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Gaiman v. McFarlane Decision Handed Down

Posted by chrisd on from the no-word-on-if-he-must-give-up-the-baseball dept.

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."

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  1. What about Angela??? by Sri+Lumpa · · Score: 4, Interesting


    What about Angela?

    I was pissed off when McFarlane killed her in Spawn #100 (she was the coolest Spawn character and we never got enough of her), saying that he would never bring her back, but now if Gaiman had some right on her that McFarlane disputed I wonder if he killed her just to piss Gaiman off.

    And now that Gaiman's right on her are affirmed, what will he do with her, sell it to McFarlane so he can keep her dead or find some way to ressuscite her???

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  2. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy... by arthurh3535 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That was sarcasm, if you didn't catch it. McFarlene is a bit sue happy. Paladium had a fairly neat post-apocolyptic gothic horror world called "Nightspawn". Other than the fact that it had the name "Spawn" in it, it was totally different conceptually other than "horror".

    But if you are tight for money, it doesn't pay to fight a legal battle. So now Nightspawn doesn't exit and it's been renamed to Nightbane.

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