Freakscomics recruiting (unpaid)

[FreaksComics]

Hello Everyone!

We are FreaksComics, a chill and dynamic team created to make comics and establish a good story on platforms that can make an impact. I am Lord Alien, the Co-Owner of FreaksComics, and we're looking for some talented people! So, allow me, as your guide to take you through some quick intros and brief explanations XD. Our aim is to provide a story worth telling as we believe in reader’s supremacy.
We are currently not paying as this is for fun, so if you aren’t interested, please don’t comment as it might give us hope that will burn down way worse than the ‘Fire’ MV by BTS lol : P

WHAT WE HAVE:
2 Typsetters
1 Editor / Proofreader
3 Screenwriters
2 Inkers + Colorist
2 Artists

WHAT WE NEED:
Background artists
Colorists
Quality Checker

PLEASE ATTACH YOUR WORK WHILE FILING FOR THE POSITION AS IT IS EASIER FOR RECRUITING!

EXPECTATIONS (C’MON YOU HAD TO HAVE SEEN THIS COMING LMAO):

1) Actively participating in group discussions and brainstorm sessions

2) Attending the mandatory meetings on time and giving your valuable input.

3) Alerting the Owner or Co-Owner if you are going on a hiatus or have decided to leave the team.

4) Setting up realistic deadlines and meeting them.

5) Content given by the member should have their best attempt on it.

6) Accepting feedback and constructive criticism by the team without any sign of negativity.

7) Being on good terms with everyone and enjoying your stay.

These rules are just there to keep yourself alert about stuff going on as we don’t want you missing some good ol’ action! It isn’t compulsary but it is there to help : )

We are already working on a story with a unique plot.

THE PLOT:
Set in medieval times a robot girl, Eva, was built to take care of an elderly man. That very man told Eva to run away from the mansion they resided in and choose her own life. She did just that and ran into a vampire named Micaela.
Upon their meeting, Micaela plans to use Eva as a bait towards a human so that she can drink their blood and turn into a full-fledged vampire. The plan failed but an uncanny friendship blooms between the odd duo. What happens in the end? Well, tune in to find out!

It is a short story that'll have a maximum of 10 chapters as we are looking to do a small set of projects to catch up to a bigger one. The current project is GL themed and filled with fluff. We have a draft of the prologue, character designs and color palettes done by our team.

So, all that remains is for you to join our team and start your own journey of establishing a name in the comic/manga/webtoon community!
We don’t judge your age or your background, so all you need to worry about is enjoying doing the things you love and making memories with us!

We also are open to story ideas and plots given by you, so feel free to lend one! This will be taken into consideration after we finish with our current project.

NOTE: The team consists of a few minors so NSFW work is not appreciated. We hope this is understandable as we wish to respect their opinions and the law.

CONTACT DETAILS (CAUSE WE WANNA SAY HI XP):
The person must have an account on Discord and should contact LordAlien#9157 for further details.
The person will then be briefed about the team and further information will soon be granted afterwards.

That’s all said and so we bid you ‘Goodbye’ for now as we will meet you soon as a member of our team.

Thank You!
FreaksComics

[Rai89]

unpaid for all that work? is that a joke?

[jensrichard77]

Sounds like a very professional setup whit no pay and no reference for previous work?
Where will this be published?
Will there be any rev-share?

SHOW US, CAUSE TALK IS CHEAP

[LunarScyphozoa]

This is quite a funny joke, you paying them in exposure too?

