From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!oz
Newsgroups: net.comics
Title: Re: duck!
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.307
Posted: Wed Apr 20 23:54:29 1983
Received: Fri Apr 22 22:26:33 1983
References: rlgvax.296 unc.5031


I have to disagree with Tim's statement that people (writers) cannot
have freedom in the Marvel Universe.  I agree that Gerber could not
change things wholesale when he wrote Howard.  I mean he couldn't just
suddenly have Curt Conners grow feathers, a comb and call himself the
"Chicken Gizzard," but people have created their own subset of the
Marvel Universe supposedly without approval from Jim Shooter (bow
three times towards NYC, YAS MASTAH, I'SE A COMIN').  After all, the
whole invention of the alternate world where Howard came from was a
change in the Marvel Universe.

I think that Starslayer demonstrated nicely how a comic could change
from one publisher to another without major hassels.  Grell finished
the storyline under Pacific Comics, and now the same characters, the
same situation will be used for First Comics.  We the readers are the
major benificiaries of this policy.  I certainly trust an artist like
Grell over a manager like Shooter.

It WAS nice to see a place where Kirbys art looked right, wasn't it!

			Proud to say he has an autographed CEREBUS #1
			OZ
			seismo!rlgvax!oz