM at the bottom of your posts on AMOC?Thanks!Jen
Yeah, sure, why not?
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Up to 35% off site-wide:
June 24-25
Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off
Tell your fans! Remind them that everything will be up to 35% off
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Next Time: I've been up since 1AM, and I worked 12 hours. I'm doing it again tomorrow, so...a nap?
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