Question - Do 'flatters' get credit?

**Juggertha** · 06-17-2012, 07:24 PM

So, a little while ago I ran into a guy on another forum that did a paint over of Loston's work. He tried to enter it into a contest against me... and I called foul. I'm all for paint overs as a legit way of colouring, but this guy was claiming it as his and that he had made significant changes.

I got to reading his site, and noticed this:

Comic Books I have helped to color flatten (partial list I cannot remember them all)

Army of Darkness + Marvel Zombies 1 to 5, Civil War Frontline 1 to 10 (sections dealing with SPEEDBALL), FILTH (early issues I hated these), ,Last Of the Mohicans (2007),Man In the Iron Mask (2007),Marvel Annhilation Prologue, Marvel Zombies 3,4,5, Marvel Zombies Dead Days, Silver Surfer Annihilation 1 to 4, several earlier Spiderman, X-Men related comics

And knowing this guy's penchant for exaggeration, I was curious if there was a way to verify who did flats on any given book.

So, do they give credit to 'flatters'?

edit: Also, anyone recognize these lines?

**amadarwin** · 06-17-2012, 07:55 PM

Flatters usually don't get any credit. At least I didn't when I dabbled in it.

**Juggertha** · 06-17-2012, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by amadarwin

Flatters usually don't get any credit. At least I didn't when I dabbled in it.

That's interesting. So one could claim to have worked on ABC book... but there's no way to verify.

And that's a shame about no credit - that's a whole bunch of work.

**blamito** · 06-17-2012, 08:19 PM

I could be wrong and I have no way of checking until tomorrow afternoon, but I want to say I think Eric Larson credits/(ed) some flatters before in Savage Dragon.

Also, with so many people on line it shouldn't be hard to track down the publisher/edito of a book and get a reference. Maybe not from Marvel or DC though.