Glenn Hauman (born March 4, 1969) is an American editor, publisher, writer of novels and short stories, book illustrator, and comic book

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. He has worked in a variety of roles in print and electronic publishing, including software and website development, as well as his television and novel work within the ''

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'' and ''

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'' franchises.

Early life

Hauman was born on March 4, 1969.Glenn Hauman
. SFBookcase. accessed August 19, 2011. He attended

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, where he became friends with fellow writer

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, who would also go on to become a contributor to the ''Star Trek'' franchise. While in college Hauman wrote for the student-run humor magazine, '' The Plague''.

Career

Hauman worked was an editorial consultant to

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Interactive for many years, during which he contributed to a number of ''

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s, such as the ''

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'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion'', as well as those for other properties, such as ''

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''. Among Hauman's books are the eBooks '' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: No Surrender'' and '' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Creative Couplings''. ''Couplings'' was co-authored with Aaron Rosenberg, and is noteworthy for the first

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/Jewish wedding ceremony, for which it was covered on

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"A Star Trek Wedding"
.

. March 26, 2005 and the Jewish weekly newspaper ''

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''. He coauthored the "Redemption" story in the '' Star Trek: New Frontier'' anthology ''No Limits'' with Lisa Sullivan. Hauman wrote the

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"On The Air", which appeared in the

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''Ultimate X-Men'', and "Chasing Hairy", which appeared in the anthology ''X-Men Legends''. Both were featured on the Sci-Fi Channel's

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. He also contributed to the anthology ''Urban Nightmares''. He was a founder of Hell's Kitchen Systems, Inc., which was purchased by

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in 2000 for $85.6 million. He was a founder of BiblioBytes, an electronic publishing site, and was called a "young Turk of publishing" in the ''

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''. BiblioBytes was a named plaintiff in

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, which found the

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unconstitutional. Hauman was also a founding board member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and was the former chair of their Netlaw special interest group. Hauman is a columnist for

ComicMix IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

."Peter David Takes Fans Down Blind Man's Bluff"
, star trek.com, April 20, 2011. He also provided the color art for ComicMix's online publication of

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's '' Jon Sable, Freelance'', which began in November 2007, and was the Assistant Editor on ''The Original Johnson'', a biographical comic book about boxer Jack Johnson. He serves as webmaster of the websites of writers

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and

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. In April 2011, Hauman joined with Peter David,

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, Robert Greenberger, and

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in assembling an electronic publishing endeavor called Crazy Eight Press, which would allow them to publish e-books directly to fans. Hauman provided the cover illustration of Peter David's 2012 vampire novel, ''Pulling Up Stakes''. Hauman has been a featured speaker at numerous industry trade shows, conventions, organization meetings, and the

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Legal issues

On November 13, 2016, Dr. Seuss Enterprises filed a complaint in California federal court accusing Hauman's website, ComicMix, of violating the intellectual property of Theodor S. Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) with its crowd-funded book ''Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go!'', a

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of the Dr. Seuss children's book ''

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'', and the phrase '' to boldly go where no one has gone before'', from ''

''. The lawsuit stated that Hauman's book, which parodies both ''Star Trek'' and various Dr. Seuss books, including ''Oh, The Places You'll Go!'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

The Sneetches and Other Stories ''The Sneetches and Other Stories'' is a collection of stories by American children's author Dr. Seuss, published in 1961. It is composed of four separate stories with themes of tolerance, diversity, and compromise: "The Sneetches", "The Zax", ...

'', copied Dr. Seuss' copyrighted work, including recreating entire pages from his books "with meticulous precision." The lawsuit also stated that the book's violation of Dr. Seuss' trademark would create confusion in the minds of the public as to Dr. Seuss's approval or licensing. The defendants maintained that the satirical nature of the ComicMix book is protected under

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. In May 2018, U.S District Court Judge Janis Sammartino found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of Dr. Seuss' trademark, ruling that its book was "a highly transformative work that takes no more than necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose and will not impinge on the original market for Plaintiff's underlying work." In March 2019, Sammartino similarly found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of copyright, ruling that ''Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go!'' was protected under Fair Use.

Personal life

Hauman lives in

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.Hauman, Glenn
"IT WASN'T ME..."
. Glenn Hauman: View From Above. September 21, 2007

References

External links

Hauman's website and blog

ComicMix

Crazy Eight Press

Articles by Glenn Hauman on ComicMix

Glenn Hauman

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