[Groop] Groo Vs Wolverine

Ruben Arellano rarellano at shaw.ca
Mon May 9 08:44:35 PDT 2005


Would we all be as worked up about this if someone was selling a Groo vs. Wolverine sketch by Sergio himself?  

I think not.

(although I don't think he commonly does sketches of other artist's characters, even if you ask)

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Steller <mrgrooism at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 9:39 am
Subject: RE: [Groop] Groo Vs Wolverine

> --- promethea <promethea at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe my copyright law info is off, but isn't this a pretty clear
> > infringement of both character's owner's rights?
> 
> I'm no attorney, but I'm 95% sure it's legal.
> 
> Theer's no way to tell whether or not this is a "freebie" sketch 
> or one
> commissioned at a con, but copyright holders (such as Marvel for
> Wolverine) aren't going after comic book artists who do convention
> sketches for money because they like the publicity. I would tend to
> think Sergio is fine with his peers doing a con sketch of Groo with
> another character for a fan. Of course, if someone set up a booth and
> started soliciting $100 bucks a pop for lame Groo sketches, that might
> be something Sergio would complain about, but I don't see that
> happening.
> 
> Of course, you do have the right to resell your property, whether 
> it is
> was given to you for free or paid for (commissioned). What we in the
> Groop often object to as a matter of principle is folks who solicit
> freebie sketches with the intent of selling them. Those are the folks
> whom we aim our (mothballed) Intercontinental Ballistic Cheesedip
> Missiles at...
> 
> Now, scanned reproductions of comic book pages are self-publishing and
> thus violates copyright laws.
> 
> 
> -Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller, Mendicant Second Class 
> 
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