Let us make this the golden rule of comics discussion, yes?
(via unatheblade)
Occupational Suicide via Critical Exegesis
Two things: One, this is a thing that happened. Two, it was apparently one of the Amazing Adventures of Cavalieri and Lay.
From the audience: Do you actually own WATCHMEN?
Alan Moore: My understanding is that when WATCHMEN is finished and DC have not used the characters for a year, they’re ours.
Dave Gibbons: They pay us a substantial amount of money…
Moore: … to retain the rights. So basically they’re not ours, but if DC is working with the characters in our interests then they might as well be. On the other hand, if the characters have outlived their natural life span and DC doesn’t want to do anything with them, then after a year we’ve got them and we can do what we want with them, which I’m perfectly happy with.
Gibbons: What would be horrendous, and DC could legally do it, would be to have Rorschach crossing over with Batman or something like that, but I’ve got enough faith in them that I don’t think they’d do that. I think because of the unique team they couldn’t get anybody else to take it over to do WATCHMEN II or anything else like that, and we’ve certainly got no plans to do WATCHMEN II.
From swordandsorcerytales: Conan and Belit by Joe Jusko (2010).
I believe this is the fantasy equivalent of walking away from an explosion while not looking at it.
“Uh, guys? You might want to just… turn… man, your ship is toast.”
Spread from Captain Victory 13. WHY has this never been collected? It is the spiritual successor to the Fourth World, and I don’t care what “Glory Boat” fans say, this is probably Jack Kirby’s single greatest panel.
