Comments on: Who Is Paul Frank?

By: Obamarama

Obamarama — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:03:30 +0000

I realize I’m a little late on this but I just read the article and all the comments and I have to say, I feel really angry and sick to my stomach. It sounds like Paul’s “partners” got caught up in their greed and ego. I know these two snakes will get what they deserve. Paul, on the other hand, needs to learn how to stand up for himself against people like that. Who knows? He’s probably better off without those two now.

I think commenter “who cares” didn’t care about reading the entire article. I’m sick of women being used as scapegoats in society. The whole “Yoko” reference was so contrived and ridiculous. In the article, it says there was no “prenump”, just a contract she signed that protected each partner’s shares of the company-which was in their agreement from the start. This means it wouldn’t affect her either way. It sounds to me like Paul wouldn’t be like his greedy, “twice-divorced” partner who believes in pre-nups and it’s hilarious they were “shocked” that they weren’t invited to the wedding after trying to meddle in it. I mean, really?

I absolutely agree with commenter Tom that true fans can tell the difference. I no longer see the clothes at department stores and now see them on sale at JC Penny’s. I hear Paul is working on a new line and I look forward to supporting him and not the two bald idiots.

LONG LIVE THE REAL PAUL FRANK!

By: who cares

who cares — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:58:06 +0000

Paul did NOT get screwed out of his company! I am so sick of all these blogs saying that Paul is a victim! Paul stopped showing up to work. Simple as that. He continued to get payed and he didn’t do anything for that paycheck. This whole fight started when Paul got married and his new wife refused to sign a prenump. Then she pushed for him to sue and have the company desolved so SHE could get more money! And thats the ugly truth. She refused to sign. Its not about a poor artist getting bullied by the man. Its about a guy who got P-whipped and tried to screw over his company.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:31:48 +0000

The run-in with his “partner’s” father- a PF board member- was all I needed to take sides. I think a boycott is in order. As creative people, we obviously all recognize what happened here. He got screwed out of his company and his name. Don’t support this kind of behavior. In fact, DO support the real Paul in his next project. I’m sure they’ll get a bunch of awful artists to repurpose his artwork, but true fans will be able to tell the difference.

Paul Frank Inc must die.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:24:44 +0000

Although I’m not a fan of his work this leaves an awful feeling in my stomach.

Typical suits:

1)Find someones skills to exploit (artist,musician,factory worker)
2)Demand things that are almost unatainable.
3)And then make the person who was responsible for starting everything feel in debt to them.

Businessmen are nothing but snakes. They are here to make a profit at any cost and at others expense. When are people going to wake up and realize this.
Paul didn’t want to make appearances because he was an introvert not a prima donna.
If that old man in the boardroom had asked me what I did in the company, he would have been picking his teeth up off the floor.

By: Jed Alexander

Jed Alexander — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:22:48 +0000

Poor social skills isn’t an excuse for not getting along with people by any means. But you also have to consider what people are best at doing, and if you want them to perform well, you should cater to their strengths. Going around the country in a Winabago signing posters and shaking hands was not something that came easily to or was the best fit for Paul Frank, but his partners seemed pretty insistant that this be his role in the company. I don’t think it was necessary or best for the company or Frank for him to be placed in the role of promoter and spokesperson. I think, though it’s not explicitly said, this was either directly or indirectly the cause of all the other friction.

It also sounds like Frank didn’t exactly know how to say know, and he resented the fact that he couldn’t. This is not an excuse for bad behavior either, but you have to wonder what his partners were thinking, knowing the kind of person Frank is, when they were sending him allover the country to promote this stuff.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:18:36 +0000

It doesn’t sound like it was just poor social skills – he described some really powerful anxiety, and that he didn’t want to take medication for it (suggesting someone had presented him that option). Paul Frank seems extremely sensitive, to the point where it prevented him getting along in the business world.

From PFI’s perspective it WAS Paul’s fault, because they just 100% could not relate to his problems, and he wasn’t trying to express them. He acted on his feelings. “Bridge or buffer people” to mediate the situation may indeed have helped. He felt alone.

His comeback is inevitable, isn’t it? No one can stop him from being talented!

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:11:04 +0000

What a sad story. This is a falling-out that should never have happened.

I am not even a fan of Paul Frank, however, I do feel for the guy. However, as an introverted person myself, I believe there is absolutely no excuse for poor social skills. You have to learn to relate to other people on some level whether you like it or not. And how in the world could the guy have signed away his stuff without reading the contracts?

I don’t really know about any of the folks involved, but I actually found myself leaning toward the side of the folks at PFI–although I don’t agree with the corporate underhandedness described in the article.

I agree with Kathy. I think blame lies with both sides. And I also hope to see a Paul Frank comeback.

By: Al aka El Negro Magnifico

Al aka El Negro Magnifico — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:55:37 +0000

“a gigantic lack of communiation…”
I couldn’t agree more, Kathy.

By: kathy weller

kathy weller — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:37:35 +0000

Unbelievably sad. Sounds like a case of misunderstandings of gargantuan proportaions, a gigantic lack of communiation, and no sorely needed ‘bridge’ or ‘buffer’ people in their professional lanscape at all. The bully mentality described at PFI (judging by the We Are Paul Frank t-shirts) ounds sadly as if it’s fostering morale there. I’m not taking sides, I only read one article and I can see how there could be blame on both sides. It’s terribly sad. I hope that Paul Frank – the man, not the Industry, treats us all to an awesome comeback story in a few years’ time.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:54:17 +0000

i thought paul frank was supposed to be your friend?

no matter what actually went down, it’s sad to see such a great story end like that. here’s hoping everybody gets what they deserve out of it, and paul frank gets to keep doing what he does best.