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DF Logo is TM and © DYNAMIC FORCES, INC. 1999 All rights reserved. been made into a TV show, particularly by Chris President/Publisher Carter. Whatever respect I might have had for him as NORMAN JACOBS a creative artist evaporated when I started reading Executive Vice President interviews such as the one printed in your magazine RITA EISENSTEIN where he demeans his source material. If it was so useless, then why did he use it? It might not be much, Associate Publisher MILBURN SMITH but he is paying us for it; why bother if he just likes the title? The reason is because the TV show is much V.P./Circulation Director more closely married to the comic than he would ART SCHULKIN have your readers believe, and it definitely wasn't his Executive Art Director Mail cannot be forwarded. Other fans and advertisers idea, hence, he must pay us. W.R. MOHALLEY sometimes contact readers whose letters are printed here. Unluckily for Jim and I, our publisher Harris To avoid this, mark your letter "Please Withhold My Editor Comics didn't seem to care all that much about what DAVID Address." Otherwise, we retain the option to print it. MCDONNELL Write: STARLOG COMMLOG was or was not in our interests. They cooperated with Managing Editor Carter and Fox, and as a result there is yet another 475 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor KEITH OLEXA New York, NY 10016 sad story for the history books about comics creators or E-mail: being taken egregious advantage of so that a handful Special FX Editor DAVID HUTCHISON communications @ starloggroup.com of already wealthy producers can staff their pockets just a bit more. Contributing Editors ANTHONY TIMPONE HARSH WORLDS I would like to be able to share in everyone's MICHAEL CINCOLD ...I've just picked up issue #268 and I'm bloody delight that this TV show is a good one likely to do TOM WEAVER annoyed. James Hudnall and I created the Harsh well, but I can't. I have no incentive to root for its IAN SPELLING Realm comic back in 1991, well before either one of success whatsoever and that, more than anything, is Consultant us had any idea who Chris Carter was. I can guaran- the most depressing characteristic of this deal. When KERRY O'QUINN tee you he was not a part of the creative process when we made the comic almost 10 years ago, we crossed Senior Art Director the concept for the series was put together, and I can our fingers and hoped it would be produced into a JIM MCLERNON further assure you that the so-called "big departures" major TV series so that we could share in the rewards Art Director Carter has made from the comic are cosmetic only of same. Well, it was, but from where I stand, it looks RICK CJ TENC and all are allowed for in the comic's original like we're being punished, not rewarded. References premise. What he has done is to Harsh Realm in the pop- West Coast Correspondents The gadget James Bond hates the most. MARC SHAPIRO to alter the appearance of the ular media are proliferating BILL WARREN series so drastically that it is at an ever-accelerating clip James, it's a fine European "^n. Financial Director: Joan Baetz visually unrecognizable as writing instrument that has a day by day, and as each one Marketing Director: Daniel Sierra secret compartment containing a , derivative of the comic, but he J r arrives at the public 1 Circulation Manager: Maria Damlani perfectly legitimate instant will . M , „ has retained in whole not just ' No thank doorstep and my contribu- Art Staff: Yvonne Jang, John Dins- dale, Dmltriy Ostrovskiy, May Yung, the mechanics of the VR tion, Jim's, is ignored and ivette Zapata. premise, but also all of the or demeaned, we lose that Staff: Debbie Irwin, Dee Erwine, Jose Soto, sunny witchel, David Andreas. major character functions. much more in the process. I Correspondents: (West Coast) Kyle If your writer had gone to saw an ad on television two Counts, Pat Jankiewlcz; (NYC) Mike the trouble of reading the nights ago and the sight of MCAvennle, Maureen MCTIgue, Joe Nazzaro, Steve Swires, Dan Yakir; comic, he would have found a it made me want to throw (Boston) will Murray; (Chicago) Kim multitude of uncanny similar- the TV out my window. Howard Johnson; (The west) Bill Flo- rence, Jo Beth Taylor; (D.C) Lynne ities, such as: Harsh Realm is I notice you failed to Stephens; (Florida) Bill Wilson; (Cana- a VR game "simulation," the mention my name in your da) Peter Bloch-Hansen, Mark Phillips; (Booklog) Penny Kenny, Jean-Marc hero is sent in to retrieve the article. A heads-up for the Lofficler, Scott schumack, Michael villain over, who has taken future: Jim and I share co- Wolff; (Cartoons) Kev Brockschmldt, Alain chaperon, Fisher, magic works within the realm, etc. The fact that creator status and ownership of the copyright, as is Mike Tom Holtkamp, Bob Muleady. Carter has made the young, good-looking villain customary in comics for artist/writer teams.