How big companies keep creators poor

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@KyleDavis8 Жыл бұрын

Writing contracts on the back of checks is one of the most shadiest and grimiest things I’ve ever heard of. Only a soulless and vindictive company would do that.

@maxs-lz4pn 11 ай бұрын

How is it even legal

@Cinetiste 11 ай бұрын

@@maxs-lz4pn You are right ! I live in Canada and from what I learned, here it is not legal ; formally, only what is written on the front must be considered. Also, to tie a forced contract to a salary check is obviously a vice of form.

@HIMMBelljuvo 11 ай бұрын

Bruh, I started malding when I heard dat sh!t

@michaelguerrieri3486 11 ай бұрын

@@Cinetiste in canada freedom is an illusion.

@williamgeorge2580 11 ай бұрын

That's Marvel in a nutshell.

@Dopecheetah 11 ай бұрын

I went to high school with Bill Finger’s granddaughter. She talked a lot about how her grandfather didn’t get credit for his work on Batman. I was very happy for her and her family when Bill Finger finally got the credit he deserved.

@Kn1ghtborne 11 ай бұрын

Can't pay Bill's with credit

@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 11 ай бұрын

@@Kn1ghtborne exactly

@lola-to9om 11 ай бұрын

@@Kn1ghtbornethey need to give you 10% that they made from bat man to his family

@Afineaddition 11 ай бұрын

I had a big smile on my face when I saw his name in the opening credits for Batman V Superman.

@forgottenmma3694 10 ай бұрын

Fuck that. Where’s the moment

@jmace2424 Жыл бұрын

You really have to wonder how many more amazing stories and characters we would have if these companies didn’t try to put one over on the creators.

@powerbadpowerbad Жыл бұрын

They can't help it-GREED.

@cheetahluv210 Жыл бұрын

@@powerbadpowerbad the folly of capitalism and class division

@powerbadpowerbad Жыл бұрын

@@cheetahluv210 AGREED.

@sboinkthelegday3892 11 ай бұрын

No, we would ahve plenty of characters if, INSTEAD of making these broad monetizations of crapastic "elseworlds" reboot stories, audiences would SIMPLY not be lemmings and watch new IP as happily as old one. But you idiots jsut ahve to be fans of "official" Superman and keep bringing that money to "official" coffers of giant corporations. Because USA is like that, a soviet style marketing juggernaut, not a place of free thinkers. You have to be stupid or insane to just default to this "it's the company screwing over creators" error code, every single time, when you've JUST been demonstrated how it's a ridiculous string of PATCHWORK bylaws added onto each other. To make "copyright" even REMOTELY even work, because you "created" an idea and claim to own it. When all the value is in the lemmings following it BLINDLY. You legislated COPYING, bread and butter of EDUCATION, to be by default NOT a right. It goes much deeper than that, now you have universities failing to TEACH people because technologosies and information isn't in their RIGHT to copy and pass along. Simply shameless.

@kaneqost172 11 ай бұрын

@@powerbadpowerbad "Money is the root of all evil" - Saint Paul disciple of Jesus

@jayguero2123 11 ай бұрын

Jack Kirby never saw an ounce of his creations successes. That’s the part that gets me. The fact that people think of Stan whenever they think of who created most of Marvel’s recognizable icons. Jack THE KING Kirby.

@christianbjorck816 11 ай бұрын

Same for Steve Ditko. The dude literally made everything about Spider-Man that is Spider-Man, and everyone always just talks about Stan that just had a name suggestion for Steve. It’s disgusting.

@yourfatboy5359 11 ай бұрын

@@christianbjorck816 stan lee took WAY TOO much credit at marvel, yeah sure he maybe the one doing the dialog, but holy shit that man does not deserve all the praise he gets.

@christianbjorck816 11 ай бұрын

@@yourfatboy5359 Damn right. Funniest story I have heard is when he tried to take credit for Captain America, when Jack Kirby and Joe Simon created it and Stan was like 12 years old and didn’t even work in the comics industry 🤣

@yourfatboy5359 11 ай бұрын

@@christianbjorck816 exactly! He just loves taking credit. he did not co-create anything jack kirby made, the king himself created all of his creations by himself, dc's new gods proves this, did stan lee also co-create that? Hell no. It's sad seeing how stan lee is praised by everyone but jack, steve, and many other writers and artists are only praised by die hard comic fans.

