Rick Olney--Fibber or Mega-Giganta-Fibber?

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Blake, I agree with Gail, though. Cool job closing that dangling matter.

I did the same when I realized after 2 weeks (the same 2 weeks I was moderating him down on the Dixonverse board) that he wasn't going to cough up a mere $35 to have me rewrite his crappy front text. And after that amount of time, I didn't want to do it. But I also didn't want "the job" hanging out there, since I had sent him a formal invoice before beginning.

His reaction to my "Pro Forma Termination of Job Agreement"? He said that now that he'd seen my "true colors" there was not chance that I would ever work for his company.

Like it was supposed to crush my dewy dreams.

Heh. Peanut brain.

"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last!"

JP

[Momma Absurd]

This is way off topic but I need to find out this ok.......

What is the guys name that is a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics? His first name is Dan and he looks like a young version of Abe Lincoln......is his last name DeCarlo?

Thanks

[Sarah Beach]

Oh, BOO that is to say HOO!

:)

Gail

Exactly! Hehehehehehehe.

(Well, you know. When you actually can talk to the Really Big Guys, are you going to worry about the rag-merchant outside the city gates? Naaaaah.)

Hey, peanut! Neener Neener Neener :p

(This glee is just so juvenile! It's all this "I don't have to be moderator" freedom! I'm being corrupted!)

[Blake Petit]

I can't speak for Abe Lincoln...

But yeah, Dan DeCarlo does a lot of great work at Archie.

[MacQuarrie]

I can't speak for Abe Lincoln...

But yeah, Dan DeCarlo does a lot of great work at Archie.

Did. Dan DeCarlo passed away a couple of years ago.

[Matt Doc Martin]

HA!

Rick erased the posts from people he'd cheated over at his Jazma forums.

Hilarious. What a gutless little yellowbellied coward.

Gail

I am pretty sure I copied all that....Can anyone I have given copies to confirm? I am on my laptop...

[Blake Petit]

Oh, that's right -- I'd forgotten. :(

Well now this thread has just gotten depressing.

[Wil Radcliffe]

Oh, that's right -- I'd forgotten. :(

Well now this thread has just gotten depressing.

It gets worse. Abe Lincoln is dead too.

[Momma Absurd]

.....I wanna stalker.... : kicks pebble :

Stealthily stalking TC while his back is turned and have been throughout this thread....shhhhhhhhh don't tell him though............kicks "Olney"

[MacQuarrie]

This is way off topic but I need to find out this ok.......

What is the guys name that is a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics? His first name is Dan and he looks like a young version of Abe Lincoln......is his last name DeCarlo?

Thanks

I bet Scott Shaw! will know.

[Sarah Beach]

This is way off topic but I need to find out this ok.......

What is the guys name that is a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics? His first name is Dan and he looks like a young version of Abe Lincoln......is his last name DeCarlo?

Thanks

Momma is this someone you need to find related to current matters?

Just asking.

[Gail Simone]

This is way off topic but I need to find out this ok.......

What is the guys name that is a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics? His first name is Dan and he looks like a young version of Abe Lincoln......is his last name DeCarlo?

Thanks

Dan DeCarlo is unfortunately deceased. He was a giant in cartooning and comics, but rarely got the credit he deserved. The character JOSIE was based on his wife, and he was responsible more than anyone for the look of the Archie books for many years, I believe.

There are a few books about him, and the one I love best was written and designed by the equally great Bill Morrison, and covers his career and life in a warm, funny way. Guy was an absolute genius.

I was blessed enough to get to work with him in a way that never really saw print directly. Some of my earliest published works were Bart Simpsons stories for Bongo. At the time, Bongo had hired Dan to do layouts for these stories, to teach new Bongo artists his layout skills, partly because Archie was not treating him properly at the time, if I remember correctly.

These layouts were STUNNING. They were wildly off-model, somewhere between the animated Simpsons show and his usual Archie style. Everything was much more 3-d than usual. People were elongated and a bit more human looking. And it turns out, he didn't watch the Simpsons and didn't really know the characters.

That's what made it so surreal. The craftsmanship is impeccable, but the characters seem very reimagined, which I fricking LOVED. I lost the faxed copies of those layouts which bugs me to this day. But it was unbelievable to see him work off of my silly scripts. I honestly couldn't have been more thrilled if Neal Adams or Jack Kirby (bless his soul!) had drawn a story I wrote. It felt that nuts.

Great, great talent, and the guy KNEW how to sell a gag.

Gail

[Wil Radcliffe]

Guys! I've just found exclusive footage of Rick Olney when he found out he had been temporarily banned from the CBR Forums!

Click here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6W3vNzfCto)

[Gail Simone]

I am pretty sure I copied all that....Can anyone I have given copies to confirm? I am on my laptop...

You are proving to be a very useful mammal, mister.

:)

Gail

[THEDOC]

Guys! I've just found exclusive footage of Rick Olney when he found out he had been temporarily banned from the CBR Forums!

Click here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6W3vNzfCto)

Gee Will that was great, was "Rick" singing the theme to the new Tightlip Cartoon Hour that will appear on WNDA?

[Momma Absurd]

The reason I asked is because we are watching Weakest Link and the contestants name was Dan and he said that he was a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics. He was very young maybe early 30's and I remembered that D'Carlo was one of the creators for that......could it be his son carrying on for him or do you all know?


And yes Dan DCarlo was fantastic, I have loved those comics since I was a kid. I had not heard that he had died though and thats sad. What was the reason he passed do you know?


Momma

[Wil Radcliffe]

Gee Will that was great, was "Rick" singing the theme to the new Tightlip Cartoon Hour that will appear on WNDA?

I think so. He'll also probably be wearing that adorable Scooby-Doo costume for when he does craft segments between the cartoons.

[THEDOC]

HA!

Rick erased the posts from people he'd cheated over at his Jazma forums.

Hilarious. What a gutless little yellowbellied coward.

Gail

Do you know what thread numbers those were I can try and look later tonight.

[Blake Petit]

The reason I asked is because we are watching Weakest Link and the contestants name was Dan and he said that he was a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics. He was very young maybe early 30's and I remembered that D'Carlo was one of the creators for that......could it be his son carrying on for him or do you all know?


And yes Dan DCarlo was fantastic, I have loved those comics since I was a kid. I had not heard that he had died though and thats sad. What was the reason he passed do you know?


Momma

Hmm... Dan Parent does a lot of work for Archie these days. I have no idea how old he is.

[THEDOC]

I think so. He'll also probably be wearing that adorable Scooby-Doo costume for when he does craft segments between the cartoons.

Well see that's the problem as the 'Toons found out they had to sign NDA's and quit so "Rick" is suing them in Captain Kangaroo's Court another new WNDA show.

[Sarah Beach]

Okay, so it was just my computer/connection.

I thought he'd removed the text on the MMC myspace page.

But it would have been funny.....

[Kurt Busiek]

He was very young maybe early 30's and I remembered that D'Carlo was one of the creators for that......could it be his son carrying on for him or do you all know?

Dan's twin sons Dan Jr. and Jimmy DeCarlo both did a lot of work for Archie too, but they both died before Dan did, sadly. Dan died of pneumonia.

The person you saw may have been Dan Parent.

kdb

[Momma Absurd]

Thank you Blake......I have several Archie digests in mint condition with Dan DeCarlo's signature on them. I wouldn't part with them for anything.

[THEDOC]

Ah, it all continues so amusingly.

You know how I mentioned that the text from the TLE page was on the MightyMiniCon mySpace page?

Guess what you can't find now? I was going to recheck it, and an error page came up.

I think "Rick" is ret-coning himself. Of course he is a con anyway.:D

[Wil Radcliffe]

Well see that's the problem as the 'Toons found out they had to sign NDA's and quit so "Rick" is suing them in Captain Kangaroo's Court another new WNDA show.

Ah! I see! I thought maybe he had tricked Yogi Bear into completing half the cartoon, then when Yogi quit he tricked Andy Panda into finishing it. He pulled the same stunt with The Pink Panther and Snagglepuss a few years back.

[Blake Petit]

Gol-darn double post...

While I'm editing, though, I just want everyone to know that the statement on my journal is thanks to the work of my manager, Ronee. I've been talking to her for some time now about how to handle this situation, and when she presented me with that statement, I knew (again) I'd made the right choice hooking up with her. :)

[kingdom2000]

What in the world happened that triggered this sudden attempt to whitewash the existence of Tightlip and any of Olney's comments? Did people actually follow through with a case against him? If so who and for what? To my knowledge Olney hasn't broken the law so everything would be via civil court but this whitewash just seems above and beyond, especially since it doesn't really help his case. Exposed attempts at a cover-up rarely go well for the one doing the covering.

Anyway, it looks like he forgot his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/orcafresh

Might want to go over and see if any useful info before he reads this post and deletes it.

[Sarah Beach]

I think "Rick" is ret-coning himself. Of course he is a con anyway.:D

My bad, Doc. It WAS just a connection error on my end.

But obviously, making that change is something he would do. Heh.

[THEDOC]

Ah! I see! I thought maybe he had tricked Yogi Bear into completing half the cartoon, then when Yogi quit he tricked Andy Panda into finishing it. He pulled the same stunt with The Pink Panther and Snagglepuss a few years back.

Now see I heard it was Barney Bear and Leo the Lion...man I'm showing my age now..

[THEDOC]

My bad, Doc. It WAS just a connection error on my end.

But obviously, making that change is something he would do. Heh.

That was a space/time anomoly..didn't you feel it for a minute "Rick" didn't exist.

[Sarah Beach]

What in the world happened that triggered this sudden attempt to whitewash the existence of Tightlip and any of Olney's comments? Did people actually follow through with a case against him? If so who and for what? To my knowledge Olney hasn't broken the law so everything would be via civil court but this whitewash just seems above and beyond, especially since it doesn't really help his case. Exposed attempts at a cover-up rarely go well for the one doing the covering.

Anyway, it looks like he forgot his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/orcafresh

Might want to go over and see if any useful info before he reads this post and deletes it.

He deleted all the bad stuff from the myspace blog some time ago. There were like 5 or 6 posts during December that were libelous or nearly so. And nasty.

[MacQuarrie]

Hmm... Dan Parent does a lot of work for Archie these days. I have no idea how old he is.

Here's his bio: http://www.danparent.com/my_bio.htm

[Momma Absurd]

thanks.......I just wanted to try and find out. It didn't give the last names on the show and I didn't know exactly who he was...

[THEDOC]

He deleted all the bad stuff from the myspace blog some time ago. There were like 5 or 6 posts during December that were libelous or nearly so. And nasty.

Knew I should had copied those. I think I did post a quote from there way early in the thread.

[Kurt Busiek]

Hmm... Dan Parent does a lot of work for Archie these days. I have no idea how old he is.

He'll be 43 this year, according to Wikipedia.

But he was on THE WEAKEST LINK, so it must be him.

kdb

[THEDOC]

thanks.......I just wanted to try and find out. It didn't give the last names on the show and I didn't know exactly who he was...

How is Tim holding up? I get worried about him. Us Docs have ta stick together.

[MacQuarrie]

Guys! I've just found exclusive footage of Rick Olney when he found out he had been temporarily banned from the CBR Forums!

Click here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6W3vNzfCto)

I heart you.

[KevinTBrown]

Blake has a stalker, Blake has a stalker!

Coolest stalker ever. :cool:

Shouldn't that be "stalker"...?

:p

[Kurt Busiek]

Here's his bio: http://www.danparent.com/my_bio.htm

Er...did you read that?

kdb

[bert]

All Righty then. . .

finally back from work (and the comics shop, where Eric -- who says "hello" to Gail -- pulled me the variant cover copies of both "Wellcome to Tranquility" and "Gen13").

