SPX and the CBLDF establish a legal defense fund for cartoonists with $20,000 donation
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...
Comics crime wave: thief jumps from 2nd floor of Midtown Comics; the thieving handyman...
A mini crime wave seems to have hit the comics world, perhaps harbingers of the apocalypse to come, or maybe a slow news day...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Yet another lawsuit: Wizard World suing Shamus Brothers and friends over possible takeover –...
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...
Wizard and Stephen Shamus reach a settlement in lawsuit – but not before a...
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)...
Comics author and historian Gerard Jones arrested on charges of child pornography
Gerard Jones, a comics writer whose career includes writing Green Lantern and The Trouble with Girls, co-creating Prime for Malibu, has been arrested on...
Wizard World sues Stephen Shamus for $1 million, but who are the 10 ‘John...
Say it ain't so, Norman Reedus. Last week convention company Wizard World fired their Chief Marketing Officer Stephen Shamus, and they filed suit against him. The suit alleges that Shamus used his position to obtain more than $1 million worth of signed memorabilia and collectibles from Wizard World guests which he then sold. A sweet set-up for some extra cash, if true.