@christianbjorck816 11 ай бұрын

@@yourfatboy5359 Exactly. I really loathe all these normies praising Stan Lee to high heaven.

@OptimusMaximusNero Жыл бұрын

*Fun fact:* Bill Finger was honored in a short comic called "The Sacrifice", released in commemoration of Batman's 75th anniversary. In said story, the Phantom Stranger gives the dark knight the opportunity to live in a reality in which he did not lose his parents, showing us an alternate future where Bruce never became Batman and formed a happy family with Natalya. Unfortunately, in this new reality, Gotham is dominated by crime, Ra's al Ghul gradually conquers the World, James Gordon is a quadraplegic and Richard Grayson is sentenced to the death row for killing Tony Zucco. Due to that, Bruce tearfully decides in a really heartbreaking scene to return to his original reality, not without saying a final goodbye to his family. As Batman watches again how Joe Chill murders his parents, the story ends with a text that says "In memory of Bill Finger"

@cheetahluv210 Жыл бұрын

Would that have inspired perchance to dream

@kforcer Жыл бұрын

@@cheetahluv210 I dunno, but the story described is clearly inspired by Detective 500's lead story, "To Kill a Legend," thought by many to be the greatest Batman story of all-time, right down to the role of the Phantom Stranger.

@JayJ4y95 11 ай бұрын

@@cheetahluv210 Perchance to dream was an animated Batman episode in 1992 and Batman's 75th anniversary was in 2014...

@mentvltrillness 11 ай бұрын

In Sean Murphys Beyond the White Knight series he purposefully made Finger's headstone tower over Bob Kane's

@cheetahluv210 11 ай бұрын

@@JayJ4y95 okay so it might be the other way around then

@OptimusMaximusNero Жыл бұрын

Stories of men like Bill Finger or Joe Shuster who had a miserable life despite the great things they did, while other people became huge celebrities for absurd reasons, remind me a lot this sad quote from Nite Owl (Hollis Mason) about the very different fates of Doctor Manhattan and Scout: "Some dope forgets his Watch and becomes a God on Earth...Some poor kid saves New York City and gets to suffer and die alone and forgotten...What kind of sick world is this?"

@mr.jultra4720 11 ай бұрын

I have no words to say other then acknowledging this as the truth

@geraldfrancisco1521 11 ай бұрын

Every time I'm reminded of the harsh reality, I tell myself that "if you help someone, you help the world". When life gets me down, I remind myself that there are people who love me, and that I should continue to live. For myself, and those around me.

@wolfshield2499 11 ай бұрын

Agreed. This world is sick. We need to Stop procreating and produce so many baby and let em live in this sick world and let em become one of this sick people toooo! Enough is enough !

@Novastar.SaberCombat 11 ай бұрын

Yup. It is what it is. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

@ze_kangz932 10 ай бұрын

@@wolfshield2499start with you and your seed:)

@phillybul30 11 ай бұрын

This is why McFarlane and his six friends created image comics. I didn’t know why back in the 90’s when I was a kid but this is definitely the reason. Creators been screwed out of their creations for so long. Especially in the comics industry.

@flannelogue 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but let's not forget that McFarlane then pulled the same shit on Neil Gaiman for the stuff Neil created for Spawn.

@flannelogue 11 ай бұрын

And then Jim Lee selling Wildstorm to Dc and thus screwing Alan Moore's content over.

@kract76 11 ай бұрын

This. All of this.

@victortaylor7737 11 ай бұрын

Dont forget about a number of boxers,recording artists,& some inventers.thats why you need to patient,copyright,& know how to legally claim tge rights to your works.

@gbonkers666 11 ай бұрын

McFarlane also got into trouble because his drawings were more explicit and better than some of the stuff currently being written.

@OptimusMaximusNero Жыл бұрын

Finger definitely honored Batman's name. Like the caped crusader, he tried to improve the world with his actions the best he could, despite knowing that he would not become a well-known person. People like him show that, despite the fact that superheroes do not exist, their mentality is not fictional at all

@tonymiles273 11 ай бұрын

Funny how , many these characters, who were created to be paragons of virtue, would probably hang there heads in Shame at the way the industry that spawned them has treated their creators.

@WreckItRolfe 11 ай бұрын

It's great propaganda

@holdthetruthhostage 11 ай бұрын

Its just how evil these companies are

@GenerationX1984 11 ай бұрын

If a company robbed me I'd be justified in stealing something from their office before leaving.

