I have been saying since Rising Stars that TP's contracts were lousy, so I'll admit I'm proud of TP for making their latest contract so transparently condescending, so adorably racist, so carsaleman-y that I no longer appear to be the least bit like a "hater."
An "old" hater. Hadn't forgotten that, no.
So, here's a collection of the 'splode, for your convenience:
ADDED:
Heidi at The Beat rounds up with illustrations of Pinoccho being seduced:
THE BEAT: Tokyopop: Hey, dude, totally bad contract!
Johanna at Comics Worth Reading rounds up TP's fails (and is going back and forth with Nat Gertler in the comments):
Tokyopop Sets Tongues Wagging » Comics Worth Reading
The ha-ha from Lisa Jonte:
Is that TP on your shoe?
Dirk Deppey put me at the top of the fold! Woot!
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal May 27, 2008: Mazuruka Fantasy Theater
Nick Mamatas has some SERIOUS FUN with The Contract (and brings the lulz):
Shining Scars
Hope Larson:
I was fakin'. -
Bryan Lee O'Malley takes it to the woodshed:
Statement
Christopher Butcher loses his faith:
comics212 - never safe for work. APALLING: TOKYOPOP’S NEW CONTRACT
Precocious Curmudgeon warns:
Put down that pen!
Gia compares it to luring children with candy:
a geek by any other name Creators Beware: TOKYOPOP’s Manga Pilot ‘Pact’
Danielle regrets that she has to harsh, but she takes a stand:
Comics Should Be Good! » Manga Before Flowers — News Flash: Corporations Suck!
NSFW: Simon at Icarus see the contract as symptomatic of a publisher not in the business of books:
Icarus Publishing TP’s “pact” asks creators to relinquish moral rights?
(SERIUOSLY, Icarus is NSFW)
The respected UK Manga circle Sweatdrop Studios asks if the new contract can be of benefit:
"Manga Pilot Agreement" - Sweatdrop Forums
Heidi MacDonald (I emailed her last night), is covering this in the morrow.
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Says Andy, "Why a 'pact'? Isn't that something you do with the Devil?"
Anyway, yeah, I guess you done blowed up the intertubes. Good going Lea!
But, I was wondering what your opinion is on a possible Tokyopop boycott. I've heard rumblings from folks that they'll do everything from "carefully considering future Tokyopop purchases" to "only keeping up with two series" to outright boycott of their product.
So, do you think The Pact will have any effect on consumer behavior? And what will you do?
For the record, I've only got two TP series that I'm keeping up with for the time being and haven't been attracted to any of their new licenses in a long while...
TP has shown zero inclination toward improving relationships with creators, and is getting worse. I wouldn't trust them now even if I got to keep my rights.
Hmmm so $750 for the story (IF they accept it AFTER I sign the contract and AFTER I create the comic)and my lawyer costs $350/hour...