RIP John Hicklenton

[I, Cosh]

I always thought Crisis stuff was all creator owned.

[das]

sad to see you go johnny !!
have just gotten the vol 2 megazine and reading heavy metal dredd. so lovely & disturbing. noticed it was lettered by tom frame, which reminds me to post a cheer to all the artists & writers that have filled our lives with such beauty !!

[mygrimmbrother]

Well said that man. Let's raise our styrofoam cups to em.

[rogue69]

Starlord & Tornado were merged into 2000AD so became part of 2000ad, whilst Crisis was a stand alone comic & never mergedso is still owned by Egmont. Finn was also a stand alone story that featured people from another story but was sold to 2000ad as a seperate story, on the same lines that Dicks is a seperate comic owned by the creators, using charectors originally from the troubled souls stories in Crisis.

[Grant Goggans]

Well, all right, then.  Boo to the lawyers.

Rebellion should pony up for a license from Egmont and reprint it the long way around then.

[Robin Low]

Starlord & Tornado were merged into 2000AD so became part of 2000ad, whilst Crisis was a stand alone comic & never mergedso is still owned by Egmont. Finn was also a stand alone story that featured people from another story but was sold to 2000ad as a seperate story, on the same lines that Dicks is a seperate comic owned by the creators, using charectors originally from the troubled souls stories in Crisis.

If Rebellion don't own Crisis, then how was Garth Ennis able to get the rights to Troubled Souls (and hence the characters he wanted for Dicks) in return for writing Helter Skelter for 2000AD?

Regards

Robin

[M.I.K.]

Didn't Crisis have "2000ad presents" written on the cover?

[rogue69]

Pat Mills said at the recent talk he held in Colchester that he had ask Matt if it was possible to reprint the Inspector Ryan story from Crisis & was told by 2000ad that they couldn't do this as rebellion did not own the rights to any of the stories written for Crisis or Revolver comics  & that Egmont still owned their rights

[Robin Low]

Pat Mills said at the recent talk he held in Colchester that he had ask Matt if it was possible to reprint the Inspector Ryan story from Crisis & was told by 2000ad that they couldn't do this as rebellion did not own the rights to any of the stories written for Crisis or Revolver comics  & that Egmont still owned their rights

Not sure if this old thread sheds any light or not (Byron Virgo's post in particular):

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,12837.15.html

There are a few other threads in which it's mentioned that Ennis was given the rights to Troubled Souls in payment for Helter Skelter - perhaps it's a forum myth,  don't know.

I'd be interested in hearing Rebellion tell us what the situation actually is.


Regards

Robin

[Devons Daddy]

a loss to the world of truly unique artists.

[The Legendary Shark]

"Delighted to say that John Hicklenton's last book  - 100 Months -   is just on sale.  Copies available from

http://www.cuttingedgepress.co.uk/100months.html

Pat Mills"

[Mardroid]

That does look like an interesting unique story.

Reading the excerpt, I didn't realise he actually took his own life in the end. I guess he knew he was going and decided to go out on his own terms. Sad.

[Peter Wolf]

That does look like an interesting unique story.

Reading the excerpt, I didn't realise he actually took his own life in the end. I guess he knew he was going and decided to go out on his own terms. Sad.

It was the most empowering thing to do in those circumstances.

[Mardroid]

That does look like an interesting unique story.

Reading the excerpt, I didn't realise he actually took his own life in the end. I guess he knew he was going and decided to go out on his own terms. Sad.

It was the most empowering thing to do in those circumstances.

Oh, I didn't intend that as a statement of judgement.

[maryanddavid]

There is original art on ebay at the minuite(not mine) and relativly cheap too if there is no reserve.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-AD-Nemesis-original-artwork-Complete-episode-/150512581906?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item230b3fbd12

David