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Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it’s More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald.
In this week’s podcast Heidi interviews comics creator, Tumblr personality and podcaster Mike Dawson, creator of Freddie & Me and Troop 142 about his trials as a mid-career creator, his recent Tumblr musings on the subject and the unexpected comics blogosphere notoriety that followed.
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Randy Queen is a skilled comics artist who often draws attractive women. He’s best known for Darkchyde but he’s worked on many other books over the years like Red Sonja and Witchblade. Escher Girls is a tumblr that posts pictures of ridiculously drawn comics women. As you do.
Some of Queen’s art was featured on the site, and he didn’t like it. So he used the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) to sport these posts to Tumblr and get them removed, as reported at Techdirt and further explained here:
So, this morning we wrote about comic artist Randy Queen sending copyright notices to Tumblr to make a bunch of posts disappear, which were critical of his work. The take downs were for the Tumblr Escher Girls, which tracks and highlights the ways in which women are portrayed in popular media (frequently comics) — basically highlighting the ridiculous manner in which women are often drawn. Queen apparently wasn’t too happy about it and issued copyright takedowns to Tumblr, despite the strong fair use defense. The Escher Girls blog posted what was, frankly, an incredibly even-handed post about the situation, just letting people know what was going on. The author specifically noted no desire to fight back or attack Queen, but just to let people know. It appeared that Escher Girls had no plan to even file a counter notice.
While Escher Girls founder Ami Angelwings seemed pretty calm about the whole thing, Queen went further and threatened legal action against the blog for even mentioning it.
There’s a much longer account here that includes this protest from Queen:
In a letter to Ami, he openly believes her actions “publicly challenges my right to protect the perception of my IP as it exists today.”
That didn’t sit too well with the internet, drawing the ultimate diss in the form of a tweet from the Nerd King himself:
As someone pointed out, if Queen didn’t want his early work held up to scorn, maybe he could have said that. I sometimes post bad art here and one time a pretty well known artist complained, and it was clear he was having a bad day so I took it down. But this is the internet, buddy.
Tumblr is generality one big fair use, and there is no law that prevents someone from perceiving Queen’s art anyway they please. IT’s not like they called him a jackass, or thin skinned or defensive or silly. They were just pointing out some of his early art that presented figures in a certain way. I have a tumblr (sadly not updated very often) for The Brokeback Pose, one of a zillion that do similar things. This is like trying to patch up a ballon that got dragged through a cactus patch with a bandaid. It’s also very anti-free-speech. And the more people talk about this, the more upset he gets, now claiming he’s being harassed, and the victim of “character assassination.” Well, if pointing out that someone is acting in a very defensive thin-skinned way is character assassination, so be it.
Or as Rachel Edidin put it concisely:
This will almost certainly be the ultimate Con Disaster story for our times, as least for a year or so. DashCon held over the weekend in Schaumberg, IL, was a first year show aimed at Tumblr culture, planned as a meet-up for Tumblr users and such favorites as Welcome to Night Vale, a transmedia podcast that is sort of a Lake Woebegone for Tumblr-ites, Baker Street Babes, cartoonists such as Noelle Stevenson and…Doug Jones? You know the guy who was in Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth.
What actuallyy happened is that while 7000 attendees were expected, only about 1000 people showed up. But that’s the normal part of the tale. Everything else is so bizarre it’s hard to pick reality from social-media-fueled parody. What seems real enough is that on the Friday of the show, the organizers suddenly claimed that they had to pay $17,000 in hotel fees or else the show would not go on! Daily Dot picks up the story:
On July 11, with most attendees already on site, DashCon staff members dropped the bombshell that the convention would be thrown out of the hotel unless $17,000 was ponied before 10pm.
With virtually everyone at DashCon being obsessive users of social media, this news was posted all over Tumblr and Twitter within minutes, becoming the weekend’s main source of gossip and schadenfreude among Tumblr fans who weren’t attending the convention. The idea of crowdfunding $17,000 for an emergency hotel payment was also outlandish enough for people to start pointing out that even if this wasn’t a scam, it was certainly an indication of incompetence on the part of convention organizers.
Amazingly, DashCon did manage to raise $17,000 in cash and PayPal donations that evening, an impressive amount when you know that there were only an estimated 1,000 people at the convention on Friday night.
However with empty halls and half the guests—like Jones and
Steam Powered Giraffe— not showing up, discontent on the floor soon grew, and since these are ave social media users, it didn’t stay on the floor, as io9 reports:
This being a convention aimed at Tumblr users, who are by nature avid bloggers, unhappy attendees are taking their complaints and using their followers to spread their message of discontent far and wide. Even people who did not attend are spreading the message that this is a convention to be avoided. People who were involved in the planning stage are writing long manifestos about how this was a disaster that could have easily been foreseen, due to awful planning and sketchy details.
Some cooler heads are reminding readers that first year conventions are always a gamble, but that if a first year convention is a disaster of this magnitude, it is probably not worth going back in subsequent years.
