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John L. Roberson

Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Bio: John Linton Roberson is an illustrator, cartoonist and writer, living, at present, in Seattle, Washington. Currently he is working on a comics version of Frank Wedekind's LULU, now in THIS SICKNESS #6, available at Amazon.com, along with his autobiographical graphic novella MARTHA. He is also developing an ongoing series starring his cult favorite character Vladrushka. Find out more at jlroberson.org. Follow him on Twitter, too! @jlr_1969

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JANUARY 19, 2012 3:19AM

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...which personally affects me as you can see just above, as I'm adapting Frank Wedekind's LULU, which is over 100 years old and in public domain.(not my version, but the two original plays)

Read more here and wonder: what the living fuck. Obviously this is only of benefit to corporations. And I have to wonder--if the authors are dead and the estates are defunct, WHO GETS THE RIGHTS?

(Hat tip: Chris P. Reilly)

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