{"id":37371,"date":"2025-06-22T21:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=37371"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T01:44:42","slug":"why-not-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2025\/06\/22\/why-not-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Say What Happened? Episode 24: My Ethical Conundrum About Owning Original Comics Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After three conventions in four weekends, I finally catch my breath to celebrate several important personal comic book anniversaries, sort through Marie Severin&#8217;s classic covers, realize my discovery of horror comics was topsy-turvy, fail to answer a question about how to break into comics, remember Stan Lee&#8217;s fear of the word &#8220;horror,&#8221; appreciate the increased respect professional writing organizations are now paying comics, look back at the day Jim Shooter stopped sharing original art with writers, wrestle with the morality of my original art collection, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You can eavesdrop on all those memories via the embed below or <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/1775481331\">download them at the site of your choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37108120\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are several images to illuminate the topics I touched on during the episode &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chatting with Joyce Carol Oates at Stokercon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ScottEdelmanJoyceCarolOatesStokerCon2025-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My name on the Stokercon T-Shirt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StokerConTShirt2025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The cover to my first comic book: <em>Dead of Night<\/em> #11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DeadofNight11ScarecrowColorGuide.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DeadofNight11ScarecrowColorGuide-194x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DeadofNight11ScarecrowColorGuide-194x300.jpeg 194w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DeadofNight11ScarecrowColorGuide-768x1188.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DeadofNight11ScarecrowColorGuide-662x1024.jpeg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A horrific Stan Lee memo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/StanLeeMarvelConMemo1.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A classic Marie Severin cover: <em>Tales to Astonish<\/em> #93<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TalestoAstonish93.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Comics Journal<\/em> reports in 1980 on Jim Shooter ending Marvel&#8217;s policy of sharing original art with writers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980-1536x673.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheComicsJournal60November1980.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three conventions in four weekends, I finally 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