Originally Posted By: Lawson For as long as I've participated at
Comicon, the last decade or so, I've also kept an eye on the
sales charts for comics and trades/graphic novels. And
throughout that time, WATCHMEN has been a regular presence in
the Top 50 trades/graphic novels. It's not No. 1, mind you, but
it's a modestly, consistently strong seller. This is true even
when there are no movies or sequel projects coming out.  Again,
I think this is (at best) tangential to my objection, so I don't
want to flog it into the ground. But bookstores have only taken
an eye towards graphic novels in the last decade or so... and
Diamond's Top 50 TPBs isn't exactly a chart-burner, especially
during some of comics' more lean years.  I don't think Kirby
wanted to own the Hulk or prevent others from drawing him.
Kirby's main gripe, as I understand it, was that everyone got
rich off his comics other than him, and that included his
partner, Stan Lee.  He was pretty pissed off that someone other
than him drew the Silver Surfer,