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...
Donald Duck to testify?
An Italian court has named Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Tweety and Mickey Mouse as witnesses in a counterfeiting trial .
The court summons cites Titti,...
Rome’s public shame
An editorial in the local Rome, GA paper points out the overwhelming absurdity of the Gordon Lee case:
AS THIS SPACE has repeatedly pointed out,...
Torrents and so on
Who would have thought one of the biggest stories of the year would have broken over the Thanksgiving weekend? For those of you who...
