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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132129
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:15am | IP Logged | 1
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I've mentioned before that Marvel's statements have become incredibly precise and detailed. A long way from the days of "Oh, we can't keep track of all that stuff!"Well, today I received a check for a little over $1,100, attached to a statement 75 pages long! Some of the payments were for as little as 15¢!
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Charles Valderrama Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4716
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:23am | IP Logged | 2
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WOW... curious.... does the statement cover only your printed work, or other adaptations of your work?
-C!
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John Byrne
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 10:27am | IP Logged | 3
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These cover everything.
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Rebecca Jansen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 February 2018 Location: Canada Posts: 4407
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 11:00am | IP Logged | 4
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I've seen some music industry things like that, and it too used to be more of a 'trust us' situation with the exact opposite in terms of keeping track. Something like 15 cents sounds like your fraction of some licensing agreement made with a party balloons manufacturer in Boliiva. :^)
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Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 August 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 4506
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 11:03am | IP Logged | 5
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I would have loved to see the work that went into all the identification of contributions in the library. Some group of people went through all that licensing and cataloged everyone's contributions so they could make the payments. As JB mentioned, it wasn't necessarily done prior to the purchase of the company.
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Jeff Scott Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 November 2016 Location: United States Posts: 238
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 6
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Will you get a hefty chunk of change for the upcoming X-Men Dark Phoenix movie? If so, how would your cut be figured out...is it based on the sales of the movie at the theater or a simple percentage based on the character creation? Regardless, it's nice to see that your contributions are being rewarded.
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Brian Hague Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 May 2018 at 11:34pm | IP Logged | 7
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Time to buy another giant robot; maybe a second Robby with an Altair-4 taxi vehicle around it to idle in the garage... and an Anne Francis to go with it.
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Michael Sommerville Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 April 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 417
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Posted: 23 May 2018 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | 8
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Is it possible your page number is so high is because your hand was so prolific in so many different ideas and stories through the 70's and 80's. You and your compatriots from that era were a part of many of the foundations the comics and movies are building upon.
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Ted Pugliese Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 05 December 2005 Location: United States Posts: 7979
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Posted: 25 May 2018 at 6:53am | IP Logged | 9
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John, if I may be so bold, do you get them quarterly? My wife gets her royalties or residuals quarterly from Sag, et. al. I wonder if it works the same way for comics or you.
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Eric Kleefeld Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 December 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4422
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Posted: 25 May 2018 at 10:20am | IP Logged | 10
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Well, at least it was all compiled into just one check!
Edited by Eric Kleefeld on 25 May 2018 at 10:55am
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Brian Hughes Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 15 June 2015 Location: United States Posts: 292
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Posted: 25 May 2018 at 10:30am | IP Logged | 11
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JB, do you get royalties when your work shows up in a coloring book like this?
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John Byrne
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Posted: 25 May 2018 at 11:05am | IP Logged | 12
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Well, that might explain some of the REALLY tiny numbers!Along such lines, I was in CVS this morning and spotted a Father's Day card using the alternate cover to MAN OF STEEL 1. Lenticular, no less!
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