The Creator's Bill of Rights: The Kenmore and Nihilist-Man Team-up story contract
Not too long ago, webcomics cartoonist Brandon Carr and I had agreed to do a team-up where my character, Nihilist-Man, would appear in Brandon’s webcomic The Kenmore. So, episode 27 of The Kenmore began a multi-part epic co-starring my "rockin'" (as Brandon had put it) superhero Nihilist-Man. Brandon and I co-wrote the story while Brandon was kept busy illustrating the strips. Soon, "hilarity to hilaritize and the action to action" (as Brandon had put it) began. Brandon and I decided to draw up a contract for the team-up in hopes of protecting each of interests and rights to our creations. The contract states that Brandon and I each own our characters. We can print the team-up strips whenever and however we want. We don’t expect any money from each other if we reprint the comics. I’m very happy with this contract, and I believe this is such a great contract for creators that want to work with other creators on creator-owned projects. So, in keeping on the topic of The Creator’s Bill of Rights, I have posted below our contract. -Al Nickerson
The Kenmore and Nihilist-Man Team-up story (a.k.a.: The Kenmore webcomic episodes 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35) agreement Under the Team-up agreement, each party acknowledges the following… The Kenmore, Iago, Andrew and all related characters are TM and copyright 2005 Brandon J. Carr. Nihilist-Man and all related characters are TM and copyright 2005 Albert Gordon Nickerson Jr.. Dr. Ugly is TM and copyright 2005 Brandon J. Carr and Albert Gordon Nickerson Jr.. All rights are reserved. Both parties agree that each party can print the Team-up story in any form, in either print or digital format, that they wish without the approval or permission of the other party. Both parties agree that there are no financial expectations from one another concerning the Team-up story. Name: ________________________ Signature: _____________________ Date: _________________________ Name: ________________________ Signature: _____________________ Date: _________________________
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