COMICS WON'T JUST BREAK YOUR HEART - Tynan Stewart "...the momentum generated by the strikes in Hollywood has caused a lot of people to ask, 'Can we do something like this in comics?'" roadmapmag.com/articles/com...
by Tynan Stewart on Dec 01, 2023 // On the unforgiving economics of making comics—and cartoonists’ efforts to change them—in the wake of #ComicsBrokeMe
I’m so thankful that Tynan Stewart was the first person I’ve seen to correctly describe the freelancer’s state under US Labor Law. Freelance unions are not illegal! They’re just very difficult because they aren’t legally protected against retaliation and similar employer tactics
thanks for sharing!
Even though my career has been making webcomics, many fan comics, and my patreon income is double digits, I kinda really feel this. Part of me wonders if all my health problems are from being a cartoonist cuz I see all these professionals and their health problems and it's just like--
Fantastic article, thank you!