Collier's Space Flight Series April 30 1954

Today marks an important date in space flight. It was 50 years ago
(April 30, 1954) that the last issue of the Collier's von Braun, et
al. series came to an end. That issue had the articles Can We Get to
Mars? and Is There Life on Mars. It was also a visual realization of
von Braun's amazing Das Mars Projekt, brought to life by artists
Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep. The series spanned the
years 1952 to 1954.
This series had a profound effect on a whole generation of young
people who went on to space flight in their adult life.

I have added to the article I wrote about this series :

http://home.flash.net/~aajiv/bd/colliers.html

I have added to the article I wrote about this series :

http://home.flash.net/~aajiv/bd/colliers.html
BRBR


Al,

As a writer, I'm curious about the Collier's covers. With the magazine out of
existence, who did you contact for permission to reporduce the copyrighted
images? Does the parent company that published Collier's still exist?


Thanks,

Matt Bille
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(MattWriter) wrote in message ...
I have added to the article I wrote about this series :

http://home.flash.net/~aajiv/bd/colliers.html
BRBR


Al,

As a writer, I'm curious about the Collier's covers. With the magazine out of
existence, who did you contact for permission to reporduce the copyrighted
images? Does the parent company that published Collier's still exist?


Thanks,

Matt Bille
)
OPINIONS IN ALL POSTS ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR

The artist Ron Miller takes care of the rights to Bonestell's art.

http://www.black-cat-studios.com/

Copies of the magazine are not too hard to find.
As to who owns or has all the original manuscripts, color seperations , stuff
for the series, I wonder that myself.

In article ,
MattWriter wrote:
As a writer, I'm curious about the Collier's covers. With the magazine out of
existence, who did you contact for permission to reporduce the copyrighted
images? Does the parent company that published Collier's still exist?

*Somebody* undoubtedly still owns the Collier's copyrights (assuming the
stuff hasn't fallen into the public domain through age and/or failure to
renew [a possibility back then]). Tracking down just who it is... could
be complex.

Note also that the copyright on the artwork used as part of the covers is
potentially a separate issue. Collier's didn't necessarily buy all rights
to the art, in which case other uses of the same paintings would require
talking to the Bonestell estate (currently done via Ron Miller, I think).
This might arise (I'm not sure) in connection with reproducing the covers.
--
MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer
since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. |

In article ,
Al Jackson wrote:
As to who owns or has all the original manuscripts, color seperations , stuff
for the series, I wonder that myself.

Most of it quite likely is gone. Historically such things generally were
not thought to be of enduring interest, so they were often destroyed when
their immediate practical utility ended.
--
MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer
since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. |

Henry Spencer wrote:
In article ,
MattWriter wrote:
As a writer, I'm curious about the Collier's covers. With the magazine out of
existence, who did you contact for permission to reporduce the copyrighted
images? Does the parent company that published Collier's still exist?

*Somebody* undoubtedly still owns the Collier's copyrights (assuming the
stuff hasn't fallen into the public domain through age and/or failure to
renew [a possibility back then]). Tracking down just who it is... could
be complex.

Note also that the copyright on the artwork used as part of the covers is
potentially a separate issue. Collier's didn't necessarily buy all rights
to the art, in which case other uses of the same paintings would require
talking to the Bonestell estate (currently done via Ron Miller, I think).
This might arise (I'm not sure) in connection with reproducing the covers.

If its anything like with texts (first english language north american serial
rights, anybody?), they probably bought some form of limited 'print once'
rights, inc for money-saving reasons. But it makes for great fun when people
forget this and go to ... oh, say re-release old magazines on a CD.

--
Sander

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