Anyone can Draw!!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I don't know if the situation has changed, but my understanding is that the royalty program at DC and Marvel did not kick in until the eighties and that there was even a relatively arbitrary cut-off date of somewhere around the mid-seventies for a character to be covered.

I thought Swamp Thing was not part of that being created in 1971. In the eighties in particular you have a property that was generating revenue via two movies and a TV show on cable and home video, an animated series, a toy line, not to mention Warner books publishing Moore and co's run on Swamp Thing as a best selling trade paperback. With royalties from that, it would be nice to think that Wrightson might not necessarily had to draw stuff like JLA: The Weird or Batman Vs Aliens for a paycheck.

DC has plenty of lawyers and an existing royalty program that could easily accomodate older creators. Hopefully they are taking care of Martin Nodell (is he still around?) or at least his family for the income the Green Lantern movie is generating.

I think DC selectively went back and gave participation to certain creators, Wein and Wrightson being two of them. I know they paid O'Neil and Adams a hefty check for their work that inspired much of Batman Begins (Ra's Al Ghul). Adams made a big deal out of this being a company doing what was right when they didn't have to. Big words from the guy who championed Siegel and Shuster getting some compensation when no one else would.

I believe Martin Nodell passed away in the last few years. And Bill Finger is gone. And so are Hal's creators, John Broome, Gil Kane, and Julie Schwartz.

Chris

[Brazoo]

Draw?

Bah! We know where the REAL sould of a comic is:

Stupid Comics

That's amazing!

I just googled Gary Brodsky, he works as one of those weird "how to pick-up women" gurus now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ09LUgFuIA

[Brazoo]

Not to derail the thread or anything - but these Gary Brodsky videos are blowing my mind right now.

He's kind of like Vince McMahon, Garry Shandling, and "Big *****" from Sopranos went into The Fly transporter.

[samurainoir]

Solson comics was notable for publishing this one, which gave you a look at the sketchbooks of John Byrne during a time when such glimpses were rare. Unfortunately, my understand is that Byrne was never paid nor was his sketchbook returned.

[Brazoo]

That cover is really familiar to me - but not the way I remember it. Hmm...

[Brazoo]

Oh - duh! Sorry, I'm a little slow! Byrne even signed his name like Rockwell.

[The Toyroom]

Solson comics was notable for publishing this one, which gave you a look at the sketchbooks of John Byrne during a time when such glimpses were rare. Unfortunately, my understand is that Byrne was never paid nor was his sketchbook returned.
http://www.comicnoize.com/wp-content...COMIC.JPG.jpeg

I think I have that....may have to dig it out....