Go, Read: Gerry Conway On Changes With DC’s Compensation Program For Character Use

The writer Gerry Conway talks directly here on what a lot of people have talked around for the last few years: that with the big changes at DC in 2009 the way that compensation has been given out for characters created has changed dramatically, and not in a way that favors the creators. This would be bad enough on its own, but Conway is enabled by the obnoxiousness of how these things are structured now to point out that their logic has some creations not being created by anyone at all. It's pretty amazing.

People were generally complimentary of DC's program and the Levitz Era's solicitousness in making sure as many got paid as possible. It was a start contrast to Marvel's either resistant or abitrary way of deciding who was rewarded for that kind of use. It was depressing when this new system settled into place because no one knew it was happening, including people who continued to praise DC at previous levels. I hope for the best system possible, always favoring the creators over the constructs that have replaced.
 
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