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Snard:

--- Quote from: josemas on March 28, 2012, 07:54:42 AM ---I sometimes see the occasional story from these comics pop up on blogs.  The series did have some nice art on it, generally by Bob Oksner, although I seem to remember some issues with art by Mort Drucker and Howie Post too.

Best

Joe

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Some of the later Jerry Lewis books had art by Neal Adams! (issues 102-105 and 107, according to comics.org)

John C:
Based on the Copyright Office database, the original copyright was by DC, with the renewals by Universal.  It didn't look like the full run, but (a) a decent number and (b) it was a lazy search of just the full title.  If the book changed names at all (even on paper), ran long enough that renewals wouldn't be required, etc., there might be more than the couple dozen renewals I saw.  So, I wouldn't necessarily bet on it being clear, but depending on the run, some of it is possible.

However, even if the books are public domain, I recommend treading lightly.  There's a huge difference between dealing with DC (who, by and large, seem to understand the public domain ecosystem and tend to turn a blind eye to piracy) and Universal (who will sue grandmothers on seeing their IP address download a torrent with the same name as one of their movies).  If anybody finishes the research, finds some gaps, and makes them available, I'd recommend being absolutely clear (on any download pages, for example) on which issues are which.

jfglade:

--- Quote from: John C on March 29, 2012, 05:45:58 AM ---Based on the Copyright Office database, the original copyright was by DC, with the renewals by Universal.  It didn't look like the full run, but (a) a decent number and (b) it was a lazy search of just the full title.  If the book changed names at all (even on paper), ran long enough that renewals wouldn't be required, etc., there might be more than the couple dozen renewals I saw.  So, I wouldn't necessarily bet on it being clear, but depending on the run, some of it is possible.

However, even if the books are public domain, I recommend treading lightly.  There's a huge difference between dealing with DC (who, by and large, seem to understand the public domain ecosystem and tend to turn a blind eye to piracy) and Universal (who will sue grandmothers on seeing their IP address download a torrent with the same name as one of their movies).  If anybody finishes the research, finds some gaps, and makes them available, I'd recommend being absolutely clear (on any download pages, for example) on which issues are which.

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 I have to agree that it would be best to use caution. The series did start out as "The Adventures of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin" but it mirrored the real-life breakup of that team and became just a Jerry Lewis book which ran well into the late sixties. Best to treat the series with kid gloves.

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