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STOP READING IF YOU ARE A BILL TUCCI FAN:

10 years ago I was making a pretty good living working for DC, Marvel, & Valiant, so I tried to give back to the industry by doing inks for young artists. I met Tucci at a local con- [ not even sure Shi -# 1 was out ], and offered to ink figures & whatever to help his "new' book out.
So for Shi #2--# 6 I did inks... and only got back one double-page splash returned.. no other art.
The book became a hit and spawned alot of merchandise- even a card set,,, which sadly I had to go out and buy myself if I wanted a copy for my files. I read stories in fan magazines about how he bought 10 motorcycles, a house... and the only royalty I received for my efforts was a box of reprints of issue #2.
I have tried to resolve this "face to face", and with his "people" over the years without the courtesy of an actual reply. For a book about honor I believe he has none....

and on this pinup he inked the face of Shi..that was the deal on the inks..he always inked the faces..[art--17 1/2 x 22]...sorry..
I don't mean to be a drag, but It's been 10 years of dealing with his evasiveness--

[I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE NEGATIVE, but it should be a warning for young artists to get a contract and not go into a business relationship just on trust.. I didn't expect to make any real money helping out-- I also never shared in the book's success-- I was a chump!].
Thankfully I had my day job.

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STOP READING IF YOU ARE A BILL TUCCI FAN:

10 years ago I was making a pretty good living working for DC, Marvel, & Valiant, so I tried to give back to the industry by doing inks for young artists. I met Tucci at a local con- [ not even sure Shi -# 1 was out ], and offered to ink figures & whatever to help his "new' book out.
So for Shi #2--# 6 I did inks... and only got back one double-page splash returned.. no other art.
The book became a hit and spawned alot of merchandise- even a card set,,, which sadly I had to go out and buy myself if I wanted a copy for my files. I read stories in fan magazines about how he bought 10 motorcycles, a house... and the only royalty I received for my efforts was a box of reprints of issue #2.
I have tried to resolve this "face to face", and with his "people" over the years without the courtesy of an actual reply. For a book about honor I believe he has none....

and on this pinup he inked the face of Shi..that was the deal on the inks..he always inked the faces..[art--17 1/2 x 22]...sorry..
I don't mean to be a drag, but It's been 10 years of dealing with his evasiveness--

[I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE NEGATIVE, but it should be a warning for young artists to get a contract and not go into a business relationship just on trust.. I didn't expect to make any real money helping out-- I also never shared in the book's success-- I was a chump!].
Thankfully I had my day job.