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[edit] Creator owned?
Was the imprint really 'creator owned'? I think that creators working under this imprint had more control over their creations, but how far did it really go? I doubt an artist that used Marvel-owned characters in his work was free to reprint this work on his own. ike9898 13:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, the imprint was creator-owned. Remember that the Epic Illustrated magazine started as an attempt to emulate Heavy Metal/Metal Hurlant, and that in the early 1980s movie deals weren't still considerations when writing up contracts. Some of the people that worked for Epic wouldn't have done so were they not be able to keep the copyrights, such as Vaughn Bodé, Rick Veitch and Pepe Moreno. The proof that is was creator-owned was Jim Starlin taking Dreadstar to First Comics in 1986. Other series were also published in other publishers, such as Coyote (Eclipse), Alien Legion (currently reprinted by Checker), The Black Dragon (reprinted by Dark Horse), Moonshadow (reprinted by Vertigo), The One (reprinted by King Hell), et cetera. It wasn't until 1986 (four years after Dreadstar) that Epic published a story owned by Marvel, and that was mostly as a sales draw. --Pc13 09:08, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
