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"Todd McFarlane has shared his advice to Robert Kirkman on the Walking Dead lawsuit. The Image Comics founder said that when people sue you, it means that your work &amp;quot;matters&amp;quot;.   &amp;quot;I just went, &amp;#039;Robert, what you&amp;#039;re about to get involved in is a pain in the ass, take it from me&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; McFarlane told Newsarama. &amp;quot;But there is a silver lining in that you&amp;#039;re doing something that matters. Because nobody ever sues anybody over something that doesn&amp;#039;t matter.&amp;quot; McFarlane further explained: &amp;quot;So, you know, if your book was selling four copies, it wouldn&amp;#039;t matter what agreement everybody thinks they have. Nobody cares. They only sue when there&amp;#039;s money on the table. There&amp;#039;s money on the table because you&amp;#039;re doing something successful. &amp;quot;You have to get a thick skin, and in a weird way, if people keep coming at you, and lawyers keep coming at you, that means you&amp;#039;re doing something successful, that you&amp;#039;re enough of a target for them.&amp;quot; McFarlane settled his long-standing Spawn lawsuit with Neil Gaiman in January. Kirkman is currently being sued by former Walking Dead artist Tony Moore over compensation for his contribution to the hit franchise. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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