That headline isn’t quite exact – the $20,000 is starter fund and a new campaign will be begun to raise more money, but basically SPX and the CBLDF had teamed up to aid 11 defendants – cartoonists and a publisher – who are being sued for defamation by alleged sexual assaulter/anti-Semite Cody Pickrodt. The costs […]
Comics crime wave: thief jumps from 2nd floor of Midtown Comics; the thieving handyman and more
A mini crime wave seems to have hit the comics world, perhaps harbingers of the apocalypse to come, or maybe a slow news day elsewhere. • Just today, a man jumped from the second story of the Times Sq. Midtown Comics, crashing to the ground and leaving broken glass behind him. He was taken to […]
CON-troversies: Comic-Cons hits the courts…and SDCC vs SLCCC may be going to trial
With all the money flowing through the con business these days, it’s no surprise that lawsuits are springing up. The last few days have revealed a quartet of complicated CONtroversy stories that are vague and yet spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E. § Nerd-Con, a show in Escondido, is being sued for non-payment by a DJ who appeared at […]
FIGHT! Hasbro Sues DC over Bumblebee trademark
Those of you who have been wondering how there was room in the pop culture firmament for both a car that turns into a giant yellow robot named Bumblebee, and a young African American girl who dresses as a bee also called Bumblebee…well this golden age is at an end. Hasbro seeks to clamp down […]
Emerald City Comicon volunteer lawsuit settled for nearly $500,000
A settlement has just been annoucned in last May’s a class action suit filed by volunteers at the Emerald City Comic Con, over the lack of payment for their work. You can read more here and here but the bottom line is that ECCC will pay a total of $493,227.84 to those who volunteered. ECCC […]
Man charged with using comic cons to lure teen girls for sex
A Maryland man was arrested in Utah after allegedly using comic con and pop culture events as a means to meet teen girls and lure them into sex. Derrick La Marr Jones, 35, was arrested and charged with illegal use of a communication system to solicit with lascivious intent of a minor between the age of 15 and 18. […]
Old Stan Lee Hockey Pact Leads to $500,000 Judgment
It’s no secret that while his lawyer Arthur Lieberman was alive, Stan Lee loved pacting. So many pacts, they wouldn’t all fit on a page – animated projects, movie projects, book projects, talking vegetable projects. If someone was willing to pony up some money to team up with Stan and his POW! Entertainment group, Stan’s team […]
Cartoonist arrested after assault on girlfriend
Cartoonist Kurt Wolfgang, whose real name is Kurt W. Holley, was arrested on Feb. 4 in Gainesville FL, and charged after attacking his girlfriend in a bathroom stall. (The article does not mention the exact charges but they involved resisting arrest, criminal mischief and other property damage related charges.) Wolfgang is known for indie comics […]
Yet another lawsuit: Wizard World suing Shamus Brothers and friends over possible takeover – UPDATED
UPDATE: I’m told this lawsuit was also settled at the same time as the main one. So, all water under the bridge now. The other day we reported on the end of Wizard World’s lawsuit against former CMO Stephen Shamus for breach of contract. However, as a tipster mentioned in the comments, there is still […]
Wizard and Stephen Shamus reach a settlement in lawsuit – but not before a laptop was destroyed
According to court documents, the lawsuit filed against former Wizard exec Shephen Shamus for Breach of Contract and Misappropriation of Corporate Assets (among other things) was settled last month. No terms were announced. As you may recall, last November, Wizard sued Shamus, who had been Chief Marketing Officer at Wizard for years, for $1 million in […]
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