See also: Comic Books.

There's a reason I have a #ComicsBrokeMe story.

Anyway this conversation is reminding me again about the #ComicsBrokeMe when I found out someone at a pub was being paid less than I as an indie (making no money) pays one of my team members. Really let me know they don’t value artists AT ALL. Which is sad when there’s so much amazing skill there.

The popular hashtag #comicsbrokeme isn't accurate. A better one would be #comicscorpsbrokeme

Peter David dies a pauper leaving behind massive medical debt, because Disney-Marvel didn't lift a finger to help out someone whose comics work it pillaged for billions in profit.

Even better, #BoycottMCU

Comic book movies make billions.
But many creators who built these worlds died broke, sick, and forgotten.
youtu.be/pe_8GSbmbHI
#ComicsBrokeMe #HeroInitiative #SupportCreators #heroinitiative

In 1975, Ogden Whitney died at the age of fifty-six at Saint Barnabas Psychiatric Hospital.

Man. This is THE #comicsbrokeme tale.

MDR-Doku über die Arbeitsbedingungen deutscher Mangaka. Uff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yurmhoawGog&t=1537

#comic #comics #comicsBrokeMe #manga #mangade

For anyone that came from Twitter, please remember the trend last year #ComicsBrokeMe. So many WT Originals spoke out on how truly evil it is. Some of them make below minimum wage!!!! Again, please support any OTHER way & don’t keep encouraging that site!!

(Sry for rp it was out of order)

In 2023, the hashtag #ComicsBrokeMe was trending for days with story after story just like these.

We shouldn’t let their stories lapse. Comic creators deserve proper compensation and better treatment. They are the lifeblood of the industry.

Becoming a platform exclusive seems like it's own hell, ngl.

Back when #ComicsBrokeMe trended there were many crunch grind horror stories from people who worked their ass to keep the platform exclusive privilege.

Comics, Assemble Cartoon professionals are organizing online around #ComicsBrokeMe to reveal ghastly working conditions and meager pay.

Reminder of the tragic death of comic creator Ian McGinty and the #ComicsBrokeMe conversion it ignited. I unfortunately fear we got some rough years coming with how things are going and keeping people aware their lives are always more important than filling the pockets of predatory publishers is key

A two-panel comic. A caption mentions that many snakes imitate the threatening colors of the deadly coral snake (red, yellow, black; "red next to yellow, kill a fellow"). First panel shows a proud and angry coral snake saying "I am a TRUE Coral Snake! I AM DANGEOUS AS F**K! MY VENOM AND I ARE ONE!" Second panel shows a silly milk snake (red, black, yellow; "red next to black, friend of Jack" aka harmless) woth eyes looking in different directions simply stating the head-empty thought of "i eat egg"

Anyone got any tips for getting back into art after physical trials? Especially from people whom #ComicsBrokeMe? Getting the itch to make comics again but I constantly think of my damaged shoulder.

Also, for reference, my style isn't even complex and I overworked myself.

I felt weird last year adding my voice to #ComicsBrokeMe on the other site; I'm not a creator, I write the PREVIEWS catalog. Yet, the grind even in that fringe role in comics has exacted a physical and mental health toll. I don't blame the grind for my visual impairment, but I know it played a role.

I know it might be a stretch, but between #comicsbrokeme and IDW's new plan to pay a comic creator $30 per page, we're dying out here.

The original contracts for Marvel and DC transfer ALL rights to the characters over to the publishers. The people who make these, to some of us, profoundly affecting characters get paid nearly nothing and then turfed if they can't keep up. There was a #ComicsBrokeMe hashtag.

Comics won't just break your heart 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

This piece, about #comicsbrokeme, bears some introspection, especially dealing with animation, which also involves drawing stories SUPER quickly for less and less money and how do people not see the parallels: roadmapmag.com/articles/com...

Comics won't just break your heart 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 wrote a long piece about comics in the wake of #ComicsBrokeMe. it's about how fucked things are in the industry but also how cartoonists are pushing back on conditions that are deeply exploitative, which gives me hope:

roadmapmag.com/articles/com...

Are people still doing the #ComicsBrokeMe hashtag? Comics broke me 20 years ago, it's just now starting to sink in.

You can find the transcript of our chat with Shea Hennum on labor struggles, history and organizing within the comics and cartooning industry in the wake of the #ComicsBrokeMe moment . This and more at https://tfsr.wtf/zines/#September2023

You can find the transcript of our chat with Shea Hennum on labor struggles, history and organizing within the comics and cartooning industry in the wake of the #ComicsBrokeMe moment . This and more at tfsr.wtf/zines/#Septe...

Most articles regarding #comicsbrokeme just do a round-up of problems. This one dives into the history of what creators and small publishers have tried in the past, and are doing now, to make the industry better for creators. It’s encouraging 💖

I really love all the info that Co-op folks contributed!! Most other #comicsbrokeme articles just round up the problems. It’s really encouraging to see all the things folks are working on to make it better!! Love the info about Black Josei Press too, makes me love them even more. 💖💖💖

This is one of the best articles I’ve seen yet on the aftermath of #comicsbrokeme. Good stuff on The Heroes Initiative, but that org is really meant to help the older folks. You have to have worked in comics 10 years for their help; Ian Mcginty was less than a year from qualifying when he passed.

#ComicsBrokeMe I couldn't graduate. Our classes were designed to mimic the workload in the industry--my shoulder and arm are irreparably damaged. The bone is literally worn away. I can't begin to imagine what would have happened if I hadn't stopped when I did.

Y'all want a #comicsbrokeme story?
Go look up the legacy of Alan Moore and how he got fucked at every turn.
Fucked so bad that he washed his hands of the whole thing.
Fucked bad enough that his FUCKING daughter had to explain it in crayon.
But sure, it's a skill thing. 🙄

If you are a comic book fan, casual reader, or aspiring creator, #ComicsBrokeMe is an extremely disheartening but necessary read.

Writers, artists, letterers, inkers, colorists, editors... you all deserve so much better. Art is a job. You deserve a living wage like other jobs.

I love comics but my god does this industry chew people up and spit them out sometimes. What broke me more than anything today was reading stories from #ComicsBrokeMe .

It's heartbreaking to see so many people I admire sharing stories with #comicsbrokeme . I have a day job that I'm incredibly grateful for, which makes me feel kind of unqualified to even enter this conversation.