characters

Tac00 · Post by **Tac00** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:54 pm

do you think it would be so bad to use the same characters for 2 webcomics? but it would only be like 2 not a whole cast

The Mortician · Post by **The Mortician** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:53 pm

if the two comics exist with in the same world, no.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:54 am

Why not, John Allison did it so it must be right.

Paul Escobar · Post by **Paul Escobar** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:14 am

Osamu Tezuka had a number of signature characters that appeared in several of his comics, playing different roles. It was sort of an in-joke between him and his regular readers.

Just regard the characters as actors. They play their part in comic A, then go on to play a different part in comic B. (Or the same type of part, if they're being typecast...)

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:47 am

Why not? You already know how to write and draw the characters; it would seem easier to work with characters you're familiar with then to come up with new ones.

Tac00 · Post by **Tac00** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:55 am

ok then thx guys

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:21 am

However, you'll need a proper licence from The Ministry of Reused Characters.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:28 am

Don't bother. The MoRC has been tailing reuse infringements for decades, and after the recent budget slash, they're bound to be doing just that for a few decades more.

Fabio Ciccone · Post by **Fabio Ciccone** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:43 am

I'm pretty sure Wolverine appears in more than one comic book every month.

Alschroeder · Post by **Alschroeder** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:50 pm

Pretty soon Mindmistress will be appearing in two webcomics---and so will several other characters. (Not mine.)---Al

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:52 pm

One of my characters appeared in another webcomic for a brief period. It was non-canonical though

Hogan · Post by **Hogan** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:07 pm

David Willis did Shortpacked, and brought both Robin (bless him!) and Mike over from It's Walky!

... and I shall be the first to admit that some characters tend to be reused pretty often in many different comics...