I've got me a Sammich, and some chips, and a big glass of water.

now back to page 300, so I can catch up on today's doings.

[MacQuarrie]

Er...did you read that?

kdb

Yes, and I loved it.

Actually, though, I linked it for the photo. Assuming that's actually him.

[Wil Radcliffe]

Er...did you read that?

kdb

AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

The guy's brilliant! :D

[Sarah Beach]

Er...did you read that?

kdb

Well, he may not be serious in that ... "bio", but if you check the home page, you'll see that he does do work for Archie.

[MacQuarrie]

All Righty then. . .

finally back from work (and the comics shop, where Eric -- who says "hello" to Gail -- pulled me the variant cover copies of both "Wellcome to Tranquility" and "Gen13").

I've got me a Sammich, and some chips, and a big glass of water.

now back to page 300, so I can catch up on today's doings.

Enjoy. No frothing at the mouth today. Just a lot of nice quiet fun, a discussion of trademark and copyright law, and a debate on the merits of Mike W. Barr's "Batman and the Outsiders" and the role of whimsy in comics.

Trollney has not graced us with his presence, but I'm sure he's one of the many guests browsing the forum. We can tell because every time somebody finds another sample of his idiocy, he runs to delete it.

Oh well, it gives him something to do between dodging process servers and hiding from the mailman.

Reminds me of an exchange from Steve Martin's "Roxanne"
C.D. Bales:I really admire your shoes.
Drunk #1: What?
C.D. Bales: I love your shoes.
Drunk #2: What do ya mean?
C.D. Bales: And I was just thinking: as much as I really admire your shoes, and as much as I'd love to have a pair just like them, I really wouldn't want to be IN your shoes at this particular time and place.

[Howler]

He deleted all the bad stuff from the myspace blog some time ago. There were like 5 or 6 posts during December that were libelous or nearly so. And nasty.

They were in the Google cache for a while after he deleted them and I totally spaced out on saving them. I looked now and there are only a handful of his deleted blogs in the cache but none of them are of the nasty sort. Well except for this part from a blog on November 30

"So after requesting assistance, I then moved over to looking for the next elusive action figure from my experiences. I wrote of it in my last blog. The Ric Olie (Rick Olney) STAR WARS: Episode One starship pilot! The store owner and I never stopped chatting with each as that 30 minutes turned into 45, and as you can imagine ... I had to share my little known Star Wars trivia fact with him on how Ric Olie came to be. I also very quickly noticed that he had a very low price on the figures. Specifically, the Ric Olie figure was underpriced. He explained that he kept one on the shelf but that he had more in storage. I told him I'd buy them all regardless of the mark-up price; explaining how hard they are to come by. He actually had them priced at $4.99 each. Upon my urging, he went and researched them in his price guide. I believe that he was glad to learn this, because he discovered they book for more like $18.00 dollars each.

Contray to the lower dregs and most ugly myth spinning sociopathic types in our industry and hobby, I don't cheat people. He thanked me too! As he cashed me out at his register, he told me that he was giving me the Ric Olie figure .. IF .. I'd autograph one for him on my return visit. Smart businessman, this guy is! I'm headed back there this Saturday! And now I have to clear another shelf for actions figures.


[Note to my pal, Doc Absurd: Let me know if you need any specific regarding action figures. If I can't pick them up for you at this new store in Herkimer ...then they might be in the quantity that I just had dropped in my lap. Any of my other old ORCA pals only need email me too! ]"


I was looking at a whois search of tightlipentertainment.com I did after I saw it was gone. I'm not sure but I don't think it's at Reek's doing. The status is listed as locked and that if I recall is done so a domain can not have its contents deleted or changed. Maybe someone locked him out of deleting information on his site?

[Blake Petit]

I just recieved the following message from Mr. Olney regarding my statement of earlier this evening:

The site is backed up twice daily, so the thread posts were NOT erased.

Blake is still under contract to TightLip Entertainment for EVERTIME. Additionally, I am moving ahead to have an artist complete the began character descriptions. Plus, I have to mention that Blake's contract has a 30 day conditional provision and is NOT revocable.

As we contracted Blake and NOT Ms. Ronee Garcia Bourgeois, we'll begin also preparing a nuisance lawsuit for interference. Kindly be aware. Thank you.

Rick OLney
TightLip Entertainment
January 10, 2007

The first line is in regards to the fact that I went on the MMC board earlier today and deleted all of the posts in which I discussed my property, Evertime. My agent, Ronee, assures me that my contract clearly states that either party can terminate the contract with 30 days written notice. My earlier statement is that notice, and a hard copy will be mailed shortly.

Furthermore, Rick agreed to involve Ronee, in her capacity as my agent, in all negotiations regarding me at the time the contract was drafted, and we have saved messages from him to that effect, and therefore he has no grounds to consider her involvement a "nuisance," legally or otherwise.

[OzBat!]

BWAHHHH-HAHAHAHAAAAHAAA!

GoBlakeGo! GoBlakeGo! GOBLAKEGO!

[EdContradictory]

Jesus, now he's trying to steal someone else's idea?

You're a lowlife, Rick.

Additionally, I am moving ahead to have an artist complete the began character descriptions.
With my imaginary money.

[Mark Blicharz]

I hate to tell Rick that as Blake's agent, she's able to discuss terms of the contract with Blake and Rick at any given time.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I just recieved the following message from Mr. Olney regarding my statement of earlier this evening:



The first line is in regards to the fact that I went on the MMC board earlier today and deleted all of the posts in which I discussed my property, Evertime. My agent, Ronee, assures me that my contract clearly states that either party can terminate the contract with 30 days written notice. My earlier statement is that notice, and a hard copy will be mailed shortly.

Furthermore, Rick agreed to involve Ronee, in her capacity as my agent, in all negotiations regarding me at the time the contract was drafted, and we have saved messages from him to that effect, and therefore he has no grounds to consider her involvement a "nuisance," legally or otherwise.



Its your series and your idea Blake. He should know if you don't want to do the series at Tightlip ( and really who wants that negative press after the last 2 weeks ?) he should honor that.

[MacQuarrie]

I was looking at a whois search of tightlipentertainment.com I did after I saw it was gone. I'm not sure but I don't think it's at Reek's doing. The status is listed as locked and that if I recall is done so a domain can not have its contents deleted or changed. Maybe someone locked him out of deleting information on his site?
No, that means the domain registration is locked, which means nobody can move the domain name to a new registrar unless they first log in and unlock it. It has nothing to do with the content of the site.

[Ronée]

I hate to tell Rick that as Blake's agent, she's able to discuss terms of the contract with Blake and Rick at any given time.hes blowing more smoke... its bullshit. I did all the negotiations with Rick on Blakes behalf.. hes just mad that hes too stupid to realize there is this in his "contract"

1. TERM AND SERVICES:

The term of this agreement shall be from the date last signed below and shall continue until terminated in writing by either party. Either party may terminate this agreement without cause on thirty (30) days prior written notice

duh.

[OzBat!]

nonono, he's more than entitled to convince himself he can do anything because of a contract he couldn't be half-arsed to read the conditions of!

Just as Blake would then be entitled to take him to the cleaners for stealing his characters, violating the contract, ignoring the termination of the contract, and libel against Blake's manager!!

[Wil Radcliffe]

I just recieved the following message from Mr. Olney regarding my statement of earlier this evening:



The first line is in regards to the fact that I went on the MMC board earlier today and deleted all of the posts in which I discussed my property, Evertime. My agent, Ronee, assures me that my contract clearly states that either party can terminate the contract with 30 days written notice. My earlier statement is that notice, and a hard copy will be mailed shortly.

Furthermore, Rick agreed to involve Ronee, in her capacity as my agent, in all negotiations regarding me at the time the contract was drafted, and we have saved messages from him to that effect, and therefore he has no grounds to consider her involvement a "nuisance," legally or otherwise.

I'm no biologist or botanist, but has anyone ever encountered such a pure, unfiltered, pristine example of scum in their lives? I mean, usually your typical swamp scum has at least a bit of bark or leaves or some other refuse in it. But Rick... he's just plain scum... natural and pure... nothing added.

Don't let him bully you, Blake. You've got the toughest manager in the world on your side. He'll be begging you to take back your property by the time it's all done.

[MacQuarrie]

Has anybody contacted "America's Dumbest Criminals" yet?

[Blake Petit]

Don't let him bully you, Blake. You've got the toughest manager in the world on your side.

Damn right I do. I'd have had a meltdown by now if it weren't for her.

[Ronée]

Damn right I do. I'd have had a meltdown by now if it weren't for her.what pisses me off is how he thinks the little guys mean nothing. He didnt say shit to me speaking for ChrisCross when voiding THAT contract cause he sure as hell is not going to take on him, but figures Blake is different? They are both my clients and they are treated the same....

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.

[bert]

You're saying yuck to Krispy Kreme doughnuts? :eek:

~Bev

Ew. . sugared air. . nasty, NASTY stuff.

Me? I prefer the Entenman's Raspberry Danish. . but in a pinch, I'll go for Shipley's (I think they are just a Texas chain, but thier donuts have a nice, cakey, texture).

oh, and PeeG?

GREAT to see you around again :)

[wishlish]

Dan DeCarlo is unfortunately deceased. He was a giant in cartooning and comics, but rarely got the credit he deserved. The character JOSIE was based on his wife, and he was responsible more than anyone for the look of the Archie books for many years, I believe.

There are a few books about him, and the one I love best was written and designed by the equally great Bill Morrison, and covers his career and life in a warm, funny way. Guy was an absolute genius.


I have two of the books about his work, and I highly recommend both of them.

The one you're referring to, Gail, is Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo. It's a huge, beautiful book covering his life's work.

Amazon link (http://www.amazon.com/Innocence-Seduction-Art-Dan-DeCarlo/dp/1560977108/sr=8-1/qid=1168482583/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0278091-8615226?ie=UTF8&s=books)

The other is part of Alex Chun's pinup artists series from Fantagraphics: The Pin-up Art of Dan DeCarlo. It's a collection of one-panel gags he did for men's magazines from the 50s.

Amazon Link (http://www.amazon.com/Pin-up-Art-Dan-DeCarlo/dp/1560976195/sr=8-5/qid=1168482583/ref=sr_1_5/002-0278091-8615226?ie=UTF8&s=books)

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Plus it says "Blake Petit's Evertime " . That is what I'm seeing. Plus its all posted on the Journal you have Blake. Its your project. Plus how the hell is that ever gonna be produced ? Its easy to sign you to a contract and make ya sit there but I still wonder how he could possibly even produce this book ? How many creators would be taken on it ?

[Blake Petit]

what pisses me off is how he thinks the little guys mean nothing. He didnt say shit to me speaking for ChrisCross when voiding THAT contract cause he sure as hell is not going to take on him, but figures Blake is different? They are both my clients and they are treated the same....

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.

And what makes him think I'm the little guy? I mean sure, Cross is a giant, but while I'm still trying to lose these holiday pounds...

[mike626]

I just recieved the following message from Mr. Olney regarding my statement of earlier this evening:



The first line is in regards to the fact that I went on the MMC board earlier today and deleted all of the posts in which I discussed my property, Evertime. My agent, Ronee, assures me that my contract clearly states that either party can terminate the contract with 30 days written notice. My earlier statement is that notice, and a hard copy will be mailed shortly.

