Counting Down CrossGen
So the
October
1st deadline has apparently come and gone without any of the
freelancers receiving payment from CrossGen. In fact,
one
freelancer actually stepped forward to inform people that he still
hadn't received payment as of yesterday. Meanwhile, CrossGen
remains locked in a bunker mentality, refusing to release any statement
on what's happening at the company. The silence on the big issues
everyone's talking about is baffling: Wouldn't it be better to
address the company's recent restructuring and the ongoing freelancer
issue directly rather than let speculation run rampant? It's not like
CG is engaging in a
total media blackout, after all:
Bill Rosemann is still starting inane threads (such as
this
one about
Way of the Rat appearing in
Cinescape) in
the "CG Buzz" section of CrossGen's message boards. If CG was
hoping things would simply "blow over" if they didn't feed the beast,
that strategy seems to be backfiring: Even staunch CrossGen
defenders and boosters are beginning to speak in terms of "losing
faith" in the company. If the company's dedicated fanbase is
crumbling, things look pretty grim for the future of CrossGen, even if
they do solve their "primary financial short-term issues" by
October 9th.
