Afua Richardson is a major comic book artist, with work including being co-creator of Genius, artist on Black Panther, and regular comic book cover spotlights on Marvel, Image and Dynamite books. But this week, she posted a warning on Twitter about a fake representative commissioning work from comic book artists.
It Started with an email
Scams are happening a lot since the pandemic
' I was emailed from an editor pretending to be from major publishers and asked to illustrate a model in the fashion of 3 Marvel superhero costumes. Open budget, short turn-around time and extracted my banking information and free artwork from me. I turned down other projects, lost money and a lot of faith in others. It has taken me a while to recover'
Lemonade from Lemons
Under Investigation
' the investigation is underway. These scammers have taking advantage of over 40 artists. To make up for lost wages I've been selling limited edition prints of the artwork. If anything it's helped me be more vigilant than ever before. I will not be taking on more work without consulting my lawyer. '
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