Furthermore, Rick agreed to involve Ronee, in her capacity as my agent, in all negotiations regarding me at the time the contract was drafted, and we have saved messages from him to that effect, and therefore he has no grounds to consider her involvement a "nuisance," legally or otherwise.heh,more empty threats,from his *ahem* "legal department"

[MacQuarrie]

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.
Never again. The time for warnings is past. It's time to show him why he shouldn't fuck with you, followed by a simple, "see, I told you not to fuck with me."

[Ronée]

Never again. The time for warnings is past. It's time to show him why he shouldn't fuck with you, followed by a simple, "see, I told you not to fuck with me."
oh trust me... it is all in the works...

Thats what so ironic about him making sure I knew every tv station and newspaper in his area and beyond... :D

[mike626]

oh trust me... it is all in the works...

Thats what so ironic about him making sure I knew every tv station and newspaper in his area and beyond... :Dthis is gonna be all over his town,hahaha!

[Jamie Coville]

I'm wondering how Olney can claim ownership over something he never paid for?

[Ronée]

double post....

um... watch the smoking baby folks! Nothing to see here..

[Wil Radcliffe]

oh trust me... it is all in the works...

Thats what so ironic about him making sure I knew every tv station and newspaper in his area and beyond... :D

Has anyone thought about warning the folks at deviantart and other places artists gather? Might be a good idea so he doesn't dupe any artists into signing on to do Blake's project.

[mike626]

in his own little demented world he does own it,Jamie..

[TomStillwell]

Come on, you know you winced when you read their names the first time. Granted, execution is everything, and even the lamest concept can be turned into gold, but it does help if you're not starting with such an obvious contrivance.

For the record, I liked what Barr & Aparo did with them in the book, but the names were painful.

I'll have you know Batman and The Outsiders (BATO for us true fans) is possibly my favorite team book of all time.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I'm wondering how Olney can claim ownership over something he never paid for?

The same way I plan to take Star Wars from George Lucas. That guy thinks he can stop doing movies ? Screw that....

[mike626]

Has anyone thought about warning the folks at deviantart and other places artists gather? Might be a good idea so he doesn't dupe any artists into signing on to do Blake's project.
I wolud gladly to do this Wil just gimmie the link.:)

[TCJohnson]

we'll begin also preparing a nuisance lawsuit for interference.

a nuisance lawsuit? Don't judges hate those?

[Matt Doc Martin]

HEY RICK!!! Guess what?


I heard your jazma thread disappeared.

Well, good news!!!


I have a GREAT looking PDF of it!


Want a copy, peanut?


How about anyone else?


AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OzBat!]

Yeah... the nuisance being Olney's interference.

[Blake Petit]

a nuisance lawsuit? Don't judges hate those?

While you're here, TC, I just wanted to thank you for pointing me to this thread in the first place.

[TomStillwell]

Same thing that happens to Mister Tawky Tawny.

That doesn't make him a bad character, or badly named.

kdb

Love Tawky!

[Wil Radcliffe]

I wolud gladly to do this Wil just gimmie the link.:)

Well, the web site is deviantart.com (http://www.deviantart.com)

But I think we should go about this the right way. Maybe someone who is already a member there should approach the administrator first and ask their opinion before posting the warning.

But I do feel that artists should be warned. If anyone knows of any other sites like Deviantart, it would be a good idea to contact them as well. Get the word out so that others know what to expect if they do business with Rick Olney.

[TomStillwell]

I concede the point. I should not have maligned Mike W. Barr's great comics work in what was one of my favorite comics of the time by my unfair comparison to this hackneyed contrivance.

And I love Tawky Tawny, too. And Mister Mind! I wish we could still have goofy fun comics like those. In fact, I'm actually working on creating one. It has a talking dog. And rampaging garden gnomes. Fun is good. Whimsy is good. Painful puns are good.

Do you forgive me?

That sounds amazing! Who ever will you get to write it?

[mike626]

Well, the web site is deviantart.com (http://www.deviantart.com)

But I think we should go about this the right way. Maybe someone who is already a member there should approach the administrator first and ask their opinion before posting the warning.

But I do feel that artists should be warned. If anyone knows of any other sites like Deviantart, it would be a good idea to contact them as well. Get the word out so that others know what to expect if they do business with Rick Olney.Ok,I understand that and agree with it,but,I wolud like to do my part of getting the word out about TightLip ent.

[Matt Doc Martin]

Looks like Rick complained to CafePress about he shirts. They are now "pending". I am going to fight it.

[wishlish]

I concede the point. I should not have maligned Mike W. Barr's great comics work in what was one of my favorite comics of the time by my unfair comparison to this hackneyed contrivance.

And I love Tawky Tawny, too. And Mister Mind! I wish we could still have goofy fun comics like those. In fact, I'm actually working on creating one. It has a talking dog. And rampaging garden gnomes. Fun is good. Whimsy is good. Painful puns are good.

Do you forgive me?

If you like Shazam stuff, there's a new DC Showcase b&w reprint of the 70s Shazam stuff. Not as great as the original 50's stuff, for sure, but cheap at $16 for 500+ pages. If nothing else, it makes a great coloring book for kids!

[mike626]

HEY RICK!!! Guess what?


I heard your jazma thread disappeared.

Well, good news!!!


I have a GREAT looking PDF of it!


Want a copy, peanut?


How about anyone else?


AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! count me in!:cool:

[khuxford]

Meh, Meltdown is a tad overpriced on everything but comics, but they are USUALLY well stocked. Golden Apple is actually more fun IMO. But then again, Comics Ink is the best shop in town if you're a regular.

Is Meltdown a smaller sized shop? I don't mean a small retailer, but like half the real estate size of Golden Apple or less? If so, I think that was the shop I enjoyed going to the most, but still wound up frequenting Golden Apple when I lived in Los Angeles.

[mike626]

Looks like Rick complained to CafePress about he shirts. They are now "pending". I am going to fight it.Boo-hoo,aw the truth hurts "stinky ricky",

[TomStillwell]

From that newsarama quote (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?p=399510#post399510): hang on a sec. "part owner"?? Who the heck is the poor sap holding up the other side of this disaster? Do they need to be included in any and all legal proceedings?

Probably his poor wife.

[khuxford]

I'm still nudging Ryan to get the store a page on ComicSpace. (Ooops, going off topic again.)

I had Golden Apple as a friend on MySpace.com as recently as 4 months ago. :confused:

[NatGertler]

Is Meltdown a smaller sized shop? I don't mean a small retailer, but like half the real estate size of Golden Apple or less?It was. They moved, and are more on the Golden Apple scale now. Finally got to the new location a couple months back (years after they moved), and was impressed.

[bert]

Outsiders is great "leave your brain at the door" fun. If you stop and think about it it's craptastic. Especially Looker.

But GeoForce is the bestest hero ever.

I loved Outsiders (Vampire Looker. . the crappiest costume in comics!!).

and speaking of crappy. . .

GeoForce?

seriously?

every time that character gets drawn, he looks like he's severely constipated.

I always used to joke that it's because Terra got the powers to move dirt.

[rummblestrips]

Has anyone thought about warning the folks at deviantart and other places artists gather? Might be a good idea so he doesn't dupe any artists into signing on to do Blake's project.

Already done

Hi there, I thought it would be important as a community of artists to make you aware of the following situation. There is a publisher out there, Tightlip Entertainment, owned and Operated by Rick Olney and he is scamming artists and writers into working for him and never getting paid. It's estimated that he owes over 100,000 to many, MANY different creators.
Here is a link to a thread over at the Comic Book Resources Form
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156451
Please take this note seriously and warn all of the creators on this board to beware of this crooked individual.
Thank you.
Joanne Ellen Mutch

[neko onna]

I'm wondering how Olney can claim ownership over something he never paid for?

I posted that very question..PAGES and PAGES ago...:p

[Matt Doc Martin]

count me in!:cool:

Pm me your email address, and whether you want just that one, or my whole collection.

[Wil Radcliffe]

Already done

Hi there, I thought it would be important as a community of artists to make you aware of the following situation. There is a publisher out there, Tightlip Entertainment, owned and Operated by Rick Olney and he is scamming artists and writers into working for him and never getting paid. It's estimated that he owes over 100,000 to many, MANY different creators.
Here is a link to a thread over at the Comic Book Resources Form
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156451
Please take this note seriously and warn all of the creators on this board to beware of this crooked individual.
Thank you.
Joanne Ellen Mutch

Excellent! That'll teach him to disrespect women!

[mike626]

Probably his poor wife.
you assuming that he even told his wife that she is "part owner".

[TomStillwell]

It gets worse. Abe Lincoln is dead too.

ABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ronée]

You know... I was seriously considering taking the wonderful Mark Waid up on his offer.. but I am not a creator and though the mere 800 would be a huge help to a single mother of two... that is not what I am after anymore. I am after once and for all exposing that man for who he is.... lets just say that by the mornin there will be bugs in the ears of every reporter, journalist, dj, and newsteam in his area.

[jesshickman]

Already done

Hi there, I thought it would be important as a community of artists to make you aware of the following situation. There is a publisher out there, Tightlip Entertainment, owned and Operated by Rick Olney and he is scamming artists and writers into working for him and never getting paid. It's estimated that he owes over 100,000 to many, MANY different creators.
Here is a link to a thread over at the Comic Book Resources Form
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156451
Please take this note seriously and warn all of the creators on this board to beware of this crooked individual.
Thank you.
Joanne Ellen Mutch

Are they going to post this on a page somewhere or maybe email people? Just curious. :)

[mike626]

heh,Ronee your gonna make him famous but not in the way he wants.The perfect revenge.

[KevinTBrown]

You know... I was seriously considering taking the wonderful Mark Waid up on his offer.. but I am not a creator and though the mere 800 would be a huge help to a single mother of two... that is not what I am after anymore. I am after once and for all exposing that man for who he is.... lets just say that by the mornin there will be bugs in the ears of every reporter, journalist, dj, and newsteam in his area.

Ronée, please post links to the news sites when they report the story! :)

[Wil Radcliffe]

ABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's okay. They caught the guy who did it.

[DocAbsurd]

Just a quick heads up: I finally wrote about the Olney situation on my blog. It's a short post, and if I get any comments and/or questions, I may edit it to be longer. But here ya go:

http://www.revelationproductions.info

And for those of you who follow comic book announcements, I have one in there that may surprise the one person that actually knows me in this thread....

Marty, we have gotta talk.

I read your blog and came across this:

'Promises of a salaried job with the ICC'

Did Moby inform you that the ICC was my project? Did Moby inform you that all the projects were cuz of my brainstorming? Did Moby happen to mention that . . .

I was gonna do everything for the ICC for free!?!

There was never any mention of monetary compensation for me. I was gathering contributors and lying to them all about his 'lack' of involvement and designing the T-shirts.

For free!

Like I said, we gotta talk. One, we need to compare some notes, and two, I want you on-board.

Oh, I just love it. Moby Prick fucks me again.




Doc 'Olney's Fuck-Buddy' Absurd

[TomStillwell]

you assuming that he even told his wife that she is "part owner".

No, I'm not. I totally believe he'd get his wife roped into legal trouble without letting her know what he was doing. He gave her something to sign and she signed it. That simple and that sleazy.

Hell, I wouldn't put it past him to make one of his kids a co-owner.

[Cazekiel]

Here via fandom_wank, won't lie-- hello, hello.

This is too mental to not throw in a mention myself of what a complete and utter choad this guy was, even if I had nothing to do with this.
He's gotta be related to Amy Player... er no, Jordan Wood. Wait, Mr. Frodo... oh dang.

http://www.turondo.com/index.html
http://turimel.livejournal.com/profile

These two should get together for coffee sometime. It'd be a matter/anti-matter meeting up and imploding.

That said, I hope you guys involved with this fiasco can recover everything from debts to trust. Good luck everyone...