@SHLVideos Жыл бұрын

This is one of the most important issues in the comic industry, and not nearly enough people talk or care about it. I hope this video gets more views than the trailers for the movies made about the characters that were stolen from these creators.

@Vampiric_Kai 11 ай бұрын

Not just the comics industry. This problem is a issue in almost every industry. Entertainment being the biggest imo. This is why I refuse to pitch my ideas to companies.

@matthewk4912 11 ай бұрын

@@Vampiric_Kai You are very smart. Companies love to reject ideas and tell people they suck, but when they do accept ideas, they do their best to steal them from the creators.

@samahen522 11 ай бұрын

@@matthewk4912 Exactly, they reject your idea then steal it and make money off your idea.

@JR-ju3kj 9 ай бұрын

@@Vampiric_Kai Agreed and very well said. This is why, if people can, they're much better off going into business for themselves and becoming entrepreneurs. Its one of the main reasons why I intend to go into business for myself as an entrepreneur, make my own comics( and hopefully, my own toys) and be my own boss and own my own creations. Why bust your ass working for someone else when they don't care about you, respect you and appreciate you and why be working on and putting all of your blood, sweat and tears into something that you won't have any ownership over? The cautionary tales of not only creators in the comic book industry but in almost every other industry really informed me for how I wanted to make a career for myself in comics and in business.

@kikkerdril Жыл бұрын

You have to wonder how high quality channels like this one just sprout out of nowhere. You can feel how well researched these video's are!

@BartasRapowanie Жыл бұрын

They just spawn

@KadenKenz Жыл бұрын

I get Nerdsync vibes! But, just without Scott.

@kikkerdril 11 ай бұрын

@@KadenKenz Agreed, unfortunately I feel like Nerdsync's content has moved away a bit from the stuff I found interesting, so this is a nice return to that

@EclipsingTNT 11 ай бұрын

@@kikkerdrilThese channels' videos being recommended is a result of KZfaq's algorithm.

@KainoTheKid 11 ай бұрын

@@BartasRapowanie fr

@azwrathfrost 11 ай бұрын

When a good show is canceled and the creator of the show wants to continue it, but the network won't give the rights back. I hate that when it happens.

@jmrabinez9254 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I fucking hate it too. I understand you completely. I want certain show which was very special to me to have, at least, its last and third season, but certain company cancelled the show making this show to end in the second season. Thinking deeply about the reasons of its cancellation made me so sad that it was actually the cause of my first depression stage in my entire life... and that stage wasn't gonna be the last one, but hey. It's really sad.

@tiefensucht 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, RIP Inside Job and many more.

@tatianaayala-delamatta5124 10 ай бұрын

Danny Phantom lol

@saladtalad1311 10 ай бұрын

Utopia 😢

@tiefensucht 10 ай бұрын

@@saladtalad1311 They even made a remake instead of continuing the original.. this is so crazy.

@oozeyboi Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that someone finally acknowledged Bill

@bazzfromthebackground3696 11 ай бұрын

There was a documentary a few years ago that was all about Bill Finger. I forget the name "Man behind the Bat" I think.

@FireLordIroh 11 ай бұрын

The doc was called "Batman & Bill"

@Cloudnolife Жыл бұрын

Man, your script, your direct way and honest way to the camera, your editing, your research...I hope this channel gets recognition step by step, keep doing this, please.

@zaramava5716 11 ай бұрын

right?!

@cosmoray9750 4 ай бұрын

CNN: "Chinese people have TOO MUCH freedom of speech!" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5ybY9h1v6yXg2Q.html 🤔

@matheusarruda6462 Жыл бұрын

“The finest line of poetry ever uttered in the history of this whole damn country was said by Canada Bill Jones in 1853, in Baton Rouge, while he was being robbed blind in a crooked game of faro. George Devol, who was, like Canada Bill, not a man who was averse to fleecing the odd sucker, drew Bill aside and asked him if he couldn't see that the game was crooked. And Canada Bill sighed, and shrugged his shoulders, and said, 'I know. But it's the only game in town.' And he went back to the game.” - Neil Gaiman, American Gods.

@jmace2424 Жыл бұрын

Copyright law has always been kind of broken because Congress and the courts are going to lean toward what companies want rather than creators 😉 💰 💰 💰💰💰💰

@tobyzilla 2 ай бұрын

Yes like I've seen with a surten emulator get shut down because of what you said

@JuanLeon-oe6xe 2 ай бұрын

"wAlT dIzN3Y dId nUdInG rOnG" Yuck...

