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Dare2Draw's core mission to help mentor and provide networking opportunities for creators is focus on our creator code ecosystem.
We’re happy to start the 2019 with creator code at the High school of art and Design in NYC.
Supporting the amassing parents from the high school PTA’s with their comic book production “FANFAIRE” with a perfect way to support your school! |
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| Dare2Draw creatorCODE present: Steven Zelin "the Sining CPA" and Gammal Hennessy ESQ. "the LAW"! @FanfaireNYC with Simon Fraser & D2D Team
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Date: Saturday and Sunday Booth 505
Time: 10AM - 6 PM
Location: GymSunday 10:30A - 11:30A • Black Box: LL2 "FREELANCE IS’NT FREE" Location: LL2 Auditorium Black Box TALK WTH USE any time @dare2draw
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| | Steven Zelin can talk to you about: |
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ABOUT THE SINGING CPA
For many years it’s has been my great pleasure to write songs and perform them, mostly locally, for business groups, for gatherings of all kinds, and for kids.
Along the way I became the singing cpa, probably best known in New York for playing (guitar) and singing (my songs) on the steps of the Main Post Office in Manhattan on tax deadline night.
How does something like this come about? Well, it struck me that most people think of accounting as drudgery and accountants as squinty-eyed people hunched over ledger sheets and tax forms. Not! So part of my impulse was to put myself in a public venue and make fun of my own career, really. The other part was to maybe make people laugh at what is undoubtedly one of the most stressful times of the year for most of us.
From the feedback I get every year, it seems that I accomplished both! The Wall Street Journal has taken notice (front page yet!) The New York Times has taken notice. Buzz has been generated. Blogs have been written. And along the way I’ve become ‘that really smart tax guy who writes and sings funny stuff’.
If you’d like to book the singing CPA for a party, a business event, a gathering of any kind, really, you can reach me at: 1 646 678 4496 – my Manhattan office – or email me at info@zelincpa.com.
Have guitar (and guts, and some pretty good songs), will travel.
Wishing you a wonderful year.
Maybe I’ll see you at the Post Office on tax day.
Sincerely,
Steven
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| Gamal Hennessy can talk to you about: Creating Great IP Is Your Job.
Helping To Protect Your Legal Rights And Revenue Is My Job. |
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Professional History
I am an experienced entertainment transactions attorney with an expertise in comic book publishing and comic IP licensing. During my career, I’ve represented major corporate clients including AfterShock, Amazon, Mad Cave Studios, and Marvel, as well as independent entertainment professionals and independent publishers.
Central Park Media gave me my first real taste of entertainment law. As general counsel of a startup publishing company, I acted as the sole owner of all drafting and negotiating of international IP licenses, work for hire agreements and statements of work associated with anime and manga production. Our catalog included everything from the painfully tragic Grave of the Fireflies to the infamous Legend of the Overfiend and everything in between.
In 2002, Marvel brought me in to handle their new international publishing department. My main function was helping Marvel break into the Japanese market, but I also initiated, negotiated, drafted, and managed compliance for international licenses associated with Marvel entertainment IP. This work covered consumer goods, film, interactive media, and publishing in Europe, South America, and the Middle East. In addition, I drafted many of the exclusive talent deals Marvel began to set up around the time Ultimates began to gain traction. I left Marvel soon after the Ultimates, X-men and Spider-Man deals were established in Japan.
After Marvel, I began helping independent IP creators and freelance artists with their contracts and licensing issues. I’ve given lectures at the University of Albany and Comics Experience. Over the years, I've helped negotiate creator-owned deals with AfterShock, managed the contracts and IP matters for Mad Cave, developed publishing agreements for independent creators, and collaboration contracts for new comic teams.The last major client for C3 was Amazon Publishing, where I drafted and negotiated domestic and international publishing agreements for the Amazon imprints.
While I continue to negotiate contracts for my clients, I’m also writing a book on the business and legal aspects of the independent comic book industry. My goal is to help comic creators and independent publishers understand their legal position and give them the tools to get the most out of their work.
Have fun.
Gamal
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| | | | Massage from the Dare2Draw founder Charles D Chenet - "Sincero" |
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Creator and Founder of Dare2draw -
An idea that comes from identifying basic needs required to inform and empower all cartoonist and help create a better industry stander as the comic culture continues to grow and mature. We love comics , We are COMIX! Up and coming creators: You are the best of us, Your are the future!
"We're stronger together" |
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