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Michael Patrick Hicks
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Author of IN THE END, NOTHING; FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE; MASS HYSTERIA. Book reviewer, movie hoarder. Books: viewauthor.at/MichaelPatrickHicks
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'Alien: Paradiso' takes Aliens to a resort in December 2024 #Alien#MarvelComics#Aliensaiptcomics.com/2024/09/18/a...

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IDW’s new payment plan for creators is exposure? If this is true that per-page budget is insanity. Also- young creators out there. Publishers who pay an insulting page rate with the assurance you’ll make great royalties are lying.

A story from Bleeding Cool-
“ More consistent was the comment that IDW CEO Davidi Jonas has appointed himself Publisher of IDW now. And has been pushing to bring the costs of books down, especially on licensed titles at the publisher, looking to get every page of a comic for $200 to cover writing, pencilling, inking, colouring, design and editorial all in. Former Co-Publisher with Doyle and now President of Publishing Operations, Tara McCrillis supports the financial cuts. Indeed, the belief has been expressed that if creators are paid less, they will be more incentivized to promote the books to earn more as part of a new back-end deal.”
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You know, it really shouldn't be so goddamn difficult at all. It's amazing all these assholes keep trying to get away with the same shit over and over and over.

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HA! Fair enough. I did deliberately leave myself some wiggle room with the "probably" in there. :)

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Another day, another reminder from small press publishing that you're probably better off self-publishing or holding out for an agent and a Big 5 contract. 🤣

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Keep wondering what"free benefits" immigrants are supposed to be getting in these attacks ads.This is America. No one gets any benefits. I remember time I went to apply for food stamps,found "benefit" was $79/mo and bureaucracy required two bus trips every mo. It wasn't worth time I'd miss at work

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The #1 wisdom I wish I could impart to people just entering workforce (tho frankly genZ has got this mostly figured out) is that the only reward for doing more work is... More work. Whether you sacrificed your weekends or not, thought about client at 2am or not, you'll be laid off same as anyone

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Yup! "Quiet quitting" is actually just "doing exactly what you are contracted to do in your job" It is just... Doing your job and not being a doormat

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Michael Patrick Hicks
@mphicks.bsky.social
Author of IN THE END, NOTHING; FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE; MASS HYSTERIA. Book reviewer, movie hoarder. Books: viewauthor.at/MichaelPatrickHicks
310 followers282 following478 posts