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| From | "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: This morning's crap idea. |
| Date | 2015-08-22 10:27 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mra0od$rs2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <mr2cek$4kn$1@dont-email.me> <mr4m4l$m62$1@dont-email.me> <MPG.304003c4de07d9ef98991c@news.eternal-september.org> <ntH20v.w4F@kithrup.com> <ntHKxH.23F2@kithrup.com> |
On 8/22/15 9:46 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <ntH20v.w4F@kithrup.com>,
> David Goldfarb <goldfarbdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The writer ultimately managed to sell a story to either Harlan Ellison
>> or an HE expy.
>
> What's expy?
>
Short for "exported character", it's a character who is an obvious
duplicate of some other real person or copyrighted character, just with
a different name and enough tweaks to keep from being sued. Marvel
Comics has about half a dozen Superman expies, for instance, most
prominent being "Gladiator" (the name of the story on which the original
Superman was based) who has an outfit very similar to Superman's with
some color changes, a "G" that's contoured rather like a certain "S"
symbol, a similar face but with a high Mohawk hairdo, and pretty much
identical powers.
An Expy of Harlan Ellison would be someone with a similar name,
description/key features obviously drawn from the real thing, etc.
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Sea Wasp
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