Legal
This document is both the Terms of Use and the End User License Agreement for Comic Garden. It covers your account, the work you upload, what a subscription buys, how creators get paid, and how we handle disagreements.
A plain summary so you know what you are agreeing to. The full agreement below is what actually governs, and it wins if the two ever disagree.
You keep it. All of it.
You own everything you upload. You give us permission to display it in the app and nothing more. Delete it and that permission ends.
30% of net proceeds
Creators earn 30% of what we actually receive from Apple on their paid content. Payouts release through Stripe once your balance reaches $100.
Adults only, 18 and up
Comic Garden is not built for children. Accounts require you to be at least 18 years old.
Mature storytelling, yes. Pornography, no.
Violence, gore, and sexual themes are allowed as part of a fictional story. Content made purely for arousal is not.
Billed by Apple, cancel anytime
Everything renews through your Apple ID. You cancel in your device settings, and Apple handles refunds.
Arbitration, with an exit
Disputes go to individual arbitration instead of court, and no class actions. You can opt out within 30 days by email.
Someone else's comics are not yours to upload. That one gets accounts removed faster than anything else on this page.
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Effective September 13, 2026.
These Terms of Use, which also serve as the End User License Agreement for the Comic Garden application, form a binding agreement between you and Comic Garden ("Comic Garden," "we," "us," or "our"). They govern your use of the Comic Garden mobile application, our websites, and any related services (together, the "Service").
You accept these terms by creating an account, by tapping to agree when prompted in the app, or by using the Service. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
If you are agreeing on behalf of a studio, publisher, or other organization, you confirm you have authority to bind that organization, and "you" refers to both you and that organization.
Comic Garden is the company that operates the Service. We are the Licensor of the application and the party you are contracting with.
Disclosure about affiliated publishers. Viewtopia Comic Book Co. is a separate comic book publisher that distributes its titles inside Comic Garden. Viewtopia is a publisher on the platform in the same way any other creator or publisher is, and it is subject to these terms. We tell you this so the relationship is on the record rather than something you discover later. We do not guarantee that platform features, recommendations, or placement are distributed equally among all creators, and we may promote titles, including Viewtopia titles, at our discretion.
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use the Service. Comic Garden is an adult platform that permits mature storytelling, and it is not designed or intended for children.
By using the Service you represent that you are 18 or older, that you have the legal capacity to enter this agreement, and that you are not barred from using the Service under the laws of your jurisdiction. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 18, we will close it.
You are responsible for the accuracy of your account information, for keeping your credentials secure, and for everything that happens under your account. Tell us promptly at viewtopiastudios@gmail.com if you believe your account has been accessed without your permission.
One person, one account, unless we agree otherwise in writing. Do not sell, rent, or transfer your account or your creator handle. Do not impersonate another person, creator, publisher, or brand, and do not use a handle intended to be confused with someone else's.
You can delete your account at any time from inside the app. Section 19 explains what happens when you do.
We grant you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to install and use the Comic Garden application on Apple branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and to use the Service for your personal or creative business purposes.
You may not:
If you sell or give away your device, remove the application from it first. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
You own your work. Uploading a comic to Comic Garden does not transfer any ownership, copyright, or trademark to us. We do not acquire a stake in your characters, your series, or your universe. The license below exists only so we can technically operate the app you uploaded to.
"Your Content" means anything you upload, post, or submit through the Service, including pages, panels, covers, character biographies, series information, profile images, text, and comments.
The license. You grant Comic Garden a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free license to host, store, cache, reproduce, reformat, resize, letterbox, generate previews and thumbnails of, transmit, and publicly display Your Content, solely for the purpose of operating, securing, and providing the Service to users you have chosen to make it available to.
Sublicensing is limited. We may sublicense these rights only to service providers that operate infrastructure on our behalf, such as hosting, storage, content delivery, and payment processors, and only to the extent needed to run the Service.
The license ends when you do. When you delete Your Content or your account, this license ends, except for two narrow cases: copies that remain in routine backups or logs until they are overwritten in the ordinary course, and content already delivered to a subscriber during a period they paid for.
We do not sell Your Content. We do not license Your Content to third parties for their own commercial use. We do not use Your Content to train machine learning or artificial intelligence models, and we do not permit others to do so through the Service.
Your promises about Your Content. For everything you upload, you represent and warrant that you own it or have all rights and permissions necessary to upload it and to authorize the license above, that it does not infringe anyone's copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy, or other rights, and that it does not violate any law or these terms. You are solely responsible for Your Content, including any claim arising from it.
The following are prohibited anywhere on the Service:
We may add to or clarify these rules as the platform grows. Material changes will be announced under Section 24.
Comic Garden exists for comics, and comics have always told difficult stories. Graphic violence, gore, horror, and sexual themes are permitted when they serve a fictional narrative and are presented as artistic expression.
Pornographic content is not permitted. By that we mean content whose primary purpose is sexual arousal rather than storytelling, including explicit sexual imagery presented outside any narrative context, and content that is functionally sexual material with artwork attached.
