Her Universe and Ours
Signs aren't the only thing greeting attendees at the entrance to New York Comicon. Amidst the registration booths and all too quickly emptied bins...
Cosplay, Consent and Signs of the Times
Attendees at this year's New York Comic Con are accustomed to giant-sized announcements for the latest entertainment, but this year a new sign greets...
SDCC ’14: Is Cosplayer Harassment a Real Problem?
How do we solve the problem of cosplayer harassment? Is it even a problem at all, or are we simply dealing with a few...
SDCC ’14: Fashioning a Response to Cosplay Harassment
Comic-Con hit TMZ after America's Next Top Model winner and media personality Adrianne Curry, dressed as Catwoman, chased down and whip-punched a man who...
SDCC ’14: Werthamania
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Fredric Wertham's influential and notorious Seduction of the Innocent, and Comic Con's programming schedule includes several panels...
Is the Clickhole Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Illegal Child Porn?
Clickhole, the Onion's answer to Buzzfeed and Clickhole, has posted an audacious NSFW video parody, "If You Grew Up With 'Calvin and Hobbes,' You...
Darabont sues AMC over The Walking Dead profits
They say failure is an orphan and success is the mother of a million lawsuits—or something like that. AMC's The Walking Dead show is such a huge success that's it's already spawned a now-dismissed suit by original artist Tony Moore; and now original series creator Frank Darabont is suing AMC for unspecified but probably enormous damages, claiming he is being short changed via a form of "Hollywood Accounting."
The Legal View: Siegel Court Issues Final Judgments
The Superman and Superboy lawsuits are officially over, pending appeal.After an obligatory mop-up opinion whose outcome & reasoning was foreshadowed in my previous post,...
Siegel Superman case ends (almost)
As expected, the district court has ruled that the 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the Siegels is binding and did indeed transfer the...
The Legal View: Wertham was right
Tonight in SoHo, a panel of comics all-stars will discuss the Carol Tilley's Seducing the Innocent, which purports to expose industry bete noire Fredric...
Siegel Heirs Reject 21 Million Dollars
In keeping with the court's schedule, yesterday Marc Toberoff filed his response to DC's summary judgment motion in the Superman/Superboy lawsuits. Toberoff has filed...
The Eyes of Joanne Siegel
In 2008, the Siegel family won a historic courtroom victory. So why did they risk it all on an appeal? An encounter between Jerry Siegel's widow, Joanne, and Super Boys author Brad Ricca provides a telling clue. 
