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By: Fleen: Home Of The Webcomics Action News Team! » I Know The Tune, But Not The Words

Tue, 11 May 2010 17:22:58 +0000

[...] it’s the Amazon superstar contest all over again, and the only thing that’s come out of that particular project is I have a fun [...]

By: Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast : Links: Creator-o-rama

Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast : Links: Creator-o-rama — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:54:04 +0000

[...] release, he takes a critical look at the terms that creators may have to agree to. Gary Tyrrell has some misgivings, and he and Gordon McAlpin now have a twenty riding on the [...]

By: Fleen: Try Our Thick, Creamy Shakes » Still On Borrowed Equipment

Fleen: Try Our Thick, Creamy Shakes » Still On Borrowed Equipment — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:03:37 +0000

[...] if you read yesterday’s comments, Gordon McAlpin is unconvinced of my reading of the Amazon Super Duper Strip Cartooner Dealie™ (not it’s actual name). [...]

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:21:28 +0000

My reading was almost exclusively concentrated on the Grant of Rights section, because I was more reacting to the blind “print is evil and all They want to do is take advantage of Poor Unsuspecting Cartoonists” attitude that so many web comics zealots hold.

I do think preemptively accusing Garry Trudeau of doing anything other than picking the best cartoonist from the choices put in front of him speaks more to your bias on this matter than about the contest, for instance.

Anyway.

I did miss that caveat about being required to sign the development contract (which is really just a stipend until you have a strip they want to publish), the publishing contract (which may or may not suck) and the Feature contract (which is probably just something saying if you publish it with us, it has to go on U-Click too). That does undermine the contestants’ rights considerably, as it does dictate terms before you’ve won them.

As I said before, I’m not defending the contest, exactly; I’m just decrying the kneejerk attitude that “The Man” is out to get us. (And as a complete pinko, I’m not used to speaking up in defense of large corporations.)

Still, if you rephrase that bet into actual, quantifiable terms, I’d be happy to consider it.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:39:49 +0000

This contest is a race to the soup line. Stay far away.

By: Box Brown

Box Brown — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:02:01 +0000

I turned down my syndication contract cause the syndicates suck so much balls.