Rich Johnston gathers INTEL on Josh Hoopes for FBI INVESTIGATION!

 This news is brilliant and I am mirroring his article here, hopefully there will be justice for the victims of this scam artist [JOSH HOOPES]

From BLEEDINGCOOL.COM/ RICH JOHNSTON - SOURCE
 

Have you been screwed buy Josh Hoopes?

Did he pose as you to get commissioned work?

Did you hire him, based on falsified credentials?

Did he deliver art from another artist pretending it was his?

Did he hire you as an artist, take some pages and then disappear, never paying you a penny?

Then it is time to get in touch. Things are happening. Legal people are being consulted in and around
Sacremento, California as well as the FBI.

Email your details and your case study to comicartjustice@gmail.com.

PUBLISHER - RICK OLNEY - *DECEASED*

The following links are full of personal experiences/ first hand accounts.


SOURCE(S):

 BLEEDING COOL by RICH JOHNSTON   06-27-2009

UNSCREWED! Page 1 by ADMIN   2006 to 2010

UNSCREWED! Page 2 by ADMIN   2006 to 2010

SCAMMER - JOSH HOOPES - CON ARTIST

Josh Hoopes has been swindling artists and others for years using various aliases.

SOURCE:

BLEEDING COOL by Rich Johnston April 29, 2011

PUBLISHER - KIRK LINDO - CON ARTIST

Kirk Lindo started Brainstorm comics back in the mid 90's and is known for his character Luxura featured in Vamperotica.

PERSONAL SOURCE:

Morgan Welborn/ Black Pyramid Studios 01

Morgan Welborn/ Black Pyramid Studios 02

Back in 1999 I got a contract signed with Kirk Lindo at BrainStorm Comics to draw pin-up's for a few books, I was promised payment after the books hit the shelves, as the story goes Kirk Lindo stopped returning my phone calls and letters sent by Mail. He just disappeared. I drew 31 pin-up's and later found out he sold everyone of them on Ebay and kept that money on top of publishing my work. I even tried to file a small claims case, but he no longer (or never did) have an office at the address in the comic, so I really had no recourse.

Morgan Welborn published in 2000 by Kirk Lindo/ Brainstorm comics/ Vamperotica 31 Pin-up's

Vamperotica Pin-Up Special #1 + 7 pin-up's


Vamperotica Illustrated #3 [No credit] + 4 pin-up's


Buxotica #1a Cover artist + 13 Pin-ups [No artist or contact info]


CURRENT STATUS: CONFIRMED DEADBEAT

 ***MORE SOURCES: The Comics Journal by Michael Dean  11-14-2003

Inkers Winston Blakely and Luis Sierra say Kirk Lindo hired them to do work on Countess Vladimira for his Vamperotica line but never paid them. Scott Goodell says he is owed money by Lindo's Brainstorm Comics, Carralero and former Carralero publisher High Impact. C.J. Henderson says he is owed more than $500 for a screenplay and a column done for Lindo. Cynthia Johns, aka The Blonde Avenger, says she never received payments contractually due for an issue starring her character done for Lindo's Brainstorm Comics. Lindo says... well, Lindo's not returning the Journal's calls or e-mails. Not much is left of the indy Bad Girl boom of the mid '90s but bad checks and bad blood.