From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!sask!firby
Newsgroups: net.comics
Title: Re: Howard The Duck - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sask.249
Posted: Sat May  7 17:29:04 1983
Received: Tue May 17 20:50:33 1983
References: rlgvax.325 dadla-b.436 rlgvax.388


   Just to set the record straight, or maybe to confuse things further, 
Gerber did indeed write the first appearance of Howard, but it seems 
that the sketch came from Mayerik (what ever happened to him), right 
down to the cigar.  So we're back to the age-old comic book problem: 
 Which takes precedent, the pictures or the words?  I'm inclined 
to think that Gerber is more responsible, because he created the 
character of the Fharacter, if you know what I mean, but that doesn't 
mean he has any legal claim.  He knew what he was signing!

           joanne