[...] creators from sharing in the profits from their creations in the same month word broke of Tokyopop trying to get young artists to sign similar pacts. This section is mostly a history of the [...]

[...] comment on the Manga Pilots Tokyopop contract [...]

Besides, I for one have no interest in reading things written by random American otaku. I read real manga, by successful, professional, acclaimed, genuine mangaka … Maybe TokyoPop should return their attention to what made them great in the first place?

[...] sent a query to Tokyopop’s PR contact asking “Does Tokyopop have a response [to the Manga Pilots uproar]? Are any changes in the contract planned?” In return, I got this back, described as [...]

I am surprised, yeah, actually. Tokyopop got raked over the coals for the reported terms in their OEL contracts pretty well a couple years back, so I expected them to learn, and I am in fact pretty surprised that they didn’t. Or… maybe they did, but instead of learning about how to make great contracts where everyone wins, they learned to steer their contracts to a creator demographic that is less likely to walk away from these kinds of slanted terms?

[...] of Tokyopop’s unethical Manga Pilots contracts, John Jakala has suggested (with a hilarious headline) a Tokyopop boycott for readers and [...]

[...] So it seems as though if you want experience to put on your resume, maybe Tokyopop’s Manga Pilot program is for you. However, if you are looking to really market your manga, and make a name for yourself in the industry, doing it for yourself without Tokyopop’s Manga Pilot program is better in the long-run. Via Comics Worth Reading [...]

Writing isn’t worth anything to these people, art isn’t worth anything to these people, it’s the search for the next Siegel/Shuster IDEA, take it, rape it, film it, kill it.

Welcome to Manchester 1848 Capitalism on a global scale, boys and girls. Pleased to meet you, hoped you guessed my name.

[...] Lea Hernandez and Johanna Draper-Carlson offer their thoughts. If you come across more, feel free to add them in the comments section. [...]

[...] More on the latest Tokyopop contract problem: [...]

[...] picks up the cudgels and pretty much finishes this contract off. At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson wonders if she’ll even bother with Tokyopop books from now on. Also weighing in: Christopher [...]

_Ten pounds_ for writing, drawing, inking and lettering a page, and withheld until it goes online? Maybe never paid at all? And you have no rights to it at all, even to be credited? Oh fuck OFF.

For a funny take on this:

http://arcana-j.livejournal.com/349769.html

The title alone is worth the click.

Thanks for covering this, Johanna.

Oooh, this boils my blood. I’ve loathed TokyoPop since they started out as Mixx Entertainment, and the more bloated they get the more there is to dislike. Add to this kind of abuse censorship, deliberate market-flooding tactics, and “Princess Ai”, and you’ve got yourself a real Behemoth. Yuck. Ick.

I’m glad that comic blogs are keeping an eye on them. Manga newsgroups and blogs are so tame to pander to corporate interests that its as if they’ve blinded themselves to this kind of sleeze.