@kract76 11 ай бұрын

I once sent a submission to Malibu comics. Not only did they not take my concepts. They schooled me on copyright law. I never did anything with those characters, but I learned a Valuable Lesson from them. A producer at fox tried to steal a concept from me. I outsmarted Him.

@RichardmpayiTnway 10 ай бұрын

🧢

@kract76 10 ай бұрын

@@RichardmpayiTnway if it was🧢 You wouldn't know. Go play somewhere.

@Why-bc7wl Жыл бұрын

Damn this just disgusting, bankrupting the creators who help make your billion dollar company. Are they that greedy that they won’t just give them a small little reward. Like your already making billions, slide them $30k when a big project comes out and I’m sure the artists will be grateful and move on with their lives

@krystiankrysti1396 11 ай бұрын

sure but they did not crate anyhing interesting after leaving marvel, the machine for advertising does a lot of heavy lifting for the artists but yes they should out of respect be rewarded eerytime a successfull project with their creation makes a ton of money, as an actor in such movie i would drive myself to the house of the creator and hand him the cash out of my own pocket

@satnav1980 11 ай бұрын

It makes me so mad. I wish the creators had gone to the homes of those who cheated then and fired shots at their house. And kept on harassing and intimidated them. This type of crap is not on. I'm so sick of hard working men creating amazing things and getting screwed over.

@dontayewhittaker5687 11 ай бұрын

Dude this is America we don't play fair

@aphrodite7194 11 ай бұрын

@@dontayewhittaker5687 Karma will get them. It is already starting, the creativity in comics is dying. Reboot after reboot🤮.

@jalukejaluke6884 10 ай бұрын

@@dontayewhittaker5687oh my god not everything is an American issue Jesus Christ

@LyraFay12 11 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Bill Mantlo, created Rocket the Racoon yet still didn't recieve any royalities to help with his health when the guardians 1 came out.

@hitmanmonaghan6633 11 ай бұрын

I met Dan Decarlo at a mini convention in Seattle back in 2000. He told me how he was fucked out of money when the Josie and the Pussycats movie came out. (People that did Sabrina did right by him. He liked the show but list interest when she went to college) He advised me to self publish.

@sheshotjfk8375 5 ай бұрын

A lot of artists are confused about how the world works.

@jasoncaldwell5627 11 ай бұрын

Growing up in Miami in the 80's and going to comics shows as a kid, I heard a lot of these kinds of stories from artists and writers that retired down here. The stories I've heard from artists are wild- particularly from artists that never got their original comic art back.

@gunh4129 11 ай бұрын

The fate of American Comic Authors were so sad and tragic. I was one of the fan of Superman when I was a child, but I don't even know who create him to begin with. It is different to Japanese Manga Authors. Like Akira Toriyama, Kishimoto Masashi, etc. They may over work and tired, but at least, they still have ownership for their own characters.

@ravenzyblack 3 ай бұрын

Joe Shuster

@Ultimate_Troll 2 ай бұрын

Akira Toriyama just passed away.

@xziggy_stardustx6786 11 ай бұрын

It's so sad that numerous creatives weren't properly compensated for their work.

@debeb5148 2 ай бұрын

They should have pursued labor then. At least then they could have sued yo get their pay.

@metalskulkbanepl161 Жыл бұрын

I find the problem even bigger, due to the "Wolverine Precedence": what if Writer X makes the character but Writer Y makes that character really interesting. Who's the "real dad" then? And sometimes there can be decades of many writers who improved the character. Stan Lee unquestionably did a lot for Daredevil, but Miller made Modern Daredevil. When you think about it, this incentivizes writers to make tons and tons of "OCs", hoping at least one of them succeeds or the next writer makes them popular. Killing Joke might be the most iconic Batman story ever, but it didn't introduce anyone important, so Alan Moore couldn't profit from it.

@TheArtInterviews 10 ай бұрын

I feel Batman is like that... And Superman too

@Kero-zc5tc 8 ай бұрын

I thought this because superman isn’t really interesting. I think his weaknesses weren’t always around and he couldn’t always fly but people added stories and abilities that made him better. He feels like a child’s favourite toy granted power beyond belief. I think the original Batman is also similar but he was more interesting at the start due to being a detective.

