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All The Fantastic Four Characters Marvel Comics Restricted Licensing For - And A Few X - Men Too
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In 2014 , as part of a serial publication of article look at Marvel Comics ' program to scratch the Fantastic Four comics and any licensing of the Fantastic Four , as part of a hang out Fox Studios , we ran a letter broadcast to Marvel " sketch calling card " artist , apprize them not to practice any Fantastic Four fictional character .
Sketch batting order are original piece of music of artwork , trading card sized , commissioned by creative person to be inserted into trading identity card packs . Upper Deck pay artists $ 3 per sanction sketch , though their value on the market is much higher .
Today we have a fuller list of the characters Marvel states that sketch card creative person may not apply , as issued up Upper Deck . Last update in other 2016 , it is still being charge to prospective sketch bill of fare artist in 2017 .
Marvel have some guidelines of grade , so you ca n’t use Marvel grapheme that are licence from someone else , have share ownership , royalty payment due or do n’t conform to in with Marvel ’s style …
Conan The Barbarian & affiliate universe including … o Red Sonjao Thulsa Doomo Kulan Gath " ROM " the distance night Any and all Shogun warrior including Red Ronin. G.I. Joe Transformers " CRYSTAR " the Crystal Warrior All Marvel Zombies ( under no circumstances can these be done) Any and all " MAX " or " MATURE CONTENT " books ( * see below -subject matter-) The Micronauts ( however , " hemipteron " from the Guardians of the Galaxy is allowed) Halo Godzilla Any " Steven King " Characters ( i.e. Dark Tower series) Characters from the Clive Barker Universe Any " Malibu " Characters Ant CROSSGEN characters " recoil ASS " " Nemesis " and any other Miller verse characters. Criminal and anything owned by Ed Brubaker. Powers and anything own by Brian Bendis. Any grapheme not owned by Marvel even if they come along in a mirthful leger published by Marvel . ( if you ’re unsure please ask) All Earth X characters All Amalgam characters Any Marvel /DC squad up’s. Live Action Hulk TV show ( i.e. Lou Ferrigno as Hulk) Earth-8311 ( The Spider - Ham universe of characters )
And there are certain looks that are forbidden , no smoking , no inebriant , no nudity , no existent gunslinger , no trademark , no Nazis ,
Smoking or Drug manipulation of any kind by any character. Realistic Guns . If you gave to cast a character with a shooter make it a fantasy gas an nothing that exists in the real world. throttle can NOT be pointed at the viewer. Alcohol consumption of any form by any character. Any nakedness . All risqué elements will be a grammatical case - by - compositor’s case fundament and capable to change or rejection . ( * see below -subject matter-) Third party trademarks ( i.e. Spider - Man drinking a can of Coke) Any German WWII army iconography at all . Including but not limited to .. o Swastikaso " SS " or the Nazi surreptitious service lapel or logoso The German Iron Cross.o The Nazi Eagles standardo Anything that resembles the red & white arm Nazi armband .
The " No Fantastic Four " addendum we antecedently account is date 12th November 2013 for any timeline fan .
All Marvel character related to Fantastic Four are now off limits and will be immediately rejected by Marvel . This include but is not specify to: Mr. Fantastic unseeable Woman Thing Human Torch Doctor Doom Galactus Silver Surfer The Watcher Skrulls Etc … . any differential coefficient . If in doubt , please delineate something else .
But on the third March 2016 , that became more specified , list all the characters that Marvel wo n’t let you do sketch cards of . This intend that these are the characters that Fox Studios can use for Fantastic Four moving picture , which are mostly those who first come out in the Fantastic Four or Silver Surfer comics . With a couple of queer exclusion such as Brigadier Alasynde Stuart who Marvel may have revcently realised is based on a Doctor Who character .
Please observe the next leaning of character that may not be depict on cards . Cards with the watch over character semblance will be immediately rejected by Marvel .
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There is also an undated addendum for further fibre off the board that some may see relate to the Fox movieX - Men : Apocalypse .
NEWLY ADDED : Apocalypse , Gambit , Nightcrawler , Rogue and Shuma - Gorath
That last one is a Robert E Howard character who may or may not have turn up in the Doctor Strange flick . There may some lawfully unstable issues with that as well . Movie likenesses are also verboten in a series of additional guidelines .
Don’ts on the cards: NO Nazi symbol ( this includes Iron Crosses , Iron Eagles , swastikas , etc.) NO zombie iterations of any Marvel character ( including Zombie Deadpool and Headpool) NO nakedness , blood , gore or over the top violence NO inappropriately tog or suggestively draw off character , even if that is the character ’s typically costume ( this product should be appropriate for all ages , especially children) NO certify characters ( Rom , G.I. Joe , Transformers , or any other licensed property Marvel has done over the years) NO slam of any Marvel character smoke or tope inebriant ( Nick Fury , Wolverine , Tony Stark ; feel spare to take out them , but no cigars , fag or alcoholic beverages ! )
NO movie or alive likenesses ; Marvel will reject them wholesale . This means no reproduction of scenes in the motion picture , the actors gaze in them or the costumes they are wearing. NO Realistic Guns . If you have to draw a character with a gun , make it a fantasy gun an nothing that live in the real world. throttle can NOT be pointed at the viewer. No describe Captain America have a gun. No show heroes with a torn / unhappy uniform / Costume
Do ’s on the cards: Show multiple characters on single lineup . We sometimes showcase specific cards for a set . Doing this will dramatically increase your chances of this happen to your cards. For cards depicting a single theatrical role , one-half to full consistence imagery is preferred Cards should be in full color. you could employ multiple cards to form a single vista ( effigy ) . If you do choose to do this , please limit the amount of puzzler you do to no more than 10 % of your overall cards . Also , please do not make any puzzles over 6 cards in size. you may habituate different media ; we ’ve had everything from colored pencil to vegetable oil picture done on these . Just use sprayer fix before returning if you use a blot - able media Be originative with vivify the character reference material – it does not require to be an exact replica .
It ’s a lot to remember for $ 3 a card !
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