tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post113614828976830570..comments2023-07-04T10:09:14.711-04:00Comments on jabberous: doonesbury and stuffMark Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-1136165824205306382006-01-01T20:37:00.000-05:002006-01-01T20:37:00.000-05:00Live & learn -- (a) friends can turn on ya in a he...Live & learn -- (a) friends can turn on ya in a heartbeat when you least expect it; (b) you'd be amazed how quickly (a) kicks in if you can't keep it straight whether it's $100,000 or $200,000; (c) the paperwork is also to make sure your son and/or wife and/or heirs get what was agreed to, cuz baby, those verbal agreements dissolve in a heartbeat under all kinds of circumstances; (d) American trademark (not copyright) law requires "Mark Martin's XXX" be trademark Mark Martin and zealously protected or you LOSE it, (e) and lose it REAL fast if you don't have the paperwork in place; (f) work-for-hire emerges from, and protects, trademark issues, including for you & me when it's our trademarks. <BR/><BR/>Ethics are another thing, and that's in large part what's being discussed here. Ethically, you can set things up any way you see fit -- but from hard experience, I still suggest, even if it's just a signed letter or something -- get it in writing, keep it somewhere. <BR/><BR/>I could go on and on, as all this is meat for my sausages, but it's your blog, not mine. <BR/><BR/>HAPPY NEW YEAR!SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-1136157342481920662006-01-01T18:15:00.000-05:002006-01-01T18:15:00.000-05:00You do remember coming to my Halloween Party?? Bar...You do remember coming to my Halloween Party?? Bart was there and made a great Spock. I saw it not long ago...I take so many photos and store them everywhere, so it may take a while.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553786323163253553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-1136153789567179832006-01-01T17:16:00.000-05:002006-01-01T17:16:00.000-05:00well, i think it's a lot better to say things like...well, i think it's a lot better to say things like "created by mark martin", or "art by mark martin studios", then to simply have say "beetle baily by mort walker" when m.w. hasn't picked up a pencil since 1968. so i wouldn't feel badly if you at least gave SOME acknowledgment that you weren't the only person involved in the creation of some cartoon. there's just so many cases of artists landing a big fat contract, then hiring assistants and keeping all the fame/glory/$ for themselves. batman by bob kane..... AS IF!!!eeTeeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341830695525951970noreply@blogger.com