@cookiedoodle5582 2 ай бұрын

Biggest case of this, I think, is with Rob Liefeld and Deadpool.

@heitornunes6225 12 күн бұрын

Yeah, it is not an easy solution. One way to go is to make a author profit from a media that directly reference them. Take Daredevil and the announced new "born again" series. Frank Miller should get receive a dip from it. But this is very easily solved by the company, putting a original name and saying which comics inspired the project, making a difficult case for the author. (Much like James Gunn naming "superman legacy" and that he got inspired by Morrison "all-star"

@alexandre.albisser Жыл бұрын

As an european I knew pretty much nothing about US comics, and your channel feels like the best way possible to learn about this world!

@RarebitFiends Жыл бұрын

To answer the title: Because the audience doesn't care for the most part. People become angry when you point out how much the industry was and is still built on screwing creatives. They just want their Superman comics, they don't care what happens to the creators.

@christianbjorck816 11 ай бұрын

Exactly! It really pisses me off.

@malcolmparker8376 11 ай бұрын

We observed a bit of that when Sony and Marvel were having disagreements. Nobody cared that Sony had the rights, nor wanted to even research what the discourse was about. A majority of people online simply vilified Sony because "they are keeping Spider-Man from the MCU and we want Spider-Man in the MCU."

@Magneticlaw 11 ай бұрын

@@malcolmparker8376 now it's better that Spidey isn't in the MCU

@starsdealer3473 11 ай бұрын

@@malcolmparker8376 Spider-Man is better with sony ,even sony give steve ditko a tribute in Nwh

@EclipsingTNT 11 ай бұрын

@@starsdealer3473Marvel Studios is the production studio behind the MCU Spider-Man movies. Sony just distributes them.

@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 11 ай бұрын

As much as in the future (Todd MacFarlane) would do the same thing as DC and Marvel, Image Comics gave these mercenary companies a big slap in the face, teased their up-and-coming creators and had to pay for it afterwards for me it was the most satisfying moment of fighting mercenary companies.

@geraldjuvejr.6171 8 ай бұрын

I have a whole new appreciation for the founders of Image Comics.

@georgeaird4637 10 ай бұрын

Why we celebrated Stan Lee when he spent his life screwing over the real creatives that made the characters we love is beyond me!

@blueconqueror4695 7 ай бұрын

Even KZfaq recommend me his speeches which I avoid, he didn't create any character but took credit for the writers work

@neroresurrected 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Stan Lee’s supposed legacy is a fraud. Ignorance is bliss and many Stan Lee fanboys out there that only became fans because of the MCU are the ones mostly that support that Stan Lee and his legacy.

@philipdefibaugh5683 23 күн бұрын

The same definitely can and should be said about Bob Kane. Not only did this SCUMBAG take claim for singlehandedly "create" Batman, BUT he also claimed to have "created" the Riddler who he had no involvement in the creation of that character. The Riddler was again created by Bill Finger with an assist, buy NOT Kane, but Dick Sprang. Both Kane and Stan Lee both deserve each other since Stan Lee took credit for both Ditko and Kirby's work. No wonder these two (Kane and Lee) were such good friends.

@neolunaticus Жыл бұрын

They put a contract On the back of his check. That's fucking evil.

@V---L Жыл бұрын

Dude you are going to be big. Your videos are well made, they seem to have great research going on and the way you speak is very clear. Great content.

@BenMarriott Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant, amazing backstory that I never knew, presented fantastically.

@y3ee3e 11 ай бұрын

I think its time for artists and writers to come together and put their efforts into creating their own line/studio that doesn't undermine their work an creativity

@RusticRonnie 9 ай бұрын

They did, it always ends up like this. Greed and ego

@rolexyo 9 ай бұрын

To be fair TMNT is a success story of that. One of the founders sold his share before the big cash out to Viacom but either way both of the founders did very well, aside from the emotional rollercoaster it was between them.

@sheshotjfk8375 5 ай бұрын

You haven't heard of Image Comics?

@andrewcabrera505 8 ай бұрын

It’s important to note that Siegel & Shuster’s battle wasn’t just them. It was mainly fought by Neal Adams and Jerry Robinson, who also rallied countless other comics creators to speak out for them. It’s also the reason every Superman media has to credit “Superman originally created by….” You’ll see it in every show, every book, etc.

