Sean E. Williams's Blog, page 20
September 27, 2023
Writers secured the following terms for streaming residuals:
Writers secured the following terms for streaming residuals:
• Studios provide the WGA details of a show’s viewership including total number of hours streamed worldwide
• Foreign residuals are now based on the streaming service’s number of foreign subscribers, a 76% increase
The storytelling was already perfect on the first page of the first Usagi Yojimbo story.
The storytelling was already perfect on the first page of the first Usagi Yojimbo story.
“The Goblin of Adachigahara” in Albedo #2, November 1984, by Stan Sakai
September 20, 2023
September 17, 2023
publicdomainreview:
Ajeeb the Wonderful, a chess-playing...
Ajeeb the Wonderful, a chess-playing automaton made in 1865. Famous opponents incl. Houdini and Roosevelt though, of course, Ajeeb had a little help from the human hidden inside him making the moves. More from the Harvard Theatre Collection here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabinet-card-photographs-from-the-harvard-theatre-collection
September 15, 2023
As many of you know, I wrote an arc of FAIREST, and got to know Bill over the years. This decision…
ALT
HOLY SHIT WHAT???
Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain
Since I can’t afford to sue DC, to force them to live up to the letter and the spirit of our long-time agreements; since even winning such a suit would take ridiculous amounts of money out of my pocket and years out of my life (I’m 67 years old, and don’t have the years to spare), I’ve decided to take a different approach, and fight them in a different arena, inspired by the principles ...
September 13, 2023
They just want there to always be a class of people who are forever in debt. Whether it’s chattel…
They just want there to always be a class of people who are forever in debt. Whether it’s chattel slavery, prison, student loan debt, medical debt, renters who will never be able to own a house, etc.
September 11, 2023
September 6, 2023
How long before Spectrum sues Disney for being a vertically integrated monopoly, and single-handedly…
How long before Spectrum sues Disney for being a vertically integrated monopoly, and single-handedly destroys the current Hollywood system? 
Asking for a friend.
September 4, 2023
publicdomainreview:
OnThisDay in 1888, George Eastman patents...
OnThisDay in 1888, George Eastman patents the very first roll film camera and registers @Kodak as a trademark. It revolutionised photography, making it truly portable. The first Kodak cameras produced circular snapshots, only 2.5 inches in diameter: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kodak-no-1-circular-snapshots #OTD
September 2, 2023
raptorlily:
madawhatever:
“Before the writers started working on...
“Before the writers started working on the first season, I wrote a list of six things on the wall that every episode had to do.” - Mike Schur (x)
#ladies and gentlemen #a showrunner who knows what the fuck he is doing
(via @stillscape)
