tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845702870928214135.post7528214655766588827..comments2024-01-16T17:28:27.975-05:00Comments on Anything Goes: The Failed Comic StripBob Rozakishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02053075963359182633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845702870928214135.post-68180978069093431662013-02-02T09:25:23.682-05:002013-02-02T09:25:23.682-05:00From all I've ever read, I think we can elimin...From all I've ever read, I think we can eliminate Donenfeld and Liebowitz as the ones who decided to use the Superman story. And wasn't the Major already out of the picture by that point? I can't see Gaines giving it a thought, really. So that narrows it down to Mayer and Sullivan. From what I've heard and read, both were pretty hands-on as far as straddling both the creative and business sides. Almost a coin flip here but I'm leaning toward Sullivan. He had been working with Jerry and Joe on their other strips and either he asked if they had anything else or Jerry offered and then...Maybe?Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1845702870928214135.post-91295793939761852282013-01-30T18:13:02.087-05:002013-01-30T18:13:02.087-05:00What a lot of people overlook is the fact that S&a...What a lot of people overlook is the fact that S&S earned far more than the average annual wage for the time. I think back in the early '40s, it was less than $2000 (or thereabouts) and S&S were earning in excess of $25,000-$30,000 - each. So they were hardly hard-done-to. I don't think anyone in 1938 had the faintest idea how popular Superman was going to become. It was initially just regarded as another strip to fill out a new magazine.<br /><br />My first visit to your blog. I'm adding it to my list. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com