He's not been paid for any of it, and the only way he's ever gotten any of the many items is to buy them himself."
And it was in this light that Robert Atkins posted about his own experience working on GI Joe and Storm Shadow, licensed by Hasbro for IDW Publishing He tweeted;
One MAJOR downside[...]
Robert Atkins Archives
JOE and Cobra as living legend Larry Hama and fan-favorite artist Robert Atkins join together to conclude this massive 10-issue event… featuring EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF G.I JOE!
The current storyline "Snake Hunt" has been pretty popular with fans, as it is adding to the mythos of Snake Eyes more than any other story has in quite awhile[...]
The United States Army has a free official digital comic book series called America's Army and issue #12 has a cover by GI Joe artist Robert Atkins The book is published by IDW and available here With issue #13, Atkins will take on the interior penciling duties as well.
"I've had to really up my game[...]