Re: MARVEL vs. DC - Who will win? (rethorische Frage)
Noch ein Beweis wieso Marvel besser ist:
Evan Dorkin talks about DCs cartoonist ban:
First up from the files, the only piece of art I was allowed to draw for the Superman and Batman: Worlds Funnest book for DC Comics. Not that it appears anywhere in the book. Long story short, part of which has been covered here before: DC has a clause that prevents folks from writing and drawing material unless said person is on the payroll or incorporated. Fear of lawsuits from freelancers claiming their work-for-hire entitles them to ownership of Batman or whatever the hell under some newly-inaugurated copyright laws or whatever the hell. I guess based on DCs history they fully expect people to try to do whatever underhanded thing they can to chisel money and ownership of other peoples characters when the opportunity even vaguely arises. Or whatever the hell.
End result, I wasnt allowed to draw a page of Worlds Funnest even though I tried to get around it by various means, all of which went bust. Can I have someone else write the page I would draw? A hassle, apparently. Pretend Sarah wrote it? Wed get in trouble and the world would break in half. Use a pseudonym? It could mean jail time and Siegel and Schuster regaining control of Pete Ross. Sign an agreement that I wouldnt pursue my questionable rights to the DC empire if I drew a goddamned page of a comic? No, no, a thousand times no. They wouldnt put me on the payroll for a lousy single page, and I wasnt going to incorporate for a lousy single page, so, no go (Somehow this hasnt been an issue at Marvel, expect them to lose the rights to every one of their characters any minute now. Ive got dibs on Fight-Man and whoever else is left over after the great purge).
https://evandorkin.livejournal.com/149495.html
