More on Vanguard/Frazetta
You'll recall that last week it was announced that Frank Frazetta was suing Vanguard Productions for $2 million, claiming the upcoming Frazetta retrospective, FRAZETTA THE DEFINITE REFERENCE, was unauthorized. Vanguard sent out an email...
DJ Coffman — more Platinum woes
D.J. Coffman has been handed a cease and desist by Platinum:
UPDATE HERE: I just received a cease and desist letter from Platinum about using the HeroBynight.com, and HeroByNight.net addresses that I’d bought and hosted...
Motion on Superboy settlement?
Jeff Trexler rounds up some evidence that mediation is slogging towards a settlement in the Superboy/Superman lawsuits, including a comment by Dan DiDio this weekend that "We’ve got SuperBOY Prime (yes, we can...
“Disturbed comic fan” stabbing rampage
A crazed truck driver went on a gruesome rampage Sunday in Tokyo's nerd-friendly Akihabara district, killing seven people. The horrible incident has received international attention, but the killer's otaku-tendencies have not gone unnoticed...
Tokyopop: Hey, dude, totally bad contract!
UPDATE: Check out Johanna's list of Tokyopop’s greatest mistakes over the past two years:
The reviews are in! And Tokyopop's online contract for the new "Manga Pilot" program has been dubbed everything from "appalling"...
Judge upholds Michael George conviction
A judge has refused to overturn the conviction of Michael George this morning. The defense had attempted to get the jury's guilty conviction vacated due to a lack of evidence, but the judge sided...
Superman drawings removed from auction
Several people sent us think link to a Boing Boing post about a children's cancer charity benefit being shut down because of unauthoized use of DC characters. Organizer Alex explains:
I messed up. I...
The Comic Book Murder!
DATELINE covered the Michael George case on Friday and a complete transcript and video excerpt are up.
Lenora Ward: She knew our names. Immediately when we would walk in,...
George case on NBC this Friday
According to a tipster, this Friday's Dateline NBC will cover the Michael George case, as long rumored:
The promo I just saw for this Friday's Dateline NBC was slugged as "two decades later can they...
Two suspects nabbed in Pirkola case
Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting of comics retailer David Pirkola local papers are reporting The two are teenagers, while a third is still sought.
The suspects are 18-year-old James Muriel-Neal Thompson and...
Rome, GA humor
Even the Rome News - Tribune cartoonist is getting in on the act of making sport of DA Leigh Patterson, who prosecuted the Gordon Lee case and apparently has a reputation for doggedly pursuing...
Local paper slams Gordon Lee case
The Rome News of Georgia delvers a dyspeptic analysis of the Grodon Lee spectacle and the behavior of DA Leigh Patterson:
NOT TO SHOCK Ms. Patterson, or give her another cause for action, we saw...
