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<DIV>In a message dated 6/14/2004 10:37:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, dcml-request@stp.ling.uu.se writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>From: "Daniel van Eijmeren" <dve@kabelfoon.nl><BR>Subject: Credits<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Have many people do carefully read the credits after a movie is over?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Granted, the general public probably pays little attention to the production credits at the end of a movie, but how many went to see the movie in the first place because it starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman or Cary Grant? How many go to a movie because it was written by a particular screenwriter or directed by a particular director? </DIV>
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<DIV>RE: The Thom Roep quote elsewhere:</DIV>
<DIV>"The readers know that it isn’t Walt Disney who makes them, but it doesn’t interest them who it well does. <STRONG><EM>And the real fans can see who made it </EM></STRONG>.”</DIV>
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<DIV>How could fans know who made it if there's never a name on it? If someone new comes along and does some good work, I like to know who it is. In a sense, these are the equivalent of screenwriters, actors and directors of a movie. I think at some point such information should be available to those who <STRONG>do </STRONG>want to know. I don't advocate plastering credits all over the splash panels like some publishers do, but having the information available to those interested is nice. I prefer somewhere else in the comic, like on the editor's page or letter page.</DIV></BODY></HTML>