New to Your Collection Thread #22223

Originally Posted by DocBrown
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Originally Posted by DJC_II
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Originally Posted by DocBrown
Mazz doesn't sign books. Nice.

Another d-bag creator who can't be bothered to do something nice for the fans that supported his work.

What's up with that? I don't know why they wont support. Which was why I got worried when Frank disappeared, i wanted both and I didn't think it was going to happen.

Another one I wish I had more of was Barry Windsor Smith

I don't, either. Unfortunately, a lot of collectors worship creators...oh, sure, they don't light candles in their shrines for them, but close enough...and put them on pedestals they have no business being on. And, sadly, some of those creators allow it to go to their heads.

If someone supported me and paid my bills by buying my work, I would be thrilled to sign it. That's how it works in the real world. Unfortunately, too much of comics is fantasy land, and when combined with addict behavior, you have a toxic mixture of people who will tolerate any bad behavior from creators and sellers, and then gladly slay you for touching their idols (i.e., "disrespecting" them in any way.)

Creators are human, just like everyone else, subject to the same flaws and foibles as everyone else, and also subject to criticism...just like everyone else.

In Mazz' and BWS' cases, they have a wildly unhealthy greed that tells them that no one should ever profit off of their work except them (and, you know, publishers, printers, retailers, distributors, etc.)...and that ESPECIALLY means fans who are the ultimate consumers of their effort.

So, they refuse to sign comics, because someone might sell them, and they don't think that's fair that someone should do what they want to do with their property. It's just simple greed. Does BWS reward me for the multiple copies of Weapon X and Archer & Armstrong I bought, thereby supporting him and his work...? Nope.

100% their right to refuse. 100% my right to criticize for it.

Originally Posted by DocBrown


I don't, either. Unfortunately, a lot of collectors worship creators...oh, sure, they don't light candles in their shrines for them, but close enough...and put them on pedestals they have no business being on. And, sadly, some of those creators allow it to go to their heads.

If someone supported me and paid my bills by buying my work, I would be thrilled to sign it. That's how it works in the real world. Unfortunately, too much of comics is fantasy land, and when combined with addict behavior, you have a toxic mixture of people who will tolerate any bad behavior from creators and sellers, and then gladly slay you for touching their idols (i.e., "disrespecting" them in any way.)

Creators are human, just like everyone else, subject to the same flaws and foibles as everyone else, and also subject to criticism...just like everyone else.

In Mazz' and BWS' cases, they have a wildly unhealthy greed that tells them that no one should ever profit off of their work except them (and, you know, publishers, printers, retailers, distributors, etc.)...and that ESPECIALLY means fans who are the ultimate consumers of their effort.

So, they refuse to sign comics, because someone might sell them, and they don't think that's fair that someone should do what they want to do with their property. It's just simple greed. Does BWS reward me for the multiple copies of Weapon X and Archer & Armstrong I bought, thereby supporting him and his work...? Nope.

100% their right to refuse. 100% my right to criticize for it.

Originally Posted by shrewbeer
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Originally Posted by AndyRexia
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Same here. Was going to throw my hat in the ring but thought better of it as we’ve had the same argument over and over again here on the creator subject.

For the record, I dont think @BigRedOne was trolling at all.

Originally Posted by DJC_II
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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
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Originally Posted by AndyRexia
Keeping an eye on this thread

Same here. Was going to throw my hat in the ring but thought better of it as we’ve had the same argument over and over again here on the creator subject.

For the record, I dont think @BigRedOne was trolling at all.

He wasn't trolling.

He was being a hypocrite

Insulting one creator for his poor signature style, then insulting someone else for them also having a negative view on creators.

Dunno... Sounds like a hypocrite to me.

Originally Posted by BigRedOne1944
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Originally Posted by DJC_II
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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
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Originally Posted by AndyRexia
Keeping an eye on this thread

Same here. Was going to throw my hat in the ring but thought better of it as we’ve had the same argument over and over again here on the creator subject.

For the record, I dont think @BigRedOne was trolling at all.

He wasn't trolling.

He was being a hypocrite

Insulting one creator for his poor signature style, then insulting someone else for them also having a negative view on creators.

Dunno... Sounds like a hypocrite to me.

Let's just go with the "Dunno" part, because obviously you don't