Publisher of Walking Dead, Invincible, Spawn, Savage Dragon, Chew, Kabuki, Dead @ 17, Saga, Youngblood, and many others. Just about every comix editor wants the same thing from aspiring artists, which is sequential comic book work. Reilly, I like you man. https://statixpress.tumblr.com/ The trademarks are being violated, and the unlicensed art constitutes derivative work being sold for commercial purposes. https://kingstone.co/pages/contact “The Japanese publisher grew its profit by nearly 16 percent for the fiscal year .With the yen’s depreciation and an improving Japanese economy, Capcom today reported net income up almost 16 percent for the fiscal year ended on March 31, 2014. Sounds cool right? Then the book probably isn’t commercially viable and shouldn’t be released, says this retailer. These types of fan art books aren’t new and aren’t going anywhere for larger brands. Publisher of Henchgirl, Solarman, Girron I consider you and I buds. Publisher of Dollman and many horror movies. and its not cheap…Like tens of thousands. All of the legalise stating that this isn’t a paid project and the forfeiting of rights to the work is standard corporate legalise to prevent artists from sueing Capcom in the future. http://www.12gaugecomics.com/index/submissions, 215 Ink Publisher of Cla$$war and other comic books. So it’s not much of a risk for them. Twitter: Vertical_Comics, Warp Graphics Are you a fan of Street Fighter and also an artist who would like to see your work featured (with no compensation) in UDON's Street Fighter Summer Sports Special? There is nothing in copyright or trademark law that has anything to do with your personal definition of the value of unlicensed promotion. UDON is an award-winning Canadian-based art collective formed in 2000 to provide high-quality creative services to the entertainment industry. http://www.tor.com/page/submissions-guidelines, TwoMorrows Publishing Defiant was established in 1993 by former Marvel Comics and Valiant Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. Twitter: @BHP_Comics, Big Blue Comics Publisher of many graphic novels. “Many” do not effectively parody anything. Actually, I don’t think that’s true. Update: Just to clarify, this book is published by Udon Entertainment under license from Capcom. https://waywardraven.com/contact, Will Lill Comics Publisher of Kolchak, Mandrake, and other comics. I in fact stated that the promotion aspect was ‘neither here nor there’. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ISSUE UDON X CAPCOM SKETCHBOOK ALPHA FROM UDON ENTERTAINMENT AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, UDON X Capcom Sketchbook Alpha is available now for pre-order exclusively through the, https://udonentertainment.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb7c3e646cbbc58e99be2ddb5&id=5ea9543552&e=c4562c1787. Anyone who wants should go for it. I think the bigger point here is about how difficult it is to make any book viable these days, let alone a niche fan-targeted one like this. Publisher of Brethren Born https://tkopresents.com/pages/about-us http://www.lightningstrikecomics.com/ Featuring 2 fully illustrated covers by Omar Dogan, fans can choose their favorite – Street Fighter’s Chun-Li or Darkstalkers’ Morrigan – OR connect these covers to form a single image of the two femme fighters locked in video game combat! A prophecy once said that in the comic book industry's darkest days, a hero would come to lead the people through a plague of overpriced floppies, incentive variant covers, #1 issue reboots, and super-mega-crossover events. Publisher of Titan, Tales of Rogues, Call of the Suicide Forest, Ghost Wolf Twitter: @wlcomics, Yen Press The IP owners are being very generous by not sending legal teams through Artist Alleys. Every year, I host panels at New York Comicon where I ask comic and book editors to offer advice about breaking in. Aftershock But for the hundreds of amateur artist that are lucky to get paid anything for a project that will be lucky to ever see the light of day, this is a great way to get published on a well known licensed property and has an actual compensation model that I and hundreds of artists that have been published in the book can testify works. Publisher of Sara, The 7 Deadly Sins, Goodnight Paradise, The Fearsome Doctor Fang, The Banks, and others. Submissions are still up and going so bust out the photoshop and get cracking on that jaw dropping piece of fandom work.”, Categories: Uncategorized Tags: canada, canadian comics, comic, comic artist, darkstalkers, darkstalkers comics, darkstalkers fan, darkstalkers fan pics, darkstalkers tribute, freelance artist, freelance comic work, tribute book, udon, udon comics, udon darkstalkers, udon work Comments: 1 Comment, So, you think you ‘re  a solid artist that just needs a chance to prove yourself? Twitter: @SinopiaComics, Slave Labor There has been occasion in the past where I’ve posted an image of a character on social media just as a portfolio piece, and then been contacted by the company who owns that character to tell me that they liked it and offered to pay me to use it in their own publication. Twitter: @thevaultcomics, Vertical Comics I have to admit I hope Udon gives some link love on their end to those that where out of the book. I’m sadly disappointed in this awesome project being lumped into the same category as a lot of those scam contests. Publisher of Fubar, The Chair & Mother Russia Maybe those limited reproduction rights are worth something to some artists, but isn’t the artist’s work worth anything to Udon? 9 Art Book. BUT on the submissions rules, it states: There is no payment to artists for artwork used in the Capcom Fighting Tribute book. As with any publishing submission, read a few issues of comics that they have already published. UDON @ Calgary Expo 2014 - this weekend!! Twitter: @Evil_Kat_Comix, Fanbase Press As the battle-worn races begin to rebuild their shattered kingdoms, new threats, both ancient and ominous, arise to plague the world once again. I’d just like to point out that Udon isn’t making prints here, they’re making a book, which they’re selling for a high price and keeping all the money. http://evilkatcomix.com/evil_kat_comix-_website_003.htm The biggest takeaway for me here is that Saturday Night Slam Masters isn’t included as an available property. The only downside I read was that they where not able to put in everyones art into the book, though they encouraged anyone who did not get picked to put the art up on their own sites. Unlicensed prints do not meet any of the multi-pronged tests of the Fair Use statue. Favorite Covers: Amazing Spider-Man #75 by John Romita Sr. DC Comics These are the standards used by the courts to determine whether or not a work is Fair Use. The minute someone else does the same to them, they squeal “Thief!”. I’ve edited the story throughout to reflect this correction. This is NOT one of those contests. UDON is taking fan art submissions for STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS! If I haven’t found anything else, I will send you to the home page. Publisher of The Resistants, Hyper-Action, Sophia Saturn (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true); Some of the most interesting and creative comic books are being published by independent (indy) publishers. This 48-page issue gathers over 10 years of convention sketches, rough drafts, original line art, and character designs produced by the UDON crew and friends of the studio! Twitter: @PapercutzGN, Random House Graphic Publisher of Project Shadow Breed, Red Hyena