[Gail Simone]

I just recieved the following message from Mr. Olney regarding my statement of earlier this evening:



The first line is in regards to the fact that I went on the MMC board earlier today and deleted all of the posts in which I discussed my property, Evertime. My agent, Ronee, assures me that my contract clearly states that either party can terminate the contract with 30 days written notice. My earlier statement is that notice, and a hard copy will be mailed shortly.

Furthermore, Rick agreed to involve Ronee, in her capacity as my agent, in all negotiations regarding me at the time the contract was drafted, and we have saved messages from him to that effect, and therefore he has no grounds to consider her involvement a "nuisance," legally or otherwise.

The math of Olney.

Scum + Bag = REEKY!

Gail

[TomStillwell]

It's okay. They caught the guy who did it.

He had so much to live for...his loving wife...

[Gail Simone]

hes blowing more smoke... its bullshit. I did all the negotiations with Rick on Blakes behalf.. hes just mad that hes too stupid to realize there is this in his "contract"



duh.

GO RONEE!

I like that gal.

Gail

[Papergirl]

HEY RICK!!! Guess what?


I heard your jazma thread disappeared.

Well, good news!!!


I have a GREAT looking PDF of it!


Want a copy, peanut?


How about anyone else?


AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You make me giggle. Seriously. After a really crappy evening, too!

Send me a copy, if it's not already in the stuff you sent me last night. I'll be sure to pass it along to interested parties! :D

~Bev

[bert]

Well, you should. You could pull it off.

for some oddball reason, Divinyls "I touch myself" came on the radio just as I read this post.

funny

[rummblestrips]

Are they going to post this on a page somewhere or maybe email people? Just curious. :)


I sent this to their harassment team so I'm hoping they will send a general PM to all subscribers.
We shall see!

[Papergirl]

Looks like Rick complained to CafePress about he shirts. They are now "pending". I am going to fight it.

Damn, and I was gonna order one this pay day! I wanted a pretty pink one! :(

Hmmm... Maybe I can check some local t-shirt printers here...

~Bev

[kingdom2000]

You know... I was seriously considering taking the wonderful Mark Waid up on his offer.. but I am not a creator and though the mere 800 would be a huge help to a single mother of two... that is not what I am after anymore. I am after once and for all exposing that man for who he is.... lets just say that by the mornin there will be bugs in the ears of every reporter, journalist, dj, and newsteam in his area.


Whats the $800 for? I thought you did months of work (6 is my guestimate), would have thought the monies would have been much higher then that.

[mike626]

No, I'm not. I totally believe he'd get his wife roped into legal trouble without letting her know what he was doing. He gave her something to sign and she signed it. That simple and that sleazy.

Hell, I wouldn't put it past him to make one of his kids a co-owner.When this all comes down in court I wolud not be surprised if he just hides behind her and claims this was all her doing.

[Ronée]

Whats the $800 for? I thought you did months of work (6 is my guestimate), would have thought the monies would have been much higher then that.our agreement was a measly 25 per press release with promises of more to come.... yadda yadda. I also did a bit of side stuff like designing posters for the TOTS and other such shit my job was to make him LOOK better publicly and that is just impossible.

[Matt Doc Martin]

You make me giggle. Seriously. After a really crappy evening, too!

Send me a copy, if it's not already in the stuff you sent me last night. I'll be sure to pass it along to interested parties! :D

~Bev

It is in the batch...I realize that I saved a LOT of Rick's filth, so it may be easy to miss at first glance. Just search in the folder for "Jazma"


Oh, rick...you just won't stop with your bullshit lawsuit threats. You jackass, you HAVE NO MONEY! And NO LAWYER! Oh, and you owe $100000.

Come back here...say something in your defense, instead of being a futile* coward.



*we saved your entries everywhere, dipshit. Want a copy?

[Solaris]

Wow, that was fast, because I was looking at the front page of the group just 5 or so minutes ago. Not only had there not been any activity in the last 7 days, the annual chart showed that there hadn't been any activity since July of last year.

My guess? He's sitting on this thread, lurking. Because he can't help himself.

Hey, peanut! :p :p :p

If that's the case...

Olney, your dishonesty has finally come home to roost.

Enjoy the karma, because once Karma truly gets going, NO ONE CAN ESCAPE IT.

Or in the immortal words of some sage, "You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time."

Your time is up, bud. Kiss the daisies and say goodbye, because your illegal activities are coming home to roost like a million-bird flock of homing pidgeons.

[Solaris]

I love this quote, from the comments on that article, re: Orcabreath:

I love this one:

Judging by how he handles making payments, he should probably change that to Tightass Entertainment.

[Solaris]

And after THIS reply in that thread... Mark, I strongly advise you to take on that new male "birth control" pill, should you ever encounter THIS young lady...

I have been saying for years that I want Mark Waid to have my babies and this is really not helping.

I'm going to get him knocked up one day, I swear.

:D

Damn. And I thought that kind of thing only happened to movies stars like Hugh Jackman. :D

[THEDOC]

Just a quick heads up: I finally wrote about the Olney situation on my blog. It's a short post, and if I get any comments and/or questions, I may edit it to be longer. But here ya go:

http://www.revelationproductions.info

And for those of you who follow comic book announcements, I have one in there that may surprise the one person that actually knows me in this thread....

Great article there Mark. I am bi-polar as well and am pretty sure "Rick" has about the worst case I have ever seen.

[sk716]

what pisses me off is how he thinks the little guys mean nothing. He didnt say shit to me speaking for ChrisCross when voiding THAT contract cause he sure as hell is not going to take on him, but figures Blake is different? They are both my clients and they are treated the same....

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,006

[Papergirl]

It is in the batch...I realize that I saved a LOT of Rick's filth, so it may be easy to miss at first glance. Just search in the folder for "Jazma"

Sweet! I haven't had a chance to go through every file yet, so wasn't sure. Damn, that's a lot of stuff you sent me! :eek:

*we saved your entries everywhere, dipshit. Want a copy?

Okay, no fair making me laugh while drinking root beer. That HURT, dammit! Stop it! :P

~Bev
Who now needs to clean her monitor.

[sk716]

Ew. . sugared air. . nasty, NASTY stuff.

Me? I prefer the Entenman's Raspberry Danish. . but in a pinch, I'll go for Shipley's (I think they are just a Texas chain, but thier donuts have a nice, cakey, texture).

oh, and PeeG?

GREAT to see you around again :)

There is a Shipley's right down the road from me, so :p.

They are pretty hard to find anymore, though.

[THEDOC]

It is in the batch...I realize that I saved a LOT of Rick's filth, so it may be easy to miss at first glance. Just search in the folder for "Jazma"


Oh, rick...you just won't stop with your bullshit lawsuit threats. You jackass, you HAVE NO MONEY! And NO LAWYER! Oh, and you owe $100000.

Come back here...say something in your defense, instead of being a futile* coward.



*we saved your entries everywhere, dipshit. Want a copy?

There are a lot of files to go thru, I think this would make a great GN on it's own.

[Gail Simone]

Already done

Hi there, I thought it would be important as a community of artists to make you aware of the following situation. There is a publisher out there, Tightlip Entertainment, owned and Operated by Rick Olney and he is scamming artists and writers into working for him and never getting paid. It's estimated that he owes over 100,000 to many, MANY different creators.
Here is a link to a thread over at the Comic Book Resources Form
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=156451
Please take this note seriously and warn all of the creators on this board to beware of this crooked individual.
Thank you.
Joanne Ellen Mutch

Can I just say that I think you're a sick b**** in a GOOD way?

;)

Gail

[Solaris]

Guys! I've just found exclusive footage of Rick Olney when he found out he had been temporarily banned from the CBR Forums!

Click here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6W3vNzfCto)

About 2/3 of the way through, you see the "light" dawning, as he realizes "oh crap, I can go DELETE my vile vomit spew" and thinks he's okay...

You know, that video is just damn scary. Got a translation for what the weird kid is screaming?

[OzBat!]

I'd really be interested to see a timeline for all of Olney's promises, lies, and deceptions. DocAbsurd already showed us the lying scum's actions into the week around Christmas Eve one year, that was beautiful in shooting down a lot of Olney's "facts". Imagine that on a larger scale?

I'm not masochist enough to try putting one together though.

[wildwill]

Is Meltdown a smaller sized shop? I don't mean a small retailer, but like half the real estate size of Golden Apple or less? If so, I think that was the shop I enjoyed going to the most, but still wound up frequenting Golden Apple when I lived in Los Angeles.

Well, I dunno, it kind of depends. BOTH Meltdown and Golden Apple have moved in the last five years. Meltdown was in a smallish space, they now have a HUGE space.

Golden Apple has moved in the last month, and I haven't been to the new store, but they say it's bigger...

[Chris N]

I suspect it's been noted, but googling Tightlip entertainment to see their websiter gives what I suspect is an accurate representation of the state of his business.

[Jared H.]

You know, that video is just damn scary. Got a translation for what the weird kid is screaming?

He wants to play Unreal Tournament, and his computer won't boot. He mentions something about not wanting to wait, but wanting to win.

If my friend Geoff was nearby, I'm sure he could translate the whole thing.
Darn.

[Wil Radcliffe]

If you go here (http://tightlipentertainment.com/gallery) you get an e-mail address for the web site administrator... terryriv@magixpc.com

Anyone know who that is?

[Papergirl]

If you go here (http://tightlipentertainment.com/gallery) you get an e-mail address for the web site administrator... terryriv@magixpc.com

Anyone know who that is?

Actually, according to the error message it's:

"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, terryriv@magixpc.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

That's the e-mail for the SERVER admin. Not the website. Totally different thing. The server admin takes care of the physical server that the website is hosted on, and has nothing to do with the actual website.

~Bev

[Matt Doc Martin]

Sweet! I haven't had a chance to go through every file yet, so wasn't sure. Damn, that's a lot of stuff you sent me! :eek:



Okay, no fair making me laugh while drinking root beer. That HURT, dammit! Stop it! :P

~Bev
Who now needs to clean her monitor.

Well, anyone that knows me at all knows I can hold a grudge. He pissed me off, and I swore to do whatever I could to make hum pay for it. I have free time, and I donate it to the cause.

More so the pity for peanut. He shoulda taken Ronee's warnings, but nooooo.. He calls ME, a former soldier, all sorts of names? He insults women? He attacks professionals? And thinks he can hide it all?

Uh-uh. Not. A. Fucking. Chance. I am spreading his shit like FERTILIZER, BABY! And a giant boot up his ass will grow from the results.

I told pRick that he should not have threatened me. He did it again and again, even here. Well, I am still standing, ass-munch. Now you prepare to pick yourself up off the metaphorical floor.

I am amazed how many people want copies for posterity. And I will keep sending them to ANYONE that asks.

There sure are some gems in there....Oh, yes.

[JTPencils]

It gets worse. Abe Lincoln is dead too.

And as of yesterday, so is Yvonne "Lily Munster" DeCarlo...

[Wil Radcliffe]

Actually, according to the error message it's:

"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, terryriv@magixpc.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log."

That's the e-mail for the SERVER admin. Not the website. Totally different thing. The server admin takes care of the physical server that the website is hosted on, and has nothing to do with the actual website.

~Bev

Ah. I stand corrected.

Carry on.

[Wil Radcliffe]

And as of yesterday, so is Yvonne "Lily Munster" DeCarlo...

Yes. I saw that at imdb. :(

[Papergirl]

Well, anyone that knows me at all knows I can hold a grudge. He pissed me off, and I swore to do whatever I could to make hum pay for it. I have free time, and I donate it to the cause.

