Talk:Ace Harlem

A message from Tom Christopher
''Moved from Ace Harlem wiki entry page==

hello. i'm writing this as a personal letter to the owner of this site and posting this way because there's not an easy of contacting you. i'm the guy who wrote the original 'all negro ' article years ago. everything known about the book is in that article. you took all your graphics from my site. there is constant interest in this material, i get daily traffic on my website, i was talking to PBS' history detectives show about the comic last month, as well as the estate of the publisher who has asked me to act as unofficial agent, and i can tell you, sir, that the copyrights to all characters are with the estate. this was noted at the site you took the pictures from, and when presented with this your response is 'prove it to me'

look, i'm not trying to bullshit you and i'm not trying to bully you. i like your site and i'm glad that you and your friends enjoy old comics enough to do this stuff. i'm a collector as well as a pro, all the stuff on my site is an outgrowth of my various types of collections, so please, don't misunderstand me, i appreciate what you're doing,. but the 'all negro" characters simply aren't public domain, and to imply that they are is unfair both to anyone who reads this as fact (and who might foolishly devote time and money to develop them) and to the creators of this work (who indeed have known for generations the importance of this work).

so do with it what you will. i'm just telling you the facts

yrs,

tom christopher

http://www.tomchristopher.com