Breaking: Heidi MacDonald reports that the VILLAGE VOICE, which has a new all-comics issue wherein they admit they did not pay the cartoonists whose work appears in that self-same issue (see Wednesday's blog entry: If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don't They Pay?), has decided to pay its cartoonists.
Which is, of course, what editor Tony Ortega should have done in the first place.
I am sorry that there were cartoonists who were willing to give away their work. As long as this happens, then there's an element of complicity here.
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It also cheapens our art. What a shame.
Jesus, what a cluster$*%&! What in God's name was anyone involved in this thinking!?
I always think that you get what you pay for. If they're giving work for free, it's not worth anything.
I'm on your side. A graphic novelist, a syndicated cartoonist, an NCS Board member -- these are the people who agreed to give away their work for free. Shame on them.
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