In the IDW Q&A thread Bobby Curnow mentioned that a deal could not be reached with Rick Veitch to reprint his Mirage Vol. 1 stories. I reached out to Rick to find out why and here's what he sent me back.
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Hi Sergio,
The problem is a rights issue. The work was originally done on a handshake with a 50/50 split on any future revenue. I never signed the after-the-fact work-for-hire contract that Mirage later demanded. Over 20 years of trying to negotiate a deal, nothing ever came of it. Now that they have sold the Turtles to Nickelodian/Viacom, there will have to be a new agreement between them and me before any of my copyrighted material can be republished.
I understand the wishes of the fans to see the material, and IDW has been very helpful trying to make it happen. But Nickelodian/Viacom wants me to sign over all rights (films, publishing, merchandise) for my stories to be included in this one publishing event.
Fans should organize to pressure them to do a fair deal.
Cheers,
Rick
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I guess that's where we come in. Bobby has repeatedly said that he's not in charge of the reprints, and that emailing
[email protected] is our best chance to get things changed. I think though, that this is more a Viacom issue. I may be in the minority here, but I am really going to miss not having a complete reprinting of the Mirage books. I know the TMNT community has some power, would this be something we could affect?
11-25-2012, 06:41 PM
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