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Ivan Velez On Lack Of Royalties & Credit For DC Milestone Compendium

Comic book creator Ivan Velez posted as to the release of a new Milestone Compilation from DC Comics next month, with some concerns.

Published Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:57:09 -0600

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:21:32 -0600

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Ivan Velez discusses lack of royalties and credits in DC's Milestone Compendium.
Velez's work on Static and Blood Syndicate included, but not properly acknowledged.
Claims of exploitation continue with Milestone's third reprint without due payments.
Compounding the oversight, his contributions are missing from compendium's cover.

@ivanvelezjr bitter cartoonists from the bronx continues being bitter for good reason. boo milestone media. no royalties or reprint payments so far, and the exploitation continues. sigh. #planetbronx #ivanvelezjr #bittercartoonistfromthebronx #exploitationmilestonemedia ♬ original sound – ivanvelezjr

Comic book creator Ivan Velez posted as to the release of a new Milestone Compilation from DC Comics next month, as Milestone Compilation Three, part of a series reprinting the entire Milestone publishing line, as originally printed and distributed by DC Comics . "Milestone publishes their 3rd compilation but leaves me off the cover credits. My Static run and half of my Blood Syndicate run is in there. No royalties or reprint payments. Just that endemic mainstream comics exploitation of talent."

Ivan Velez wrote Static #19-29 as well as Blood Syndicate #1 to #17 and #19 to #30, finishing with #33-#35. Milestone Compendium Three contains Deathwish #1-4, Blood Syndicate #24-27, Hardware #22-28, Icon #22-27, Static #21-25, Shadow Cabinet #5-13 and Kobalt #1-14. So, yes, a cover credit might seem appropriate. He got one for Milestone Compendium One and Two.

But it seems, according to his TikTok, that he didn't get any royalties or payments from the reprints. Which is really something that DC Comics might want to address. He did, however, get two comp copies of the book, which is how he knows that he didn't even get cover credited…

Milestone Compendium Book Three Paperback – February 20, 2024 by Dwayne McDuffie, John Rozum, Arvell Jones, Humberto Ramos, Various

Milestone Compendium is a can't-miss collection for any Milestone Comics or 90's comics fan! A new volume of fan-favorite Milestone comics from the 90's are collected in this brilliant compendium edition featuring Static, Icon, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate! Don't miss your chance to read the classic comics from legendary writers and artists including Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Robert L. Washington, John Paul Leon, Mark Bright and more. Collects DEATHWISH #1-4, BLOOD SYNDICATE #24-27, HARDWARE #22-28, ICON #22-27, STATIC #21-25, SHADOW CABINET #5-13, and KOBALT #1-14.

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