Category: The WEPA Report
WHO CAN AFFORD TO MAKE COMICS ANYMORE? Dark Horse’s Union Fight Exposes an Industry-Wide Labor Reckoning
Dark Horse’s union dispute raises bigger questions about pay, layoffs, AI, job security and who can actually afford…
NYCC Is Coming! Sticker Mule’s Give Could Turn Creator Swag Into Real Fan Engagement
NYCC 2026 is coming fast. Al Mega looks at Sticker Mule Give and how indie creators can use…
Anime NYC Found Time to Police Photographers While Thieves Worked the Convention Floor
Anime NYC faced criticism over photographer enforcement while reports of theft circulated across the convention floor. We look…
Warren Ellis Finally Addresses His Image Comics Return, But Image Still Hasn’t Answered the Biggest Question
Five days after Comic Crusaders asked what changed, Warren Ellis has spoken publicly about his past, his apologies,…
Image Comics Said Warren Ellis Had to Make Amends. Five Years Later, He’s Back. So What Changed?
Image Comics drew a very public line around Warren Ellis in 2021. Five years later, he is publishing…
ROB LIEFELD WANTS A MILLION TO DRAW BATMAN. SOME OF US WOULD JUST LIKE THE COMIC WE ALREADY PAID FOR.
There are moments in comics where you really have to stop, rub your eyes and ask yourself, “Yo,…
Art the Clown’s Scariest Enemy May Be the Fine Print: Inside the Two Lawsuits Haunting the Terrifier Franchise
The blood may be fake, but the contracts, ownership claims and questions about performer safety are very real.…
Marvel Is Leaving New York. Good. Somebody Else Better Claim the Block.
Marvel is packing up nearly 90 years of New York history and heading west. Instead of holding a…
You Signed Away the Next Billion-Dollar Hero: Comic Creators, Read the Damn Contract
Let’s begin with the part nobody enjoys hearing. When a comic creator signs a valid work-for-hire agreement, delivers…
The 12-Copy Myth: What the Penguin–Simon & Schuster Trial Really Exposed About Publishing
A viral claim says half of all Big Five novels sell fewer than 12 copies. That is not…