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Messages - Steven Denton

#1
Because a lot of my fan art and writing is essentially fan elaborate fan Mail to the creators of comics I have admired all my life part of me would like them to see it. A bigger part of me realises they would probably hate it and think I was some kind of dick head trying to rip them off. It's a weird and complicated dynamic. Essentially it's like dressing like someone who you admire but you are not friends with then hoping they notice and compliment your shoes that are knock off versions of their shoes.
#2
Often cited is creators not creating for things they will never own but you could literally charge people to work on Batman and never run out of professional quality work.

Historical injustices are not hugely relevant to the modern landscape outside of film adaptations because most of the money is also historical and comics just aren't the cash cow they once were.
#3
Answering the original question of wether a creation should die with the creator is a hard no. You can write all the sequels to Hamlet you want and copyright post the authors death is already to long in my opinion.

Should IP be exploited by people other than original creators? It can be yes and maybe it will be good and maybe it will be bad. If it's still in copyright that should depend on if the creators sold or licenses the IP

Did Pat Mills give up his IP for too little? Maybe, but the IP is probably with a lot less now then he made off the back end and continuous work, which was the old business model. The new one in the, you get to chose creator owned or work for higher, is arguably just as bad. 

Creator owned stuff that's split between a number of creators and the publishers tends to have a good chance of going out of print and never being seen again though complex copyright issues. So that's not ideal. Creator owned work were one creator owns everything and contracts co-creators as work for higher is possible worse than corporate owned. And I was reading about when Todd McFarlane didn't get Nail Gaiman to sign a work for higher contract for a single issue of Spawn and has been fighting legal battles with him ever since, so unless your acting like a corporation you had best be a one man band or you are going to get into trouble.



#4
Quote from: TordelBack on 21 May, 2021, 11:01:00 AM
"Look kids, Big Ben,  Houses of Parliament". Perhaps, and I realise this is crazy talk, the issue here is that creators should retain control of,  and be appropriately compensated for, their creations, as they would if they had worked in many other creative fields. In this instance Pat (for it is he) would have an incentive to allow me or Grant Morrison (it's a toss-up really) write Nemesis Book XI, rather than seeing the fruits of their genius make someone else money; or indeed to write it himself if he was arsed to instead of trying get his own comic going against all reason; or say he didn't want anyone to write it at all, in the Moorish manner, and all original scripts should be burnt on his funeral pyre.

Maybe we'd be on Moore & Gibson's  Halo Jones Book VIII by now,  maybe Al Ewing would be doing revolutionary things with Zombo, maybe Rick Remender's ABC Warriors would be the greatest thing ever: who knows. What I do know is that none of us would be here without Pat Mills.

We all understand the realities of the contracts that weren't or weren't signed with open eyes or otherwise, the concept of work-for-hire that most of us that type stuff for living experience, and the production/promotion costs and likely marginal profitability of 2000AD that would be affected by retrospective creator deals and IP ownership. We're not babies.

But if you don't ask,  and piss and moan,  and make yourself an irritation you don't ever get, as anyone who has ever had a weekend off, a hardhat or paid leave must surely know.

Lots of creators got screwed and continue to get screwed but Mills isn't one of them. 2000ad never stopped heavily commissioning his work and although he thinks he's owed more he gets a back end for reprints. His constant overlooking of co creators and mean spirited attacks on other creators has probably worn away my sympathies for his arguments which I would normally have a lot more sympathy for.

Creator rights have changed and that brings a whole different set of challenges.

Back in the 70's and 80's creators we're definitely exploited and taken advantage of, with massive sales figures and shitty page rates. Now with low sales and being very much a minority interest medium there is a lot less to exploit.

Having said that The film companies still screw the creators of the source material. 
#5


Dave was one of the first people I met when making comics and Although my relationship to comics changed I always had time for Dave and never stopped contributing to FQP. Comics went from a potential job to a way to socialise and Dave was a big part of that. Friendships became the most important part of making comics for me and being friends with Dave was a huge part of that. I will miss working with him but I will miss seeing him at shows most of all.
#6
Announcements / Re: Dave Evans, R.I.P.
10 May, 2021, 01:58:01 AM
I cannot express how tragic this is or how sad this makes me. I feel sad for Dave and sad for his family and sad for his friends and sad for everyone who has lost someone well before their time. I'm lost for words.

#7
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
04 September, 2020, 09:47:48 PM


Basic movements for Dredd done.
#8
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
31 August, 2020, 01:19:16 AM


I working on a generic perp too.
#9
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
27 August, 2020, 01:13:45 PM
Thanks, one of the things I enjoy about art in general is the little details. I have a tendency to overdo them then pair it back, which means generally putting more time into things then I need to. My plan with this is to make a very VERY short game for the advent calendar. I find it easier to learn something, like pixel art ang game creation, if I have a goal in mind.

#10
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
27 August, 2020, 11:55:48 AM
https://gfycat.com/belatedbruisedcormorant

the mad buttist butts... or maybe he's just listening to mettle

#11
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
25 August, 2020, 01:12:26 PM


not really Dredd
#12
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
23 August, 2020, 12:10:38 PM


Dredd now draws his gun and shoots. I've not put the holster in yet so the gun appears by magic at the moment.

https://gfycat.com/scalywelldocumentedborzoi
#13
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
17 August, 2020, 06:19:10 PM


https://gfycat.com/handywellgroomedbudgie

Next I will work on the gun draw and shooting. Then i need to decide what I'm actually doing with this!
#14
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
14 August, 2020, 07:54:36 PM


https://gfycat.com/charmingwaryeasternnewt

Now with added turning to the right. slowly building actions up. (I will add a boot holster and flip it to turn left at some point)
#15
Creative Common / Re: Pixel Dredd
12 August, 2020, 07:53:08 PM