Daniel Herman (publisher)

Daniel Herman (born March 2, 1957) is an American attorney and the founder of Hermes Press, a comic book publication company based in New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States.

For the politician, see Daniel Herman. For the ice dancer, see Daniel Hermann.
Daniel Herman
Born (1957-03-02) March 2, 1957
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Publisher
Spouse(s)Louise Geer
hermespress.com

Career

Herman is the current president of Hermes Press, a comics publishing company he founded in 2001.[1] Herman is also a partner in the law firm Geer and Herman, P.C. In his law practice, he primarily works as a trial attorney.

In addition to running Hermes as its publisher, Herman does graphic design work along with the employed graphic designers at the company.[2] He also is the person primarily in charge of finding the source material used in Hermes Press reprints such as The Phantom.

Herman is also a comics historian, having written several books on the topic of the Silver Age of comics, and a book on Gil Kane, the artist who created the modern Green Lantern.[3]

Dille Family Trust

Herman is a lawyer for the Dille Family Trust alongside his wife and law partner, Louise Geer.[4] The trust has claimed copyright control of the Buck Rogers character, which others claim has outlived copyright protection and passed into the public domain.[5][4] The producer Don Murphy filed a suit against the couple[4][5] after they tried to claim copyright over a film he planned to create based on the 1928 book, Armageddon 2419 A.D.[4] In 2017, the Dille Family Trust filed for bankruptcy.[6][7] A judge ruled that the Trust handled intellectual property improperly, ignored court directives, and abused legal procedures during the bankruptcy. The judge supported appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee,[8][7] but later ruled that the Trust was ineligible for bankruptcy relief, and dismissed the case.[9]

Personal life

In 2015 Herman provided artwork from his collection for the Art of 007 exhibit at the ToonSeum[10]

References
  1. Hermes Press
  2. "Impressive Interview with Hermes Press..." Comicbooknerdsarehot.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  3. "Gil Kane, the art of the comics". LCCN 2001088750. Retrieved 5 May 2014 – via Library of Congress.
  4. Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls Published by boingboing.net on October 16, 2015, retrieved on February 8, 2019
  5. Bowling, Brian (26 October 2015). "Fight over Hollywood's use of 'Buck Rogers' name moves to Pittsburgh". triblive.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. "The Legal Battle to Bring Buck Rogers to the Big Screen". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. The continuing saga of Buck Rogers and the Copyright T Published by boingboing.net on June 28, 2018
  8. Judge Directs Government Intervention in "Buck Rogers" Bankruptcy Published by Hollywood Reporter on July 25, 2018, retrieved 16 January, 2019
  9. IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTFOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Case 17-24771-JAD Doc 539, February 20, 2019
  10. Thomas, Ian. "Toonseum's 'Art of 007' exhibit captures the style of James Bond". TribLive. Trib Total Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
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