Buffy tarot

[rogin]

Again, nothing creative from me I'm afraid, since I'm still drowning in work...but I promised to post if I hear anything new on the tarot cancellation and I've read this rumor:

"The Buffy Tarot card set from Dark Horse is cancelled. No reasons are given, but I hear talk it was due to conflicts with the representatives of certain actors/actresses who appear on the cards. Apparently make believe occult nonsense is fine, but an actual item that might be used in the black arts is not. But really. You think someone would have predicted this. Somehow. "

Source: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17035

I'm hard pressed to believe it though, I mean, it's just cards. Fortune telling is hardly a black art (if you're not the spanish inquisition). That would be like canceling an action figure, because it could be used as a voodoo doll.

Comments

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Some people do get wiggy about anything remotely occult no matter how unassuming they are, like tarot cards. Vampires and make-believe magic are one thing, but seeing your image on something that someone could potential be using for actual practice is another. Then again, I think this has more to do with the portrayal of an actor or actress rather than anything else. And using Brian Lynch as a source, only SMG has the kind of likeness rights that could halt production on a product. Maybe she didn't like her likeness being drawn naked and wrapped up in a chain. That would have put spit in my Post Toasties. But it could easily be another actor or for another reason.

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Seems like SMG is the most likely suspect. If it was just on image, they probably could have changed that, so I guess it must have to do with the whole thing.

Damn, I really would have liked to have these cards.