In the end, though, DashCon is going to be most memorable for how quickly news of a fandom disaster can spread. Though DashCon expected 3,000-7,000 attendees, reports from on the ground estimate only about 500-1,000 people showed up. Yet look how quickly news of poor planning, possible fundraising scams, and inept staff have spread. When your audience is avid internet users, the margin for error is low. The three-day convention is not even over, and it’s already notorious in the Tumblr circles it hopes to draw from for attendees in future years.
The Geekiary has a long post with more details, including Welcome to Night Vale walking out when their hotel bill wasn’t paid and the controversy over the hotel bill, which seems to have been fueled by an obviously forged letter:
Whether the scamminess of DashCon is due to actual conmen or just general naiveté and incompetence is open to question on my end. I kind of lean towards the latter, as unhappy people on site were offered extra time in the “bouncy castle” which is shown in the above video. The idea that bouncy castle time would appease angry consumers seems to speak to a certain youthful brio, even as the sad nature of the castle itself speaks to a woeful lack of real world planning.
Anyway just search for #dashcon and you’ll find much more, such as this long report on what went wrong. The dissolution will be televised tumbled about.
Tumblr users who have been reveling in its ability to share content—and block trolls via the plug-in Disqus—got a rude shock today when due to code problems, users found their custom themes disabled and their comment boards wiped out. Among the missing—DC Women Kicking Ass’s lively comments section. DCWKA’s Sue took to Twitter to mourn the loss, and just as I write this it looks like she may have found the missing posts, but others were still searching.
Tumblr is great for sharing but, amazingly, lacks a built in commenting section. Disqus enabled not only comments, but a sophisticated blocking system which enabled many diverse communities to flourish without the chilling effect of trolling endemic to most of the internet.
However, Tumblr has also never been that friendly to plug-ins. While Tumblr hadn’t responded to an inquiry as I write this, it’s mostly likely the changes had to do with Heartbleed, the terrifying vulnerability that affects 2 out of 3 websites via the ubiquitous OpenSSL interface. This weakness, discoevred just yesterday, allows hackers to access passwords, sources, cookies, emails, passwords, you name it. (Is Heartbleed another name for I Killed The Watcher?)
My ISP already closed down open SSL and fixed one of my servers…but the vulnerability was there for two years—meaning its time to change those passwords YET AGAIN. The internet is NOT a safe place.
Tumblr has long been seen as a fairyland free for all of content and anonymity…even though last May it was purchased by Yahoo, which is notorious for bungling acquisitions under its previous ownership. While the current problems showcase the weakness of specific HTTPS vulnerabilities, it’s also a reminder that unless you have access to backing up your content, it can be removed in a heartbeat.
While I don’t know what was the book of MoCCA at ECCC it was DEFINITELY Lumberjanes, which launched in a convention exclusive edition. With superstar Noelle Stevenson, and new talents Grace Ellis and Brooke Allen plus variant covers by Boom’s tumblr brigade all-stars like Kate Leth, Maddie FLores, Kalie Ciesemeir, etc this book has “hot hot hot” written all over it.
Throw in a “Buffy meets Gravity Falls’ Storyline and you have the modern comic book in motion.
Who picked up Lumberjanes? Did you like it? Let us know.
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Ryan Humphrey posted this fantastic Simpson/Akira mash up comic on his tumblr last night and it’s been picking up a healthy number of notes since. The comic (which you can see below) is really striking, mainly, I think, because of those splashes of colour against that rich cream background, in the sense of drama and dynamism Humphreys evokes, and also in seeing the usually effusive Simpson’s characters strangely non-committal. The comic also struck a chord with artist James Harvey, who picked up the ball and ran with it, proposing to recreate the whole of Akira with The Simpsons cast, with artists who want to take part signing up to do particular sections. Here’s more from Harvey:
I took this idea to him (Ryan Humphrey), he gave it the go-ahead. Milhouse is Kaneda. Lisa is Kei. Bart is Tetsuo. Let’s do it.
I figured it all out. If you’re down, email the address below. In a few days, I’ll send you the cast list (which character from the Simpsons is which Akira character, though the minor characters will be left up to you) and I’ll tell you which 5 pages you’ll be working on. You can request a particular page, but it’s first come, first served.
If 468 people take part, we get to do all six volumes. Even if only 78 are down, we’d still get the entire first volume.
Since it’ll be non-profit, parody/satire, crowdsourced and distributed peer-to-peer, I feel like it’s juuust on the right side of the legal grey area it inhabits. If not- let’s do it anyway. I’ll take the rap.
if you want to be a part of this, drop me a line at [email protected]
I’m interested to see how this goes: it sounds hugely fun. Often comic jams on the internet throw up some fantastic stuff, with artists putting their own interpretations on things and a host of styles and techniques on display. If you’re interested in taking part, contact James at the email address above. Or just enjoy the comic like I did.
