Comments on: Starstruck! http://srbissette.com/?p=16292 MYRANT Sat, 18 May 2013 03:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: WordAndReason http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7934 WordAndReason Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:25:21 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7934 Chuck Miller wrote: "They must have a whole legal department looking for non-issues like this so they can bully people." I suspect that this kind of thing has nothing to do with any legitimate claims of ownership, but rather a legal team insuring their own continual flow of paychecks. No cases, no pay. "It's been a while. Find someone to sue before they start asking what we've done this month." Chuck Miller wrote: “They must have a whole legal department looking for non-issues like this so they can bully people.”
I suspect that this kind of thing has nothing to do with any legitimate claims of ownership, but rather a legal team insuring their own continual flow of paychecks. No cases, no pay.
“It’s been a while. Find someone to sue before they start asking what we’ve done this month.”

]]> By: Henry R. Kujawa http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7930 Henry R. Kujawa Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:55:51 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7930 They have to justify their jobs. Like Hollywood "script doctors" who HAVE to bastardize every film script that comes before them, otherwise, why are they collecting that fat paycheck for? In recent years I've found myself more and more referring to Stan Lee as a "Hollywood kinda guy". He always said he wanted to get out of comics, and into movies. Along the way, he had a lot of practice... needlessly re-writing OTHER PEOPLE's stories, then claiming the finished result was all his idea. They have to justify their jobs. Like Hollywood “script doctors” who HAVE to bastardize every film script that comes before them, otherwise, why are they collecting that fat paycheck for?

In recent years I’ve found myself more and more referring to Stan Lee as a “Hollywood kinda guy”. He always said he wanted to get out of comics, and into movies. Along the way, he had a lot of practice… needlessly re-writing OTHER PEOPLE’s stories, then claiming the finished result was all his idea.

]]> By: Chuck Miller http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7929 Chuck Miller Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:27:11 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7929 It doesn't even look like Disney intends to do anything with it. What the creators do with it would not affect them at all. Just throwing their weight around because they can. They must have a whole legal department looking for non-issues like this so they can bully people. It doesn’t even look like Disney intends to do anything with it. What the creators do with it would not affect them at all. Just throwing their weight around because they can. They must have a whole legal department looking for non-issues like this so they can bully people.

]]> By: Peter Urkowitz http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7928 Peter Urkowitz Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:58:44 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7928 Glad to hear about the happy resolution of this scary incident. Starstruck remains one of the great masterpieces of the modern comics era, and knowing that it is owned by its creators is a source of joy and pride for comics fans everywhere. Thanks for the reminder! Glad to hear about the happy resolution of this scary incident.

Starstruck remains one of the great masterpieces of the modern comics era, and knowing that it is owned by its creators is a source of joy and pride for comics fans everywhere. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: srbissette http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7927 srbissette Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:22:01 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7927 Elaine Lee posted: "Announcement! Just got it in writing. The matter has been resolved. Sent to our lawyer around 3:00 PM EST." Elaine Lee posted: “Announcement! Just got it in writing. The matter has been resolved. Sent to our lawyer around 3:00 PM EST.”

]]> By: Bill Anderson http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7926 Bill Anderson Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:10:24 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7926 Steve, any word from Tom Yeates or Rick Veitch about whether they've been similarly harassed over their Epic titles? Steve, any word from Tom Yeates or Rick Veitch about whether they’ve been similarly harassed over their Epic titles?

]]> By: BobH http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7925 BobH Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:07:26 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7925 "GodCorp, Ltd. We Make Product" Steve Gerber & Jack Kirby, 1982 “GodCorp, Ltd.
We Make Product”

Steve Gerber & Jack Kirby, 1982

]]> By: Elizabeth Watasin http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7924 Elizabeth Watasin Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:54:51 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7924 This may be why you're getting the scare tactic since the work is now over 30 yrs old: http://dearauthor.com/features/reclaiming-your-copyright-after-thirty-five-years/ I hope this helps! This may be why you’re getting the scare tactic since the work is now over 30 yrs old:
http://dearauthor.com/features/reclaiming-your-copyright-after-thirty-five-years/
I hope this helps!

]]> By: lankyguy http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7923 lankyguy Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:08:11 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7923 This surprises anyone? This surprises anyone?

]]> By: Elaine Lee http://srbissette.com/?p=16292&cpage=1#comment-7922 Elaine Lee Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:59:45 +0000 http://srbissette.com/?p=16292#comment-7922 There's nothing to win. No lawsuit. Just a letter that challenged our ownership in a rather harsh and scary way. We sent them documents that backed our ownership of the property and it seems to have calmed down. Here's what bothers me. I've moved four times and raised three sons to adulthood, since we signed those Epic contracts. Luckily, Michael Kaluta lives alone, has only moved once, and has kept every document with his name on it since his 1st Grade report card. If a major corporation is challenging creators who worked for them 30 years ago, before everyone kept digital copies, how many documents that supported these creators will have been lost to moves or storm damage or house fires? Honestly, I don't know if we're just an aberration, thanks to our title, or if other Epic creators will be challenged. Guess time will tell. There’s nothing to win. No lawsuit. Just a letter that challenged our ownership in a rather harsh and scary way. We sent them documents that backed our ownership of the property and it seems to have calmed down. Here’s what bothers me. I’ve moved four times and raised three sons to adulthood, since we signed those Epic contracts. Luckily, Michael Kaluta lives alone, has only moved once, and has kept every document with his name on it since his 1st Grade report card. If a major corporation is challenging creators who worked for them 30 years ago, before everyone kept digital copies, how many documents that supported these creators will have been lost to moves or storm damage or house fires? Honestly, I don’t know if we’re just an aberration, thanks to our title, or if other Epic creators will be challenged. Guess time will tell.

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