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Do Characters Belong to their Creators or Fans (Or Corporations)?

Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Literary Reviewer | Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Literary Reviewer

19-Jan-16 14:30

Do Characters Belong to their Creators or Fans (Or Corporations)?

Once characters have been released into the wider world of fandom and fanfic, do creators lose control and authority over their stories and who they are? What is canon, and how important is it when trying to make sense of a world where Han Solo is single in the movies, but married in the comics? Umapagan Ampikaipakan weighs in on an article first published on Vulture.com, by Adam Sternbergh.

Read the article here: Do Characters Belong to Their Fans or Their Creators?


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Tags:  Article,  Characters,  Comics,  Comic books,  Writers,  Hans Solo,  Vulture,  Adam Sternbergh


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