Article by ScreenRant: Comic book creator Bill Willingham relinquishes all rights to his hit series “Fables”. In a lengthy statement (included in the article) he cites comic publisher DC’s unfair and neglectful treatment as one of the prime reasons for taking that step, as well as his personal opposition to the current legal copyright framework.
Nice. The thing I’m particularly amused by is the fact that DC is stuck paying Willingham despite the series being in the public domain. So DC has to watch as everyone else gets to make their own Fables royalty-free while they still have to pay royalties.