Original sentence: Gerber and artist Gene Colan later collaborated on a Howard the Duck syndicated comic strip, of which Gerber recalled:
Edited sentence: " -- Howard the Duck No.- "Plants are like people.- "We had some problems with the Howard newspaper strip, which led to problems with the Howard book, which ultimately led to the lawsuit.Aleta Ogord.All-Night Party.Amber Hunt.Angar the Screamer.Baphomet (comics).Destroyer Duck.Doctor Bong.Doctor Fate (Kent V.Exiles (Malibu Comics).Gene Colan and I were supposed to get a percentage of the syndicate's take for the strip.Gerber and artist Gene Colan later collaborated on a Howard the Duck syndicated comic strip.Given them light, water, nourishment, a comfortable pot and an encouraging world and they'll grow.Hard Time.Howard the Duck.Jennifer Kale.KISS (Marvel Universe versions).Lord Pumpkin.Marvel wouldn't pay the artist to draw it.N'Kantu, the Living Mummy.Nelson) (Replacement version).Omega the Unknown.Ookla the Mok.Phantom Blonde.Princess Ariel.Red Guardian (later known as Starlight).Richard Rory.Ruby Thursday.Shanna the She-Devil.Silver Samurai.So, essentially, the artist was working for nothing up until that time, and no artist can afford to do that.Stewart the Rat.The problem was, the money came in 90 days, 120 days, six months — I don't remember how long exactly — after the strips were published.Therefore, and this may come as a surprise, writers are like people.They didn't have quite the same problem.Thundarr the Barbarian.Void Indigo.Writers are like plants.Wundarr the Aquarian.[In comparison with Stan Lee and John Romita's Spider-Man comic strip,] Stan, as publisher of Marvel, had a regular salary coming in, and John Romita, I believe, was also on staff at the time