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[chaobreaker]

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Look at that photo. Just look at it. That’s Marvel Zombies artist Arthur Suydam’s area at Montreal Comiccon. What you can’t see are Dan Parent, Rachel Richey, and Francis Manapul‘s tables. That’s because Suydam decided to get there early, set up four tables, three of which were designated for them, and move their name tags.

In other words, he swiped their tables, forcing them to find new ones. Which, from what I’m reading on Twitter, isn’t an unheard of thing for him to do, but this time it’s getting others to speak out. Creators Jim Zub, Tony Lee, Erik Larsen, Mark Waid, Ron Marz, Francesco Francavilla, and many, many others have been calling him out on social media, and rightly so, as that’s the only way to stop this behavior. But what of the convention organizers? How did they let this happen?

From what I’m hearing it happens a lot. It appears that the organizers may have said something, though it appears that he has kept the massive booth anyway. At least with all of this outcry he’ll hopefully not be able to do it again. Francavilla called it bullying, and that’s exactly what it is.

Is this something you can do in these cons? Pretty scummy regardless.

Swipe my table if old.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Why would the organisers not do something about it other than asking him politely to stop? I'd have him kicked out if he didn't move.

 

[Savitar]

You would think that the organizers would basically tell him no, remove the stuff from the tables that didn't belong to him and maybe even kick him out for this crap.

To do nothing, wtf.

 

[Dennis]

lol what a dick.

 

[HK-47]

How do you let shit like that happen?

 

[Mandelbo]

What an asshole. Did he expect no one to pick him up on it?

 

[obin_gam]

What's stopping the other to just... I dont know, take down his crap and put up their where they belong?

 

[Shaanyboi]

As someone who has sold stuff at cons, yeah, that is pure dickery. Con organizers must be complete pushovers to allow this shit.

 

[SJRB]

How childish and petty.

 

[LoveCake]

You would think that the organizers would basically tell him no, remove the stuff from the tables that didn't belong to him and maybe even kick him out for this crap.

To do nothing, wtf.

That is what i was thinking, why don't the others just go to the tables that are theirs & throw his stuff off them, that is what i would do.

 

[KDR_11k]

Couldn't the others just have tossed his stuff off their tables?

 

[Coins]

Francis Manapul could just draw Batman sketches in front of the motherfucker and no one would even see those 4 tables.

 

[DiscoJer]

Looking at the picture of the booth, the guy basically takes famous photos and puts zombies in them? Seriously?

 

[Finaika]

Marvel stay winning.

 

[CSJ]

Yeah why the hell didn't organisers step in?
If you have a table reserved, either by attendance request, getting paid for it or paying for it yourself then it's rightfully yours.

I'd have spoken to organisers with proof of my belonging there.

 

[Dennis]

Marvel stay winning.

 

[Palette Swap]

I saw Waid tweeting about this earlier, disgusting.

Marvel stay winning.

Yeah, Marvel with all that Batman and Walking Dead art.

 

[Coins]

The dude photoshop people into his line to make it look longer.

 

[CSJ]

The dude photoshop people into his line to make it look longer.

Before I read that it was photoshopped I was like, that background looks like a crowd walking outside

 

[IISANDERII]

I would've pushed him to the ground and torn up his posters

 

[Timedog]

What's stopping the other to just... I dont know, take down his crap and put up their where they belong?

That's what I would do.

Regardless, they shouldn't have to do anything like that.

 

[Chariot]

The dude photoshop people into his line to make it look longer.

Wow, is that fake real?

 

[chaobreaker]

Wow, is that fake real?

Uhh... Yes?

 

[Chariot]

Uhh... Yes?

How can he even be so dumb and think that this is working?

 

[Dalek]

I was expecting this to be Greg Land for some reason.

And that photoshopped line is perfect for our own photoshops. Can some one put Abraham Lincoln and Redd Foxx in the line.

 

[SJRB]

The dude photoshop people into his line to make it look longer.

I don't get it. Is this the same guy as the guy from the OP and did he himself photoshop the image?

..what?

 

[Kinyou]

Wow, is that fake real?

It's from the slideshow on his official website, lol

http://www.arthursuydam.com

 

[Future Foundation]

The dude photoshop people into his line to make it look longer.

I don't know what's more hilarious - that pic or the "About The Artist" section of his website.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Heh, Wikipedia has already been updated to reflect this:

Looking at the picture of the booth, the guy basically takes famous photos and puts zombies in them? Seriously?

He's pretty talented when he tries but yes, his more recent body of work has included a lot of lazy stuff like that. He's also responsible for this infamous Wolverine cover:

 

[Palette Swap]

I was expecting this to be Greg Land for some reason.

And that photoshopped line is perfect for our own photoshops. Can some one put Abraham Lincoln and Redd Foxx in the line.

Thanks for helping me imagine Greg Land characters in that line lol.

 

[MomoPufflet]

Arthur Suydam (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, asshat, and musician.

lol

 

[Future Foundation]

He's pretty talented when he tries but yes, his more recent body of work has included a lot of lazy stuff like that. He's also responsible for this infamous Wolverine cover:

Holy shit, that's him?

 

[Chariot]

It's from the slideshow of his official website, lol

http://www.arthursuydam.com

Wow, a real comic con artist.

 

[Dalek]

Thanks for helping me imagine Greg Land characters in that line lol.

Now that's a great idea!

 

[Sojgat]

Glad he's getting called out for this.

 

[Dennis]

omg it is him?

A GAF legend!

 

[SJRB]

omg it is him?

A GAF legend!

Holy shit. Fuck those four tables, give him 10! Dude is a hero.

 

[Azure Dream]

I've never been to a convention where preregistered tables could just be taken over like that without permission. And the staff at every one of those cons would've marched up to him and said, "Move your shit, or you're out the door."

 

[Chariot]

I've never been to a convention where preregistered tables could just be taken over like that without permission. And the staff at every one of those cons would've marched up to him and said, "Move your shit, or you're out the door."

Probably doing what the allies did before World War II. You'll see when he fakes an attack on his table and then conquer his neighbour tables with the goals of uniting all tables of the entire convention into his territory.

 

[Beartruck]

I'm not confrontational, and I would have pushed all of his shit off one table onto the floor. It's not his table anyways so he'd have no right to complain.

 

[Vampire On Titus]

I don't know what's more hilarious - that pic or the "About The Artist" section of his website.

Award winning creator and Marvel artist Arthur Suydam’s meteoric rise to superstardom for his work for the smash hit series Marvel Zombies broke graphic novel records, immediately placing the artist in the category of comic legend.

LOL

 

[NEO0MJ]

I knew comics don't pay much but this is just sad.

 

[Razmos]

Jeez, what an asshole.

 

[Plywood]

Kinda taken back that the artists nor event organizers didn't either rip his shit off the table or kick him out.

 

[Finaika]

He's pretty talented when he tries but yes, his more recent body of work has included a lot of lazy stuff like that. He's also responsible for this infamous Wolverine cover:

This changes everything.

 

[Measley]

Um, I don't get why this guy needs 4 convention tables to sell a bunch of posters.

As for stealing tables, it's pretty shitty that the con let him get away with it. They probably view him as a crowd draw, and just found other tables for the three artists instead of kicking him out.

 

[Deft Beck]

That is very scummy of him and awful of the convention organizers to let him get away with it. Artist tables are hard enough to get at large conventions and this will turn off artists from getting tables there in the future.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[Chariot]

Perfect!

 

[bryehn]

This is now a wOHlverine thread.