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Gaiman v. McFarlane Decision Handed Down
aronc writes "In a case of speedy justice a jury today ruled that Neil Gaiman was in the right on all 9 counts in the case he brought against Todd McFarlane. More details at ComiCon Pulse and ICv2. This case revolved around ownership stakes for Medieval Spawn, Angela, Cagliostro, and further contracts involving the rights to Miracle Man."
Some of the best news I've heard in a long time. This legal wrangling has kept Miracleman out of print for far too long, and it's about time we saw reprints of the earlier trade paperbacks and the continuation of the story.
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Perfect timing, of course - just after I spent £28.50 on the second TPB of the series on eBay.
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...that Todd MacFarlane learned that his money can't buy him everything.
Even though it's nice to see a fellow Canadian's success, his "I've got the world by the balls" attitude has finally been proved to be incorrect.
I've heard plenty about MarvelMan/MiracleMan, and I look forward to seeing and reading more of him.
Could someone provide some background on this matter... The slashdot article, and the two links it provides all speak in a manner that can only be deciphered by someone who is familiar with the case... I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what went on... Something about little guy writing something, big guy using it, little guy suing... All existing in the comic book world (hmmm, does this really fit in the legal category?)
So could someone give me a run up on who the players are? (i.e. "Gaiman" "McFarlane" "Image" "Medieval Spawn" "Cagliostro" "Miracle Man")
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Um. Perhaps I'm gibbering, but I read that as meaning that McFarlane would treat Gaiman better than the big guys would treat him - ie he would get a better deal from McFarlane than he would from Marvel or DC.
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McFarlane is one of the big guys,
he is way beyound "independent". Maybe he could have saved his face by ending his stories a few times per year, but that's not the way everyone else does it.
Gaiman's books are reviewed here, his new comics are mentioned, and his film projects are as well. All those go on the front page. Given that, it seemed newsworthy. Ad the editors seem to agree.
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Over my career I've worked with a number of people I'll unhelpfully lump together as artists. Graphic artists, web designers, would-be comic book artists, 3-D modellers and animators, 2-d artists. Great people, generally very sane. Of these artists, a significant number have owned and decorated their offices with McFarlane's Spawn figurines. And never just plain old Spawn. Spawn the Bloodaxe, Alien Spawn, Pirate Spawn, Raven Spawn, She Spawn, Wings of Redemption Spawn, Spawn VII, Dark Ages Spawn - Samurai Wars, Techno Spawn, or Spawn the Bloodaxe and Thunderhoof. Each and every one more EXTREME than the last. There have been 22 different series of figurines. By my back of the envelope calculation, there are approximately seventy billion distinct Spawn variants.
What's the point? The character is alien and pointless. A friend at one point suggested that the Spawn comic books were for teenagers who found Batman not gritty enough and too realistic. Grade school kids who need something more EXTREME to try and shock their parents. The figurines may be very distinct, but they certainly are all EXTREME. Multiple layers of billowing clothing, draped in chains, with random pipes and hoses stuck in various unlikely places. Sure, they're detailed, but they're just random. The effect isn't cool, just busy. They certainly never approach the real creepiness of a master like H.R. Giger. They're not shocking, just childish. What exactly is the appeal of Spawn?
McFarlane really bothers me, his work (assuming the things coming out with his name all over them are his work) is disassociated with reality. Spawn is inane. McFarlane can even taint unrelated works. http://trigunner.giborama.com/trigunner/merchandis e/mcvash.html">McFarlane's interpretation of Vash from Trigun was needlessly
draped in chains, just like Vash never was in the series, turning Vash into some bizarre bondage version of himself.
So what exactly is the draw of McFarlane and his work, especially Spawn? I certainly don't see it.
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,all of the actress in porn movies are not ugly and stupid (at least not all of them). Check Sylvia Saint or Eva Roberts for really beautiful women and Asia Carrera for a beautiful girl that is also more intelligent than you (she is part of MENSA, can you claim the same? No? Me neither).
I do realise that she is fictional, but then again, when I buy comic books its to read about fictional characters, not real ones.
Also, your reply seem to imply that I only liked her because of her looks**, when I liked her for the combination of her looks (Angela being big, fat, and ugly just wouldn't be the same) AND her badass temper* (one can wonder how she ever became an Angel and not a Demon).
As for never being able to have sex with her, don't worry, there are plenty of women I will never be able to have sex with and I don't feel any worse for it
*feel free to say that me liking her temper only makes me a SM lover wanting to be dominated if you want.
**Hey, if I liked her only for the undressed aspect, there are plenty of porn flicks to choose from, and guess what, in a porn movie, the images actually MOVE and are from REAL WOMEN, and no
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