Comics Are Great! 80 – Public Domain Comics with Barry Gregory and Kim Holm
by dubaym
What is the benefit of working with public domain characters and stories? Is it just fun to play in “someone’s sandbox,” or is there a larger cultural benefit to authors building on and expanding the works of those who came before? What might happen if more creative works were to enter into the public domain? And is copyright “stealing” from the public?
I’m joined a great roundtable to help navigate these challenging questions! Barry Gregory is the man behind Ka-Blam Digital Printing (and the provider of audio hosting for this show!). Barry teamed up with Steven Butler to create Gallant Comics featuring public domain characters created by Jack Kirby, Bill Everette, and others. Kim Holm is the author of the graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Pikman’s Model, which you can purchase or download for free on archive.org.
We’re joined later by Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library for another round of book recommendations!
Links mentioned in this episode:
- CAG 38 – Ideas are Crap
- CAG 12 – Calling all LCS
- CAG 68 – Watson and Holmes
- Public Domain
- “Greatest Story Ever Told”
- Cthulu (South Park)
- John Aman, Prince of Orphans
- The Amazing Man, John Aman
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Sergio Aragonés
- The definition of “Free” software
- DreamStudio
Book recommendations:
- Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes
- My Dirty Dumb Eyes
- Rob Hanes Adventures
- Genesis by R. Crumb
- Neste gang blir alt riktig
- Letting it Go
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