More so the pity for peanut. He shoulda taken Ronee's warnings, but nooooo.. He calls ME, a former soldier, all sorts of names? He insults women? He attacks professionals? And thinks he can hide it all?

Uh-uh. Not. A. Fucking. Chance. I am spreading his shit like FERTILIZER, BABY! And a giant boot up his ass will grow from the results.

I told pRick that he should not have threatened me. He did it again and again, even here. Well, I am still standing, ass-munch. Now you prepare to pick yourself up off the metaphorical floor.

I am amazed how many people want copies for posterity. And I will keep sending them to ANYONE that asks.

There sure are some gems in there....Oh, yes.

*makes mental note to never, EVER, piss off Matt*

Actually, I totally applaud all the hard work you and others here have put into this. This asshat deserves every ounce of vile thrown at him.

But YOU have a way with words that just makes drinking and reading a hazardous combination. So, I either need to not drink while reading this stuff, or keep monitor cleaning wipes handy at all times... :p

~Bev

[rummblestrips]

Can I just say that I think you're a sick b**** in a GOOD way?

;)

Gail

...ok
But you have to buy me dinner first!:D

[Chris N]

I am amazed how many people want copies for posterity. And I will keep sending them to ANYONE that asks.

There sure are some gems in there....Oh, yes.

I loved your email exchanges. Hysterical stuff. He's so insane. It would be funny if he could be locked in a room where he couldn't hurt anyone.

[Matt Doc Martin]

I loved your email exchanges. Hysterical stuff. He's so insane. It would be funny if he could be locked in a room where he couldn't hurt anyone.

He is a deluded moron. No sense of what the real world is like at all.

But the thing that first got me is how he, like so many others, think a keyboard gives you freedom to say things you would not dare repeat in person. I hate people like that on the internet. I remember one asshole from Kentucky who was nice in person, but a dick online. He could have said anything when I was in his face, but chose not to. I have no respect for people like that.

I remember in BASIC overhearing the soldiers from my platoon on guard duty talking about others in the barracks. When they got to me, one said "That Martin sure has a mouth on him." The other said, "Yeah, but give him props, he won't back down."

I got pushed around when I was a little kid. I did not like it very much. One day, I pushed back. Hard. I challenged one kid that had been picking on me to a fight after my work shift. (I started work very young) He showed up....with 3 friends. I figured I was going to get my ass handed to me by all of them, so I did not want to throw the first punch. We talked trash back and forth for a bit, then he made to leave. I threw caution to the wind, said "hell with that!" and decided to throw down. A minute of two later I am bouncing his head off of the concrete asking the others if they wanted a piece.

That guy and I are actually good friends now, oddly enough.

Moral of the story...I hate being bullied. And I don't care what you have on your side, I will fight and fight dirty to defend me and mine.

Some 52 year old fat fuckwit with no moral compass or talent? No fucking challenge to me. But that doesn't mean I will be taking his shit either. And if you are going to treat women like that, I have even less patience.

NO ONE is allowed to mistreat women around me. Period.

So, pRick, watch your goddamn mouth and apologize for acting the ass.

Or wait to see what I have in store for round 2.

[Larry Dixon]

Wolud it just be alot more fun just to string "tricky rick" up and leave him as buzzard food?

My buzzards do have their dining standards. They'd decline.

[Wil Radcliffe]

About 2/3 of the way through, you see the "light" dawning, as he realizes "oh crap, I can go DELETE my vile vomit spew" and thinks he's okay...

You know, that video is just damn scary. Got a translation for what the weird kid is screaming?

I think if you just type in "Angry German Kid Translation" at youtube you should get the video.

On a related note, I also found this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbrFeHIcAQY) to be somewhat amusing.

[Jack Zodiac]

I told you bastards not to hit 5,000 posts without me! :mad:

This is the thread that never ends! Yes, it goes on and on my friends! Some people started posting, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue to posting now forever just because this is the thread that never ends...

Your face never ends! Take that! :D

It's a fine name! I actually had (had) a great-uncle named Urban Justice Busiek, who was a pediatrician in St. Louis. With a name like that, he really shoulda fought crime.

Was he a gorilla, too? I bet that went over well with the kids!

I don't think I have any pun named characters.

Not exactly "punny," but never forget Ratbag!

Ok, we are talking about creators with class, right?

You don't need to apolotize for not liking Bludhaven. It was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justing Gray. they are two of my favorite writers. They wrote the excellent series Monolith and are currently writing one of my favorite series currently in print, Jonah Hex. Jimmy Palmiotti is the nices profressional I ever met at a convention, seriously! And Justing Gray comes off as a heck of a nice guy online.

Lot of respect for both.

That being said, Battle for Bludhaven sucked. It was horrible. And I went to their boards and said so (keep in mind I regularly go there to tell them how much I love their other stuff so it was not like I was being a troll.

Justin Gray agreed. Well, maybe not that strongly, but he said that they had about half the time to write Battle for Bludhaven than they normally do to write a comic, and he was not happy with the final product. He was genuinely concerned that people would decide wether to base some of his future projects based on Bludhaven.

Anyway, this is the cool part. After I told them I didn't like it, I got an e-mail from Justin Gray. He said he was sorry that Bludhaven was not up to my expectations and if I gave him my address he would make it up to me. I was pretty sure he was not mad at me so I gave him my address. 3 days later I got a free copy of Freedom Fighters #1 by Gray and Palmiotti and a #1 of Red Sonja by them.

THAT is a class act!

Dude, I wish every time I made fun of a subpar comic online someone would send me a free good comic in the mail! Battle for Blüdhaven was, at the very least, goofy and entertaining. Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters have made up for every one of its predecessor's failing's, though. That book is kickass wrapped in awesome.

[Wil Radcliffe]

I heart you.

Expression of manly hetero affection acknowledged and reciprocated.

[Scott Shaw!]

The reason I asked is because we are watching Weakest Link and the contestants name was Dan and he said that he was a cartoonist for Archie and Veronica comics. He was very young maybe early 30's and I remembered that D'Carlo was one of the creators for that......could it be his son carrying on for him or do you all know?


And yes Dan DCarlo was fantastic, I have loved those comics since I was a kid. I had not heard that he had died though and thats sad. What was the reason he passed do you know?


Momma

You saw Dan Parent, who's written and drawn for Archie Comics for at least fifteen years or so. He was also behind such Oddball Archie titles as JUGHEAD'S TIME POLICE, ARCHIE'S R/C RACERS and JUGHEAD'S DINER.

As for Dan DeCarlo's death, he was in his eighties, and had a number of health problems, but those of us that knew him think that the emotional and physical strain that Archie Comics put him through when he was trying to get some sort of payment for creating JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS and co-creating SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH -- they refused to give him any more work -- was what ultimately did him in. And this was to the man who essentially established their "house style" for half a century.

Tragic.

Aloha,

Scott!

P.S.: If you'd like to learn more about Dan DeCarlo, I second Gail's recommendation of Bill Morrison's GREAT book on Dan from Fantagraphics, INNOCENCE AND SEDUCTION. -- SS!

[Gail Simone]

heh.

I just went back to make copies of some of Rick's more disgusting comments, and man alive, when you read them in order, what a GODDAMN weakling IDIOT this guy is! I mean, these 'insults' are so tepidly and poorly delivered, with such poor spelling and clunky grammar, you can't help but think it's like he's firing the gun in the wrong direction, at himself, like each comment is actually saying, "Hey, look what a backwards ten-year-old moron I am!"

I mean, yes, he's full of hate and deceit, sure, but...for god's sake, how can ANYONE actually think these are decent insults? They're offensive, because he's a woman-hating, gay-bashing doofus who has no depth he won't sink to, but they're so...flipping PANSY.

You'd think a guy as loathed and hated and often exposed as this smellmonkey would have learned to at least STEAL a decent insult, but nope.

It's a head shaker.

Gail

[Matt Doc Martin]

Someone just asked me for a copy of Olney-fertilizer, but thought that I may not give it to them as they aren't actually "involved".


If you read any of this putrid asshat's rantings, if you ever heard any stories, if the name appeared to you in a nightmare...I don't care. You are "involved". If you want it, I will give it. He posted it in places freely accessible to the public, thus putting it in the public domain.

Now if you choose to use it as a weapon, and help spread the word, well....I guess I will just have to find a way to live with that. i mean, shucks...in the Information Age, you can spread this around to ANY number of people with the press of a button. It is simply amazing!

Surely someone as prescient as pRick...i mean peanut, used his "magical, psychic powers" to see this coming.

*click* and now another one knows, Owe-ney.

HA!

[Gail Simone]

You saw Dan Parent, who's written and drawn for Archie Comics for at least fifteen years or so. He was also behind such Oddball Archie titles as JUGHEAD'S TIME POLICE, ARCHIE'S R/C RACERS and JUGHEAD'S DINER.

As for Dan DeCarlo's death, he was in his eighties, and had a number of health problems, but those of us that knew him think that the emotional and physical strain that Archie Comics put him through when he was trying to get some sort of payment for creating JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS and co-creating SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH -- they refused to give him any more work -- was what ultimately did him in. And this was to the man who essentially established their "house style" for half a century.

Tragic.

Aloha,

Scott!

P.S.: If you'd like to learn more about Dan DeCarlo, I second Gail's recommendation of Bill Morrison's GREAT book on Dan from Fantagraphics, INNOCENCE AND SEDUCTION. -- SS!


Disgusting. He BUILT that house and then they didn't want him to live in it.

Makes me sick.

Gail

[Gail Simone]

Someone just asked me for a copy of Olney-fertilizer, but thought that I may not give it to them as they aren't actually "involved".


If you read any of this putrid asshat's rantings, if you ever heard any stories, if the name appeared to you in a nightmare...I don't care. You are "involved". If you want it, I will give it. He posted it in places freely accessible to the public, thus putting it in the public domain.

Now if you choose to use it as a weapon, and help spread the word, well....I guess I will just have to find a way to live with that. i mean, shucks...in the Information Age, you can spread this around to ANY number of people with the press of a button. It is simply amazing!

Surely someone as prescient as pRick...i mean peanut, used his "magical, psychic powers" to see this coming.

*click* and now another one knows, Owe-ney.

HA!

I'm STILL getting email from people he's screwed. The good thing is, they're asking for the info we have so they can sue the deadbeat bastard.

We've twice gotten email from people who bought tables to his cancelled cons who have not been reimbursed.

This guy is very likely going to do jail time, no matter what he does at this point.


Gail

[Matt Doc Martin]

I'm STILL getting email from people he's screwed. The good thing is, they're asking for the info we have so they can sue the deadbeat bastard.

We've twice gotten email from people who bought tables to his cancelled cons who have not been reimbursed.

This guy is very likely going to do jail time, no matter what he does at this point.


Gail

Good. He can spend some more time bottoming.

And with every uncomfortable shower you have, I hope you think of that post where you stuck my picture in and mocked me, Rick. I am smiling my "You will get male-raped in prison" smile.

it's sure is a big smile.

[Gail Simone]

Good. He can spend some more time bottoming.

And with every uncomfortable shower you have, I hope you think of that post where you stuck my picture in and mocked me, Rick. I am smiling my "You will get male-raped in prison" smile.

it's sure is a big smile.

Okay, can I ask that we keep that kind of thing out of the thread, please. It's way too close to the kind of thing Rick would say. I get that the intent is different but I'm not a fan of any kind of gay-as-insult, rape-as-punchline comment, period. No need to explain, I'm just asking to not go to that level, please. okay?

Thank you.

Gail

[JTPencils]

I'm STILL getting email from people he's screwed. The good thing is, they're asking for the info we have so they can sue the deadbeat bastard.

We've twice gotten email from people who bought tables to his cancelled cons who have not been reimbursed.

