Affaires de famille by BILL CRABTREE ROBERT KIRKMA...

Devin McRae, who is representing Crabtree legally in the lawsuit, also had this to say regarding the matter:

The artist alleges that in 2005, Kirkman convinced him to surrender his ownership stake in Invincible, under the guise of making it easier to market the property to studios. Crabtree, who was the colorist on the first 50 issues of the Invincible comic book series, claims he was deceived by Kirkman and led to abandon his copyright on the property. Now, according to THR, artist William Crabtree, says he co-created the series and is suing Kirkman for lost profits on the Amazon Studios adaptation. 'When Crabtree questioned Kirkman about why Kirkman continued to pay Crabtree royalties on the Work for years after the Certificate of Authorship, Kirkman stated that those royalty payments were actually just 'bonuses,' that he paid at his discretion,' McRae wrote in the claim (which you can check out below).Related: Invincible: How Powerful Mark Is Vs.

But in 2020 (when plans for Amazon's adaptation started to become reality), Crabtree claims that he was told by Kirkman that he wasn't entitled to any monies from the project since he had no ownership interest in the work. Then the Amazon Studios Series Deal Happened…: Crabtree claims that subsequently, he continued to see monies from comics sales, licensure of the work by MTV for a television-based motion comic, and Paramount Pictures' television & film options. 'Kirkman falsely told Crabtree that Crabtree's rights and financial interest in the Work would remain unchanged if he signed the Certificate of Authorship and that the document would simply allow Kirkman to market the licensure of the Work more easily, resulting in greater profits for both of them,' the lawsuit reads. Kirkman's 'Certificate of Authorship': At 2005's San Diego Comic-Con, Crabtree claims that he was presented with a 'Certificate of Authorship' to sign by Kirkman and Kirkman LLC, and that Kirkman told Crabtree that having his work characterized as 'work-for-hire' was meant to make licensing the comic for a series adaptation easier and that Crabtree's rights and financial interests wouldn't change. Crabtree's 'Oral Agreement' Claim: That Crabtree and Kirman and Kirkman LLC had an oral agreement in place that Crabtree would get 20% of single sale proceeds of Invincible with a minimum of $40 per page as well as 10% of any revenue generated from (as the claim reads) 'other film or television commercial exploitation of the Work together with any derivative projects based on the Work and any allied or ancillary rights in the Work.'

Affaires de famille by BILL CRABTREE ROBERT KIRKMA...