[FreaksComics]

All this work isn't just for one person, we're helpful to each other, and the "work" we've mentioned are just optional rules. Kindly stop making it seem as if you haven't actually read this post if you're going to reply. We've already found 10+ members who want to work with us unpaid, which just shows our capabilities and the confidence they have in this team's success. So, I would like to clarify the fact that this, isn't a joke. We mostly ask our team proper respectful consent in doing the project and to enjoy what they do. So please refrain from using such harsh comments when all we ask is your presence and a collaboration which is up to you to accept or decline.
Thank You
FreaksComics

[FreaksComics]

We give our team proper credits and help them achieve their goals without having to pay as most people who want to start out in this industry don't exactly have heavy pockets. Kindly stop making it seem as if you haven't actually read this post if you're going to reply. We've already found 10+ members who want to work with us unpaid, which just shows our capabilities and the confidence they have in this team's success. So, I would like to clarify the fact that this, isn't a joke. We mostly ask our team proper respectful consent in doing the project and to enjoy what they do. So please refrain from using such harsh comments when all we ask is your presence and a collaboration which is up to you to accept or decline.
Thank You
FreaksComics

[tapiyokastudios]

Pay no attention to those that are complaining. Your post is more professional than 90% of the crap out there, regardless of the fact that it is unpaid. There will be reasonable people that would be happy to join you. And perhaps those that complain will tell me that "BUT IT IS UNPAID, ART IS A LOT OF WORK", but let me explain something. You cannot put a price on quality teamwork. I paid thousands of dollars for my writing degree. A part of what we did was group critiquing each other. Did they pay me to critique and/or edit other students' work? No, I DID. This could be an opportunity for certain people. The post clearly stated it is for fun and that if not interested, then don't comment. The PURPOSE of many of these type of posts are to gain experience, not to put off hard collaborative work. When you gain experience, it is not always about your own creations, or being paid to do someone else's. It is about putting effort and being proud of what you have contributed to a creation.

I do hope though, that you find a team with consistently similar skill levels. I could at least respect that.

[ReaperKing]

Never expected such toxicity from tapas of all places. Some of these people are way over their heads. Its already said "for fun". If you have the time and passion to give effort to do this then do it. No one is forcing you. If you are money hungry person then dont do it or reply at all. Saying stuff like that wont get you anywhere in life and thats a fact.

[FreaksComics]

We give our team proper credits and help them achieve their goals without having to pay as most people who want to start out in this industry don't exactly have heavy pockets. We also haven't mentioned about anything being professional and mainly emphasized on mostly enjoying what you do as this is mainly for fun. This is our first project so we don't have any reference works, however, each of our teammates have their own fair share of experience. The publishing site is not to be known yet as only team members have access to this information. We are doing the best we can to show you our dedication, sincerity and respect, now it is up to you to take or leave it.
Thank You
FreaksComics

[FreaksComics]

We are sincerely grateful for your words of wisdom. We cannot begin to explain how much happiness it brings us to see that there really are some sincere people who understand the circumstances and give their input on it.
We hope to expand our team with more people and create comics that are worth reading.
Thank You so much for your support and sincerity,
FreaksComics

[FreaksComics]

Thank you for your words. We value your support and hope to grow bigger and better as a team. It isn't easy to get where we are and we aim to give opportunities to those who really need it.
Thanking you once again.
FreaksComics

[jensrichard77]

I respect your proper answer and I wish you all good luck.
Pleas understand that we are a community trying to protect each other from scam and other funny stuff that shows up here from time to time.

You even have me being curious about joining the team. I will catch you on discord.

[IKI]

I am a bit miffed at these negative comments on this post. It clearly states for fun, I don’t understand why people are commenting if they aren’t interested and have nothing good to say. :-o

[jensrichard77]

From my perspective. The culture of webcomic creation is getting overhand with a common understanding that "everything" is free work. That culture are misleading for the business and people are trying to change that culture into a common sense of things cost money.

We do see more and more people with "another great half-baked idea" and want high quality artist working for them for free.
This is what we are trying to protect this community from.
This post (and previous post by @FreaksComics) had that tone of requiring everything for nothing.
But given the new answers and tone, this might not be a scam, but simple some nice people trying to work their way up, as many of us have done.

[euphisa]

I would consider this just for fun if it weren't for expectations 2 and 5.
For expectation 2: timezones exist...and some timezones just don't work out well being like 12+ hours apart.
For expectation 5: some artists like to give simplistic art, to which they can do better but refuse to because of several reasons (ie stress, too much work to put in consistently, etc)
So I find that you are asking too much from artists to put in their best for everything, especially unpaid. I hope those who have agreed to work with you are ready for the amount of work you will put them through, and I hope you won't push them too hard.