This guy is very likely going to do jail time, no matter what he does at this point.


Gail

I'm just trying to imagine Rick in jail...

"What you in for?"

"Assault"

"Armed Robbery"

"Killed 3 people"

(timid) "I shafted alot of comic book people outta money"

Hmmmmmmmm.... should make him someone's "friend" pretty quick!!

[Sarah Beach]

Matt, it just occured to me two pages ago, but would you like the copies of the Dixonverse posts that did get saved? We copied the whole threads, so both sides of exchanges could be seen. One of my assistant mods did the copying ('cause I did NOT want to have to read them again), and emailed copies to the D'verse moderators & Chuck.

PM me if you want me to forward it to you, so you can pass it on (since you seem to be getting requests for info).

[Gail Simone]

Matt, it just occured to me two pages ago, but would you like the copies of the Dixonverse posts that did get saved? We copied the whole threads, so both sides of exchanges could be seen. One of my assistant mods did the copying ('cause I did NOT want to have to read them again), and emailed copies to the D'verse moderators & Chuck.

PM me if you want me to forward it to you, so you can pass it on (since you seem to be getting requests for info).

You guys are brilliant.

Gail

[Jack Zodiac]

Guys, it's been fun making fun of this fucking waste of life, but I'm outta' here. I'm headin' to LA for a few days. You kids stay safe!

[mike626]

Im waiting for this to be on YouTube when all this hits his hometown news outlets.

[MacQuarrie]

Well, the web site is deviantart.com (http://www.deviantart.com)

But I think we should go about this the right way. Maybe someone who is already a member there should approach the administrator first and ask their opinion before posting the warning.

But I do feel that artists should be warned. If anyone knows of any other sites like Deviantart, it would be a good idea to contact them as well. Get the word out so that others know what to expect if they do business with Rick Olney.
Digital Webbing comes to mind.

[MacQuarrie]

That sounds amazing! Who ever will you get to write it?
Fella name of Stillwell. You should check him out, he's got the goods. Hell of a writer.

[MacQuarrie]

If you like Shazam stuff, there's a new DC Showcase b&w reprint of the 70s Shazam stuff. Not as great as the original 50's stuff, for sure, but cheap at $16 for 500+ pages. If nothing else, it makes a great coloring book for kids!

I got it for Christmas.

[Scott Shaw!]

heh.

I just went back to make copies of some of Rick's more disgusting comments, and man alive, when you read them in order, what a GODDAMN weakling IDIOT this guy is! I mean, these 'insults' are so tepidly and poorly delivered, with such poor spelling and clunky grammar, you can't help but think it's like he's firing the gun in the wrong direction, at himself, like each comment is actually saying, "Hey, look what a backwards ten-year-old moron I am!"

I mean, yes, he's full of hate and deceit, sure, but...for god's sake, how can ANYONE actually think these are decent insults? They're offensive, because he's a woman-hating, gay-bashing doofus who has no depth he won't sink to, but they're so...flipping PANSY.

You'd think a guy as loathed and hated and often exposed as this smellmonkey would have learned to at least STEAL a decent insult, but nope.

It's a head shaker.

Gail

Yeah, I was fully expecting Mr. B. O. ("Be Original", once Julie Schwartz' alleged nickname) to call me "Four-Eyes", then work his wobbly way through my tastes in Hawaiian shirts, my Type 2 diabetes and my favorite aftershave.

One the other hand, some of his posts to some of us, especially the women, are still jaw-dropping horrific. Obviously, he was going for shock to bait us, but still, I still find it hard to believe that anyone would dare come up with such noxious bile.

Aloha,

Scott!

P.S.: Thursday night, Nat Gertler, Jim MacQuarrie and I will be attending the annual business meeting of C.A.P.S. (Comic Art Professional Society), Southern California's organization for cartoonists primarily working in the print media, including comic books. Believe me, we're gonna spill ALL the beans on Rick Olney's and Tightlip Entertainment's "wolf ticket" scams, and dozens of pros -- including Sergio Aragonés, Stan Sakai, Bill Morrison, Tone Rodriguez "...and all the rest..." -- will be present to scoop 'em up. We'll also provide a write-up for the C.A.P.S. monthly newsletter. -- SS!

[MacQuarrie]

our agreement was a measly 25 per press release with promises of more to come.... yadda yadda. I also did a bit of side stuff like designing posters for the TOTS and other such shit my job was to make him LOOK better publicly and that is just impossible.

On your resume, it should say:

2006
COMPANY: TightLip Entertainment
POSITION: Turd Polisher


.... actually, maybe it shouldn't be mentioned at all.

[Erik Burnham]

If you like Shazam stuff, there's a new DC Showcase b&w reprint of the 70s Shazam stuff. Not as great as the original 50's stuff, for sure, but cheap at $16 for 500+ pages. If nothing else, it makes a great coloring book for kids!

I got it recently as a gift, about halfway through it now. It's got some great Beck art at the beginning, though, and some fun stories.

...

I wish I was working on Captain Marvel comics right now.

[Erik Burnham]

P.S.: Thursday night, Nat Gertler, Jim MacQuarrie and I will be attending the annual business meeting of C.A.P.S. (Comic Art Professional Society), Southern California's organization for cartoonists primarily working in the print media, including comic books. Believe me, we're gonna spill ALL the beans on Rick Olney's and Tightlip Entertainment's "wolf ticket" scams, and dozens of pros -- including Sergio Aragonés, Stan Sakai, Bill Morrison, Tone Rodriguez "...and all the rest..." -- will be present to scoop 'em up. We'll also provide a write-up for the C.A.P.S. monthly newsletter. -- SS!

And, to Olney's mind...
"Pillars of the cartooning world speak of me passionately!"

Rereading this thread makes me feel like I'm watching a rerun in some places.

"Hey, look! R.O. v Waid!"

Sorry. Sorry. I had dental work today and am STILL out of it.

You guys give some hell at that meeting. And then, please, enjoy yourselves!

-E

[kingdom2000]

Good luck with a criminial case. Considering this crosses states lines, it theoritically could be a federal matter. The main problem though is finding anyone, federal or state that would want to go through the trouble of investigating and prosecuting Olney. Thats why if any compensation, one way or the other is to come about, a civil case is your best chance. Not saying criminial isn't worth trying but just go in recognizing that a DA may not want to bother.

As an aside, considering Olney's tendancy to screw first in all matters involving money, what are the odds he pays his taxes correctly?

[MacQuarrie]

I got it recently as a gift, about halfway through it now. It's got some great Beck art at the beginning, though, and some fun stories.

...

I wish I was working on Captain Marvel comics right now.

I wish anybody was. Well, anybody but Winick. Except Olney, but he doesn't actually work on comics.

And yes, I'm planning to buy Jeff Smith's series, but I have to say some of it looks a little off.

[MacQuarrie]

As an aside, considering Olney's tendancy to screw first in all matters involving money, what are the odds he pays his taxes correctly?

He's certainly not declaring the value of all the stuff that's been donated to his "charity" projects, like the auctions that never happened. And I'd looooooove to see his Schedule C.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Disgusting. He BUILT that house and then they didn't want him to live in it.

Makes me sick.

Gail

Maybe after this crusade to bring down Olney people can start one to make Archie Comics give Carlo his due. Does he have any family left that could need the money owed ?

Yeah, I was fully expecting Mr. B. O. ("Be Original", once Julie Schwartz' alleged nickname) to call me "Four-Eyes", then work his wobbly way through my tastes in Hawaiian shirts, my Type 2 diabetes and my favorite aftershave.

One the other hand, some of his posts to some of us, especially the women, are still jaw-dropping horrific. Obviously, he was going for shock to bait us, but still, I still find it hard to believe that anyone would dare come up with such noxious bile.

Aloha,

Scott!

P.S.: Thursday night, Nat Gertler, Jim MacQuarrie and I will be attending the annual business meeting of C.A.P.S. (Comic Art Professional Society), Southern California's organization for cartoonists primarily working in the print media, including comic books. Believe me, we're gonna spill ALL the beans on Rick Olney's and Tightlip Entertainment's "wolf ticket" scams, and dozens of pros -- including Sergio Aragonés, Stan Sakai, Bill Morrison, Tone Rodriguez "...and all the rest..." -- will be present to scoop 'em up. We'll also provide a write-up for the C.A.P.S. monthly newsletter. -- SS!


I do have to say that beyond mocking you for being overwieght I still can't believe he'd type out that you , Waid and Busiek were holding him and other young talents down. Keeping them from spots in the industry.

[Scott Shaw!]

Here's a link to a thread that I started on the ODDBALL COMICS site's discussion board; its title is "Olney The Lonely: Tightlip's 'Spooky' Scam!"

http://www.oddballcomics.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=676

Please feel free to add your own comments there, gang.

Aloha,

Scott!

[MacQuarrie]

I do have to say that beyond mocking you for being overwieght I still can't believe he'd type out that you , Waid and Busiek were holding him and other young talents down. Keeping them from spots in the industry.

Remember, in Dick's twisted world, every bad thing is somebody else's fault. If he can't get a break, it's because somebody is conspiring against him. Dick can never be wrong, can never accept responsibility for anything and can never ever back down. Admitting a mistake or flaw is a death-blow to the core of his being.

Too bad judges are so big on displays of remorce.

[Scott Shaw!]

Maybe after this crusade to bring down Olney people can start one to make Archie Comics give Carlo his due. Does he have any family left that could need the money owed ?

Uhhh...one crusade at a time, please...

I do have to say that beyond mocking you for being overwieght I still can't believe he'd type out that you , Waid and Busiek were holding him and other young talents down. Keeping them from spots in the industry.

The word is "fat"...and I am fat. So what? And if I'm a "crumb-catcher", those must have been some effin' big crumbs I ate. (Maybe from some of those "Efferman's buttermilk donuts".)

As for my family, they're perfect, inside and out. (I'M the designated weirdo.)

The comment about us holding back the young 'uns I found particularly amusing. He meant it as a slam, of course, but not only is it incredibly untrue, but to include me with bigshot industry talents like Kurt and Mark and Tony...well, remember that old game, "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others"? Comics probably comprise only about ten per cent of my cartooning activities...although that's about to change in the next few months... Anyway, I'm now using Olney's quote as my signature as some sort of badge commemorating his off-kilter idiocy.

Aloha,

Scott!

[J. Morgan (Bat) Neal]

Matt, it just occured to me two pages ago, but would you like the copies of the Dixonverse posts that did get saved? We copied the whole threads, so both sides of exchanges could be seen. One of my assistant mods did the copying ('cause I did NOT want to have to read them again), and emailed copies to the D'verse moderators & Chuck.

PM me if you want me to forward it to you, so you can pass it on (since you seem to be getting requests for info).

*Ears prick up and turn red* :rolleyes:

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Remember, in Dick's twisted world, every bad thing is somebody else's fault. If he can't get a break, it's because somebody is conspiring against him. Dick can never be wrong, can never accept responsibility for anything and can never ever back down. Admitting a mistake or flaw is a death-blow to the core of his being.

Too bad judges are so big on displays of remorce.


Pretty much quoted for accurasy. I can't help but agree. I mean he freakin blamed Gail and the YABS board for his downfall. In a comment to him that set him off I told him it wasn't plebes , commies , Gail , Rich Johnston that did the damage to Tightlip. It was his own actions that started the ball rolling.

[J. Morgan (Bat) Neal]

I got it recently as a gift, about halfway through it now. It's got some great Beck art at the beginning, though, and some fun stories.

...

I wish I was working on Captain Marvel comics right now.

You and me both pally.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Uhhh...one crusade at a time, please...

