Cartoonist Lee Reaches Deal With Marvel

[tinanator]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050428/ap_en_bu/spider_man_suit

[tinanator]

1. just sad how little regard the media has for facts

yet we trust them for our information?

[hippiepunk]

2. Lee wasn't a cartoonist.

He wrote stories.

[evlbstrd]

3. The article said "creator," not cartoonist. n/t

[tinanator]

5. just as misleading

the settlement was specifically to honor contractual obligations, money he was certainly owed. Full credit for the brilliant work of others is not something that he is owed, however.

[evlbstrd]

7. Gotcha.

Yes, those who collaborated on the work should share in the settlement.

[tinanator]

9. actually no

because it wasnt a character ownership suit, just a prior percentage agreement that they thought they could welch out on. Too bad he couldnt just steal the company in the settlement and give it to the characters ala Roger Rabbit.

[NWHarkness]

4. One of the biggest frauds in history

Stan Lee never created a damn thing. Calling him the creator of the Marvel characters is like calling Les Moonves the creator of the characters on CBS TV shows.

[tinanator]

6. he created the comics boom of the 60's.

theres plenty that he deserves credit for, not all good though.

[evlbstrd]

8. Not defending the man, just checking the quote in the article. n/t

[Teaser]

10. Someone's got an agenda.

Well, we all do I guess.

[Voltaire99]

11. Wtf is "Marvel"?

Enough with the fascists in tights.

Read Humanoids and Vertigo, fer chrissakes. ;-)