@MrEdWeirdoShow 4 ай бұрын

The Superman Creators story first broke in the 1970s in Phil Yeh's alternative newspaper Uncle Jam. Only then did Neal Adams and friends jump on it and get more wheels in motion.

@oreotitan4545 11 ай бұрын

as a new comic creator, i have found your channel very informative. looking forward to more.

@kract76 11 ай бұрын

Copyright everything. Get your ideas in writing and protected. A producer at Fox tried to swindle me back in the early 90's. I learned about Copyright before I met this producer. Dangling the promise of introducing me to extreme studios. Found out I was awaiting patent certification. The producer broke contact.

@KageVII 10 ай бұрын

Depressing, yet informative and enlightening. Thank you for all your hard work.

@hellodigitalworld8224 Жыл бұрын

That’s why you don’t sell your creation rights no matter what

@justinanderson3241 Жыл бұрын

Putting a contract on a paycheck, so thr have to sign it to get paid....how the hell is that legal??

@recluseauhermitticus2033 11 ай бұрын

So moral of the story: self publish, keep your copywrites!!! And get royalties for everything!!!

@destroyazoid2060 3 ай бұрын

I remember when I was in my teens, back in the early 2000s I used to draw manga a lot. My mother told me how Stan Lee was “looking” for a new super hero. She thought it was an opportunity to pass off one of my creations. I never went through with it because I was also quite lethargic. Seeing all this makes me glad I never gave these companies anything.

@lasercraft32 10 ай бұрын

The lesson to be learned from this... keep your Copyrights close, really really close.

@offtankgaming1310 11 ай бұрын

My dad’s been telling me about this (and similar cases) since I was old enough to read comics. Shame it took so long to get credit. Same with Jerry Robinson and the Joker. At least it’s coming to light now. Great vid!

@BadTakeRisan 11 ай бұрын

This channel is so underrated. You deserve 1 mil subs for the level of research and production alone!

@nickflig 11 ай бұрын

The way you structure these videos is insanely well done and to-the-point. Instant sub.

@Sam-ey9uj 10 ай бұрын

I just wanna say that this channel has been incredible so far we needed someone like you to speak on the behind-the-scenes matters of comicbook making

@GabeGarsia 9 ай бұрын

Your videos are slowly but surely reviving my love for comics and the stories that accompany them

@storageanddisposal 11 ай бұрын

Reed Crandall, my favorite artist of EC/Creepy era of horror comics, died a broke janitor as well. Even beyond the fight for rights, artists just aren't paid shit compared to what they're worth. matttt came out o nowhere and is already becoming one of my favorite KZfaqrs for comics.

@cheeseMcat19 11 ай бұрын

You make amazing content !! Respect to the legendary creators who gave us all these great stories

@sikViduser 11 ай бұрын

One of saddest parts in all this is that many if not most of the creative talent that works for the big two will actively work against you, sell you out, and screw you over for a chance to get ahead in the industry.

@agls1086 11 ай бұрын

Amazing, when you showed the four cases i thought you were going to split the video in two parts, but you´ve made an awesome work explaining this.

@thenot-so-smartfox4145 11 ай бұрын

Hey man, just wanted to say that your channel is great! You don't usually see people talking about comics the way you do, it's awesome that this exists. Please, give us some more of your work cause you're totally rocking it!

@OceanGraves 11 ай бұрын

I love your channel man, nothing like it, sharp editing and smooth scripting, clear and easy consumption of information. Please continue making videos!

@groovi35 11 ай бұрын

Thank you sm for talking about this, can’t believe it kinda of goes under the radar. Mindblowing that this is a thing

@felixpaz2060 11 ай бұрын

These are so well constructed videos on comic history, PLEAAE CONTINUE MAKING VIDOES

@Kn1ghtborne 11 ай бұрын

This is what stopped me from going into comics for a career There are no returns for my hard work

@GingerBreadSed Жыл бұрын

Great video as always! And major kudos for mentioning there's a way we can help comic creators as well. Will be donating 🙌

@faisalraad977 11 ай бұрын

I just finished watching all 4 of your videos, I hope you never change style. Your small personal comments on things are so good and engaging. youre not only spitting facts, but making it enjoyable to learn. youre amazing. im going to leave this exact comment on all 4 of your videos that are out right now, and come back to this in 10 years and see how you've been doing. I cant wait to join you on this journey

@blzimbub 11 ай бұрын

The way you can take hours of complicated information and boil it down to an entertaining clip is amazing. Quick and clear.

