hoganvibe
2009-08-18
3:25 am
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I'm amazed that people would side with a corporation that has made millions, if not billions on a character rather than giving a SMALL PORTION back to the creators. Bear in mind that this only covers the first two weeks of the newspaper strip and a few Action Comics and Superman books. Stuff tha... read more |
ARROW
2009-08-18
3:18 am
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[quote]Instead of pioneering new frontiers in creator rights, the Siegel family is making things worse for upcoming comic creators. Now publishers fanatically fear the very situation they have perpetuated and make sure all ownership rights are locked and sealed before they even look at anything!... read more |
CaptainTriumph
2009-08-18
2:53 am
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[quote name='MasterJailer' post='16590376' date='Aug 17 2009, 09:15 PM']The Siegel situation is a giant pet peeve of mine. Here's the bottom line... Jerry Siegel willingly sold the character of Superman and was happy to do it at the time. Any hardships he'd experienced afterwards were en... read more |
MasterJailer
2009-08-18
2:15 am
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The Siegel situation is a giant pet peeve of mine. Here's the bottom line... Jerry Siegel willingly sold the character of Superman and was happy to do it at the time. Any hardships he'd experienced afterwards were entirely his own doing. He was an angry little man
Here are a few things t... read more |
CaptainTriumph
2009-08-17
11:11 pm
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[quote name='hoganvibe' post='16590270' date='Aug 17 2009, 05:24 PM'][quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creat... read more |
hoganvibe
2009-08-17
10:24 pm
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[quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it fo... read more |
ARROW
2009-08-17
6:00 pm
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[quote name='GPM in ICT' post='16590119' date='Aug 17 2009, 10:42 AM']Alright I did a little research and found a couple of figures that make this interesting. Seigel and Shuster were paid $75,000 in 1940 (which in todays dollar would be $1,097781). In 1946 they were paid somewhere bet... read more |
ARROW
2009-08-17
5:50 pm
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[quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 10:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it fo... read more |
GPM in ICT
2009-08-17
4:42 pm
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Alright I did a little research and found a couple of figures that make this interesting. Seigel and Shuster were paid $75,000 in 1940 (which in todays dollar would be $1,097781). In 1946 they were paid somewhere between $94,00 and $120,000 (which today would be somewhere between... read more |
CaptainTriumph
2009-08-17
4:29 pm
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My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it for the last couple of decades.
Now I've had nothing to do with the crea... read more |
