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Joe R. Landsale Solicited for Bubba Ho-Tep Comic – but Not in the Comic Itself?

Published Fri, 18 May 2018 15:30:55 -0500

The solicitation for Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers was clear.

BUBBA HO-TEP & COSMIC BLOOD-SUCKERS #1 CVR A RIVAS
(W) Joe Lansdale (A) Tadd Galusha (CA) Baldemar Rivas
From the minds of creator Joe Lansdale and writer comes a prequel to the cult-classic film! President Nixon has discovered an alien threat, and he knows there's only one man he can reach out to for help: Elvis Presley. But will Elvis even be enough to defeat a horde of Cosmic Blood-Suckers? In Shops: May 16, 2018 SRP: $3.99

Written by Joe Lansdale and drawn by Tadd Galusha.

But on publication?

Now written by Joshua Jabcuga.

Nowhere in the credits at all. But if you look at the indicia…

Joe Lansdale is the original author of Bubba Ho-Tep stories… but is that enough to get him a writer credit in the solicits but not on the actual comic itself?

IDW Entertainment representatives tell me,

"Cosmic Bloodsuckers" is adapted from an original Lansdale prose story, so I suppose that you could call him the 'plotter' while Joshua Jabcuga is the 'writer' or 'adapter'. Also, Joe Lansdale is the actual licensor — he reviewed the script, saw the artwork, gave approval to and endorses the entire project — so his involvement has been essential from concept to execution (including his approval of how the credits were presented). As the copyrighted owner of Bubba Ho-Tep, he's represented within all the legal jargon found in our indicia. Fans of Joe Lansdale and Bubba Ho-Tep should be 100% satisfied that the book is a Lansdale project and captures the very essence of his ass-kicking Elvis Presley.

I'm not sure the Diamond Comic Distributors rules work like that though… we shall see, I am sure.

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