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Comic Creators Rally For Unions, Guilds And Cooperatives
The Hiveworks Artist Guild, a group of around 100 past and present webcomic creators associated with Hiveworks Comics, posted via the Cartoonist Cooperative, alleging years of labour abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at the hands of Hiveworks' leadership, specifically owner Xellette Velamist and Chief Operating Officer Isabelle Melançon Founded in 2011, offered hosting, ad revenue,[...]
Webcomics Publisher Hiveworks Weighs In On Tapas "Right To First Refusal" Controversy
Hiveworks Comics is "a creator-owned comics and graphic novel publisher focused on free to read webcomics," who publish such comics as SMBC, Namesake, Check, Please!, and Paranatural Hiveworks says that all of their contracts are "creator owned," and that the company itself is run by webcomic artists and writers Here, in full, is Hiveworks' statement, which will[...]