Rick Olney: Still does not pay freelancers or anyone else.

[Matt Doc Martin]

all i know is rick has a new number 1 video on youtube:

bwahahahahaha!

[Gail Simone]

I'm glad Ithicon went well...it's great that some cons are repairing the damage Rick has done to comics fandom in that area.


As for his loony rant today, I hqven't got a clue what he's on about. What column is he talking about? What does Beau Smith have to do with anything?

As always, Rick is so stupid and such a lousy writer even his insults don't connect.

And Rick, the reason I still talk about what a shitty con you put on is because you keep trying to put a party dress on a bowl of slop.
You fucked the event up from the word go, you had no idea what you were doing, you avoided work at every possible opportunity and you left unpaid debts in every direction.

It's worth reminding everyone of that when you try to convince people how successful it was.

Also, Heidi did NOT get another room.

[HamsterRage]

Here in Chicago there's a young guy (17 or so) we (the Drink N Draw group) are all buddies with and he's a great networker and planner and he's putting together a convention.

Here's a VERY ROUGH mockup I did in SketchBook Pro to get an idea of the composition for the poster (he wanted Spider-Man, Cassie Hack and my character Roosevelt):



I bet even thought he's a teenager he'll be more successful than Olney's FailCon.

[MacQuarrie]

Description of the copyrighted work:
My name is my copyright. This blog is a mirror spam blog that uses a very poor example of parody, which isn't parody at all, to harass me outside of Google/Blogger TOS.

Rick, you moron.

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[MacQuarrie]

I bet even thought he's a teenager he'll be more successful than Olney's FailCon.

One of the best sci-fi cons I ever attended was Phantasmacon '79, at the Bonaventure Hotel (seen in TV's Buck Rogers and other shows) in downtown LA. The whole thing was organized by a 19-year-old kid whose mom had to co-sign for everything. It was a great show and very successful. Age is only an indicator, not a limiter.

[SarahBeach]

Gail, I don't have the time right this minute to read the whole of Rick's latest, but he's going on about Beau Smith because he has (in yet another act of illegal copyright infringement) posted the entirety of an old column of Beau's from OVERSTREET. In which column, Beau discusses pros who treat fans badly, and he calls some of those particular pros "bullies".

Rick has taken Beau's statements about the bullying pros who are nasty and curt with fans at cons, and he is trying to apply this to ... well, anyone, particularly anyone who criticizes him, and specifically to you. It is WAY out of context, not something Beau has said recently. In fact, he told me, after checking out Rick's blog when I told him of the post, that he hadn't seen that particular column in years.

Rick's complaint to Google is hilarious, because he can't copyright his name. And if he claims defamation, they have a whole separate page that says under the terms of service, they aren't liable for anything and basically "Cookie you're on your own with that one."

[Gail Simone]

Here in Chicago there's a young guy (17 or so) we (the Drink N Draw group) are all buddies with and he's a great networker and planner and he's putting together a convention.

Here's a VERY ROUGH mockup I did in SketchBook Pro to get an idea of the composition for the poster (he wanted Spider-Man, Cassie Hack and my character Roosevelt):



I bet even thought he's a teenager he'll be more successful than Olney's FailCon.

I wish him luck!

Remind him to own up to any mistakes and everyone will respect him and wish him well!

[Gail Simone]

Gail, I don't have the time right this minute to read the whole of Rick's latest, but he's going on about Beau Smith because he has (in yet another act of illegal copyright infringement) posted the entirety of an old column of Beau's from OVERSTREET. In which column, Beau discusses pros who treat fans badly, and he calls some of those particular pros "bullies".

Rick has taken Beau's statements about the bullying pros who are nasty and curt with fans at cons, and he is trying to apply this to ... well, anyone, particularly anyone who criticizes him, and specifically to you. It is WAY out of context, not something Beau has said recently. In fact, he told me, after checking out Rick's blog when I told him of the post, that he hadn't seen that particular column in years.

Rick's complaint to Google is hilarious, because he can't copyright his name. And if he claims defamation, they have a whole separate page that says under the terms of service, they aren't liable for anything and basically "Cookie you're on your own with that one."

Ah.

Well, pros who are jerks to fans deserve all the scorn in the world. Pros who point out when a convention organizer and fake publisher is a serial liar and deadbeat are doing the industry a necessary service.

AND he picked the wrong guy, as Beau Smith is a good friend, he's my amigo, and he knows full well how I treat readers (hint: it's good).

[Don Krick]

Today on his blog, Rick posted this drawing.



A month ago on his Sequential Soul blog he posted the same drawing with this comment.


http://sequentialsoul.blogspot.com/2...y-in-hell.html

Seems to me like someone has all the evidence they need to make a complaint to Blogger and have the post taken down.

I have no idea where that came from but I sure didn't draw it. My drawing ability peaked at stick figures.

[Gail Simone]

Okay, was gonna close the thread tomorrow but have some interesting stuff to share from NEW people who have had more terrible experiences with Rick. Is anyone surprised?

Anyway, here's what I'd like to ask...Once we close the thread, the stuff at the end will be the stuff people see pretty much forever. So if we could repost, or summarize the
various allegations of debt, insults, or rotten behavior, that would be great. If you have a personal story with Rick, you can tell your side for posterity, or if you have seen
a story from another person who has posted here that you think should be remembered, that would be great.

Thanks!

Other posts are fine, too, just want people to remember the sheer MULTITUDE of people Rick has taken advantage of.