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Djole
stripovi.com suradnik
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 Posted - 03/10/2004 : 23:24:49
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Statuesque
Lying in the Gutters
September 27, 2004
The Marvelman/Miracleman rumours kicked up a notch with Bowen Design's reporting on their website of a new statue, in association with Marvels & Miracles. The article, first pulled then revived on their website, originally stated that Marvelman the series would relaunch again from Marvel in December.
While claification of such a schedule is news, some people seem surprised that this is happening at all. I don't know why - maybe it's worth going over old ground and clarifying the current situation.
Marvel have repeatedly stated their intention to publish Marvelman, the series created by Alan Moore, Garry Leach and Dez Skinn, based on the popular 1950's British superhero comic, itself based on the Fawcett Captain Marvel series. The revival appeared first in "Warrior," an anthology magazine by Dez Skinn that not only brought Alan Moore to prominence with "Marvelman," "V For Vendetta" and "BoJeffries Saga," but also gave opportunities for increased exposure to the likes of Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland and more. When Eclipse published the series in the USA, they continued the story to its natural conclusion, then saw Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham continue in a very different style.
Neil Gaiman has committed himself to clarifying the publishing situation, which became very complex when Eclipse went bankrupt and potential owners of the 1950s series began to emerge.
Profits from Marvels's "1602" series written by Gaiman went to his company Marvels & Miracles LLC, as will proceeds from the case against Todd McFarlane. Indeed that latter case clarified a much supported rumour that Todd's supposed ownership of Marvelman/Miracleman was based on an Eclipse contract he acquired when he bought the company - but that it had a reversion clause that returned ownership to previous owners.
As it stands, that would give Marvels & Miracles LLC controlling 30% (Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's rights), Garry Leach kingmaking with 60% (Alan Davis having granted any and all of his right to the character to Leach) and 10% back to publisher Dez Skinn. All creators on the series, from Alan Moore to Chuck Austen, own the rights to the work they created for the series.
After Bendis Board poster Mike Black discovered the Bowen Statue listing, the Bendis Board took it upon themselves to claim that Marvelman must be the shock appearance character at the end of the current Avengers arc - a story that Bendis wasn't publically denying - but that Gaiman did.
As to the Bowen stated schedule, Previews didn't list "Marvelman" the series for December from Marvel, and talking to Neil Gaiman I'm assured that there are no current publishing schedules or format for the series. Yet.
However, his lawyer Ken F Levin, heavily involved with Marvels & Miracles, stated in a mistaken email to 'TheHistorianII' on the Marvel Masterworks Message Board that "We will know next week when Marvel will start publishing."
Watch this space...
UPDATE: I later talked to Ken Levin about the email. He told me that he had thought he would know the publishing schedule next week, but now isn't sure when a publishing schedule will be locked in. He thinks it may still be a number of weeks before a Marvel deal closes and a publishing schedule is firmed up.
However, that's still a much better schedule than we'd previously thought. Marvelman is on its way...
Note: This item of news is based on a "traffic light" rating (green = reliable, yellow = possible, red = unreliable) and has a "traffic light" rating of "green".
mcn, zna li se nešto više o ovome u "dobro obaveštenim krugovima"?
Jel ce to Moore dozvoliti da mu Marvel reprintuje stare stripove?!
"Well, wobble my webs and call me shaky!"
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mcn
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Posted - 03/10/2004 : 23:55:20
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>mcn, zna li se nešto više o ovome u "dobro obaveštenim krugovima"?
Upoznao sam Marka Buckinghama u Avilesu i on je rekao visse-manje isto: da postoji ssansa da Marvel dogodine krene s Miraclemanom/Marvelmanom otpoccetka, kako bi njemu i Neilu dozvolio malu prednost da zavrsse ssto su pocceli. ZZivi bili pa vidjeli.
>Jel ce to Moore dozvoliti da mu Marvel reprintuje stare stripove?!
Mislim da je Moore svoj dio prava prepustio drugima tako da ga sad bole briga za sve to skupa...:)
mcn
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Djole
stripovi.com suradnik
Serbia
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Posted - 03/10/2004 : 23:58:13
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Pa jeste prepustio Gaimanu, i praksa pokazuje da ga u nacelu boli uvo za predašnje radove (osim ako ga DC baš ne iznervira), ali mislim da mu se nece dopasti...
No, to je nebitno! Miracleman! Završen! Reprintovan! Trejd za manje od 100 dolara!
Nego, ako to bude izdavao Marvel, jel ce se strip konacno zvati - Marvelman?! ;)
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Djole
stripovi.com suradnik
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Posted - 04/10/2004 : 00:01:58
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Nego, mali je problem ako Dez Skinn zaista u stvari nikada nije ni otkupio prava za Marvelmana (kao što je Gaiman ponegde tvrdio), te ih niko živ sve vreme nije ni imao, vec su bila u Privrednom sudu u Londonu, ili tako negde
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