#tate's comics

[esichime]

Free Comic Book Day haul

[littleladykae]

Today's adventure was at Tate's BIG HUGE SALE! They're a huge comic/collectible store that's been around for 30 years now. I have fond childhood memories of coming here with my family and friends throughout the years and wish them many more!

As we entered the first sales tents outside, we were greeted with food trucks and a special screenprinter doing anniversary prints on shirts/bags!

After looking through the sales tents (and getting a bag and shirt), it was time to see the great deals inside! Instead I was met with Billie! A friendly hadrosaur that loved pets!

After some shopping, it was time for lunch at the trucks! The ramen was amazing and very filling; the shake was divine and such a treat!

Overall I had a great time and got some great goodies too!

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SAILOR MOON FANART THEFT ALERT!

More details below the cut.  (This got a bit long, and contains several big images.)

I found these sticker sheets at Tate’s Comics in Lauderhill, FL.  I bought them without being as careful as I should have (because YAY, Sailor Moon stickers!!), and when I got them home, I noticed the following Big Red Flags:

1. They are printed on ordinary label-type paper, not any of the sorts of paper professionally-made stickers are printed on.  It feels like printer paper.

2. The sticky part isn’t cut around the images.  I had to cut all the stickers out with scissors.  (Very unprofessional, guys.)

3. There are different art styles, different levels of detail, and though it doesn’t show very well in these photos, on some images, you can see tiny pixels if you look closely.  (The bow-and-brooch image is particularly bad.)

So, I’m thinking piracy is going on here.  Here’s what I’d like y’all to do:

- DO NOT send hate mail to TATE’S!  It’s only going to make people mad and not solve the problem.  I believe we can sort this out civilly. :)

- Don’t buy this sticker sheet.  It uses fanartists’ hard work without paying them or even getting their permission.

- Signal boost this post to hell and back, especially if you’re in the Sailor Moon fandom. Link it to Sailor Moon fanartists on DA, Pixiv, Twitter, whatever.  I’m not trawling for notes here, I just want ALL of the artists involved to know that this is happening.

- If you or someone you know drew any of these, DM me or post a Disqus comment to this post.  (I’ve set it up so you can reply to this post even if you don’t have a Tumblr or Disqus account.  Just go to the Disqus part and choose to “Post as Guest.”)  I’ll try and get you in touch with Tate’s so y’all can work something out.

- Remember, kids:  Most fanartists are totally cool with selling you stickers of their work through THEIR OWN online shop on Etsy or Redbubble.  But do not--ABSOLUTELY DO NOT--just Google what you’re looking for, save stuff from Google Image Search, print it out, and sell it to other people.  Copyright means that the creator is the only one who gets to make and distribute copies of the work.  You don’t have the copyright on someone else’s art, so you don’t have the right to print out copies.  That’s literally what it means.

Artists work hard at what they do.  Each picture represents, not just the time and energy it took to make THAT ONE IMAGE, but all the practice that got the artist to that skill level.  They deserve to be paid a fair price for it.  DO NOT RIP OFF ARTISTS.

And the stickers themselves:

(Feel free to reblog this with translations into other languages if you think it’ll help, but don’t re-post.) 

[stalkerkyoko]

OG dragonball is  after dentist vist association.

http://stalkerkyoko.tumblr.com/post/155399226064/from-dragonball-volume-16#notes

Janaruy 4th 2017

Tates comics in sunrise fl.

TATE'S Comics + Toys + more

yep same tates that rickmobile.

[viberevstudios]

It’s a GEEK BROS double feature TATE'S Comics + Toys + Videos + More special with Juancho, Darth Flex & Garbonzo covering the “Not At ComicCon” event followed by Garbanzo covering the “RickMobile” event ft. a Juancho cameo! Watch it here -https://youtu.be/R1fD7wdpm4o

[blogofmaddog]

How's a good dragon? You are! Now just one story and then it's off to bed.

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It may not look like much, but this is going to be Saiyan armor in a week or two. So excited! Foam provided by Tate's Comics in Lauderhill, FL.

[shygirlfae]

I added pics of the boyfriend because he is adorable and I miss him as he's currently deep in calc 2 studying