Cowboys & Aliens Sparks Texas Suit

The writer of the 1995 comic story with similar title because the movie Cowboys & Aliens has prosecuted producers from the movie along with a comics writer, alleging they stole his idea. Austin-based author Steven John Busti filed the suit in federal court in Texas. The suit namedDreamWorks Galleries, Universal Pictures and comic entrepreneur Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and the company Platinum Galleries as accused. Busti claims he emerged using the idea for cowboys fighting aliens in 1994 and released a tale the year after entitled “Cowboys & Aliens” inside a comic known as “Bizarre Fantasy.” The suit also claims that in 1994 the publicationComic Shop News went an element on his Cowboys & Aliens idea within the same problem that went a tale on Rosenberg. Rosenberg’s LA-based Platinum Galleries in 2006 released the graphic novel series Cowboys & Aliens — which Busti asserted within the suit has striking commonalities to his work.Universal and DreamWorks bought movie privileges from Platinum. Busti’s claim is yet another black markagainst the film which the galleries placed high hopes along with a large budget. A significant disappointment financially,Cowboys & Aliens made about $175 million worldwide, barely a lot more than it cost.