Yeah its just sad. I mean from what you and Gail described Archie never gave the old man his due for what he created. I'm sure seeing the movie come out with Josie didn't help. I wonder if Archie even gave him anything off it ?


The word is "fat"...and I am fat. So what? As for my family, they're perfect, inside and out.

The comment about us holding back the young 'uns I found particularly amusing. He meant it as a slam, of course, but not only is it incredibly untrue, but to include me with bigshot industry talents like Kurt and Mark and Tony...well, remember that old game, "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others"? Comics probably comprise only about ten per cent of my cartooning activities...although that's about to change in the next few months... Anyway, I'm now using Olney's quote as my signature as some sort of badge commemorating his off-kilter idiocy.

Aloha,

Scott!

I'm kinda tipping the scales myself here. I won't lie , I'm sure many of us have wieght issues. When did that become a real reason so people can't discuss his issue. And trust me , I'll never forget the comment about you all.

It was so off the wall that I pretty much got a Randy Orton vibe from it. I can picture him going to Conventions with a t-shirt like a Orton would have. With all your names on it calling himself " Legend Killer " and trying to kick everyones ass.

It made me laugh and even the Frank Miller thing Docc posted made me nearly spit my milk laughing.

[mike627]

Uhhh...one crusade at a time, please...



The word is "fat"...and I am fat. So what? And if I'm a "crumb-catcher", those must have been some effin' big crumbs I ate. (Maybe from some of those "Efferman's buttermilk donuts".)

As for my family, they're perfect, inside and out. (I'M the designated weirdo.)

The comment about us holding back the young 'uns I found particularly amusing. He meant it as a slam, of course, but not only is it incredibly untrue, but to include me with bigshot industry talents like Kurt and Mark and Tony...well, remember that old game, "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others"? Comics probably comprise only about ten per cent of my cartooning activities...although that's about to change in the next few months... Anyway, I'm now using Olney's quote as my signature as some sort of badge commemorating his off-kilter idiocy.

Aloha,

Scott!So,mr. Shaw when is the next meeting for the NWO of comics going to be?:D

[mike627]

Yeah its just sad. I mean from what you and Gail described Archie never gave the old man his due for what he created. I'm sure seeing the movie come out with Josie didn't help. I wonder if Archie even gave him anything off it ?




I'm kinda tipping the scales myself here. I won't lie , I'm sure many of us have wieght issues. When did that become a real reason so people can't discuss his issue. And trust me , I'll never forget the comment about you all.

It was so off the wall that I pretty much got a Randy Orton vibe from it. I can picture him going to Conventions with a t-shirt like a Orton would have. With all your names on it calling himself " Legend Killer " and trying to kick everyones ass.

It made me laugh and even the Frank Miller thing Docc posted made me nearly spit my milk laughing.My god SuperECWfan,don't lump Randy with that jobber it's an insult to him.

[Art Grafunkel]

I don't think I have any pun named characters.

WHEW!

:)

Gail

I once wrote a micro-story featuring Major Redneck and Yokel, The Bayou-Boy.

...

So, if I wanted to trademark those characters... or should I get a copyright...?

;)

[Sparvid]

One of my favorite villians is The Spot.
Real name: Jonathan Ohnn.
Making him "Johnny Ohnn: The Spot"

[Chris N]

One of my favorite villians is The Spot.
Real name: Jonathan Ohnn.
Making him "Johnny Ohnn: The Spot"

I always thought the Spot was cool, but never noticed that. Color me stupid.

[DarrenCawsey]

Hey everyone! This is my first post here so please excuse me if this has already been mentioned but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Mr Olney seems to have removed his original posts from this thread (is that right?) and while I am only a lowly lurker (at least till now) I thought it may be prudent to hold onto the remainder.

Anyway, I have saved the remaining posts he has made here, both in text and jpeg format, in case anyone wants them later on down the track. :)


I have been making a valiant effort to try and catch up with this thread since my return from Holiday, but apart from getting little to no work done at the office for the past couple of days, i haven't been able to.

That said, as a big comic fan who has generally not paid too much attention to the behind-the-scenes comic industry itself (I have this whole fourth wall/ suspension of disbelief issue) I just wanted to let the people out there affected by this guy know that while reading this thread I have been touched by the camaraderie that is evident around here. The fact that fairly well known names can stand up and speak out on behalf of those a little further down the ladder of success is very heartening.

And thanks to Gail for starting this thread and speaking out - you are obviously awesome (the rest of you are fucktards though :evilsmile ).
While I was a fan before (VU was the best part of IC for me), I would be honored to be called one of Gail's "plebes" now. :D

God I just realized I sound like Dr Phil or something, how awful! :eek:

Any way... hello! If anyone wants those posts let me know (it's really only two days worth now though - Post# 2427 - 3817)


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[Cam63]

Blake, I'm concerned about your book. I think it's pretty clear here (if it wasn't before) that Tightlip is never going to put out anything, ever, anywhere.

Do you have another pub yet?

Gail

Pub... I love that word....

[Cam63]

Hey everyone! This is my first post here so please excuse me if this has already been mentioned but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Mr Olney seems to have removed his original posts from this thread (is that right?) and while I am only a lowly lurker (at least till now) I thought it may be prudent to hold onto the remainder.

Anyway, I have saved the remaining posts he has made here, both in text and jpeg format, in case anyone wants them later on down the track. :)


I have been making a valiant effort to try and catch up with this thread since my return from Holiday, but apart from getting little to no work done at the office for the past couple of days, i haven't been able to.

That said, as a big comic fan who has generally not paid too much attention to the behind-the-scenes comic industry itself (I have this whole fourth wall/ suspension of disbelief issue) I just wanted to let the people out there affected by this guy know that while reading this thread I have been touched by the camaraderie that is evident around here. The fact that fairly well known names can stand up and speak out on behalf of those a little further down the ladder of success is very heartening.

And thanks to Gail for starting this thread and speaking out - you are obviously awesome (the rest of you are fucktards though :evilsmile ).
While I was a fan before (VU was the best part of IC for me), I would be honored to be called one of Gail's "plebes" now. :D

God I just realized I sound like Dr Phil or something, how awful! :eek:

Any way... hello! If anyone wants those posts let me know (it's really only two days worth now though - Post# 2427 - 3817)


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This fucktard welcomes thee, Daz.

[Cam63]

I'm amazed he didn't create THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF OLNEY!

Gail

How about the Mediocre Scouts of Olney ?

[Cam63]

Super-schyster

Bat-head

Wonder Where My Money Is

Aqua-phobic

Green Loser

Flush

Martian Womanhater

Atom-brain

OK... That's funny, Wil.

[Cam63]

You CAN and you WILL.

Gail, will tolerate nothing less

Don't make her use the trapdoor button.

[Cam63]

Mr Olney has to find Sun Tzu first! :evilsmile

He's behind the lemmings, Rick.

[Cam63]

HA!

Rick erased the posts from people he'd cheated over at his Jazma forums.

Hilarious. What a gutless little yellowbellied coward.

Gail

Shit like that is why many of us question whether the wanker was ever a marine.

No pride, no courage, no bearing and a scumsucker of the lowest order.

[Cam63]

It gets worse. Abe Lincoln is dead too.

But his beard lives on !

[Cam63]

What in the world happened that triggered this sudden attempt to whitewash the existence of Tightlip and any of Olney's comments? Did people actually follow through with a case against him? If so who and for what? To my knowledge Olney hasn't broken the law so everything would be via civil court but this whitewash just seems above and beyond, especially since it doesn't really help his case. Exposed attempts at a cover-up rarely go well for the one doing the covering.

Paranoia and karma are a powerful duo.

[Cam63]

what pisses me off is how he thinks the little guys mean nothing. He didnt say shit to me speaking for ChrisCross when voiding THAT contract cause he sure as hell is not going to take on him, but figures Blake is different? They are both my clients and they are treated the same....

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.

Try standing on his chest, Ron'.

[Cam63]

Guys, it's been fun making fun of this fucking waste of life, but I'm outta' here. I'm headin' to LA for a few days. You kids stay safe!

Be safe and watch out for Scientologists and OJ.

[TCJohnson]

Shit like that is why many of us question whether the wanker was ever a marine.

No pride, no courage, no bearing and a scumsucker of the lowest order.


shouldn't that be scmucksucker?

[Cam63]

Either one, mate.

[AIPman1]

Good luck with a criminial case. Considering this crosses states lines, it theoritically could be a federal matter. The main problem though is finding anyone, federal or state that would want to go through the trouble of investigating and prosecuting Olney. Thats why if any compensation, one way or the other is to come about, a civil case is your best chance. Not saying criminial isn't worth trying but just go in recognizing that a DA may not want to bother.

As an aside, considering Olney's tendancy to screw first in all matters involving money, what are the odds he pays his taxes correctly?

Someone contact the Law&order writers, this case would be GOLD to them on one of their versions....lots of twists and turns...

[Cam63]

They need a body, though.

[the4thpip]

True story about Mark Waid:

A few years back, when the Hourman comic was in danger of cancellation due to low sales, I saw Mark Waid buy a stack of copies of the book from a dealer at the San Diego Comic Con. He then stood in the aisle and handed them to random passers-by. "Hey, wanna read a really good comic?" He had, as far as I know, nothing whatsoever to do with the book, did not stand to make a nickel off it, bu the took it upon himself to promote Hourman simply because he thought it was worth promoting.

I thought it was the coolest and classiest thing I'd ever seen a comics pro do. Until now.

Wow. That is amazing. And if I hadn't chosen a career in the social field that pays so-so, I would have loved to do the same for the Hourman book. And for PowerCompany.

[AIPman1]

They need a body, though.

they can embellish as needed, BASED ON, see...

[Cam63]

I hope they include the juiciest of his rants.

[AIPman1]

It'd sound like an episode of the Osbournes.

"Women can BLEEEEEP my BLEEEEEP and I'm gonna BLEEEEEPin sue your BLEEEP into BLEEEEEEEP"

[Cam63]

Bleeps get all the action.

...Bastards.

[DungeonmasterJim]

There is a downside to this thread. It keeps me from playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

DM Jim

[JeffreyWKramer]

This guy is very likely going to do jail time, no matter what he does at this point.

That would be wonderful.

[Typo Lad]

I
GeoForce?

seriously?

every time that character gets drawn, he looks like he's severely constipated.

I always used to joke that it's because Terra got the powers to move dirt.

You are dead to me.

DEAD.

I'm sitting shiva right now.

[Matt Doc Martin]

Matt, it just occured to me two pages ago, but would you like the copies of the Dixonverse posts that did get saved? We copied the whole threads, so both sides of exchanges could be seen. One of my assistant mods did the copying ('cause I did NOT want to have to read them again), and emailed copies to the D'verse moderators & Chuck.

PM me if you want me to forward it to you, so you can pass it on (since you seem to be getting requests for info).

Absolutely.

Thank you.

[Papergirl]

That would be wonderful.

THAT is an understatement!

We'll have the biggest freaking party ever, if he does jail time!

:D

~Bev

[Kozemp]

what pisses me off is how he thinks the little guys mean nothing. He didnt say shit to me speaking for ChrisCross when voiding THAT contract cause he sure as hell is not going to take on him, but figures Blake is different? They are both my clients and they are treated the same....

how many times do I have to tell Rick not to fuck with me?

no seriously. I am asking.

1,842.

Don't ask about the math, it's quite complex. But that's your answer.

Start counting.

JLK
who now knows people are surprisingly receptive to Greek tragedy

[Rodrigo Baeza]

Maybe after this crusade to bring down Olney people can start one to make Archie Comics give Carlo his due. Does he have any family left that could need the money owed ?

