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Current Talk '18 / Re: Ron Sproat and Barnabas
« on: May 15, 2018, 02:24:32 AM »
Wallace was definitely still around when Barnabas was created. He insists (along with Robert Costello that) he actually wrote the character bio for Barnabas (all the original backstory in the 1830s). And it would seem that could easily be correct because when Wallace sued DC over merchandising and won, he was entitled to a percentage of profits from not only DS related material, but material based on Barnabas as well. Though he was more happy that the court saw things his way and that he'd bested DC than in the actual money, so that's why he decided on a one time lump sum payment from DCP rather than ongoing payments. Though any time any of the characters he created are used in a DS project, he must still get a credit for creating them, which is why we continue to see that credit...