Rob Liefeld Won't Draw Absolute Batman, Paizo In Trouble, John Oliver Mocks DC - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
I’m really loving the Katherine Kurtz Deryni fantasy series. The church politics is top notch and is about what I wanted out of a fantasy book. I’m midway through the last book of the first trilogy now. Need to be writing my next book though…
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Rob Liefeld Says He’ll Never Draw For DC, Turns Down $1 Million Absolute Batman Cover
Rob Liefeld, the Deadpool and X-Force co-creator, has drawn a hard line against ever working for DC Comics, saying that no amount of money changes his answer, not even seven figures for a single cover.
Why Fan Productions Are Important
In recent years, the question of copyright and corporate control over intellectual property (IPs) has come up multiple times. Most notably, the Star Wars and Star Trek fan communities have seemed to be hit the hardest, or at the very least, they have been the most publicized. Do these corporations have too much power? Are they stifling creativity?
Paizo Cuts Ties With Archives of Nethys, Longtime Free Pathfinder Rules Site, Amid Deeper Financial Trouble
Paizo has formally ended its eight-year commercial partnership with Archives of Nethys, the volunteer-run digital reference site that’s served as the de facto free rulebook for Pathfinder and Starfinder players since 2018. The split took effect July 24, and while both sides frame it as an amicable parting, the timing lines up with a rougher stretch for …
John Oliver Mocks His Own Company’s DC Movies While Ripping Trump’s DOJ
John Oliver used a Last Week Tonight segment about the Trump Justice Department’s courtroom losing streak to take a direct shot at his own corporate parent’s superhero slate. The exchange with the DOJ’s record led into DC’s box office history as the punchline:
Book Review: Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz
Earlier this week I reviewed the book Deryni Rising, the first in Katherine Kurtz’s series after some kind eBay bookseller stuffed six of her books into my package. I’d not known much about her or the series and dived in to be pleasantly surprised by the first book. So how is the sequel?