tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post4052307160988353141..comments2024-03-24T07:53:37.246-04:00Comments on J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT: KIRBYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-17481999920532096882009-09-27T10:40:00.480-04:002009-09-27T10:40:00.480-04:00You'll get no arguments from me, Nicholas!You'll get no arguments from me, Nicholas!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-84465182370273331022009-09-27T01:06:43.966-04:002009-09-27T01:06:43.966-04:00If he were my Dad I might want some dough too.
...If he were my Dad I might want some dough too. <br /><br />And let me take this opportunity to say: Kirby is king baby!Nicholas James Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628254869079344173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-26187683148990337132009-09-26T11:10:33.358-04:002009-09-26T11:10:33.358-04:00Thanks for jumping over here from Amazon, Eve. Mu...Thanks for jumping over here from Amazon, Eve. Much appreciated.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-64230126969499252002009-09-26T11:09:48.059-04:002009-09-26T11:09:48.059-04:00I love the image of Kirby on his golden throne, Ro...I love the image of Kirby on his golden throne, Rob. Let's hope that somewhere, in some other-dimensional realm filled with gods, silver men on surfboards and lots of Kirby Krackle, that's exactly what he's doing.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-57255769775362034212009-09-26T08:39:57.169-04:002009-09-26T08:39:57.169-04:00"By the way, should I call you Segasonic? Or ..."By the way, should I call you Segasonic? Or just Sega? Or perhaps Sonic?"<br /><br /> (I'm actually Eve from the Amazon Blog but I could't figure out how to post a comment using my regular name so I signed in through my blog account name.)segasonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444695624944442783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-67037016472995663572009-09-25T22:34:56.978-04:002009-09-25T22:34:56.978-04:00Kirby should have been able to live his retirement...Kirby should have been able to live his retirement years sitting on a gold throne and using fifty dollar bills as napkins.<br /><br />As Mark Evanier has noted before, Kirby alone knew that the Marvel characters could/would become movie stars, and of course he was right.<br /><br />With the (literally) billions Marvel characters are raking in now, the Kirby family deserves what it can get.<br /><br />Anyone who calls them "leeches" is a soulless little corporation-loving whore who has probably never created single thing in their life, but oh boy spends a lot of time criticizing those who have.rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-22887072157888936612009-09-25T15:10:14.059-04:002009-09-25T15:10:14.059-04:00And there's no reason both those things can...And there's no reason both those things can't go hand in hand, right? We can enjoy the fictional worlds and respect the men and women who create those worlds at the same time. Especially when it's someone like Kirby, who didn't just create a world...but a universe that many of us are still living and working in.<br /><br />By the way, should I call you Segasonic? Or just Sega? Or perhaps Sonic?J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-71548659278096229172009-09-25T14:42:42.185-04:002009-09-25T14:42:42.185-04:00I have to go with the creator over characters bec...I have to go with the creator over characters because they are real life people. While I like the fictional characters and enjoying reading about them; I would much rather see the people who created these characters treated with respect.segasonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444695624944442783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-17906373104045414372009-09-24T08:49:10.266-04:002009-09-24T08:49:10.266-04:00I'm with you, Dave. And I suspect this will e...I'm with you, Dave. And I suspect this will end with the Kirbys getting an off-the-record settlement that I hope keeps them all comfortable and happy for many, many years.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-70797489642345451632009-09-23T22:34:00.776-04:002009-09-23T22:34:00.776-04:00I wholeheartedly agree, JM. The work-for-hire deal...I wholeheartedly agree, JM. The work-for-hire deals creators signed back in the day were pretty bad, especially given all the long-lasting and iconic characters they created. What's the harm in sharing a percentage of the profits? Marvel will still make its money, after all. They should voluntarily offer a cut of the profits, a small cut, sure, but a percentage, to the families of those creators. If nothing else, it would be great PR, wouldn't it?david golbitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494541678536011153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-39829212519952445342009-09-23T13:50:07.374-04:002009-09-23T13:50:07.374-04:00I think there are lots of people who love these ic...I think there are lots of people who love these iconic characters and follow them regardless of who's writing and drawing the books, Ken, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. But it helps to remember that there are flesh-and-blood people behind these multi-million dollar franchises, and that many of them are gone now -- and never got their fair share of the incredible wealth their creations generated.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-84661996891721374272009-09-23T13:26:39.178-04:002009-09-23T13:26:39.178-04:00Are there really people out there who still have l...Are there really people out there who still have loyalty to the characters? That's like saying if Ed Wood directed the next Indiana Jones movie, people would go out and see it, just because it's Indiana Jones! (Unfortunately, this is probably true...) I started out as a fan of Spider-Man (first saw him on The Electric Company!), but after I got into reading comics, I quickly realized that people wrote and drew these characters I liked, and some of those people did that better than others. I stopped buying and reading comics based on the characters, and continued buying and reading comics based on who was writing or drawing whatever books were out there. I've got stories that go unfinished because the creator I liked left the book, and the story was picked up by creators I didn't care for. My only loyalties lie with the creators. I'll follow Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, yourself J.M., and others around to whatever book they're doing at that time. And the work ethic of someone like Jack Kirby is to be commended as much as the work itself. It's about time the regular Joe's of the world, and their families, got a larger slice of the pie that the non-creative corporate fat cats are trying to keep completely within their exclusive little circle.Ken Frieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619851624308584756noreply@blogger.com