D&D (2024) What's Your 2026 WotC D&D Wishlist?

[kayakingpoodle]

I wonder how much of that old art they own the rights to, and how much they'd have to renegotiate?

After listening to When we were Wizards Podcast, thanks @Snarf Zagyg, I'd say they likey own most of the art in the TSR books.

 

[Reynard]

I wonder how much of that old art they own the rights to, and how much they'd have to renegotiate?

Given the big fat D&D art history book, my guess is they own it all, because all of it was work for hire or done in house.

The only time they got in trouble for reprints was with the Dragon CD set because they did not have continuing rights to the fiction, or to specific licensed comics (KoDT specifically).

 

[Micah Sweet]

Given the big fat D&D art history book, my guess is they own it all, because all of it was work for hire or done in house.

The only time they got in trouble for reprints was with the Dragon CD set because they did not have continuing rights to the fiction, or to specific licensed comics (KoDT specifically).

Man I am so glad I kept the data from the Dragon CD.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'd probably pay double for it, because the art on the books really puts me in the right frame of mind, and I just can't do "mixing modern and medieval

I do find the idea that D&D was, at any time, authentically medieval quite ridiculous.

Our ideas about history change all the time, and all of them are wrong.

 

[Reynard]

Man I am so glad I kept the data from the Dragon CD.

I stupidly sold mine...

 

[Stormonu]

After listening to When we were Wizards Podcast, thanks @Snarf Zagyg, I'd say they likey own most of the art in the TSR books.

If they hadn't thrown it out in the bin like they did Jeff Dee's art.

 

[mamba]

If they hadn't thrown it out in the bin like they did Jeff Dee's art.

they own the rights, the artists could keep the originals from my understanding

 

[Birmy]

If they hadn't thrown it out in the bin like they did Jeff Dee's art.

If you've seen Eye of the Beholder, they talk about this and how they only recovered so much original art from the dumpsters through dumb luck. I can't fathom the level of thinking that led to such a thing. (But we're thoroughly off topic now...)