In a nutshell, McFarlane didn't want to pay Gaiman any more for the characters of Medieval Spawn and Angela so he "created" near duplicates called "Dark Ages Spawn," "Domina," and "Tiffany" to use instead. Except, of course, they're the same characters with altered looks and names. A judge agrees and now McFarlane will have to pay Gaiman when he uses the (ahem) "new" characters.
I know that McFarlane is a smart guy but sometimes he does really stupid things. Good grief. The judge came up with better ideas for new versions of Spawn than McFarlane did and her ideas wouldn't have meant McFarlane paying out royalties to Gaiman.
You need to be a member of Captain Comics to add comments!
Replies
I'm definitely on McFarlane's side on that one.
Tony Twist apparently settled on $5 million.
I read some of what the judge wrote in her decision, and it was pretty impressive on how in depth she got into the canon of the Spawn universe.
I thought the Constitution did not allow cruel and unusual punishment. (I come back and what do I do? I channel my inner Baron. Bad Pa! [slapshand] Bad Pa! [/slapshand]
Thanks for the summary, Cav. Can't be reading court transcripts when I should be gulping down my breakfast.
ROFL!
(Welcome back, Pa.)