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Affordable Care Act and the Freelance Artist

Colleen Doran — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:42:29 +0000

This webinar is FREE provided by the Graphic Artist Guild, but you must register to participate. FREE Webinar Wednesday, December 12 at 2 p.m. EST (1 p.m. CST, noon MST, 11 a.m. PST) The enrollment period for health insurance via the public exchanges has been shortened by an additional two weeks, ending on December 15. But the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is still around, and with a change in House leadership, probably not going anywhere. So how does the changing political landscape affect your ability to access – and afford – health insurance? We’ll discuss how freelancers can enroll in health coverage and what the forecast is for health insurance costs in 2019. Also, as most of you already know, I do most of my blogging and updating of my work at my Patreon. However, I will continue to make public service posts like this open to all. Follow me on my Patreon to stay updated. Thanks.

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Thought for the Day: Steve Bissette

Colleen Doran — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:22:55 +0000

I fear the mythos of “creative living” sans income is not just damaging to individuals, but is one promoted culturally to justify various methods of creative theft, corporate mistreatment, and publisher methods tilted to ensure successful publishers elevated on the backs of processions of starving creators. Steve Bissette

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Marvel Comics vs Jack Kirby Decision: Marvel Wins

Colleen Doran — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:26:06 +0000

Just received 50 page judgment of the United States Southern District Court of NY in Marvel vs Kirby and counterclaim Kirby vs Marvel. Grants plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against Kirby, and denies Kirby’s motion for summary judgment against Marvel. Key quotes: The expert opinions of Mark Evanier and John Morrow on behalf of Kirby were roundly dismissed as hearsay. The court paper goes into Marvel’s business practices with regard to creation of comics and payment of freelancers in detail, so it’s worth a read for that alone. A 1972 agreement signed by Kirby reads: And a 1986 document signed by Kirby: VERY important note here: the “instance and expense test” is applied. I could be wrong about how I’m reading this, but that may be very important for future WFH lawsuit decisions. If you have ever hired an avaricious also-ran to do minor work, this is great news for you if the also-ran climbs out of the woodwork 30 years later and wants the whole copyright enchilada. If you are a primary creator doing major work for a big publisher: um, not so good. Speak up if I’m misunderstanding here. The conclusion: Plaintiffs (Marvel) motion for summary judgment granted. Defendant (Kirby) cross motion summary judgment denied. Morrow and Evanier export reports are stricken. Plaintiff’s motion to strike Sinnot and Steranko testimony denied. Click on link below to go to pdf of court decision. Then click on KIRBY DECISION to download PDF. Kirby decision

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