Thursday, May 22, 2014

BEWARE POSSIBLE ONLINE COMIC CON SCAM

The Core started by Korey Rochon.


Originally I reported about this new Online Comic Con run by Korey Rochon, was running a new style online comic con that was going to run every other week starting in the end of May. Well plans have fallen through apparently, as the creator was slowly gathering PDF’s from several creators, and he would not explain how he was going to reimburse payment to several creators. Furthermore, he kept changing his tune on what he was exactly doing.

When pressed further by many other comic creators he would turn around and block these creators without trying to explain his motivations.

The event seemed like a promising try to get independent creators names out there.

It’s being reported as well that Korey Rochon started to demand further work from creators, telling them he required more work from them and when people would question he offered little explanation.

When I looked into his website that housed several of the creator’s works, the main website was taken down and he claimed that he was pushing the con back to another date. Meanwhile he gathered many PDF’s from several people who submitted entire books to this online con. I would suggest people that submitted work to this guy, be on the look out as this maybe a fishing ruse where Korey can be gathering other creators work, and using it for his own personal gain by saying he created all these works to get more money from other people. Over the last few years there have been several similar scams where people use another creator’s work as their own, so I suggest everyone to stand vigil and be on the look out.


If anyone has anymore info about Korey Rochon, please share it here with me. I’d love to talk. 

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