Schoolgirls tigger socks subject of lawsuit
A Californian schoolgirl is suing her school over her right to wear TIgger socks:
Toni Kay Scott, 14, was sent to an in-school suspension program called Students With Attitude Problems last year for violating a...
Stan Lee Media Sues Marvel for $5B
A classic story of intrigue, double crosses, runaway financiers, campaign skullduggery, and Stan Lee got yet another chapter underway when it was announced that Stan Lee Media is suing Marvel for a cool $5B....
Sponge Bob Plagiarism Pants?
A Calfornia cartoonist is suing Sponge Bob creator Stephen Hillemberger and Nickelodeon claiming the underwater toon icon was a rip-off of his own "Bob Spongee":
Cartoonist Troy Walker created a comic strip in...
Scottish cartooner hasn’t stopped beating his wife
A top Scottish cartoonist has admitted to assaulting his wife, the BBC reports.. 63-year-old Malky McCormick repeatedly punch his wife Ann in the head during an argument caused by her insomnia. However, the couple...
You kids behave.
I've taken the liberty of closing comments on the most recent post on the Ellison/Fantagraphics suit. For the record, I am fond of both Unca Gary and Unca Harlan, and I think they are...
Bizarro Army sex fiend preys on Kryptonite -weakened recruit
Usually here at SBM we have a field day when a criminal decides to dress as a cartoon character before committing a crime. This time, forcing someone to dress as a character IS part...
Nerds in crime: Superman, Vader, Spielberg
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This video has been all over the internet this weekend: an old lady taking a driving test crashes into the waiting room at the DMV, and while chaos ensues, a guy dressed as...
Fantagraphics launches defense fund
Fantagraphics is launching a defense fund to help pay for Harlan Ellison's lawsuit against them:
We want to emphasize that at the core of this dispute is freedom of expression. Depending upon how much time...
How low can you go
Well, this is disgusting. Basically, a "promoter" set up an anime con, promising the extra profits would go to breast cancer research, and the whole thing was a scam. The "promoter" cancelled the event...
Twist vs. McFarlane…the final chapter
With a small notice in the St. Louis Post Dispatch one of the epic lawsuits of our time had its final, anti-climactic chapter:
After seeing his first award of $24.5 million tossed out, and a...
Judge: Ellison suit can proceed
Several people emailed us this from Harlan Ellison's forum:
BIG WIN TODAY!
For those of you following my lawsuit against Gary Groth and Fantagraphics, you may relay this to Groth's websites and/or all the other comic...
What’s up at AMS/PGW: NBN to the rescue?
We haven't been giving daily updates on the AMS bankruptcy story because it's been too exhausting! With all the daily drama and legal wrangling -- it's almost like a soap opera. Our pal Jim...