The line is drawn on purpose and we apply it at our discretion. A horror series with a brutal scene belongs here. A gallery of explicit imagery with a thin story wrapped around it does not.
Labeling is mandatory. If your work contains mature content, you must label it using the tools provided in the app when you upload. Deliberately mislabeling mature work, or leaving it unlabeled to reach a wider audience, is a violation of these terms and may result in removal or account termination. Accurate labeling is what keeps the platform compliant with the App Store and keeps readers in control of what they see.
We respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Send notices to our designated agent at viewtopiastudios@gmail.com with the subject line "DMCA Notice." Include your physical or electronic signature, identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed, identification of the material you say is infringing and enough detail for us to locate it in the app, your contact information, a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the rights holder or the law, and a statement under penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the rights holder.
If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter notice to the same address containing your signature, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief it was removed by mistake, your contact information, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your district, or the Western District of Missouri if you are outside the United States.
We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Three substantiated infringement notices against an account will ordinarily result in permanent termination, and we may act sooner where the infringement is deliberate or large scale. Knowingly filing a false notice or counter notice can carry legal liability under the DMCA.
We may review, remove, hide, age restrict, limit the distribution of, or refuse to publish any content, and we may suspend or terminate any account, where we believe these terms have been violated or where content presents a risk to users, to creators, or to the platform. We can act with or without advance notice, and we are not obligated to monitor content proactively.
Reported content may be hidden automatically while we review it. Where a subscription or paid content is involved, suspension or removal does not entitle you to a refund from us beyond what Apple provides under Section 12.
Appeals. If you believe we removed something in error or acted against your account unfairly, email viewtopiastudios@gmail.com with your account handle and what was removed. We will review it and respond. A human reads these.
Every post and every profile in Comic Garden can be reported from inside the app. Reports go to our moderation queue and we review them, typically within 24 hours of receipt.
You can block any user from their profile. Blocking prevents that person from viewing your content, following you, messaging you, or interacting with your posts, and it applies in both directions.
You agree not to use reporting tools in bad faith, such as mass reporting a creator you disagree with. Abuse of the reporting system is itself a violation of these terms.
Comic Garden offers auto renewable subscriptions, including the Library Card and subscriptions to individual creators. All prices, subscription lengths, and terms are displayed in the app before you purchase.
You may restore previous purchases at any time using the Restore Purchases option in the app.
A subscription grants you a personal, limited, nontransferable right to view and read the content it unlocks inside the Comic Garden app, for as long as your subscription is active and the content remains available on the platform.
A subscription does not give you ownership of any comic, a downloadable or permanent copy, the right to redistribute or resell anything, or any right that survives the end of your subscription.
Availability can change. Creators control their own work. A creator may delete a series, unpublish a title, change its pricing tier, or leave the platform, and any of those will remove content you previously had access to. We do not guarantee that any particular work stays available for any length of time. If a substantial amount of the content you subscribed for disappears during a paid period, contact us and we will look at the circumstances, and Apple's refund process remains available to you under Section 12.
Creators earn 30% of the Net Proceeds attributable to their paid content. "Net Proceeds" means the amount Comic Garden actually receives for a transaction after the commission charged by Apple, applicable sales tax and value added tax, currency conversion, refunds, chargebacks, and payment processing fees. Comic Garden retains the remainder, which funds hosting, moderation, development, and operations.
We may change the revenue share on 30 days written notice to your account email. The new rate applies to earnings accrued after the notice period ends, and your earnings accrued before then are unaffected.
Your Creator Hub includes a referral code you may share. Referral codes are personal to your account and may not be sold, spammed, posted to coupon aggregators, or used through paid search on Comic Garden's own brand terms.
We may void referral credits obtained through self referral, duplicate accounts, bots, or any other manipulation, and we may modify, suspend, or end the referral program at any time. Referral credits have no cash value except as expressly described in the app.
Our handling of personal information is described in the Comic Garden Privacy Policy, which is part of this agreement by reference.
You also agree that we may collect and use technical data and related information, including information about your device, operating system, and application software, gathered periodically to provide software updates, product support, and other services related to the application. We use this information in a form that does not personally identify you to improve our products and services.
The Service relies on third parties including Apple, our hosting and database providers, and Stripe, and creator profiles may link to external websites, stores, and social accounts.
You use external services and links at your own risk. We do not examine or evaluate the content or accuracy of third party services and we are not responsible for them. We may change, suspend, restrict, or remove access to any third party integration at any time. Your use of a third party service is governed by that party's own terms.
Feedback. If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feature requests, you grant us an unrestricted, royalty free, perpetual right to use them without obligation or compensation to you. Do not send us anything you consider confidential.
Promotion. You grant us a limited, revocable license to use your creator handle, profile image, series title, cover art, and a representative sample of your published pages to promote Comic Garden and the work hosted on it, across our app, website, and marketing channels. This license covers promotion of the platform and your work on it, and nothing else. You can opt out at any time by emailing viewtopiastudios@gmail.com, and we will stop using your work in new promotional material and remove it from material we control.
