Same thing happened in the United States. Original art was often stored improperly, damaged, or thrown out. Prominent figures in the industry, like artist Neal Adams, spearheaded the movement to...
Same thing happened in the United States. Original art was often stored improperly, damaged, or thrown out. Prominent figures in the industry, like artist Neal Adams, spearheaded the movement to have original artwork returned to the artists.
From Wikipedia: "During the 1970s, Adams was politically active in the industry, and attempted to unionize its creative community. His efforts, along with precedents set by Atlas/Seaboard Comics' creator-friendly policies and other factors, helped lead to the modern industry's standard practice of returning original artwork to the artist, who can earn additional income from art sales to collectors. He won his battle in 1987, when Marvel returned original artwork to him and industry legend Jack Kirby, among others."
FYI: If you are interested, there is a fantastic British comics documentary on Tubi mostly dealing with 2000AD in its heyday here:
Yeah, it is too bad what happened to Kirby. However you can definitely appreciate Stan Lee’s writing if you look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMAC_(Buddy_Blank) which Kirby did as a “One Man...
Yeah, it is too bad what happened to Kirby. However you can definitely appreciate Stan Lee’s writing if you look at
Kinda funny how comics are now taken seriously as art, but I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein
was a part of that.
Same thing happened in the United States. Original art was often stored improperly, damaged, or thrown out. Prominent figures in the industry, like artist Neal Adams, spearheaded the movement to have original artwork returned to the artists.
From Wikipedia: "During the 1970s, Adams was politically active in the industry, and attempted to unionize its creative community. His efforts, along with precedents set by Atlas/Seaboard Comics' creator-friendly policies and other factors, helped lead to the modern industry's standard practice of returning original artwork to the artist, who can earn additional income from art sales to collectors. He won his battle in 1987, when Marvel returned original artwork to him and industry legend Jack Kirby, among others."
FYI: If you are interested, there is a fantastic British comics documentary on Tubi mostly dealing with 2000AD in its heyday here:
Watch Future Shock! the Story of 2000 AD on Tubi: https://link.tubi.tv/fV5rdlcYdDb
Yeah, it is too bad what happened to Kirby. However you can definitely appreciate Stan Lee’s writing if you look at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMAC_(Buddy_Blank)
which Kirby did as a “One Man Army Corps” and is a great book but not as well written as the books Kirby did with Lee.