Let's Talk Unscrewed/The Unscrewed! Charity and You.

[TomStillwell]

Today Unscrewed! filed its first small claims suit on behalf of a stiffed creator, assisting with the paperwork and covering the filing fees.

This is a small step but hopefully a building block.

Freelancers, you don't have to go it alone anymore.

[Crowley]

I think this refers to me... just another thanks to you Tom and to everyone who's donated and helped with Unscrewed!

[DropDeadRex]

Who do I contact about getting some help? I have been trying to get a cretain pub. to pay me for the last year and a half. I have also found others creators who are being stiffed by this guy. Can you help?

[MacQuarrie]

Who do I contact about getting some help? I have been trying to get a cretain pub. to pay me for the last year and a half. I have also found others creators who are being stiffed by this guy. Can you help?

Have you registered at UNSCREWED? http://www.unscrewedcomic.com

Sign up there, post a request on the forums, and we'll go from there.

[MacQuarrie]

The publisher in DropDeadRex's case has been contacted and they are working out the payment arrangements.

Unscrewed is doing its job. People are getting the money they earned. There is justice in the world.

[TomStillwell]

Hey, did you guys know you can donate to Unscrewed?

Just use the donate@unscrewedcomic.com address with paypal and you'll be golden.

Also, how many of you would be interested in memberships if we offered them?

[TomStillwell]

Hey folks!

We're seeking donations of either items we can auction off or money to help cover the costs of several small claims suits we plan to file on behalf of freelancers stiffed by Atlantis Studios.

Also, we'd like to begin offering memberships in Unscrewed! and we're looking for someone to design our membership cards.

Please contact me about item donations or about card designs if you are interested.

Money donations can be made via paypal to donate@unscrewedcomic.com .

Thank you for your support. With your help we hope to make the comic industry a better, safer place to work.

[section 8]

i've done some graphic design work before, i might be inclined to help if someone could explain in non-college word what you guys do.

[Typo Lad]

Hi Section.

Right now we're set for people working on the anthology (may have too many, in fact), but what we do?

We point put when people are ripping people off, and help them find ways to get unscrewed.

[TomStillwell]

We educate, inform, and support freelance comic creators.

[section 8]

Hi Section.

Right now we're set for people working on the anthology (may have too many, in fact), but what we do?

We point put when people are ripping people off, and help them find ways to get unscrewed.

hmm i'd suggest a stick figure having a giant screw removed from his anus, but thats not very professional

[Anodyne]

Unscrewed!:The Comic of Just Desserts is the final thread of the tapestry, and my bailiwick, along with the talented Sarah Beach. Again, I want to stress that this is a separate entity from the auctions. We are still working out funding, but have no intention of ever touching the money meant for "the screwed".

Any questions?

Why just desserts? Don't these creators deserve the whole meal?

[Scott Shaw!]

In between paying gigs, I've been working on writing and drawing "My Frozen Pop!" for UNSCREWED!, a four-page true story about my father when he was a kid in Depression-era Decatur, Illinois. One particularly hot summer, he was working at a local ice cream factory; his job involved the production of frozen popsicles (or whatever they called 'em back then). I'm not gonna reveal any more of "My Frozen Pop!" -- not even the gross part about the flies (oops!) -- but it's all about a little guy cleverly getting back at the big company that tried to screw him, financially speaking.

I hope you'll all dig it.

Aloha,

Scott!

[Typo Lad]

Is it unprofessional and immature to say "I've already read it and y'all haven't, neener neener?"

Oh. Too late.

Seriously though Mr. Shaw, I can't wait to see the art.

[section 8]

does this organization do anything else? like preventive measures (informing artist, and writers about way to protect their work?

is this a profit, non-profit, pr not for profit organization?