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News / Watch out for stolen Ian Gibso...

Last post by rogue69 - 23 April, 2024, 11:05:19 PM

Ian Gibson's family have just posted this about Steven Dean, he is trying to sell artwork he stole from them whilst Ian was in hospital.

Please be aware this man is a con artist and stole a vast collection of my fathers personal effects and basically every sketch, drawing, or valueable collectable he could get his grubby little hands on. I saw this man look into my father eyes and smile, as my dad's eyes were filled with terror in his final moment, as he wispered gleeful "Just Die Ian, Let Go!" Steven Dean is one of the biggest scumbags I have ever had the displesure of being near and I've been mere feet of some of this world's most inisidious high profile mosters, and he belongs right at the top of the pile.
I plead with all of my fathers fans to expose this creep for the monster and conman that he is.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162310432139384&set=gm.10162234988343514&idorvanity=4727793513

#2

General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by The Monarch - 23 April, 2024, 10:36:50 PM

Al ewing is back to do the harlem zombos story

#3

Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...

Last post by Steve Green - 23 April, 2024, 10:09:28 PM

My memory on this is hazy, maybe it's along the lines that the contract was for Eagle itself, but not any collected editions.

I can't remember where I read it I'm afraid, might have been facebook, might have been an article, or it might have been cobblers.

They're just a bit of a curiosity for the most part I guess.

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by Max Headroom - 23 April, 2024, 09:05:18 PM

I'm a bit dubious about this year's Sci-Fi Special, as I was never a great fan of these Elseworlds-type crossovers. I will buy it (to show solidarity and all that) but don't have very high expectations as, for me, these 'alternative' stories never seem to work.

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Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...

Last post by Jim_Campbell - 23 April, 2024, 08:21:43 PM

do you need to get a new model release form every time?

If the contract existed with a company that's no longer a legal entity, or no longer the holder of the rights to the material, then it's possible that the contract itself might be void. Obviously, I'm not a lawyer, but if there's even a question mark on that score, given the very limited audience for this material, I could see why any potential publisher would give it a miss.

No one wants to get tied up in a legal mess over material that's never going to yield more than a marginal profit, at best...

EDIT TO ADD: Also, IPC/Fleetway were pretty rubbish about issuing contract/release forms to dot the 'T's and cross the 'I's on this stuff. See: the Zenith/Hilary Robinson messes.

(Also, not a high value property, and neither Kev nor I would ever make a fuss about it, but we were told '"The Inspectre" is a Dredd series so you don't own the rights to it.' I'm not sure that would stand up in court without a piece of paper with our signatures on the bottom. Like I said, their legal department was pretty rubbish—Games Workshop certainly made sure we'd signed over our rights on penalty of the forfeiture of our immortal souls.)

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by broodblik - 23 April, 2024, 07:01:32 PM

The truth is out there:

https://2000ad.com/news/the-2000-ad-sci-fi-special-2024-supernova-stories-from-a-sideways-universe/

#7

General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by nxylas - 23 April, 2024, 06:22:05 PM

Who is Judge Alpha? 

Oh its just basically Elseworlds.

Kind of. It's taking separate 2000AD strips and mashing them together. The Red Seas and Stickleback, Zombo and Harlem Heroes etc.

#8

Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...

Last post by nxylas - 23 April, 2024, 06:18:00 PM

I love the stories Pat Mills was writing for 2000AD in the 80s, but his work on Dan Dare for the new Eagle was, to put it as kindly as possible, not his best. I can live without it being reprinted.

I don't know how much of it was really his work. It was adapted from a film treatment by him and John Wagner, and their names appear on the credits, but I know that at least the first episode was actually scripted by Barrie Tomlinson.

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Help! / Re: Rebellion and Rights to Ea...

Last post by Richard - 23 April, 2024, 05:50:43 PM

Not the Photo-strips though, I vaguely remember something about model release forms could be an issue (not necessarily for Doomlord but in general)

Really? The stories already been published, do you need to get a new model release form every time?

I love the stories Pat Mills was writing for 2000AD in the 80s, but his work on Dan Dare for the new Eagle was, to put it as kindly as possible, not his best. I can live without it being reprinted.

Would be great if Doomlord and Bloodfang could get another outing thought, they're brilliant. I say publish and be damned! (It worked for Zenith.)

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General / Re: Forthcoming Thrills - 2024

Last post by judgeurko - 23 April, 2024, 05:18:30 PM

Who is Judge Alpha? 

Oh its just basically Elseworlds.