Comments on: WDA 18: “Now You Can Join In On The Fun“ http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 18 May 2013 06:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bob Buethe http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-757293 Bob Buethe Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:08:17 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31188#comment-757293 Only four reader-created characters from the 1980s Dial H For Hero series ever appeared again: the Silver Fog came back in Teen Titans (because he was created by the legendary Harlan Ellison); Zeep the Living Sponge returned in Hero Hotline (because he was created by HH artist Stephan DeStefano before he became a pro); and the Squid and the Abyss, in the new Dial H series. As the creator of the Abyss, I'm delighted to read what China Mieville is doing, and no, I don't feel like I'm entitled to any further compensation even if the Abyss does become a hit. I am curious as to whether Lester English, the creator of the Squid, is reading the new series, and what he thinks of it. Only four reader-created characters from the 1980s Dial H For Hero series ever appeared again: the Silver Fog came back in Teen Titans (because he was created by the legendary Harlan Ellison); Zeep the Living Sponge returned in Hero Hotline (because he was created by HH artist Stephan DeStefano before he became a pro); and the Squid and the Abyss, in the new Dial H series. As the creator of the Abyss, I’m delighted to read what China Mieville is doing, and no, I don’t feel like I’m entitled to any further compensation even if the Abyss does become a hit. I am curious as to whether Lester English, the creator of the Squid, is reading the new series, and what he thinks of it.

]]> By: Captain Temerity http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-721935 Captain Temerity Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:33:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31188#comment-721935 I really loved this series when I was a kid. Never worked up a submission, though. Would love to find this run somewhere. This and All-Star Squadron. I really loved this series when I was a kid. Never worked up a submission, though.

Would love to find this run somewhere. This and All-Star Squadron.

]]> By: Dave Phelps http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-721899 Dave Phelps Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:49:34 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31188#comment-721899 Marv Wolfman and Carmine Infantino kicked off the strip and did most, if not all, of the Adventure Comics stories. By the time the strip became a back-up in Superboy, Bob Rozakis was at the writer's helm. Don't recall who drew it. Jerry, they had a copy of the form that needed to signed in the comics and it was fairly thorough from what I recall. Don't have a copy handy, but it said something to the effect that by submitting the work, DC had any and all rights to the property and could use it in any way they saw fit and all the creator got was a "Dial 'H' for Hero" t-shirt. Marv Wolfman and Carmine Infantino kicked off the strip and did most, if not all, of the Adventure Comics stories. By the time the strip became a back-up in Superboy, Bob Rozakis was at the writer’s helm. Don’t recall who drew it.

Jerry, they had a copy of the form that needed to signed in the comics and it was fairly thorough from what I recall. Don’t have a copy handy, but it said something to the effect that by submitting the work, DC had any and all rights to the property and could use it in any way they saw fit and all the creator got was a “Dial ‘H’ for Hero” t-shirt.

]]> By: Jerry Novick http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-721893 Jerry Novick Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31188#comment-721893 I wonder what the release form was like for having a fan-created character used in this book. Could you imagine where we would be now if one of these characters became a hit? I wonder if any of the fans of this book need to get a lawyer... I wonder what the release form was like for having a fan-created character used in this book. Could you imagine where we would be now if one of these characters became a hit? I wonder if any of the fans of this book need to get a lawyer…

]]> By: Martin Gray http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/24/wda-18-now-you-can-join-in-on-the-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-721885 Martin Gray Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:08:42 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31188#comment-721885 My friend Will designed a settee for Dial H. True story. My friend Will designed a settee for Dial H. True story.

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