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The week following Daylight Savings Time is in many ways the worst of the year for me. And this will be no exception. In my confused, biorymthmically challenged state I have decided the only solution is to do more! In that spirit ‘m going to ramp up my tumblr a bit more—using it for what god intended, links to the Beat, quick links to images, cool ephemeral things, Karl Urban, and the occasionally diary post. I know I am probably doing this all wrong, so use the comments to tell me why. I also have my occasional tumblr for The Brokeback Pose. Feel free to follow or ignore as you see fit.
TweetOver on his Tumblr blog, writer/artist/Backstreet Boys maven Bryan Lee O’Malley has explained that, due to a shoulder injury he suffered last year, his next project Seconds will be delayed until next year. His first major project since the conclusion of Scott Pilgrim, not much is known about Seconds at this point. We know that [...]
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Over the weekend someone on Tumblr got the great idea of satirizing anatomically unlikely, and overtly sexualized comic book covers by replacing the women with Hawkeye.
As far as we can make it out started withthis post by artist Blue which remixed a Marvel cover on Saturday:
By morning, it was a huge vast thing called The Hawkeye Initiative. One more example:
Hundreds more all over the place.
One of the reasons the meme caught on was that Jeremy Renner, who plays Hawkeye in The Avengers, is so fond of hitting the brokeback himself:
Hawkeye Initiative participants also noted that Renner has a nice ace, which makes it even more effective. Sometimes the stars align and magic happens.
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Artist Tom Fowler has a new tumblr blog called D&D&D. That is all.
We don’t know who came up with it, but it appears the heartbreak of crotchleg has been with us for a while and seems to be here to stay.
James Kochalka has a new Tumblr called KOCHALKALAND and it includes doodles and noodles in the Tumblr way, such as the above piece of art for an iPad sequel to Kochalka’s video game Glorkian Warrior. The sequel is called Glorkbot’s Mini Adventure, for iPad and other platforms. The game is being developed by Kochalka and Pixeljam.
Recorded at Publishers Weekly, it’s More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald.
you have no legal right to be able to make people perceive your IP a certain way. how ridiculous is this person?
FWIW, I attempted to go to your tumblr and it’s blocked as pornography at my work web filter…whoopsie
I wonder if all this negative attention is helping with what might be a very sensitive issue with Randy. Artists put their heart into their work and yes, they should let things be and not worry about peoples comments and so on, but what if, in this case, it really upset him beyond words, and it is taking a toll on him. What if he cannot deal with the understanding that this is what the internet does and what people do to any form of art, good or bad? To me, his reaction tells me he has issues, and for that I feel for the guy because he really is a good artist. All early work shows is the beginnings of an artist learning his way. My advice for him is to turn off the computer, get back to the board and let the new work show people what you can do.
What boggles the mind is that this cannot possibly be the first time someone has pointed out that Randy Queen’s early Image work features improbable anatomy. After 20 years, you’d figure it would be background noise, not something to break out the internet lawyers over, especially not to the point of harassing a blogger who’s done nothing even remotely unusual.
This is a textbook example of the problems with the DMCA.
… It ignores the principle of “fair use” and gives copyright holders the power to censor commentary about their work, requiring the commenter to prove that they’re innocent of infringement.
If someone wants to enforce their copyright, I have no problem with that. When you start threatening people for just explaining why they had to take some images down, you deserve all the crap you get.
Mike
Comic books are learning in the public forum whether you’re a writer or an artist, just like film making and song writing. I’m pretty sure there are hundreds of artists, writers and film makers who would really not like to be remembered for stuff they did decades ago. Randy’s art is not my cup of rosey but that’s just me. I tend to agree with Jimmy up there, he seems to have issues and being cyber-agressive is really not they way to work them out.
Sorry… this is criticism, and is covered by “fair use”.
The amount of images shown… that might be a matter of litigation, but, in general, you can show examples.
Suing people because they criticized your work?
Not a good idea, as seen above.
Artistically, the best creators are those who are always trying to improve their work, and generally find faults with anything done previously, regardless of acclaim.
Here’s the U.S. law. Title 17 covers copyright.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
Well at least now he has a name to me instead of “Bad 90′s Comics Artist #203″!
I know my work’s not golden but if you see one of my simply-drawn female characters showing their butt and their boobs on the same side it’s because they actually had their back broken!
(Which, for the record, isn’t anything I have in my works :P)
But yeah, what a tool. At least Liefeld just rolls with it.
Ok, then one could say the above drawing represents a female character who, if standing up, would look extremely out of proportion. Her legs and arms look long enough to be a photoshop hack job out of (insert popular department store) catalog. Her ears are setting on the back of her head. Her eyes are so far apart she might as well be standing in for the gecko in an insurance commercial. Finally, those purple lips must contain all the fat from her ass. Either that, or she’s the Joker’s daughter.
why dont you ever see Gilbert Hernandez on these sites?