I started reading comics around 1976 and stopped for good in 2010. I never went to a con. Mayhew has the right idea. Who wants to be around fat Liberals who don't even appreciate him?
I understand Mayhew purports artist sympathy but his thinking is exactly how artists get replaced by AI.
Look at his quote: "I bet if you stayed home for one out of those six cons and did nothing but sketch covers, producing maybe 30 over 4 or 5 days, and sent those into CGC Signature Series and got the artist rate of $18, you would have made four times more money than going to that con"
Yeah and I bet if you fed all your art into a LLM and devoted yourself to churning out storyboard covers you finish you could make 5x money. Of course you torch the entire artist industry as a result in a year but sellsellsell!
I’d say he is right based on the numbers. Another thing is that, in my opinion, the whole industry seems to be ego driven and corrupt in a way that only serves the top dogs of any given category, so, I say they should all go for it and cut the middlemen entirely.
I haven't followed the comic book business for years, but I lived through the self-publishing fad driven by Dave Sim of Cerebus fame that saw hundreds of books and creators crash and burn (Sim jokingly referred to himself as being personally responsible for "thousands" of bankruptcies, which was perhaps an exaggeration, but I do wonder by what factor) and am skeptical of the idea as it is apparently being sold to writers, artists and musicians.
I mean, we used to have tons of independent blogs, most of which are no longer around while that kind of content is now funneled through social media. How much room does a self-publishing author really have to maneuver if they rely on Amazon, for instance? Or PayPal?
My gut says independent publishers, maybe even set up as cooperatives, are a better way to "fight the machine." Unions, and union (or proto-union) hiring halls.
I think it’s really cool that we live in a free society where everyone can just decide what they want to do for themselves and then do that. 🤷🏻♂️😂. But seriously, the more approaches and options shared, all the better. Why do people need to get so angry and agitated by someone else making a different choice for themselves? What’s the conflict here? Other than Mayhew delivering the message in the style he did, it seems a non-issue.
I started reading comics around 1976 and stopped for good in 2010. I never went to a con. Mayhew has the right idea. Who wants to be around fat Liberals who don't even appreciate him?
I understand Mayhew purports artist sympathy but his thinking is exactly how artists get replaced by AI.
Look at his quote: "I bet if you stayed home for one out of those six cons and did nothing but sketch covers, producing maybe 30 over 4 or 5 days, and sent those into CGC Signature Series and got the artist rate of $18, you would have made four times more money than going to that con"
Yeah and I bet if you fed all your art into a LLM and devoted yourself to churning out storyboard covers you finish you could make 5x money. Of course you torch the entire artist industry as a result in a year but sellsellsell!
I’d say he is right based on the numbers. Another thing is that, in my opinion, the whole industry seems to be ego driven and corrupt in a way that only serves the top dogs of any given category, so, I say they should all go for it and cut the middlemen entirely.
Trashing conventions and your fans sounds counterproductive to me, but I stopped buying comic books decades ago.
The most amazing info I got from this article is that Mark Brooks is straight. His X feed tends to suggest otherwise.
I haven't followed the comic book business for years, but I lived through the self-publishing fad driven by Dave Sim of Cerebus fame that saw hundreds of books and creators crash and burn (Sim jokingly referred to himself as being personally responsible for "thousands" of bankruptcies, which was perhaps an exaggeration, but I do wonder by what factor) and am skeptical of the idea as it is apparently being sold to writers, artists and musicians.
I mean, we used to have tons of independent blogs, most of which are no longer around while that kind of content is now funneled through social media. How much room does a self-publishing author really have to maneuver if they rely on Amazon, for instance? Or PayPal?
My gut says independent publishers, maybe even set up as cooperatives, are a better way to "fight the machine." Unions, and union (or proto-union) hiring halls.
X-MEN of Wives.
See you in court, Buddy.
Of Course it’s yours!
I think it’s really cool that we live in a free society where everyone can just decide what they want to do for themselves and then do that. 🤷🏻♂️😂. But seriously, the more approaches and options shared, all the better. Why do people need to get so angry and agitated by someone else making a different choice for themselves? What’s the conflict here? Other than Mayhew delivering the message in the style he did, it seems a non-issue.