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Dustin Nguyen , Sean Murphy , Zoe Thorogood , Heather Antos , Chris Stevens , Yanick Paquette and Jason Shawn Alexander unload on Marvel Comics
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Comic book of account creatorDustin Nguyenposted to Instagram , about working at Marvel . Something it looks he wo n’t be doing again for a while . " also , everyone I ’m NOT working with at @marvel can _ _ _ themselves . I ’ve asked nicely for the preceding 15 year on behalf of every artist . stop over f - cking God Almighty over ; you ’re not getting another cover from me until then . submerge me , I ’m ok with your lower limit remuneration bullsh - t. " After it blow up , he follow up articulate " ok . getting hits earlier than ask from this one , and I ’m rather glad because I get words . but really if this rag you I ’m drear , @marvel has been undercut Jehovah from the start , unless you ’re getting 6 - 7k a cover- then godbless . I trust you ’re make a piece of the MCU and after sale . between them and @dcofficial , they are the ONLY one that DOESN’T pay a royalty for overseas sales- THINK- AMERICA is the originator of Superhero comics ( Japan has manga which we get laid , Europe , has that coolheaded ass sh - t we enjoy but ca n’t describe ) and wtf ? they ’re not give creators a piece ? COME ON . F - CK this F - CKING SH - T. also , merch ? lunch boxes and tees- good fate . I get a buncha dm from citizenry telling me I engender ta be deliberate , " do n’t cross Marvel , they ’re a major player , the only two in the mainstream " . omg f - ck them . man , like I give a FLYING F - CK . F - CK @marvel comics , f - ck anyone that I ’m NOT indirectly working with . ( I have sex my wonder editors because they get you your book OUT TO YOU ON TIME ) the unmediated staff has no control , they do n’t beguile the stupid f - cking numbers . "
He continued , " I ’m gon na founder it into simple screwing f - cking terms- you ’re an artist . you draw sh - t. You wanna get pay for sh - t. now . in the future tense . constantly . you draw NOW AND IN THE FUTURE . IN COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE include THE ONE YOU DON’T LIVE IN . f - ck this current Marvel contract bridge . I ’m too small in the tier and ca n’t negociate a unspoiled one for you . those in ascendancy , those whose body of work pull , please work for the eternal sleep of us . DC is n’t far from them because after all , they are a empire of things- possess by WB does n’t help oneself your argument . BUT when I ask for thing , DC cultivate with me .
" I ’ve require Marvel for like .. I SWEAR , $ 75 pageboy RAISE in the past 15 years ( the lower limit salary in CA is doing better than them , in all probability in a decade , even that asshole Trump will do better than Marvel given a month ) , I do n’t even need that sh - tty chump change , but I want to see how chintzy they are . all this equalling maybe a royalty that ’s the , " please sir , can I maybe have .15 cent after you ’ve made your K " , in things . no reaction . so what am I tread carefully for again ? I seriously block . "
Sean Gordon Murphyadded " Seconded . This is why I ’m more loyal to DC . I latterly found out I ’ve been blacklist from Marvel for around 10 days . I tried to fix it , without much success . Maybe if I extend to cut my DC pace by 1/3 and take a 3rd tier title for a few years , they ’d see hiring me . " Murphy was , of form , undivided to DC for a good ball of that time …
ButZoe Thorogoodoffered her own experience , " The only time I worked with Marvel was for a fictitious character design ( they paid me $ 100 lmao but I thought it would be cool just to have done it so I agreed ) they then , without my knowledge , used my construct artistic creation as a natural covering with zero compensation and I got so much hate for it because IT WAS NOT COVER ART , IT WAS AN $ 100 SKETCH . Anyway . " Dustin replied to Zoe , " you get to play in our sandpile " bullsh - t the wrench on every artist . also , at this power point , you ’re already snuff it them . f - ck marvel " And former Marvel , now IDW editorHeather Antosreplied , " WOW that is so f - cked up … they paid adjunct editor so low that when the political science raised lower limit earnings they had to give all assistants raises AND overtime . "
Chris Stevensadded " Cheers . I stopped ferment for them in 2018 . I asked for a rate gain . I did n’t need for a specific amount , just ANY increase and they would n’t do it . I ’d been doing covers for them for 10 year and still had the same rate . They do nt necessitate us though . They have a go at it someone will gladly take the job for peanuts , so they have short inducement to pay up better .
AndYanick Paquettewrote " Marvel has been take advantage of its almost monopoly of mainstream comic for years . EVERYBODY pay me well for a cover . DC , Boom , Image , Dark Horse , Oni , some joe starting a Kickstarter . Marvel is dead last . Their argumentation is that the original art would deal secure ( and they are right of course ) but the original sales event gross is mine , we contend for this , and paying under the market is their manner to claw back at this extra tax revenue .
Jason Shawn Alexanderwrote , " My Marvel experience was a jest , and DC has only been marginally better . But they ’re presently get laid me on my own Christian Bible . Lol . No motive to be polite anymore , that ’s how they got here . creative person timorousness . farad - ck those hombre . " Would that be his so - call Almighty - owned comic bookFrostbitefrom DC / Vertigo , created withJason Williamson ? You would have hoped Jason would have had some pull on that one … but those afterward Vertigo declaration were awful .
JH Williams IIIjust summate , " You ’ve illuminate a firestorm . catch your back . " AndRob Liefeldoffered " I ’m sorry . I ’ll hire you for a cover and other work . " AndBen Templesmithcommented , " Well holy sh - t , my wonderment of you just went from with child to astronomic , sir . " I guess the conversation has begun … again .
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