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So I was kinda looking forward to possibly finally selling some of my work on eBay,
but now I'm a little worried that if I do I might be breaking one of the comic art laws.
All that I'm really willing to part with right now or even show here on DeviantART are the many comic book & cartoon related pieces that I've drawn... and I'm pretty sure that's all anyone would want to buy from me anyway.
Given that I'm not a full fledged comic artist as of yet I probably shouldn't sell sketches of Spider-man or Wonder Woman seeing as I've had nothing to do with the characters and I sure as hell don't want to get sued!...
What do you guy's think?
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Iron Lion
STRAIGHT BEAST MODE!™
Do some pinups of characters of your own or your friends to show your style, and offer a set price to do commissions of the character of their choosing. Saves the headaches.
RE: Prints --
Prints are okay, as long as you're following the "unwritten" rules:
A) No mass production of the work. In this instance, "mass production" is unofficially defined as more than 50 copies total in existence.
B) Proper distinction of rights. Simply put: "Character(s) is/are copyright/ TM RIGHTS HOLDER(S) NAME HERE, YEAR.
Art by YOUR NAME(S) HERE."
C) The work is "G-PG" rated. Sure, it might be a big seller to do that She-Hulk taking a bubble bath sketch, but save that for a private sketchbook drawing and charge more for it instead. The potential "R" rated stuff belongs as one-off private stuff. (In fact, I often advise that if you do an "R" rated piece, tell the person commissioning it that it's not to be scanned or presented in print or online, just to cover yourself.)
D) No EBay, DA, CafePress, or other online selling of the prints. The availability of such prints should be limited to your store or convention appearances.
E) Original prints for online sales should be limited to original characters or characters that you get written, notarized documentation from the rights holders giving you licensed permission to do so. And I do mean NOTARIZED DOCUMENTATION. NOT an email approval. NOT a DA Note. NOT a letter with their signature and no notary. These will not hold up in court.
Those are the basics.
just a thought
You own the paper and the pencil lead. When you draw Spiderman, you're drawing a likeness. You are fine to sell that original copy that you do because you are selling the paper that the likeness is on.
Unless you get permission, you can't reproduce and sell copies of your spiderman piece. Do people do it? Yeah, all of the time.
Bottom line, you can legally sell your original piece. If you make copies, you're technically getting into a grey area that many people swim in.
On the note about ebay and legality, Your fan art is incredible but you should check out what the law is on that. Cause ur pretty popular and you don't want some marvel or DC person finding out and giving you crap ya know?
If you'd do that, I'd probably buy