WATCHMEN’s clock is ticking down
As previously reported, Fox and Warners, both embroiled in the legal struggle over the WATCHMEN movie, had agreed to wait until January 20th to have Judge Gary Feess rule on whether Warners would...
Colombian coffee growers angered by Mother Goose & Grimm
You just do not mess with Juan Valdez. Cartoonist Mike Peters has learned that the hard way. The January 2nd edition of the comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm by Peters has greatly upset...
WATCHMEN: this is getting uglier
Many late night holiday-themed movements in the WATCHMEN case, and they are enough to make a movie fan's nerves as frayed as the collar on a pitbull. It seems that, yes, Fox is going...
Who injuncts the WATCHMEN?
NOTE: Several people have pointed out that "injunct" is not the correct legal term -- "enjoins" is more accurate. However "injuncts" contains the comedy sound "K" and I will continue to use it, suckas....
The Simpsons are people in Australia
In a controversial decision, an Australian judge has ruled that a man with a pornographic drawing of the Simpsons on his computer is guilty of possessing child pornography, fined him $3000, and given...
Another $1 billion movie, another lawsuit
As THE DARK KNIGHT heads toward $1 billion in worldwide grosses, it was inevitable that lawsuits would be filed as unjustly neglected parties sought their rightful pieces of the caped pie, but the town...
Men severely beaten in comic shop mooning incident
A game of Magic: The Gathering turned violent when pranksters mooned a comics shop in Bellingham, WA and vigilante justice went too far, news sources are reporting. The tragic incident began when three walked...
Crime watch: Avatar murder; proud papa goes too far
§ In Japan, a woman has been arrested for killing her husband. But it was only a MMORPG character that died, and the charge is computer hacking:
A 43 year old woman in Japan...
Kids, don’t try this at home…or in the sewer
As astounding as it may seem, the youth of today still know who the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are...and they find this cowabunga crowd so fun-filled that they feel compelled to take their admiration...
More Superman legal news
Over at Blog@, Jeff Trexler reports that ne of his posts has been introduced as evidence in the Siegel/DC copyright lawsuit. Under examination is the post discussing a collaboration between Jerry Siegel and...
Gag order issued in Michael George case
More legal maneuvers in the case of Michael George, whose conviction in the killing of his wife has been sent back for a new trial: Although judge James Biernat Sr. did not remove the...
Orphan Works goes down
The Orphan Works law which most graphic artists have been so worried about has quietly been killed tabled in the House, in the midst of all the other Congressional foofaraw this week:
Late Friday, the...
