Handley pleads guilty
As reported yesterday, Christopher Handley, the Iowa man arrested for owning drawn material depicting children engaged in sexual acts, has pleaded guilty to...
Wolverine-gate updates
Last week, Roger Friedman, a showbiz columnist who worked for Fox, wrote a column in which he reviewed the download bootleg version of WOLVERINE....
Scans_daily story roundup
Glen Hauman interviews the scans_daily moderators over at ComicMix, and it's interesting on many levels.
ComicMix: What do you know about the circumstances of...
Scans_Daily shut down; Internet reacts…and reacts
Over the weekend, news broke that the popular LiveJournal community Scans–Daily has been closed down. The community started out as a repository for slash...
Rall’s open letter on the Brian Duffy matter
Editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was recently let go from his job at the Des Moines Register; after leaving, he discovered that his artwork, which...
Steve Geppi’s debt woes growing
In recent weeks, while news of Diamond's new trade policies has rippled through every level of the comics business, Diamond's owner, Stephen Geppi, has...
Legal Danger: Lead laws threaten children’s products
Evan Dorkin rounds up the potential dangers of too-literal readings of recent laws aimed at testing lead levels in children's toys:
Anyway -- said impact...
Legal Danger: Comics in Britain!
Comics fans fear that two new British anti-pornography laws 'could make comic books illegal'. The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act would make possessing...
Some Stan musings
§ Steven Grant looks at the history of Stan Lee and his failed dot-com:
Which led to an interesting phenomenon, though one not so rare...
Stan Lee Media sues for $750mil Marvel movie profits — UPDATE
If you're a lawyer, everything surrounding the strange history of Stan Lee Media is a fountain of endless, cool, refreshing litigation. Now "legendary" lawyer...
WATCHMEN suit settled
White flag! Warring studios Fox and Warners have released a statement:
"Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights...
Cartoonist soothes angry coffee growers
Angry Colombian coffee growers have agreed not to sue Mike Peters over a Mother Goose & Grimm strip which they found offensive, after he...