Your post is 90% better than most unpaid gig, and I believe this truely is fit for just for fun (assuming those 2 expectations I pointed out are rather lax). I think those interested in collaborations would have a great time working with your team.

[Rai89]

FYI "for fun" shouldn't have deadlines. You have zero respect for artists. They spend hours of their free time to work "for fun" for you? You are one of those people who abuses new artists time. and ad-rev don't exist unless you are a tapas/ webtoon original and most new artists are naïve to it. I was naïve myself, I wasted months on project's "for fun" with the promise of ad rev etc.

But the truth is this phrase "for fun" is your way of getting away to actually just paying for their hard work and time. I feel terrible for those artist who falls for your scam.

And lastly, Artists can get exposed fine by themselves.

But seriously collabs should be among friends or someone who seeks a little help. What you are asking is just too much.

[chestnutriceeee]

Woah, buddy. Calm down a bit. I see there might be a story and that you have the best interest of people in mind when you say this. But slow down and read the whole post maybe? Look at this like right below the expectations..

These rules are just there to keep yourself alert about stuff going on as we don’t want you missing some good ol’ action! It isn’t compulsary but it is there to help : )

I understand that you are trying to help, but this is clearly meant for people who are not looking to make a career, at least not for now. They say it's for fun and their responses and posts show that they really are just trying to assemble a team of people who they can work with, for fun. Like a discord community.

There are even minors in their team as they mentioned which just puts more emphasis on the fun part. There are a lot of people below 18 who are looking to make webcomics and such, as you can see from the hundreds of other posts in the collaboration category.

As far as setting deadlines go, I don't see why one shouldn't do it?

4) Setting up realistic deadlines and meeting them.

Of course, it's for fun, but if you are planning on publishing your work or even doing it as a hobby while working with others, some degree of professionalism is important. They clearly mentioned realistic deadlines, basically something that fits the artist or whatever position someone applies for.

Again, I understand you are trying to help and conveying your experience, I am grateful for that. But you are coming off a tad strong, it might scare some people away for whom this might be a real learning opportunity.

[FreaksComics]

"These rules are just there to keep yourself alert about stuff going on as we don’t want you missing some good ol’ action! It isn’t compulsary but it is there to help : )"

I am pretty sure we made this very clear but since you don't seem to read well, have a look again.

From your comment it seems its clear that you don't know what collaboration means or what this section even holds. This category was put up for new writers and artists to join and create their dream story. And even after our polite and sincere post you had the audacity to show such aggression. I am personally sorry for whatever job you were put into, but we don't do that to our members here. As for you beloved ad-rev, we never mentioned such a thing in the post. So again, kindly take a look and read the post properly. We have given all the hints that this collaboration is for Fun and that we are flexible with work to appease the comfort of the team member. We prioritize their opinions and time, which leads us to follow a simple routine that doesn't affect the team member negatively. Artists need writers and writers need artists.

Do you think that we don't know how much it takes to do art? Do you even know what the word passion and fun means? Do you really think if we were to force our artists to do stuff they would just stay? Maybe your mentality isn't large enough to comprehend what we said on the post. For your information, if you don't want to work for us then ignore us or leave. We aren't forcing you to join. We also won't further reply to your comments as it seems like you lack knowledge of proper communication. Good luck to you : )
Thank You
FreaksComics

[AbelDraws]

A reminder to not let the discussion go much further. All the points have been made already, so continuing discussing about this would only lead to bickering.

It'd be better to just leave the thread be for anyone interested in participating.

[Kuma]

I think last time I wasn't obvious enough, I'll try to put it as simple as possible.

Pay your artists.

That would be all.

PS: Medieval Setting and a Robot Girl?

Is she steampunk? (The setting would be steampunk)

Is the setting fictional or our medieval times? (Medieval Times in our world aren't known for their overabundance of robots)

Is she magically powered? (That would make her a Golem, rather than a robot)