The Legal View

Reflecting on The Beat's comics journalism ethics panel tonight at San Diego Comic-Con, my thoughts keep going back to the comics community - who we are, where we're going, and what can keep us...

What will you be wearing on Thursday night at 6:30pm? The answer could reveal where you stand on the theme of Heidi's latest SDCC Comics Journalism panel, "It's About Ethics in Comics Journalism." If you've...

The Federal Trade Commission has just sent a press release touting its first successful action against a failed Kickstarter campaign. The FTC's mission is to protect consumers from false or misleading advertising, and as part...

Yesterday The Mary Sue published an article suggesting that for-profit comic-cons could be violating federal labor law by not paying minimum wage to workers improperly classified as volunteers. However, a recent case involving Major League Baseball shows how ReedPop and other commercial comic-con ventures could beat the tag.

On Friday New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio met with protestors to discuss their demands for police reform after the shocking death of Eric Garner and the controversial grand jury decision that followed. The...

A graphic novel has become Exhibit A in the latest Obamacare controversy. Clear, simple, understandable, useful - those are just a few of the words that recurred in reviews of Health Care Reform: What It...

Signs aren't the only thing greeting attendees at the entrance to New York Comicon. Amidst the registration booths and all too quickly emptied bins for lanyards ReedPOP has its own boutique, featuring the geek-chic...

Attendees at this year's New York Comic Con are accustomed to giant-sized announcements for the latest entertainment, but this year a new sign greets visitors as they wander around the hype-encrusted Javits Center: branded...

How do we solve the problem of cosplayer harassment? Is it even a problem at all, or are we simply dealing with a few isolated incidents? Let’s take a look. Sexual harassment has become a high-profile...

Comic-Con hit TMZ after America's Next Top Model winner and media personality Adrianne Curry, dressed as Catwoman, chased down and whip-punched a man who thrust his hands down the tights of another model dressed as Tigra....

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Fredric Wertham's influential and notorious Seduction of the Innocent, and Comic Con's programming schedule includes several panels addressing the book and its core themes. Today (Thursday) at noon,...

Clickhole, the Onion's answer to Buzzfeed and Clickhole, has posted an audacious NSFW video parody, "If You Grew Up With 'Calvin and Hobbes,' You Need to Watch This Now." Spoilers below for those of...