Monday, February 25, 2008
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Friday, February 25, 2005
Google Fights for today
Spawn (4,560,000)
“Moon Knight” (30,600)
“Richard Dragon” (22,900)
“Shang-Chi” (18,400)
Multiverse (298,000)
Hypertime (49,500)
drunkduck.com (33,900)
keenspace.com (408,000)
buzzcomix.net (28,000)
topwebcomics.com (3,880)
onlinecomics.net (115,000)
thewebcomiclist.com (20,400)
“free comic book day” (49,600)
“new comic book day” (359)
“Blair Marnell” (313)
“Rich Johnston” (13,800)
“All The Rage” (701,000)
“Lying In The Gutters” (24,200)
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Comic Book Google Fights
(The winner is not always the first listed, but the first listed is always keyword #1)
“Hal Jordan” (42,300 results) v. “Kyle Rayner” (18,500 results)
Superman (4,080,000) v. Incredible Hulk (1,140,000)
Superman (4,808,000) v. Hulk (5,010,000)
Batman (10,100,000) v. Spider-Man (5,600,000)
“Wonder Woman” (1,380,000) v. “She-Hulk” (79,300)
“Wonder Woman” (1,380,000) v. She-Hulk (79,300)
“Identity Crisis” (525,000) v. “Identity Disc” (18,000)
E-Man (1,510,000) v. A-Team (23,300,000)
“E-Man” (191,000) v. “A-Team” (25,300,000)
A-Team (25,100,00) v. X-Men (6,370,000)
“Fantastic Four”(1,320,000) v. “Inferior Five” (1,510)
“Damon Hurd” (1,920) v. “Warren Ellis” (249,000)
“Sean McKeever” (10,100) v. “Greg Rucka” (70,300)
“Chyna Clugston-Major” (142) v. “Trina Robbins” (15,700)
“diesel sweeties” (148,000) v. “scary-go-round” (82,900)
chugworth (18,100) v. “theater hopper” (26,600)
Cerebus (147,000) v. Dalgoda (6,260)
“Omaha, the cat dancer” (3,410) v. “Neil the Horse” (786)
CGC (1,510,000) v. CGG (763,000) v. PGX (83,900) v. 3PG (68,400)
“Joe Quesada” (61,200) v. “Dan Didio” (7,350)
otaku (1,120,000) v. fanboy (541,000)
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Read this article on CBS News
For those of you out there who feel that Creator's Rights are passe or just another legal way to bog down the courts, read the article about Stan Lee. Think about what it would mean to have someone come along and make money off of something you created and then take all the credit.
You can argue Stan vs. Jack (Kirby) all you want, but now Marvel (the corporation) is working on cutting out Stan's reward from creating some of the most popular characters in comics. He was the guy who was the "hire" in "work-for-hire" at Marvel. Stan, through his creative work at Marvel Comics, became the living embodiment of Marvel Comics; the public face of Marvel Comics. There was, and still is, no thinking of Marvel Comics without thinking of Stan Lee.
When he stepped down, he made sure there was a clause in his contract relating to his ownership of the characters he created. He got Marvel Entertainment to put in writing he created Spider-Man, The Hulk, the X-Men, The Fantastic Four and others when he moved out. Yet when new regimes, editorial and otherwise, came in to power they tried to back out of the contract they had with Stan. They attempt to dishonor his legally acknowledged creative work.
Imagine the Walt Disney Company denying Walt Disney the person created Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck or Goofy. That is the closest you get to Marvel Entertainment stating that Stan Lee had no creative work at Marvel Comics: the company he renamed (from Timely/Atlas Comics) and single handedly saved from bankruptcy.
Now imagine Todd McFarlane being force out of McFarlane Productions and having the new controlling entity deny he created Spawn. We have copyright laws to protect the recognition (and income) due to a creator for creating a work of art, literary or visual. That is what happened to Stan.
Legal weasels will try to say it was all work-for-hire, but the key here is that Stan got Marvel Entertainment to say "Stan, you created the characters here." It was put in writing. Marvel Entertainment changed Stan's work-for-hire status to a creative status legally. Now they are renegging on their agreement.
Go Stan, Go!
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Free Comic Book Day 2005
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