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#7 · Posted: 3 May 2005 10:43
It's not the only one.
Jay Cantor wrote a similarly dense and metaphorical novel using Krazy Kat as a lift-off point, although one that seems to be more fondly regarded.
From the Literary Journal: "George Herriman's old comic characters to explore the psycho-sexual underpinnings of the atomic age and the bomb's effects on personality and culture. Cantor turns the novel's central difficulty -- how to create complex characters from cartoon images -- into its central metaphor, using their two-dimensionality as a reflection of the contemporary psyche."
(**sigh**)
I wonder what kind of proposals these guys wrote to the Herrimann estate/ Moulinsart to get permission, which has to be obtained in advance. Surely the rights-holders would not have approved the final manuscripts.
Most times – usually for good, sometimes for bad - the writer (or team, or entity) who wants to create a new work based on an existing property, negotiates a deal in which the underlying rights-holders don't have approvals, otherwise you never get your work done.
You don't want to write a musical with someone who knows nothing about musicals looking over your shoulder.
But it begs the question as to why Moulinsart would give permission to Tuten for his novel, yet not authorize the creation of new Tintin stories (including novels) created and commissioned under the Moulinsart banner. See, that would be different, because, art though it may be, it would come under the heading of merchandising, franchise merchandising to boot⦠and that would be overseen by the parent company.
Yes, yes, I know, Hergé wanted the stories to stop with him, but, you know what? I love ya, Georges, I really do, but you were wrong.
Tintin should just keep going on, exploring the new decades and new issues with his old pals in tow. Appear to Mr. Rodwell in a vision, would you please, and get him off the hook?
Let him authorize new official stories, real stuff. True, they might not all be great (Captain Haddock would tell you, such a development might take a bit of time to find its sea legs) but some of them would be just plain swell, and we'd all be better off. Trust me on this.
Okay Georges?
Georges...?
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