I don't keep as close an eye on comics industry news as I used to, but I do check up on Newsarama ever couple of weeks or so. That's how I found out that the rights to Miracleman - which I thought was settled in Neil Gaiman's favor - has not been settled after all and that Todd McFarlane is still putting up a fight for it.

One can't help but roll one's eyes at this feud between Gaiman and McFarlane - when will it end already? Why won't one side (preferably McFarlane) just give up and be gracious about it? On the other hand, the stakes are indeed high: the comics in dispute are now legendary - especially Alan Moore's defining run - and interest in the series has only increased with the amount of time it's been in limbo. It's not the greatest work of Moore (not even by a long shot, as there's From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen for starters) nor of Gaiman, but it's an enjoyable and thought-provoking superhero series at a time when that was still considered a novelty.

One can only hope this will end soon. And that big, lavish hardcover reprints will be published and take its place on my bookshelf.

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