Sadly, I fear crusades like that would prove to be much more difficult in terms of gaining industry support than the current anti-Olney campaign.

Olney's outlandish behavior makes it easy for everyone to see him as a villain, but when it comes to bigger cases, with even more money involved (DeCarlo and Archie, the Siegel estate and the Superboy copyright, getting DC to credit Bill Finger as Batman's co-creator, etc.) you'll see less vocal support from the pro community than in the Olney case. With the Olney situation it's easy to see things in black and white, getting support from people who never had any interaction with Olney, but when it comes to a situation where bigger (and real) publishers are involved, many people decide to adopt a "wait-and-see" attitude instead of getting involved.

BTW, I'm not saying that DC and Marvel haven't taken steps to correct errors made in the past, they've certainly done so (DC more than Marvel, I believe), but there are still some wrongs that need to be addressed.

Rodrigo
http://rodrigobaeza.blog-city.com

[Kozemp]

"Hey, look! R.O. v Waid!"



Erik... dude...

Dental work or no, that's just...

That's just wrong, man.

I don't mean in a "jokes about abortion aren't funny" way - Always Sunny proved that's not true - just...

It's wrong, man. Puns are wrong.

JLk
who is here to tell you it is NOT Always Sunny in Philadelphia

[TonyIsabella]

BTW, I'm not saying that DC and Marvel haven't taken steps to correct errors made in the past, they've certainly done so (DC more than Marvel, I believe), but there are still some wrongs that need to be addressed.

In the case of DC Comics, I respectfully (but strongly) disagree. The company is extremely arbitrary as to what wrongs it will even attempt to right.

The same may well be true of Marvel, but my personal experiences with Marvel in recent years have been much much better.

Tony

[Kozemp]

I am waiting for the obligatory comment now of "if puns are wrong I don't want to be right," probably somehow made into a dreadful pun by someone.

My money is on Busiek.

JLK
the horror

[Sarah Beach]

Erik... dude...

Dental work or no, that's just...

That's just wrong, man.

I don't mean in a "jokes about abortion aren't funny" way - Always Sunny proved that's not true - just...

It's wrong, man. Puns are wrong.

JLk
who is here to tell you it is NOT Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Telling Erik not to pun is like telling the sun not to rise, or the tide not to turn. Not going to happen. You just have to live with it. :D

[Gail Simone]

Erik... dude...

Dental work or no, that's just...

That's just wrong, man.

I don't mean in a "jokes about abortion aren't funny" way - Always Sunny proved that's not true - just...

It's wrong, man. Puns are wrong.

JLk
who is here to tell you it is NOT Always Sunny in Philadelphia


Really? I hate puns and I thought that was hilarious.

Gail

[Karl J. Barnes]

Bleeps get all the action.

...Bastards.

That's 'cause Bleeps are so sexy and mysterious. They're the Bad Boys of Vocab World.

[Kozemp]

Really? I hate puns and I thought that was hilarious.

Gail

I thought it was funny, don't get me wrong. I just was embarrassed for thinking so.

I don't hate puns, but they still make me cringe. Ironically, the best ones are the most cringe-inducing.

JLK
cursed day job

[NatGertler]

So,mr. Shaw when is the next meeting for the NWO of comics going to be?:D[PRIVACY]We don't announce those things on public boards, or even through direct communication. When it's time for a meeting, we release an issue of All-Star Batman And Robin to let all of the insiders know. There's not been a lot of pressing business lately.[/PIVACY]

[KevinTBrown]

That's 'cause Bleeps are so sexy and mysterious. They're the Bad Boys of Vocab World.

Hmmm, maybe I should change my name to Kevin Bleep Brown then.... :cool:

[Karl J. Barnes]

Hmmm, maybe I should change my name to Kevin Bleep Brown then.... :cool:

Kevin "Bleepin'" T Brown....yeah...has a cool ring to it.

[Matt Doc Martin]

I am reading Olney's posts from Dixonverse...there is GOLD in them there hills!

I will give the "man" credit where credit is due: He is consistently crazy.

[PatrickG]

Really? I hate puns and I thought that was hilarious.

Gail

Me too but I think it was helped with the buyback about being medicated.

Buybacks are HEAVILY underrated IMO. Joss Whedon's made a good chunk of his career on buybacks.

[Matt Doc Martin]

Oh, and he threatened "Condiment King" with alerting the authorities for stalking, apparently after CK has responded to a posting of pRick.

Is CK still a free man? If so, then I still have time. After all...I am sure the feds will concentrate on him first before chasing me down.

[Sarah Beach]

Oh, and he threatened "Condiment King" with alerting the authorities for stalking, apparently after CK has responded to a posting of pRick.

Is CK still a free man? If so, then I still have time. After all...I am sure the feds will concentrate on him first before chasing me down.

Yes, CK is still free and plying his trade as a car saleman.

I don't think you're in any particular danger. :)

[khuxford]

Hmmm, maybe I should change my name to Kevin Bleep Brown then.... :cool:

I was never given a middle name...maybe I should take Bleep or Bleepin'? :)

[NatGertler]

I was never given a middle name...maybe I should take Bleep or Bleepin'? :)Statistically speaking, you're more likely to achieve greatness if you take the middle name "The". Just ask Catherine The Great, Attila The Hun, Vlad The Impaler, or Winnie The Pooh.

[Typo Lad]

You mean Winnie ther Poo.

[khuxford]

Statistically speaking, you're more likely to achieve greatness if you take the middle name "The". Just ask Catherine The Great, Attila The Hun, Vlad The Impaler, or Winnie The Pooh.

Compromise: Kevin The Bleepin' Huxford? :)

[KevinTBrown]

Compromise: Kevin The Bleepin' Huxford? :)

That's sooooo sexy and mysterious.....

[NatGertler]

If you're going that route, I suggest you also change your first name to Wha'.

[TomStillwell]

For those of you who don't know, I work for a law firm here in Chicago.

I'm working on something Olney related. I need two bits of information.

1. What is his middle initial?
2. Do we know how old he is?

[Smileybonex]

As an aside to the matter in hand, and as a comment on the difficulties over trademarks, take a look at this, concerning Apple's new I-Phone, and its possible legal battle over the name.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Cisco_Sues_Apple_Over_iPhone_Trademark_Use/1168471707

[Matt Doc Martin]

For those of you who don't know, I work for a law firm here in Chicago.

I'm working on something Olney related. I need two bits of information.

1. What is his middle initial?
2. Do we know how old he is?

Allegedly he is 52.

[Kurt Busiek]

Allegedly he is 52.

Then why's he trying to keep younger talent like me and Waid out of the industry?

That crumb-catcher!

kdb

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Then why's he trying to keep younger talent like me and Waid out of the industry?

That crumb-catcher!

kdb

But your uhhh.....well......uhhh , now even I can't explain that. :eek: :p

[TomStillwell]

Allegedly he is 52.

That's interesting.

I'm not finding any Richard Olney in Mohawk, NY under that age. There's a Richard M. Olney in his 70s.

In fact, doing a state-wide search on Richard Olney doesn't give me anyone at that age. They are either much older or much younger.

[TomStillwell]

Sorry. Double post.

[SamuraiJack]

That's interesting.

I'm not finding any Richard Olney in Mohawk, NY under that age. There's a Richard M. Olney in his 70s.

In fact, doing a state-wide search on Richard Olney doesn't give me anyone at that age. They are either much older or much younger.

Gee- another lie? *rolls eyes*

Or could it be a pen name? *laughs hysterically*

[Matt Doc Martin]

That's interesting.

I'm not finding any Richard Olney in Mohawk, NY under that age. There's a Richard M. Olney in his 70s.

In fact, doing a state-wide search on Richard Olney doesn't give me anyone at that age. They are either much older or much younger.

He should actually be in Herkimer, NY.

I have had little luck with Zaba Search, but I may call a friend of mine on the force in Long Island, NY and see if he can help.

[Matt Doc Martin]

That's interesting.

I'm not finding any Richard Olney in Mohawk, NY under that age. There's a Richard M. Olney in his 70s.

In fact, doing a state-wide search on Richard Olney doesn't give me anyone at that age. They are either much older or much younger.

Maybe Olney is not his real name.

Maybe his real name is Magnus Grimoire.

Or maybe he named himself after Ric Olie from Star Wars.

[MacQuarrie]

1,842.

Don't ask about the math, it's quite complex. But that's your answer.

Start counting.

JLK
who now knows people are surprisingly receptive to Greek tragedy

That's Geek tragedy.

[Matt Doc Martin]

If only someone has a check or something from him to compare names and addresses...If only someone had gotten paid.

[TomStillwell]

He should actually be in Herkimer, NY.

I have had little luck with Zaba Search, but I may call a friend of mine on the force in Long Island, NY and see if he can help.

Herkimer is the County for Mohawk, New York where he claims to reside. I've been talking to the circuit court clerk out there.

[MacQuarrie]

Herkimer is the County for Mohawk, New York where he claims to reside. I've been talking to the circuit court clerk out there.

One of the earlier posts gave his address, the converted funeral parlor. Would that help?

[Wil Radcliffe]

That's interesting.

I'm not finding any Richard Olney in Mohawk, NY under that age. There's a Richard M. Olney in his 70s.

In fact, doing a state-wide search on Richard Olney doesn't give me anyone at that age. They are either much older or much younger.

He could go by his middle name. That's what I do.

[KevinTBrown]

Tom, email me please

[MacQuarrie]

Here it is: 70 W. Main St. Mohawk, NY 13407

This is from the domain registration for the TightLip website, according to Bright-Raven's digging.

And I still think tax evasion is an interesting avenue to pursue.

[Matt Doc Martin]

Herkimer is the County for Mohawk, New York where he claims to reside. I've been talking to the circuit court clerk out there.

Mohawk, I believe, is a village IN Herkimer, which is in Herkimer county.

[MacQuarrie]

He could go by his middle name. That's what I do.

You do, "Wil"? Well, "Wil", what are you hiding? Where do you get off using a pen name, "Wil"?

[the4thpip]

Well, not that I want to derail this thread, but...

CrossGen had a working ethic that people working there accepted and then pulled away from.

Wow, what an asshole thing to say about all those people who were shafted by Alessi. I have friends who went through a good year of hell because of CrossGen not paying them. Making Alessi and CrossGen somehow a victim of disloyal employees is the biggest heap of bullshit I have come across in a while.

[Kozemp]

That's Geek tragedy.

I opened a production of Medea last night - I meant what I meant, damn you!

Oh, shit, did I sign an NDA about that?

I mean, er, I didn't do anything.

JLK
GREEK tragedy

[Wil Radcliffe]

You do, "Wil"? Well, "Wil", what are you hiding? Where do you get off using a pen name, "Wil"?

Well, that's between me, my attorney, and my plebes.

[Scott Shaw!]

If I ever pitched a story about "a potentially dangerous criminal who lives in a funeral home", every editor/publisher in comics would reject it on the basis of the concept being waaay too contrived.

Well, every editor/publisher except one. Y'know, the smelly, sociopathetic, criminal one. The one who lives in a funeral home in Mohawk, New York.

Aloha,

Scott!

[Wil Radcliffe]

If I ever pitched a story about "a potentially dangerous criminal who lives in a funeral home", every editor/publisher in comics would reject it on the basis of the concept being waaay too contrived.

Well, every editor except one. Y'know, the sociopathetic, criminal one. The one who lives in a funeral home.

Aloha,

Scott!

Don't worry about pitching stories, Mr. Shaw. Your career will soon be ruined anyway, once Rick's attorney finishes his Happy Meal.

[Typo Lad]

What about a super hero who lives in a funeral ho0me?

That could work.

'scuse me, I have to go write...