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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 07 July 2021 at 12:45pm | IP Logged | 1
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I just got an email from IDW telling me of new releases this week and
apparently issue 5 of a new SNAKE EYES series features contributions
from Bjorn Heyn. Given that Rob Liefeld is the writer/penciller, I kinda
doubted it. But, it’s also an official IDW email. Someone else using the
name, maybe? Is that even allowed? To use someone else’s
pseudonym?
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Mark Haslett
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Worked for Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere. ;-)
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John Byrne
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It’s definitely not me.
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Matt Hawes
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| Posted: 07 July 2021 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | 4
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It definitely couldn't be the same "Bjorn Heyn".
As JB noted in a past thread, here on this forum:
"Bjorn went back to Sweden, where he underwent gender reassignment and became Jenny Bohr."
Seriously, though, it's sad if someone is really using JB's pseudonym. That's like a musician using "Percy Thrillington" to record a new album, and it's not actually by Paul McCartney.
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Brian Miller
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I looked at the page credited to Bjorn Heyn, and it’s definitely not the
real thing.
Personally, I think it’s pretty shitty to use a somewhat known
pseudonym of someone that’s VERY well known.
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Eric Sofer
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Absolutely no class, and a dumb idea as well.
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John Byrne
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Ranges very close to fraud, if anyone happens to buy the issue looking for my work.
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Mike Benson
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Criminal at worst, tacky as hell at best.
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John Byrne
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I’ve sent an email to IDW to see if this can be sorted out.
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John Byrne
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I learn now it’s misspelled. Deliberately?
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 08 July 2021 at 1:03pm | IP Logged | 11
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I learn now it’s misspelled. Deliberately?
*******
I just checked my email and it sure is. It’s spelled “Hyne”. Obviously
the misspelling worked.
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Matt Hawes
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I bet it was misspelled intentionally, to side-step any possible legal troubles, while still playing on the "lore" behind the name.
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