Courtney has played Flo in Progressive spots for the last 15 years; her face’s silhouette even appears in branding for the insurance company. Vayntrub says Courtney — who the paper says “counts multiple other brand-character actors as friends” — reached out to her and let her vent about...
“Mark Evanier has addressed this topic a few times. Basically, the publisher would send the comic to the relevant studio for approval, and sometimes the studio would send the comic to the individual actors (or their representatives) for their approval, and sometimes those actors (or, more li...