Those books have not been drawn and Action Lab has not attempted to settle our current legal issues in any meaningful way. Perhaps even more worrying is Action Lab's claim in their Previews solicitation that this is meant to 'kick off the tenth volume.' Not only was this done without our approval, but the team has only finished the first issue of the volume and the implication that the rest of this volume is coming soon is misleading to retailers, consumers, and the distributor. This is the latest in Action Lab's continued policy of putting their personal profits before creators and we strongly disapprove. Jeremy and Emily have currently stopped working on Princeless and have not received any request to approve or finalize comics pages for a Free Comic Book Day release, nor have they approved any new work to be published in a format such as this which would not offer royalties or recompense to the creative team.

As detailed in the original complaint, these issues range from non-payment of royalties, late payment of artists, late delivery of books to the distributor, and Action Lab completely shutting down business and payments for a large chunk of 2020 without informing us or other creators. The creators of Princeless (Jeremy and Emily) are currently in a protracted legal battle with Action Lab regarding a number of issues that we feel should have voided our publishing contract with Action Lab. To say that this is a surprise to us is perhaps an understatement. It has come to our attention through the excitement of our fans that there is 'brand new' Princeless material being offered by Action Lab Comics for Free Comic Book Day.

Princeless creators on the series Jeremy Whitley and Emily C Martin are part of that lawsuit and issued a statement about the Free Comic Book Day listing, saying Action Lab also had a Free Comic Book Day title scheduled for this May, featuring work that may be under dispute. Last year, comic book publishers Action Lab Entertainment became the subject of concerns from several comic book creators over the past year, culminating in a class action lawsuit from a number of them.

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