6/5/2023 0 Comments Neil gaiman and todd mcfarlane![]() ![]() If all of this sounds vaguely familiar, it's because McFarlane and Gaiman have gone a few rounds already, once back in 2002, and again in 2004, when that original 2002 decision - which granted Gaiman co-ownership of those Spawn #9 characters - was unsuccessfully appealed. Which is good, because if broadly derivative characters were made illegal, every superhero comic ever made would promptly vanish in a puff of jurisprudence.) ![]() ![]() (Note here that legally, "derivative" means something very specific. In this case, whether or not certain McFarlane characters are derivative of characters that Gaiman created in Spawn #9, a 1993 issue that he guest-wrote. Kastenmeier United States Courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin.Īt issue: What every comic book legal battle is always about - creators' rights. The octagon in question: Room 261 of the Robert W. The combatants: Todd McFarlane (hugely successful artist/entrepreneur and creator of Spawn, a character that was to comics in the '90s what Justin Bieber is to Twitter), and Neil Gaiman (y'all know who he is). For the past month, over on her blog, the great and good Maggie Thompson has been chronicling an unfolding legal battle that has implications for comic book creators, publishers and fans. ![]()
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