"Public Domain" explores comic books exploitative past through family drama

The comic book industry is rife with heartbreaking stories of scrappy, under-appreciated artists who barely got a pittance as their intellectual property blossomed into billion-dollar corporate assets. Joel Shuster and Jerry Siegel famously got $138 for the rights to Superman; both Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko were famously frustrated that Stan Lee stole the credit for the things they created while technically on salary; Alan Moore generally exists; more recently, Marvel Comics has been criticized for offering a $5000 pity bonus to anyone who created a character who gets featured in one of their movies—basically the equivalent of a rounding error. — Read the rest
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