Comments on: DC’s Arnold Drake obit http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: reviews http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-2568439 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:58:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-2568439 Very good webpage you have here, and best greetings to all your visitors Very good webpage you have here, and best greetings to all your visitors

]]> by: James Van Hise http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-88152 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:02:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-88152 Gee, DC doesn't mention that Arnold was fired along with Gardner Fox and other 20 year writing vets when they asked for health benefits and a pension plan in the late 1960s. As I understand it, they were told that if Marvel offered those benefits to writers, then DC would. The only problem was that these guys all worked exlusively for DC and weren't allowed to work for Marvel so long as they worked for DC. Gee, DC doesn’t mention that Arnold was fired along with Gardner Fox and other 20 year writing vets when they asked for health benefits and a pension plan in the late 1960s. As I understand it, they were told that if Marvel offered those benefits to writers, then DC would. The only problem was that these guys all worked exlusively for DC and weren’t allowed to work for Marvel so long as they worked for DC.

]]> by: Randy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-87540 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:51:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/dcs-arnold-drake-obit/#comment-87540 Amazing... "It was a meeting with BATMAN creator Bob Kane that opened the door for Drake to enter the comic book field. . . . Drake was the first recipient of the Bill Finger Award in 2005, which honors creators not given proper recognition for their creative work in the field of comics." Does anyone but me find those two sentences just a wee bit hard to take together? Arnold would find that either amusing or disgusting. I'm not sure which. Amazing…

“It was a meeting with BATMAN creator Bob Kane that
opened the door for Drake to enter the comic book field.

. . .

Drake was the first recipient of the Bill Finger Award in 2005,
which honors creators not given proper recognition for their
creative work in the field of comics.”

Does anyone but me find those two sentences just a wee bit hard to take together? Arnold would find that either amusing or disgusting. I’m not sure which.

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