Mon, 20 May 2013 11:51:54 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272642#Comment_272642 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272642#Comment_272642 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:45:42 -0800 mattk
Here's the background: a friend wrote, today, about a gentleman releasing a bunch of new characters he'd created, via a Creative Commons license. This prompted me to imagine someone releasing a fairly well-known comic book character, with a lot of history, as public domain, and how much more interest that might generate.

Here's the question: what character would you nominate for a giveaway stunt like this? I tend to imagine Joe Quesada as the one to try something like this if anyone did, but as a parlor game I see no reason to limit ourselves to just Marvel. Consider DC's character library fair game as well, and anyone else you think might be sufficiently well-known.

I suggest looking at B- and C-list characters, unless someone has a plausible and/or novel reason why Marvel or DC would find it worthwhile to give away an A-list property (and not be sued by shareholders). Otherwise, any character likely to get a feature film treatment, e.g., is probably out. That still leaves all sorts of well-known, well-loved characters with enough history and familiarity, at least within nerd circles, for a stunt like this to make a big splash. (At least per the premise we're working from.) Maybe one of those perennial also-rans who has gotten six or seven ongoing series over the decades, but has never sold quite well enough to avoid cancelation.

Suggestions? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272647#Comment_272647 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272647#Comment_272647 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:13:14 -0800 warrenellis I tend to imagine Joe Quesada as the one to try something like this

Hahahaha no. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272650#Comment_272650 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272650#Comment_272650 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:42:56 -0800 joe.distort
i am as anti-corporate as they come, but seriously, thats just like saying 'no thanks, we have enough of your money. just take some of our characters' ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272660#Comment_272660 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272660#Comment_272660 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:05:38 -0800 BMTMTC http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272662#Comment_272662 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272662#Comment_272662 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:15:08 -0800 Oddcult



Maybe. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272668#Comment_272668 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272668#Comment_272668 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:50 -0800 mattk
(I realize that on the internet, suggestions like this are frequently offered up as either or both of those things, and therefore one may very fairly wonder whether someone offering one has any/all of his marbles. But I really just thought it might provide a brief entertaining discussion. I don't have a Speedball series that I'm dying for the chance to legally self-publish, honest.)

Not to be taken internally, or if you are on NSAIDs, either. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272671#Comment_272671 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272671#Comment_272671 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:14:11 -0800 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272700#Comment_272700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272700#Comment_272700 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:32:03 -0800 KitsuneCaligari http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272728#Comment_272728 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272728#Comment_272728 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:53:44 -0800 Mister Andersen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272746#Comment_272746 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272746#Comment_272746 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:35:26 -0800 frequentcontributor realistic ones we want (as in the Pieface case, they'd want to get rid of them...), then sign me up for Apache Chief, please.

In terms of cool stuff coming out as a result of their release from copyright, Batman would probably be the best. Everybody would want to tackle Batman. Anyone for a Pixar animated Batman movie? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272786#Comment_272786 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272786#Comment_272786 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:25:09 -0800 Verissimus
How does that work legally? Is it simply a matter of time before Superman and Batman enter into the public domain or is there a way for DC to stop that from happening? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272792#Comment_272792 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272792#Comment_272792 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:31:08 -0800 mister hex
It'd be neat if the Kirby heirs won their case and then made all Jack's character PD. Never happen but it'd be neat. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272801#Comment_272801 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272801#Comment_272801 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:41:42 -0800 Finagle
I mean really, you can't do shit with him in Marvel continuity. Let the duck be free. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272806#Comment_272806 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272806#Comment_272806 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:58:23 -0800 mister hex
But I agree with your suggestion and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272811#Comment_272811 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272811#Comment_272811 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:33:49 -0800 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272814#Comment_272814 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272814#Comment_272814 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:44:31 -0800 celan Let the duck be free.
I hear a swell of inspirational music...*nods solemnly* ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272819#Comment_272819 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272819#Comment_272819 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:55:34 -0800 mattk If there is any Marvel character we might safely assume that no one at the company entertains further hopes of turning into a hit movie, it's probably Howard the Duck, yes? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272828#Comment_272828 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272828#Comment_272828 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:47:59 -0800 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272834#Comment_272834 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=272834#Comment_272834 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:03:02 -0800 celan THERE WAS ALREADY A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE STARRING HIM
With a scene filmed in my hometown of Petaluma, CA. Imagine my great and enduring PRIDE at this fact. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=273509#Comment_273509 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=273509#Comment_273509 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:37:50 -0800 Timbo
On topic I like the idea of comic fans being allowed to monkey about with the Teen Titans.

They need a kick in the ass.

Some realism, spots , sexual angst etc etc. You know all the stuff missing form Harry Potter.

Even if only to let that fully armed eyepatch guy kill a few of them.

I mean give him a break. Supersoldier and he cannot whack a couple of super powered (non spotty ) teens. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=273512#Comment_273512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9250&Focus=273512#Comment_273512 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:43:43 -0800 mister hex
How about Moon Knight? I mean, I love him, he's Marvel's Batman but JESUS he's had how many series and he just can't seem to sell?

Also - Tigra. Her character is so broken, they might as well let her go PD. ]]>