After two years of litigation, colorist William Crabtree's lawsuit against Robert Kirkman regarding Crabtree's work on Invincible has been settled, they said in a court filing last week. The case, which was filed in January of 2022, was scheduled to go to jury trial on February 20. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Crabtree was the colorist on the first 50 issues of Invincible, and he claims that he is a co-creator of the series, while Kirkman says that Crabtree’s contribution was work for hire, and that Kirkman is the sole author.
While the judge in the federal case had ruled against two of Crabtree's claims, the claims that the Certificate of Authorship that Crabtree had signed was invalid, and that Kirkman had breached an oral contract, were to be resolved at trial (see "Kirkman and Crabtree Cleared To Go to Trial").

After Two Years
Posted by Milton Griepp on January 29, 2024 @ 12:47 am CT

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