You can leave at any time. Delete your account from inside the app. Deletion removes your profile, your uploaded content, and your personal information from active systems, subject to backups that cycle out in the ordinary course and to records we are required to keep for legal, tax, or fraud prevention reasons.
Before deleting, request any earnings you are owed. Pending balances are handled under Section 14.
We may terminate or suspend your access for violation of these terms, for conduct that creates risk or legal exposure, or if we discontinue the Service. Where the circumstances allow, we will give you notice and an opportunity to retrieve your content.
Sections 6 (as to content already delivered), 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, and 24 survive termination.
YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT AND FEATURES IN IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. COMIC GARDEN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY COMIC GARDEN OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES CREATES A WARRANTY. SHOULD THE SERVICE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON A CONSUMER'S STATUTORY RIGHTS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error free, that content will be available at any given time, or that any creator will earn any particular amount. We are not responsible for content posted by users, and we do not endorse it.
TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMIC GARDEN BE LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOST CONTENT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL LOSS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF COMIC GARDEN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMIC GARDEN'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN CASES INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY, EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID COMIC GARDEN IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITATIONS, SO THEY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Comic Garden and its officers, employees, and contractors from any claim, demand, loss, liability, or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of Your Content, your use of the Service, your violation of these terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you agree to cooperate with us if we do.
Read this section carefully. It requires most disputes to be resolved by individual binding arbitration rather than in court, and it waives your right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. You can opt out within 30 days and keep every other right in this agreement.
Before starting arbitration or any other proceeding, you agree to send written notice of the dispute to viewtopiastudios@gmail.com with the subject line "Dispute Notice," describing the problem and the resolution you want. We will do the same for any dispute we have with you. Both sides agree to work in good faith for 60 days from the date of that notice to resolve it informally. Neither side may begin arbitration until that period ends. This step is a condition precedent, and any applicable limitations period is tolled while it runs.
If the dispute is not resolved, it will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted in the English language. Hearings may be held by telephone or video, or in a mutually agreed location, and the arbitrator will decide the allocation of fees under the applicable AAA rules. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section.
YOU AND COMIC GARDEN AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON'S CLAIMS EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE BATCHING PROVISION BELOW. YOU AND COMIC GARDEN WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
If 25 or more claimants represented by the same or coordinated counsel file demands for arbitration raising substantially similar claims within a 90 day period, the demands will be administered in batches of no more than 50 claimants each. Each batch is treated as a single consolidated arbitration with one arbitrator, one set of fees, and one hearing. A small number of bellwether cases will be heard first, and both sides agree to use the results to resolve the remaining cases in the batch in good faith. Any applicable limitations period is tolled for claimants awaiting their batch.
You may opt out of this arbitration and class waiver section by emailing viewtopiastudios@gmail.com with the subject line "Arbitration Opt Out" within 30 days of first accepting these terms. Include your name and the email on your account. Opting out costs you nothing, affects no other part of this agreement, and will not be held against you in any way.
If the class action waiver above is found unenforceable as to any claim or request for relief, then this entire arbitration section does not apply to that claim or request, and it will be brought in the courts identified in Section 24. Class arbitration is not agreed to under any circumstance. The rest of this section remains in effect for all other claims.
These terms apply to the version of Comic Garden distributed through the Apple App Store, and they replace Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement.
You may not use or otherwise export or re-export the application except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction in which the application was obtained. In particular, the application may not be exported or re-exported into any United States embargoed country, or to anyone on the United States Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals List or the United States Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List. You agree not to use the application for any purpose prohibited by United States law.
The application and related documentation are "Commercial Items" as defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation" as those terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202. Consistent with those provisions, the software and documentation are licensed to United States Government end users only as Commercial Items and with only those rights granted to all other end users under these terms.
Governing law. These terms and any dispute arising from them are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, excluding its conflict of law rules. For any matter not subject to arbitration under Section 22, you and Comic Garden consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Missouri. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. If you are a consumer residing in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, or Iceland, the mandatory consumer protection law and courts of your usual place of residence apply to you instead.
Changes to these terms. We may update these terms as the Service changes. For material changes we will give notice in the app or by email at least 14 days before they take effect, and we will update the version number and effective date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the Service after the effective date means you accept the revised terms. If you do not accept them, stop using the Service and delete your account.
Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the rest of these terms remain in full effect. Section 22 contains its own severability rule, which controls within that section.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these terms or your account. We may assign these terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, on notice to you.
Entire agreement. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms presented in the app, are the entire agreement between you and Comic Garden about the Service, and they replace any prior agreement on the same subject.
Notices. We may send notices to the email on your account or through the app. You send notices to us at viewtopiastudios@gmail.com.
Comic Garden
General and support: viewtopiastudios@gmail.com
Copyright notices: viewtopiastudios@gmail.com, subject line "DMCA Notice"
Arbitration opt out: viewtopiastudios@gmail.com, subject line "Arbitration Opt Out"