@daniexists6 10 ай бұрын

Honestly, you'd be shocked to find out that the comics industry isn't even the only art based gig to do this stuff. I come into this researching cartoons, and it happens all the time. Just never this badly. We really should be more up to crediting folks like Bill Finger, Ub Iwerks and the like for creating these beloved characters and not the folks who claim to like Bob Kane and Walt Disney.

@kermitgotthesickkicks4265 10 ай бұрын

agreed

@thewkovacs316 8 ай бұрын

also happens with what are considered serialized paperbacks the creator of the vampire diaries has never seen any royalties from the tv series, and while she would have loved to sue the twilight author (who stole everything from vampire diaries, except for the sparkly thing) she cant....because she doesnt own the rights

@Sly88Frye 11 ай бұрын

Really well made video. You explain things so well in a way that I could understand it completely even with all the legal jargon and stuff. I appreciate it. Great job!

@SlapNuts4Life 9 ай бұрын

Steve Gerber was able to get his creation back in a roundabout sort of way, it's an amazing story. He created a character at Image(I think) and he looked a lot like Howard, Steve asked Marvel if they would like to do a crossover between Howard the duck and his new creation and they said yes. On the issue that he did he ended it with Howard being trapped in his universe and his creation being trapped in the Marvel universe. So in a "kayfabe" sort away he got his Howard

@diegograjeda7611 2 ай бұрын

When corporations kick out the original creators to their most successful characters "as they don't aline with the company's values".

@KevinMakins 11 ай бұрын

Dude this channel is amazing. I’m getting a crash course in comic book history! Thank you and keep going (provided you keep thinking it’s meaningful).

@timbuktu777 11 ай бұрын

This is my favourite YT channel right now. Didn't realize how much I needed quality comics content. Hoping you also branch out to stories from European comics, Manga and stuff from other regions!

@TheRadBaron 11 ай бұрын

i don't even like comics, and this is one of my favorite new channels in years

@peterjaketalkswrasslin6920 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving us something different. Great work.

@josephineblum3839 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Quickly becoming one of my favorite youtube channels

@fullsoul 11 ай бұрын

@matttt, as a part 2, you should go over the character Angela, originally created by Neil Gaiman for Spawn, but is now part of Marvel, yet still owned 50/50 between McFarlane and Gaiman. that was a messy situation, especially since the original idea of Image comics was "creator owned". Love the channel, keep it up!

@redhulk36 Жыл бұрын

Where did you even come from? Fourth video, 25K subscribers, and amazing quality in every way?? There’s no way this is your first channel, right?? Either way, keep it up man!

@2iron526 11 ай бұрын

found your channel from recommended and i am so glad i did please keep making video your videos ARE SO FREAKING amazing

@James-sm1lh 10 ай бұрын

Really loving this channel. Thanks for all the insight

@emilgilels Жыл бұрын

Your videos are very entertaining and informative - even for someone like me who isn't even a 'comic book' person. (I mean that as a great compliment: being able to reach beyond your regular target audience is a testament to the quality of your content.) Congratulations and keep up the great work!

@puddinggeek4623 Жыл бұрын

There is an excellent channel called ‘Great Art Explained’ which is getting really big. Your channel is ‘Great Comic Art Explained’ and you deserve to keep getting bigger as well. Keep up the good work and interesting videos.

@xavierg.154 9 ай бұрын

I just discovered your channel. You make incredible videos. The editing is perfect, the pacing is great, your voice is at a good and clear tone... I have to say you've become one of my new favorite content creators.

@CleverGirlAAH Ай бұрын

I worked in animation for a few years. A bit of a drifter into the studio spaces, but knew a lot of the people. A corporation is a group of Lawyers and Accountants whose job it is to protect the perverts who make them money. And to destroy the lives of the actual productive people.

@jasoncaldwell5627 11 ай бұрын

That "shared universe" thing is really tricky. Technically, Jim Rhodes was "created" by John Byrne- he was a pilot for Tony Stark and was on one page. That's it. Then Dennis O'Neil spent years developing that character, giving him a family, opinions and, when Tony Stark's alcoholism got bad, O'Neill did something revolutionary and made Jim Rhodes take over as Iron Man. For years. So. Who really "created" Jim Rhodes? Marvel says Byrne did. I say bull.

