“I continue to use every legal means at my disposal”
On Tuesday evening, former Archie Sonic comic writer Ken Penders released a terse statement on the front page of his website claiming the legal dispute between him and Archie Comics remains unresolved.
“Contrary to claims made recently at the NYC Comic Con by Archie’s Mike Pellerito, I continue to maintain copyright ownership of characters I created and this issue has not been resolved,” Penders wrote.
Those claims were made first to TSSZ News on the first day of the New York Comic Con, when Pellerito claimed to us Archie Comics prevailed in the conflict, which erupted over the Summer. Pellerito told us a single phone call from Archie’s legal department gave Penders cause to retreat.
“My claim has merit and I continue to use every legal means at my disposal to protect and preserve my rights,” Penders continued. “It’s bizarre that Archie would make a public statement that indicates otherwise.”
Penders did not elaborate what those legal means were. But if nothing else, Penders looks willing to drag the issue out as long as possible–something that may not be good for either party. We will keep you informed on any updates.
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why is he doing so difficult he must be happy that “his characters” are still in the comics and popular al over the world
sigh he should just get over it, his not gonna win, his lost so many times before and he just keeps trying
“… I’ll be back”
*BOOM*
THE PENDERNATOR
tj : I argee their are some fights no one can’t win he really should stop this & let go he’s making a fool of himself
You gotta be kidding me: is he ever gonna give in; quite obviously he doesn’t care about the fans that might suffer from how this could turn out.
I’m liking this guy less and less.
He should be less concerned over people loving and appreciating his work and more concerned over getting that parasitic caterpillar surgically removed from his upper lip.
I hope he does win and stuffs all those lame furry characters way up his arse. And good riddance.
He sure has a lot of money to be keeping this up for someone who’s supposedly strapped for cash :S I wish he’d drop it already.
Y-yeah…. okay, Ken… Feel free to use your Sonic FANCHARACTERS to your hearts content; you won’t get a slot in anything more than Fanfiction.net, because whether you “created” them or not, Sega still owns them, especially since they can clearly be defined as being drawn in the “Sonic” style of anthropomorphic characters, which, of course, are owned by Sega.
Get over it. Unless you completely redesign the characters, there’s no way you can use them.
Not that I care, to be honest. I hate most of the Archie cast with a passion, anyway.
He’s wasting his time he can’t win. Everything in the book belongs to Sega.
@n00neimp0rtant: He did months ago. The image used above originates from an old publicity shoot, thus is outdated. If you don’t believe me, watch his SDCC interview.
Poor Ken. It´s game over.