Swipe File – Calvin Peeing
Twenty years ago the bootlegged decal was ubiquitous, and illegal (still is). First things first—Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson says…
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1924 is Now Public Domain for 2020
Print and film classics from 1924 become public domain on January 1, 2020. Some famous comic strips which were created…
Adam Ellis Calls Out Company For Stealing Art, Gets Response
Cartoonist Adam Ellis called out a Malaysian company for using his comic strip art in an advertising campaign without permission,…
Editor Quits After Unauthorized Dean Yeagle Art
The current issue of the French magazine Blandice has a Dean Yeagle cover, unfortunately, due to a series of…
$15,000 for Pepe the Frog Copyright Infringement
Alex Jones and Infowars have agreed to pay Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie $15,000 to settle a lawsuit concerning…
Spinning the Cartoon Wheel Again
Whhhiirrrrr…clik…clik…clik…clak Awards The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for…
Ted Rall Petition Backed by CBLDF, AAEC, CRNI
Cartoonist Ted Rall has petitioned the California Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that found in…
Appeals Court Tosses Ted Rall v. L.A. Times Lawsuit – update: Ted Rall’s Response
I was wronged. All I wanted was a trial by jury, a right enshrined in Anglo-Saxon legal tradition in…
Superman heirs lose copyright fight at Supreme Court
Whereas the prospect of a Supreme Court ruling against Marvel may have played a role in the comic publisher’s decision…
Marvel and Kirby family strike last-minute deal before case goes to Supreme Court consideration
From Deadline Hollywood comes news that just days before the US Supreme Court was to take into consideration the legal…
Salt Lake and San Diego comic cons to talk about settling lawsuit out of courts
The legal fight between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Con took another step forward – and hints at…
Please help Superman in Supreme Court case
The Man of Steel – or more specifically the heirs of Superman creator Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – needs…
What are the legalities of selling cartoons with the likeness of a celebrity?
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond takes on the following question in a “I’m not a laywer, but a cartoonist” fashion:…
Judge: Disney owns Marvel characters. Take hike Stan Lee Media
From Deadline.com: Turns out the Walt Disney Company really does own the rights to the Marvel characters created by Stan…
The Oatmeal sued for trademark infringement
The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman is being sued again. From Wired (UK): The comic teamed up with the company that owns…