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Archives for July 2011

Court rules in favor of Marvel in Kirby copyright case — with text of ruling and depositions

07/28/2011 6:46 pm by Jeff Trexler

Court rules in favor of Marvel in Kirby copyright case — with text of ruling and depositions

A sad day for those who hoped, perhaps against hope, that Jack “The King’ Kirby’s heirs would get some of the money their father’s creations have made over the years. Characters including Captain America (created in the ’40s with Joe Simon), The Hulk, Iron Man and Thor– you know, if they called next year’s potential biggest-movie-of-all-time THE AVENEGRS “JACK KIRBY’S AVENGERS” they would not be far from the mark.

Deadline has analysis, seeing it as a big setback for lawyer Marc Toberoff, who has won many unlikely IP cases against giant studios in the past:

Filed Under: Jack Kirby, Legal Matters, Marvel, The Legal View Tagged With: Jack Kirby, Marvel

Alert: Brent Anderson’s artwork has been stolen

07/28/2011 3:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Alert: Brent Anderson’s artwork has been stolen

We heard of a couple of car break-ins at Comic-Con, and one of the worst was artist Brent Anderson’s :

“Brent Anderson had a lot of art stolen in San Diego. His car was broken into at the San Diego Zoo and the following original art was stolen: 50 pages from Astro City Vols. 1 & 2 & Local Heroes; AC: Dark Age Books 1 (#s 1-4), 2 (#s 1-4) & 3 (#s 1-4) (50 pages). Green Lantern and Rising Stars artwork was stolen as well. Please share this to as many venues as possible, to get the thief caught and the art returned.”

Filed Under: Art, Legal Matters

SDCC, A Look Back: The Beat

07/28/2011 3:27 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SDCC, A Look Back: The Beat

One red-eye flight from Burbank later, and I’ve had the most uninterrupted sleep I’ve gotten in two weeks. It will take another 10 hours to really get normal, but for that I’ve got to hang on until the weekend. YOU CAN DO IT!

I’ll have more emblematic con thoughts tomorrow, but for now a few shout outs:

Filed Under: Meta, SDCC '11

SDCC11 A Look Back: James Kochalka

07/28/2011 2:28 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SDCC11 A Look Back: James Kochalka

Okay we’re not going to spend weeks and weeks rounding up San Diego memories, but we are going to share a few good ones. James Kochalka has started his sketchbook diaries account, and this is the comics equivalent of the MODERN FAMILY recap.

Filed Under: SDCC '11, Webcomics Tagged With: James Kochalka

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Ali C. — Final Report

07/28/2011 9:40 am by Heidi MacDonald

The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Ali C. — Final Report

By Ali Colluccio

Days at Comic-Con: 4
Total hours of sleep: 15
Total number of drinks: lost track after 23…
Time of brain death: Sunday, July 24, 12:47am PDT, Hyatt lobby bar
Items crossed off To-Do list: 10 (out of 22)

Filed Under: SDCC '11

SDCC12: No pre-reg for 2013

07/27/2011 6:20 pm by Heidi MacDonald

SDCC12: No pre-reg for 2013

While a veil of acceptance settled over most of the attendees of the just passed Big Show, a few people were still miserable, namely those who had to sleep out over night on concrete to get a ticket for next year, with the oft-heard, but seldom-heeded battle cry “I don’t think I’m coming next year.”

Filed Under: SDCC '11

Raina Telgemeier announces Drama!

07/27/2011 5:37 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Raina Telgemeier announces Drama!

On her panel at SDCC, Raina Telgemeier announced some info on her next book: it’s called

Drama!

Filed Under: Books, Kids' comics Tagged With: Books

SDCC11: What the hell happened?

07/27/2011 7:31 am by Heidi MacDonald

SDCC11: What the hell happened?

One of the best stories coming out of Comic-con? After they had camped out for two days, diehard Twilight fans got a huge thrill when cast members showed up with some breakfast:

Filed Under: SDCC '11

Is WonderCon moving to Anaheim?

07/27/2011 7:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Is WonderCon moving to Anaheim?

There’s been much chatter out there that WonderCon doesn’t have dates yet — and indeed construction on the Moscone Center in SF means that the con doesn’t yet have dates. Now, retailer Chuck Rozanski suggests, the big spring convention might be moving to Anaheim!

Filed Under: Conventions Tagged With: Conventions

Marvel offers variants for DC covers again

07/26/2011 11:10 am by Heidi MacDonald

Marvel offers variants for DC covers again

The last time Marvel did a “Comics for Comics” program, they rather slyly offered a Marvel variant edition for the covers of some DC BLACKEST NIGHT tie-ins. And they are at it again, the cheeky devils at Marvel are offering a variant edition of FEAR ITSELF #6 to retailers who strip off the covers of a bunch of Flashpoint tie-ins. It’s kind of a variation on the old “collecting scalps/heads of our enemies” routine. In the PR Marvel claims that tens of thousands of covers were sent in in past versions of the program…considering the print runs of some of these books, that would be a significant chunk of the runs.

Filed Under: Retailing & Marketing

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