OrcaFresh.net
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Fresh - Introducing Comics to the World
Description
Organized Readers of Comics Associated, or ORCA, is an international comic book association that is as aggressive and different as a 'killer whale' in its mission to promote the reading of comic books.
ORCA gives away thousands of comics each year, to inspire readership and support of our hobby and the business of comic books.
We are the only such group of our kind, recognized throughout the comicbook entertainment industry, and other affiliate industries comprising the wider interest in imagination mediums.
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Community Review
Orcafresh - Beware comic creators, artists and writers!! Dear Comics Professional,
If you are approached by an individual named Rick Olney or a representative of this man, if you are approached by Olney or anyone else representing entities known as The Mighty Mini-Con, TightLip Entertainment, or ORCA, we strongly urge you to run in the other direction.
There is a very long, very well-documented history of non-payment, deceit, emotional manipulation, and fraud in connection with this man and his projects. Despite searching and publicly requesting evidence for over three months, nobody has been able to produce any evidence of any artist ever having been paid in full for their work for TightLip. Many attending professionals to his conventions were promised reimbursement of their expenses, but while some were provided with lodging, none are known to have received full compensation for travel and meal costs, and many have been the subject of vicious personal attacks as a result of having inquired about the promised reimbursement. In addition, Mr. Olney has a considerable history of erratic and unprofessional behavior on many message forums and mailing lists on the internet, several of which have banned him due to his frequently racist, sexist, and homophobic rants, as well as his willingness to hurl vicious insults in response to legitimate questions about his business practices. As far as we can tell, nearly everyone who has ever had any professional contact with TightLip, the Mighty Mini-Con, or Rick Olney, has a "war story" to tell about being misled, cheated, and used.
You can find more details here:
Please, do not attempt to do business with Olney. In fact, please pass along this warning to any comics professionals, aspiring comics professionals, retailers, exhibitors, media guests, and fans you know.
Do business with Olney at your own risk.
We would prefer to not do this in such a public manner, but, with Olney again advertising a convention and claiming that he is still planning to publish comic books, the greater good demands we speak out.
Check out the website.
Thank you for your attention, the Undersigned
Shelly Kennedy, Webmaster Unscrewed! Danny Donovan, Various independent Comics, 911 Emergency Relief by Alternative Comics, Radio Free Comicks Dave Rothe, Ant #'s 6-9 from Image Comics Tom Stillwell, Writer/Creator of The Honor Brigade from Spinner Rack Comics Kurt Busiek, Astro City, Superman Paul D. Storrie, Revisionary, Gotham Girls, Robin Hood Scott Reed, Web's Best Comics Tony Isabella, Black Lightning, Tony's Tips Chuck Dixon, DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Bongo, Wildstorm Joanne Ellen Mutch, Rummblestrips, Potlatch, LOTR sketch card artist, Kevin Huxford, ShotgunReviews.com/Newsarama Contributor Timothy J Tobolski, UNSCREWED! editor-in-chief Jim Taylor, The Wraith Mike Bullock, Lions Tigers & Bears, The Phantom Blake M. Petit, Comixtreme.com Scott Shaw!, CAPTAIN CARROT, THE SIMPSONS, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Jeff Austin, AC Comics James Ritchey III, Green Lama, Team Defiant! Danielle Sylvie Taylor, Hollow Colin McMahon, New Dimension Comics-McMurray Wil Radcliffe, Noggle Stones Larime Taylor, Writer/Creator of HOLLOW, Archaia Studios Press Mercedes R Lackey, Valdemar Series, DAW Books Larry Dixon, DAW, Baen Books Jim MacQuarrie, MonkeySpit.net Alice Woodside, The Daredevil Anniversary Art Quilt Project Sean McKeever, writer Steven D. Forbes, Writer of Bullet Time, Co-Writer of Fallen Justice, EiC of Paper Dragonz Koben Kelly, Newsarama.com, Best Shots, ShotgunReviews.com Sarah Beach, editor, writer - Shooting Star Comics Anthology #1, Unscrewed! anthology Lance Boucher, Inter-Fan Productions Colleen Doran, A Distant Soil Nat Gertler, About Comics Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading Joe Zierman, artist - Big Bang Comics Martin R. Oakley, formerly of Bloodstained Productions, writer/artist Kneon Transitt, Gemstone Publishing Gail Simone, Birds of Prey, Villains United, Gen13, Welcome to Tranquility, Atom Frank Dirscherl, The Wraith James A. Owen, Starchild, Mythworld, and Here, There Be Dragons Richard Neal, Eisner winner Zeus Comics Brian Pate, Comic Book Conventions.com Cully Hamner, BLUE BEETLE, DC Comics Erik Burnham, Shooting Star Comics Scott McCullar, Shooting Star Comics, DC Comics, West End Games Butch Guice, Marvel Artist Brian J. Crowley, Graphic Designer DDP Gerry Alanguilan, Superman: Birthright, Batman/Danger Girl, Silent Dragon (Wildstorm) 03:48, 15 June 2007 24.36.32.185
Organized Readers of Comics Associated, or ORCA, is a fraud. Rick Olney, the owner is a well known con man throughout the comics community, (even though he is not himself IN the comics community)
