Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Busiek. The way you put it in layman's terms is appreciated.
Please Post mo' often.
The Fantastic Four, and other golden age characters in the public domain without the copyright law amended= Mind Blown.
Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Busiek. The way you put it in layman's terms is appreciated.
Please Post mo' often.
The Fantastic Four, and other golden age characters in the public domain without the copyright law amended= Mind Blown.
Keep in mind that if copyright hadn't been extended, the FF would still be owned by Marvel until 2017. But yeah, the Marvel Silver Age characters would have gone PD starting in the next few years.
And Cap, the Sub-Mariner, the original Torch and others would be public domain already. So would Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Fawcett Captain Marvel, Plastic Man...
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How was Marvel/Goodman screwing Kirby and Ditko out of promised royalties 'their' choice?
I guess you could argue that Kirby stayed while Ditko left (the whole 'Goblin was Osborn' story is a convenient fiction, but, no, Ditko left Marvel due to promised royalties), but Kirby had a family. He produced 15+ pages a week to provide for them, and leave them something substantial after he was gone.
So, 20 years after his death, the promised royalties will finally be realized for the creator that nearly single-handedly created the revenue stream for the company.
Justice delayed is still justice served.
Does Jack Kirby even get a 'Created by ...' byline for Captain America and Thor? I don't remember seeing any. He definitely should at any rate.
Thanks to Kurt Busiek for the post. It really clarified everything to me.
yeah Kurt Busiek shut it down in my opinion. A lot of misinformation was occurring around here.
Thanks for the very informative post Kurt Busiek.
Glad to see the Kirby Estate and Marvel come to an agreement that was beneficial to both.
That's the point.
Make something new, by the time the repeat that new dead horse to death i will probably be dead so i wouldn't care.
HAHAHA! Screw the future.
That makes some sense.
Just grab a standard story and switch some stuff around, you get paid and you get to keep all your ideas.
Last edited by Sighphi; 09-28-2014 at 11:28 PM.