Pat Lee (comics)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For other people named Pat Lee, see Pat Lee (disambiguation).
Pat Lee
BornPatrick Lee
(1975-06-28) June 28, 1975 (age 48)
Area(s)Penciller, publisher
Pseudonym(s)The Transman,
WildC.A.T.S.
Wetworks (comics)
Transformers

Patrick Lee

comic book artist, publisher, former president, and co-founder of the now-defunct Dreamwave Productions.[4][5]

Biography

Lee began his career in the comic book industry by sending sample artworks to

Wizard he stated:

When I was working there, I'd have work slapped down at me. It's gotta be done today. I'd hear, and I figured, okay, this is something I've gotta get used to.[6]

Lee worked on various titles such as

mini-series called Revelation.[7]

Lee has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Dreamwave

A year later, he and his brother Roger Lee founded Dreamwave Productions. They began publishing their first mini-series Darkminds, followed by other titles like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Warlands, Fate of the Blade, NecroWar, Sandscape and other graphic novels. Dreamwave filed for bankruptcy in January 2005 amidst a great deal of controversy, including rumors such as neglecting to pay several artists.[8]

Work for hire

When Dreamwave Productions closed, Lee formed a new production company known as Dream Engine and parlayed his work on the Transformers franchise to land a string of jobs for Marvel and DC, most notably an

Washington Times in particular criticizing his ability to draw humans versus the non-human robots from Transformers.[9] Lee directed the music video for the song Electric by the band Blush.[10] He was also a concept designer for CGI cartoon Train Hero (高铁侠) for Cartoon Animation.[11]

Controversy

Since the closure of Dreamwave, Pat Lee has been criticized for his business practices. In an interview with

Cyberforce title without being credited,[18] with Lee eventually stopping payment to Milne when Top Cow had asked for confirmation that Lee was indeed the sole artist of the book and Milne refused to comply.[19]

In December 2010, Pat Lee gave Johnston an interview, in which Johnston reiterated all of the above claims. While Lee admitted that "many artists had delays in payment" even before the bankruptcy and "regret[s] not being able to speak to everyone" beforehand, he also claimed that "most creators at Dreamwave were aware that we were going through financial difficulties. We didn’t announce it, but people were not being paid in full, and it was pretty obvious." He also claimed that "I barely paid myself at Dreamwave, and didn’t pay myself for extended periods so that the company could pay other bills." Regarding the Porsche, Lee claimed that it "was leased by Dreamwave and I was personally responsible for the vehicle at the end", whereas the apartment was a "small apartment in Toronto that I paid a mortgage on". Regarding Alex Milne's work as a ghost artist on Cyberforce, Lee claimed that he "forgot to adjust the credits at the end of the job", which was "definitely my error", and offered Milne to "provide me the appropriate documentation and evidence" that "Dream Engine owed him money." He also claimed that he didn't recall firing Alex, and that he "expressed to him via email in May 2007 that I understood he was paid in full".

Other allegations brought up by Johnston in the interview, namely that Top Cow had told him [Johnston] that Lee had specifically assured them that he was doing all the work on Cyberforce himself and that Marvel had told him [Johnston] that they were "asked to stop paying money to Dreamwave [for outsourced projects such as the X-Men/Fantastic Four limited series] but send it to Dream Engine instead", were not addressed by Lee. Lee did not respond to the specific request to offer evidence to counter the claim that he was trying to "siphon money from big gigs away from Dreamwave to Dream Engine in the months before the bankruptcy." However, Lee announced plans to set up a "Creative Refund Movement" with the specific intention to "raise funds to pay former Dreamwave artists who were financially affected by the bankruptcy."[20] As of 2015, no Dreamwave employees have received any monetary compensation for their work at the company through the "Creative Refund Movement."

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Transformers Comics For September". Comic News I. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Dark Aalok review". 2011-02-26. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ Bloodpool Special #1 (March 1996)
  4. ^ Staff (2005-01-17). "DreamWave Folds; ComicsOne, Too?". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2008-05-29. 2008-05-29.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Sean (2002-04-30). "Transformers adapt to top today's charts". Daily Nebraskan.
  6. ^ Wizard Magazine #93 April Fools' Day issue, May 1999
  7. ISBN 0-7851-0729-0
  8. ^ "Dreamwave Productions Closes Up Shop", Comic Book Resources, January 4, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  9. Washington Times
    . 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  10. ^ Pat Lee (director) (2012-11-05). Blush - Electric [Official Music Video] (YouTube Video). Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
  11. ^ "TV Tokyo, Pat Lee, China's Carloon Make Train Hero Show - Interest". Anime News Network. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  12. ^ Alex Segura Jr.: "The Dreamwave Bankruptcy: From the Writers Point of View" Archived 2009-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama com, July 26th, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  13. ^ Interview with Simon Furman Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Transfans.co.uk, September 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  14. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Not Paying Award", Comic Book Resources, January 3rd, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  15. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Unjust Desserts", Comic Book Resources, July 11th, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  16. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Dream a Little Dream", Comic Book Resources, August 1st, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  17. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Handful of Dust", Comic Book Resources, February 28th, 2005. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  18. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Just What Are The Paying Pat Lee for Anyway?", Comic Book Resources, September 11th, 2006. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  19. ^ Rich Johnston: "Lying in the Gutters: Another Pat Lee Story", Comic Book Resources, April 30th, 2007. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.
  20. ^ Rich Johnston: "Pat Lee Talks To Bleeding Cool Via A Dabel Brother", Bleeding Cool, December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 9th, 2011.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Lee_(comics)&oldid=1205472004"