I have no idea what point you're trying to make. Kudos to any creator who escapes the slavery of a work-for-hire situation and gets rewarded properly for a successful creation. I wouldn't be surprised if many artists who work for themselves as freelancers incorporate themselves for tax purposes and also hire assistants. This is something that's been going on since the days of newspaper strips. McFarlane and his Image partners were not the first to have done this either. Kirby and Joe Simon for instance had done the same thing. The tragedy is someone like a Steve Ditko who didn't