Comments on: Ray Harryhausen and BlueWater Productions part ways (Updated)

By: crab cakes

crab cakes — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:32:22 +0000

A decision well made on Ray’s part. Those comics lacked the aesthetic and imagination worthy of bearing the Harryhausen name. Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

By: SebasP

SebasP — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:33:20 +0000

Maybe Harryhausen got tired of the many artistic changes Darren G Davis does every time an artists drops out for not getting paid (I’m one of those artists, and I know of a lot more)

By: Gregg Paulsen

Gregg Paulsen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:04:52 +0000

I work for Darren and I know for a fact Harryhausens rep is the one lying, he got sick of dealing with how hardheaded and stubborn he was so rather than deal with him ( we never got to speak to Mr. Harryhausen , we always had to talk to his rep ) Darren just decided to let the books go, that and only a few of them were selling well. ngot enough to keep the licence.

By: imps

imps — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:33:18 +0000

Hopefully Harryhausen’s properties will be taken up elsewhere. The man’s a legend, and his creative output is perfect for comic adaptations. It’s a pity Bluewater doesn’t seem to treat the creatives very well, as I know plenty of artists and writers who would love to be able to explore this material. The Sinbad book was excellent, but I have to agree with the above critiques for the rest of their titles.

By: mgs

mgs — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:14:49 +0000

maybe not enough revenue in it for both parties to continue. Sad not to see his imagination in the realm of comics, but maybe he’ll sign with someone else.

By: Frost

Frost — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:55:30 +0000

Well, I was wondering when Harryhausen would wisen up. Davis and Bluewater are a bunch of sharks and exploit young talent. There are many artists who have worked with BW in the past that have not seen a dime! Its a wonder the lid hasn’t been blown off Davis’ shady dealings. It’s sickening to see such big names such as William Shatner, Oprah, Hillary Clinton and the Obamas etc associated with this rogue. I wonder what they would say if they knew the truth about how Bluewater really operated.

By: GQ

GQ — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:42:03 +0000

Got to agree. I’m a Harryhausen fan and I looked at these books but the art in them was so awful it was totally off-putting. Very cheap and amateurish.

By: James Van Hise

James Van Hise — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:21:13 +0000

Maybe Harryhausen terminated the deal because the comcis were so badly drawn. There’s a lot of talented artists working in comics today, even for the smallest independent, but Bluewater seemed incapable of finding anyone good to draw the interiors and depended solely on having well drawn covers. Every time I tried one of their Harryhausen comics the interior art was crude and amateurish.

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:57:17 +0000

That’s a real shame — both that the titles are gone and also that someone is lying about who decided to end the books. Why not just give a no comment?

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:44:11 +0000

But I sure am thinking a lot.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:47:36 +0000

Having worked for Bluewater in the past, and on one of the RH books, I can only guess that it’s Darren who is fibbing.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:25:19 +0000

I have nothing to say here.

By: Monetta

Monetta — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:29:46 +0000

Now it gets interesting. Who dropped who and why?

By: Bert Duckwall

Bert Duckwall — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:29:25 +0000

This story should be called Revenge of the Kraken.

By: joe miop

joe miop — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:57:00 +0000

no shizzer, that’s a bad news