@lucasabc999 Жыл бұрын

Os vídeos desse canal são ouro!! Sentia falta de algum canal falando de quadrinhos com essa linguagem, um salve do Brasil

@pablolee-davis1494 11 ай бұрын

Highly recommend the Batman & Bill documentary. Bill deserved such much more.

@markedgood 10 ай бұрын

Great info. Thanks for putting this together.

@metalmonkey0026 11 ай бұрын

The way marvel treated kirby and gerbur and others is one of the things that drove Todd, Jim, Rob and Co to quit and form image comics.

@hectormoto5044 11 ай бұрын

Creators just have to create, distribute, and publish on your own. Just crazy

@divinemattress 11 ай бұрын

The goat uploaded again. Good to know this account before it blows up crazy

@honaleri 11 ай бұрын

I hope your channel BLOWS UP! You earned it, your storytelling/reporting is amazing, and has given me insight into amazing Comicbook stories- more interesting than anywhere else on the web and your channel is like... 2 months old or something. Lol. You are just waiting to blow up. In before the swarm!

@ziljin 11 ай бұрын

Why anything horrible happens in thr history of existence? Answer: Greed

@Vision940_ Жыл бұрын

Would love to see more about Alan Moore and his career!

@HILLSIDECOMICS 11 ай бұрын

This is already my favourite comics channel on YT

@brandonmichaud8047 11 ай бұрын

I just watched this and your TMNT video, definitely earned a subscriber!

@WilliamByronIs 11 ай бұрын

Why it keeps happening: because Fans enable it and do not care. They won't boycott anything that brings them pleasure. The people within the industry won't rock the boat and risk their jobs. Same as it's always been. The Stan Lee myth continues relentlessly because people seem to desperately and pathologically need the image of Stan as the creator and can't cope with anything that goes against it.

@MILDMONSTER1234 11 ай бұрын

And this is why pirate culture needs to skyrocket now… oh wait it already is lol

@Mankey619 11 ай бұрын

It sad that Bob Kane stole his work and credit for making Batman in the first place. Not just him. It’s every co-creator who don’t get any credit and respect by the company they’ve worked on.

@sanitizerwilson1599 11 ай бұрын

Statement Bob Kane didn't stole Bill Finger's work. What Bob Kane did was show him (Bill Finger) a prototype drawing of Batman. Bill Finger did the cape like the bat and the hood cover the head and costume colour. Just like to that Bob Kane was the match and Bill Finger was the candle. In the end Bob Kane's life he wish that he share co credit in the making of Batman.

@tattoodude8946 10 ай бұрын

The sad thing is, that many of these companies have so much money that they can simply make the legal battle so painful and expressive, that it is not worth pursuing.

@ivangotovats7562 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video dude, can’t wait to watch your channel grow

@mellogic 11 ай бұрын

Im glad peter and kevin didnt go threw this craziness when they create the ninja turtles

@tommyhatcher3399 11 ай бұрын

It's even worse today. It's why I don't like anything new. I hear a new song, just reminds me of an old song I'd rather be listening to. And movies, can't watch new movies without looking at every scene and remember the exact same scene from an old movie it was taken from. So little originality these days. And there's countless stories of big shot creators going online and totally ripping off indie creators and the indie creator gets no credit. Every time I see something new and it's half-decent I wonder who really created it because it sure isn't the names listed in the credits. They just saw and copied. There's a reason why new stuff rubs you the wrong way and that's why.

@GenerationX1984 11 ай бұрын

Modern pop music not only sounds a lot like the pop music 25 years ago. It sounds worse. Like they put it threw a meat grinder and just puked it out. No originality. Just recycled trash.

@oo--7714 11 ай бұрын

Humans are not original, they always copy from other peoples work and add onto them. We live in a more interconnected world and that is why more songs nowadays sound similar.

@JackKirbyFan 10 ай бұрын

This seems like a new channel and a well done one. You will go far.

@kielbaily8513 3 ай бұрын

It's absolutely insane the lengths those greedy corporate people will go to just to keep the lion's share of the profits while the people who do the actual work are left with literal bread crumbs.

@lucapepito 10 ай бұрын

This is another reason I prefer European comics to US comics. Apart from a few exceptions here in europe the authors always hold 100% of the copyright on their characters. And publishing houses, even if they are not always very transparent and contracts are still way too low, do not act like evil greedy corporation.