In August, 17 comic artists filed a lawsuit against Paolo Belfiore and Cadence Comic Art. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of “egregious misconduct” and defrauding the plaintiffs out of money. Cadence Comic Art is/was a popular site to purchase original comic art.

The plaintiffs include Becky Cloonan, David Marquez, Wesley Craig, Paolo Villanelli, Leila Leiz, Alessandro Cappuccio, Danai Christina Kilaidoni, Elena Casagrande, Valerio Schiti, Mahmud Anjum Asrar, Joelle Jones, Yildiray Cinar, Rafael Albuquerque, Tyler Crook, Jenny Frison, Pia Guerra, and Jill Thompson, and they are being represented by Adwar Ivko.

The original 15 page complaint laid out the accusations the amount in dispute being over $473,000 and that the defendants collected over $236,253 in commissions for their services with this going back to 2008.

Judge Rochon directed the parties to file a joint letter addressing, among other things, the nature of the action, proposed deadlines, and other required information, in the above captioned case.

The letter is interesting, but more interesting is the exhibit submitted that highlights communication issues on Belfiore’s end, something that has come up before.

The letter summarizes what Belfiore and Cadence Comic Art are accused of and you can read that and the exhibit submitted below.