• Blog,  Creator Resources

    Affordable Care Act and the Freelance Artist

    This webinar is FREE provided by the Graphic Artist Guild, but you must register to participate. FREE Webinar Wednesday, December 12 at 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CST, noon MST, 11 a.m. PST) The enrollment period for health insurance via the public exchanges has been shortened by an additional two weeks, ending on December 15. But the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is still around, and with a change in House leadership, probably not going anywhere. So how does the changing political landscape affect your ability to access – and afford – health insurance? We’ll discuss how freelancers can enroll in health coverage and what the forecast is for health insurance…

  • Blog,  Creator Resources

    Thought for the Day: Steve Bissette

    I fear the mythos of “creative living” sans income is not just damaging to individuals, but is one promoted culturally to justify various methods of creative theft, corporate mistreatment, and publisher methods tilted to ensure successful publishers elevated on the backs of processions of starving creators. Steve Bissette

  • Blog,  copyright/trademark,  Creator Resources,  Legal

    Marvel Comics vs Jack Kirby Decision: Marvel Wins

    Just received 50 page judgment of the United States Southern District Court of NY in Marvel vs Kirby and counterclaim Kirby vs Marvel. Grants plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against Kirby, and denies Kirby’s motion for summary judgment against Marvel. Key quotes: The expert opinions of Mark Evanier and John Morrow on behalf of Kirby were roundly dismissed as hearsay. The court paper goes into Marvel’s business practices with regard to creation of comics and payment of freelancers in detail, so it’s worth a read for that alone. A 1972 agreement signed by Kirby reads: And a 1986 document signed by Kirby: VERY important note here: the “instance and expense…