“AWA was founded with faith in the principle that offering creators attractive deals along with extensive editorial and marketing support would bring out the best in them. Artists may do that on their own or opt to have AWA handle NFTs for them. Specifically, AWA artists may make NFT’s from AWA comic covers and pages and also draw new, original, art with AWA characters and make NFT’s from those pieces. In contrast to the approaches of major legacy comic book publishers, AWA’s policy allows artists to make and market NFTs featuring AWA characters and creates an AWA’s artist-centric program pro-actively supports those efforts. I think this in turn incentivizes us to be more creative with this new medium and platform when making new works for AWA.” says Mike Choi, artist of MOTHS.įor more on this news, read the official press release below.Īpril 8 th, 2021 - New York, New York - Artists Writers & Artisans (AWA), a creative business owned and operated by creators, announces a program and policies to support comic book artists in the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. Giving us the permission right off the bat to tokenize our digital works as if we were selling original art, should we choose to, is a sign to me that they’re not only trying to stay ahead of the curve on this developing technology, but are also trying to respect our individual business interests from the start. But AWA has done and continues to do the research, and is allowing us as artwork creators to be (or not be) involved, addressing our concerns on NFTs and the whole blockchain-business, and applying them to how we handle it as a company. “I think NFTs and their growing applications are a really new landscape in the mainstream and everyone top-to-bottom is just figuring it all out. Well done, AWA,” Says Mike Deodato Jr., artist of THE RESISTANCE and BAD MOTHER. They have been an example since day one on how to treat creators with the respect they deserve and couldn’t continue to do so with this new opportunity for artists. “AWA’s policy about NFT and creators is one to be followed by the whole industry.
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