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Atlas Comics returns
bchat:
Yeah, people have a habit of blowing things out of proportion. I figured they were starting with GG & Phoenix and then going from there, since the press release on Ardden's site didn't mention anything else. I certainly didn't think "Atlas" was coming back as a full-blown line with a dozen titles ... it didn't work the first time, and it certainly wouldn't work now.
I haven't read Planet of Vampires yet (I'm missing the last issue), but that wouldn't be a bad follow-up to GG & Phoenix. Anything that isn't flat-out superheroes is probably the best direction for Atlas to go in, since there's so much superhero stuff out there already.
John C:
Keep in mind that they may be strongly limited in what they can use. By every account of Atlast that I've read, they attracted talent by giving the character rights (whatever they are beyond trademarks) to the creators. So we may never see an Atlas Scorpion, as the rights could rest with Chakyin.
And on top of that, a good number of the properties are blatant ripoffs of things they wanted to license, but couldn't get the money for. In the more litigious environment of today, "Planet of Vampires" could well be a pretty big risk, for example.
But hey, more power to them for finding a niche. Hopefully, they'll do something good.
narfstar:
I do not think there is enough money in comics for anyone to make a fuss about a rip off. The money is in movies and movies are from originals and vice versa
John C:
Possibly not, but every publisher is going to make that decision differently. You might think it'll be fine and I might risk it, but neither of us are businessmen who need to make those sorts of decisions and risk our money and reputations on it.
Plus, since a lot of comic book publishing is around specifically (as you suggest) in hopes of getting a movie deal...well, you don't really want to hype the Cougar when someone else is doing a Kolchak revival, do you? That's money spent without any license coming in.
bchat:
I'm not a big enough fan of the old line to have read everything about them, so I have some questions.
--- Quote from: John C on September 17, 2010, 04:55:50 PM ---Keep in mind that they may be strongly limited in what they can use. By every account of Atlast that I've read, they attracted talent by giving the character rights (whatever they are beyond trademarks) to the creators. So we may never see an Atlas Scorpion, as the rights could rest with Chakyin.
--- End quote ---
Might that be part of the reason that the books (for the most part) "changed directions" after a few issues ... in effect, the creators would get to keep their "character rights" while Atlas continued to use (and own) the Trademark on a changed/altered/all-new character they could claim sole ownership to?
--- Quote ---And on top of that, a good number of the properties are blatant ripoffs of things they wanted to license, but couldn't get the money for. In the more litigious environment of today, "Planet of Vampires" could well be a pretty big risk, for example.
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I never heard that said before (ripping-off an idea they wanted to license). What was Planet of Vampires a rip-off of? Again, I haven't read that book yet, so maybe it's obvious, but, to me, it just sounds like a neat concept that's similar to a lot of things and not one single thing specifically.
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