Student arrested over NARUTO threats
More comics trouble in Connecticut, where an expelled high school student was arrested in Groton, following a threatening video he posted on YouTube which...
Michael George trail updates
The murder trial of retailer Michael George continues, with testimony striking at the heart of his alibi being presented:
A witness gave testimony Tuesday that...
Lori Earley art stolen
Jonathan Levine writes to say that a drawing by artist Lori Earley was stolen from her show at his gallery last week. Details a...
Michael George trial: Day 1
The Macomb Daily reports on the first day of testimony in the trial of accused killer Michael George. Eight witnesses were called to weave...
Opening arguments in the Michael George Trial
The Macomb Daily covers opening day:
Kaplan, chief of special prosecutions, conceded the case against George is almost all circumstantial, as he will show George...
Jess Fink update
Gary Tyrell has been all over the Jess Fink/Hot Topic controversy. (It's not really a controversy -- it's pretty clear what happened: they...
Hot Topic steals soap?
It seems that Hot Topic has stated selling a t-shirt which is a dead ringer for one created by cartoonist Jess Fink....
Cartoonist target of “terror plot”
Danish authorities have arrested three people who were allegedly planning to assassinate one of the Mohammed cartoonists. A 40-year-old Dane of Moroccan origin...
Fox sues Warners over Watchmen
MEANWHILEFox is suing Warners over the labyrinthine rights to the Watchmen movie:
Fox claims that between 1986 and 1990, it acquired all movie rights to...
Strike wrap-ups
The Writer's Guild strike is over. Joe Harris reports from the East Coast::
We didn't get everything we wanted. Didn't get a lot of what...
WGA strike tentative agreement reached
A tentative agreement in the 3 month old Writer's Guild strike was announced over night. Today, writers will meet on the East and West...
Oddities of the comics
Evan Dorkin talks about DC's "cartoonist ban":
First up from the files, the only piece of art I was allowed to draw for the Superman...
