Jim Starlin creating an original Thanos graphic novel for Marvel
Jim Starlin wrote and drew Marvel's very first original graphic novel back in 1982, The Death of Captain Marvel, and he's at it again,...
UPDATE: Troubles and plagiarism charges grow for LaBeouf as Clowes contemplates legal action
LaBeouf-Gate—in which an A-list young actor continues to dig himself deeper and deeper after cluelessly ripping off a Daniel Clowes comic as the basis for a short films because SQUIRREL!—has been developing on several fronts.
Did Shia LaBeouf rip off a Daniel Clowes comic for his short film? UPDATE:...
If you look at the plot of Shia La Bouef's short film Howard Cantour, it sounds exactly like Daniel Clowes's short comic Justin M....
More legal shennanigans in Archie Comics co-CEO sexual haarassment suit — with filings
Archie Comics complaint against co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit for sexual harassment has been going around for a while. New information includes recent filings in which...
Ed Kramer pleads guilty and now under house arrest — UPDATED WITH VIDEO
Yesterday was the long awaited trial date for the notorious Ed Kramer, and it was a bit of an anticlimax-- after avoiding charges of...
At last – Ed Kramer’s trial begins NEXT WEEK!
Accused child molester Ed Kramer will go on trial next week after more than a decode of legal delays and stalling. More than a decade...
Heirs of Joe Shuster lose appeal
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling giving WB the copyright to Superman and setting aside a 1998 copyright...
US looking to extend copyright to life plus 95 years
Oh WikiLeaks, the gift that keeps on giving. Yet another fascinating finding from the papers is the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, which covers...
Court tells Stan Lee Media to get the hell away from Conan
Stan Lee Media—the creeping zombie of a company that no longer has anything to do with Stan Lee, but loves to say they have...
More legal woes at Archie as employees file lawsuit against co-owner Nancy Silberkleit
I've lost count on who is suing who in the brutal ground war between Archie Comics, and their controversial co-owner Nancy Silberkleit, but it...
Internet Meme Shocker: Did Grumpy Cat Rip off Kate Beaton?
In a story on how Grumpy Cat—the dwarf cat that people (including The Beat) will line up for hours just to see—is worth $1 million, it's revealed that one of her signature catch phrases first appeared in a cartoon by Kate Beaton. Which wouldn't be so odd except that Grumpy's manager, who is a "meme manager", is very litigious about other people stealing his own memes. Beaton, who hasn't received any money from the cat or her manager, is philosophical about the whole thing, writing:
Ed Kramer is staying in jail until his trial
Bucking the trend of over a decade, a Gwinnett County judge has ruled that Dragon*Con co-founder Ed Kramer will have to stay in jail...
