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Superman And The Law

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From Law360; A Florida federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a settlement that resolves trademark infringement claims lodged by Time Warner Inc.’s DC Comics against a barbershop owner who allegedly used DC’s protected “Superman” logos without permission. DC has …

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Diane Nelson Caught In Warners Power Struggle

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The LA Times reports that at the top of Warner Bros, three executives Television Group President Bruce Rosenblum, Motion Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov and Home Entertainment Group President Kevin Tsujihara are jostling for the position of President of Warner …

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Superman, Siegel And The Court Of Appeals

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday heard arguments from Jerry Siegel‘s daughter, Laura Siegel Larson, over whether she can terminate agreements with DC Comics that have stood from 1938. The argument against is that DC states that Larson and her late …

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Friday Runaround – Shazam Or Sadism?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

BackWatch: Does the Warners ad on the back of DC comics this month that is meant to say SHAZAM on the license plate, actually say SADISM? GuestWatch: How carefully did you read Gambit #2? Jack the Radio guitarist and vocalist …

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Robot Chicken DC Special Has Creator Credits For Many Characters… But Not Batman?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Warners’ Cartoon Network is broadcasting the Robot Chicken DC Special next month. Early copies have been well received. But one early viewer noticed something they thought Bleeding Cool might be interested in. And they were right. Ever since Bob Kane …

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Jill Thompson’s Sandman Movie Pitch Art For Sale

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Neil Gaiman tweeted; Some years ago, I had to pitch/explain SANDMAN to Warners. Jill Thompson illustrated the pitch. That art’s for sale All this work can be found at Cadence Comic Art with price around the $800 level.

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Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid Of A Bomb

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Thanks to Daniel Heard… And the original;

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Zack Snyder Uses Grant Morrison’s Words For Man Of Steel Trailer

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Those are the words, written by Grant Morrison for All Star Superman. And here are the words as spoken in one of the trailers for Man Of Steel. You’ll give the people an ideal to strive towards.  They will race …

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San Diego Runaround – The Wristbands Of Hope

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

More San Diego PR from my inbox… Warner Bros on new signing rules; Comic-Con and Warner Bros. announced today that the Studio will once again follow the official Comic-Con® International: San Diego ticket distribution system for autograph signings at Comic-Con …

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Flashpoint To Be A DC Direct To DVD Animated Movie

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Flashpoint. The alternate DC Comics history that reshaped the DC Universe and led to the DC Relaunch and the New 52 last year. And now, it appears, to be the next DC Direct-To-DVD movie, according to Kevin Conroy who commonly …

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Saturday Runaround: Tracking Down Tony Harris And Walking Dead Bibles At ECCC

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

TonyWatch: Kelly Davis tells Bleeding Cool from ECCC that Tony Harris was left out of both the program and iPhone App for the convention. If you want to track him down, and ask about his new work, you can find …

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DC Comics Stays Put At San Diego Comic Con 2012

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Well that was quick. Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on news that Warner Bros and DC Comics were to merge booth space. Comic book publishers had been chatting amongst themselves over who might get get the space that DC gave up …

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The Big Big Bang Theory Theory

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The Big Bang Theory is Warner’s hit sitcom that both celebrates and mocks geekdom in a variety of forms with a wealth of insular references to geek culture. And owned by Warners, it’s only natural that it looks to DC …

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And Finally… When Warners Wanted Marvel To Publish DC

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Jim Shooter is telling his history of his life in comics on his blog. He’s just got to 1984, when Warners, apparently, asked if Marvel would be interested in publishing DC. Bill Sarnoff was the Big Cheese, I forget his …

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Now Nonplayer Gets A Movie Deal

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Weeks before it was released, Bleeding Cool was so assured of the success of Nate Simpson’s Nonplayer from Image Comics that we were very deliberately asking if other new Image titles would be “the next Nonplayer”. And on its release …

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Ghost Projekt To Be Syfy TV Mini Series

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Yesterday, thanks to a chance encounter at San Diego Comic Con, Bleeding Cool reported that Oni’s The Sixth Gun was to be made into a TV mini series by Syfy. Later that night I discovered it was not alone. Syfy …

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Fox Newspaper Gives Warners’ Green Lantern One Star

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The British newspapers published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, who own Twentieth Century Fox, was very kind to X-Men First Class, as Private Eye recently pointed out, with uncritical star …

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Thirty-Six Months Of Superheroes From Warners

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Licensing.biz tells us that Warners is working from a three year calendar matching DC Comics with licensing partners, that covers the new Green Lantern Film, new Superman and Batman films (yes, films) and the Batman Live! arena tour. Deals include …

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