The comics industry is notoriously difficult to get into. Everyone wants to work on a comic book, and there is no shortage of talent to pick from. Once the foot is in the door, you, as a creator, are subject to long working hours, lots of fights with editors, and working on projects that aren't your own. If you have an original idea, good luck getting it out into the world without signing your rights away. While what was just described may apply to the American comic book industry, when a manga publishing company wanted to create a line of American-made manga, a contest was created to seek out talent to create the business. The talent, in the end, found themselves out of a job and their creations stolen from them. What happened?