That Creedence Clearwater Revival song we can't name, because we don't wanna get sued. (They sued John. He WROTE all their songs. We ain't @#$%ING around with CCR...)

Hi, Everybody!

So it occurred to me, that the amount on the check Dave sent me for my work on Amazing Batvark #1, was bigger than the amount Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster got for Superman in 1938.

My check.

Jerry and Joe's check. (The first item on the left is "Superman 130.00" which is what they were paid.)

(Not adjusted for inflation. With inflation, they got $2442.13. But shut up, I'm doing a bit...)

Which makes me sad and depressed, because I shouldn't have gotten MORE than Siegel and Shuster for suggesting a cover and writing the IFC. They made Superman for @#$%s sake...

The only reason I noticed was that Friend to the Blog (and star of Steve Peters Week 3-D (coming soon(?))) Steve Peters shared on the FaceItBooks an article about how Ed Brubaker makes more for the cameo he had in Captain America: The Winter Soldier than he does from creating the character of the Winter Soldier.

Which got me to thinking about how Marvel and DC have a history of screwing over their creators that stretches back about eighty-three years.

Which got me thinking about Crossing Over, Dave's story from Spawn #10

Speaking of SPAWN #10:

Dave sent me:

THE SPAWN 10 CORNER King and Scott Streets in downtown Kitchener, twenty-eight years after the fact. Me holding up one of the SPAWN 10 lenticular covers. Proving you can't get a good shot of me, the corner and the cover all in one picture.

Photo by Mike Kitchen

Cover NOT by Mike Kitchen

Speaking of Speaking of SPAWN #10:

The Waverly Press would like to know how Cerebus Fandom thinks they're doing with Spawn #10, Cerebus #1, and the Regency Edition.

GAH! Don't sneak up on me like that!!!

Speaking of The REGENCY EDITION:

Dave sent this too:

THE HIGH SOCIETY REGENCY EDITION GIANT PRINTS the color (it was done in San Francisco, so no "u") is absolutely amazing in person. Even with "mood lighting" at Camp David and hitting it with the video camera's flash almost head on, you only get a fraction of the intensity of the colors. Not to mention the extremely rich texture of the photographic paper (I TOLD you not to MENTION that!). Dagon says Mr. Hoffman is one of the best photo printers in the U.S. and I believe it. They came in about ten minutes after Mike left. All signed and ready to ship to North Carolina!

Click for bigger (nice shirt...)

Ahem. So the Regency Editions aren't gonna ship to the Waverly Press until May 25th, so I, personally, wouldn't expect anybody to get their packages until June.

Anyway, The Waverly Press would like feedback on their collaborations with Aardvark-Vanaheim. Specifically, they're looking for what people want and don't want. Non constructive complaints don't interest them, but thoughtful, constructive feedback is most welcome.

More or fewer variant covers? (Hey, be nice. I know the answer to this one...)
Trading cards?
Hardcover books?
Signed and numbered fine art prints?
Additional expanded content?
Are there things they could be offering that they haven't thought of?
Contests for rarities from the archive?
What do Cerebus collectors want?

You can comment here, email me momentofcerebus@gmail.com, or be "that guy" and email The Waverly Press directly through their "My Spawn #10 package is damaged/missing stuff" email account: thewaverlypress@gmail.com

(If you do that last one, do me the favor of not being an ass. I don't need anymore static than I already get here. They're nice to me. I'd like that to continue.)

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