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@OIF released their 2020 Banned and Challenged Book List and Field Report! See the list of all the graphic novels that were challenged in 2020. #censorship #GraphicNovels
https://t.co/65T8qdUdCz
What's monopsony and why does it matter for publishers, including comics? Here's an @SMBCComics @ZachWeiner explanation (clever!) + a longer form article @FastCompany https://t.co/mnWVPN7Hor https://t.co/BP9tjXJ22H /jt
More from Action #6, helping kids understand the legal landscape for the boom in Superman merchandise - and letting them know to watch out for fakes!
And the link to the whole document on what's not covered by copyright! https://t.co/4JxPcQcW2w Personally, I think it's great when comics refer to IP - there's a long tradition, going at least back to my favorite Superman story: Action #6 - Superman's Phony Manager.
Celebrate International Women's Day with SHE CHANGED COMICS! We're offering a PWYC digital copy and free educational resources! https://t.co/ix5VGh1Fpo
#SheChangedComics #InternationalWomensDay
Pearls Before Swine: A Quick Look at Editorial Discretion Versus Censorship
https://t.co/MUAAmUt2b1
(The source for the images in the first tweet & this: Grant Morrison's Invisibles, which has a lot to say about law, society, and iteration.)
Years later, a couple of Pennsylvania state court judges got jail time for sending kids to detention centers in exchange for kickbacks - more kids = more money for the centers. (Panels from Superman #3, "The Orphanage Adventure")
These “homes” were waystations primarily for PoC & marginalized ethnicity kids taken from cities & suburbs, stripped from family for infractions not punished so severely elsewhere. In my area, the Home kids had separate classes in our public school, a last vestige of segregation.
Check out Thompkins v. Li’l Joe Records, which found that companies can acquire copyrights in bankruptcy w/out having to pay royalties: https://t.co/ag3EAqzr3m.