pro comic creators discuss fanfiction vs. comics

[superfixated]

Robot 6, a blog on the CBR News site, has posted an interesting exchange between Ira Rubenstein, executive vice president of Marvel’s Global Digital Media Group, Dave Roman, cartoonist and associate editor of Nickelodeon Magazine, and Stuart Levy, chief executive officer of Tokyopop about fanfiction and other topics:

Roman: Most people I know and

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[violent_giggles]

Rubenstein: But Dave, I think there’s a difference. No one can write about Spider-Man or X-Men except for us.

LMAO.

"But Dave, we're the only people on the planet with PENS!!"

You know what's going to happen her - he's going to be the kid who spoils the game for everyone else when he knows he can't win; he'll just throw the Scrabble board out of the window.

[mithen]

"But Dave, we're the only people on the planet with PENS!!"

*snicker* You win. This guy's denseness is black-hole level!

[violent_giggles]

You know what's worse? Now I'm hearing them in the Pinky and the Brain voices.

Roman: "Rubenstein, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

Rubenstein: "I think so, Roman; but if Spider-Man's not crying in every issue, I'm going to have to start downloading porn again!"

[kittymayhem]

He's right. No one person can honestly and securely say that they haven't run to fan fiction when the writers or creators of a series completely poop out on us. I know I've read hundreds of fan fictions for various shows, and some of the stuff out there is much better than what "hired" writers will spill out for the sake of "public television". If people actually, and I mean actually sat down, wrote out what they thought should happen and what they KNOW should happen, things would be a heck of a lot different.

And youtube is entertainment. *giggles* I get the best laughs from there. Television now is a big reality show. If I wanted to watch reality...I'd go outside. ^-^

[axolotl_lan]

<3 I also found that for friends and people who would NEVER read fanfic over the source material considering and leaning towards it when canon goes badly... fanfiction still has a slight stigma with some but the moment canon is worse than the fanfics and a person can go "look at fanfic example a) and source material b) and truthfully tell me which is better. When that happens it's like the stigma fades away and the person has their proof. Still the above conversation is hilarious.

[schala_kid]

Rubenstein: But Dave, I think there’s a difference. No one can write about Spider-Man or X-Men except for us.

You can't write about them and sell the story legally, but you sure as hell can write about them! You cannot stop fanfiction! Anne Rice tried and failed miserably.

[bradygirl_12]

The clueless bus can be quite amusing, eh? ;)

'Pro' novels like those for ST or SW can be quite awful. Fanfic can be a heckuva lot better!