And it’s weird so many people assume that I’m currently hiring.
And it’s weird so many people assume that I’m currently hiring.
Because Brubaker’s concepts are earning Disney hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. You’re looking at it the wrong way. Not “why.” “Why not” is how you should look at it.
Why not reward him above and beyond, given that his concepts have gone into use far beyond what Marvel was initially expecting him to do? Give him a 1099 with the bonus or award. There’s no legal problem with awarding him.
But again hasn't Disneys use of the character also increased interests in Brubakers original stories? And doesn't he benefit from the sales of those stories? And doesnt someone who reads those original Brubaker Winter Soldiers stories also maybe get interested in other stories from Brubaker?
Excellent. I agree wholeheartedly. It’s all very vague. There’s no definition to it. No one is obligated, no one is owed, not by any legal standards, at least. In the summer of 2019, in lieu of an actual bonus, we were so freaking over budget, I was taken out to lunch by our regional leadership. A nice little reward to show appreciation. Always order the steak! We did make our quarterly numbers next time.
The comics business is so thoroughly corrupt, and corrupting, that it's descended into a kind of feudalism. Among fans you have a mentality of serfdom, where they decide to pay due to their liege and they think anyone traducing the rights of the master is a serf who thinks he's a person or something.
The horrible part in the last two decades as Brubaker noted in the aftermath of the "Before Watchmen" fracas is now fans openly side with the corporations. The fandom have become mobsters and racketeers, no different from the henchmen who serve the bad guys, and it's like they're competing to become a henchman. Or you know they insult people for signing a bad contract as if a contract for a corporation is something written in blood and not contestable (which it is and all the time), or if the concept of being made to sign a s--ty contract is an experience they cannot grasp.
Exactly.
1) It's the right thing to do.Why should they?
2) It engenders good will and fellow feeling, as well as company loyalty.
3) From a purely capitalistic and pragmatic perspective, a generous company and work environment makes it harder for unionization drives to happen. Generous and benevolent capitalism was important in First World nations in the aftermath of World War II for staving off communism after all.
4) It encourages and incentivizes creators and others to do more with licensed characters.
The exact percentage Brubaker deserves or what would be a fair or just price is for his lawyer and accountant to decide (they would obviously proffer a higher number in the hope of arriving at a figure they can compromise with).What does Brubaker deserve and why does he deserve it?
Why does he deserve it? Again he wrote the first story and run where Bucky Barnes worked as a major emotional center and totally transformed him to make him function as a serialized character. That was something Brubaker did. He also added prestige to a title and character -- Captain America -- that was always seen as a mid-tier Marvel character and made his comics something that can deal with adult stuff and address 21st Century political ideas and themes. Brubaker brought Steve Rogers into the 21st Century in a big way and that provided a major inspiration and source for the MCU movies.
So yeah, he more than deserves it. He's earned it.
A cascade of bad faith and wish-fulfillment here.
I’m not Disney’d accounting department. A one-time stock grant would be a fine award to Brubaker. I’m sure Disney’s accounting department can make that work. They could do that for him. Why not? He’s still earning them money from work he did years ago. Why not award him?
But didn't they just help each other out in a symbotic relationship? Brubaker wrote the story based on Bucky who someone else created. He made money on that story, so did Marvel. Then years later Disney took that concept, and made a lot of money, then people who saw winter soldier say wow I want to read the original story and other stories that Brubaker wrote. Bam they go to amazon hit buy and Brubaker gets some coin. Maybe Disney deserves a little of Brubakers money cause they promoted his work by making it into a movie. Thats free promotion.
They did not.
He wrote the story on a character who was widely seen as disposable and never all that interesting to start with. Bucky was a Robin-copy character after all, at the outset.Brubaker wrote the story based on Bucky who someone else created.
Wow wish-fulfillment on full display here:...then people who saw winter soldier say wow I want to read the original story...
-- First of all, Winter Soldier was a successful story in comics years before the movie came out.
-- Only a sliver of the percentage who saw the Winter Soldier movie actually went out to read the comics.
A sliver of a sliver of a sliver. Not significant or relevant enough to form a sample....and other stories that Brubaker wrote.
If Disney were so above and so much more capable, then they could have created their own IP and stories and so on instead of just buying stuff outright.Maybe Disney deserves a little of Brubakers money cause they promoted his work by making it into a movie.
So no, I'd say Disney doesn't deserve a single damn thing. Especially since the first Captain America which already featured a Brubaker-inspired Bucky set up to become WS, pre-existed their purchase of Marvel.
It's not promotion. And if it's free for anyone, it's for Disney.Thats free promotion.
You are writing this like Brubaker is struggling in some way. A guy like Brubaker uses marvel as much as they use him. He writes stories for a big publisher, that promote his work so he can make more money on his own creator owned work. Brubaker took a marvel character and changed him. His story got massive acclaim for the largest comic publisher in the western world and made him more famous. That allowed him to use his name to make more money selling other books that he himself created.