Comic Art, Creativity and the Law 2nd Edition

Author: Marc H. Greenberg
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035325276

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781784719234
Published In: September 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781802202540

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Graphic novels and comics have launched characters and stories that play a dominant role in contemporary popular culture throughout the world. The extensive revisions in this second edition of Comic Art, Creativity and the Law update the author’s analysis of important changes at the intersection of law and comics, featuring an examination of how recent cases will affect the creative process as applied to comic art.

Throughout, Marc H. Greenberg examines the impact of contract law, copyright law (including termination rights, parody and ownership of characters), tax law and obscenity law on the creative process. He considers how these laws enhance and constrain the process of creating comic art by examining the effect their often inconsistent and incoherent application has had on the lives of creators, retailers and readers of comic art. Thoroughly revised and updated, there are new chapters featuring a discussion of important new cases in copyright work-for-hire and fair use doctrines; the intersection of law and fan-based creations, such as fan fiction, fan art, fan film and cosplay; as well as a new chapter on licensing comics for motion pictures and television.

Designed for academics, practitioners, students of law and fans of comic art, the book offers proposals for changes in those laws that constrain the creative process, as well as a glimpse into the future of comic art and the law.

PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION

PART II. CREATIVITY AND THE LAW

1. The neuroscience of creativity 2. How the law views the creative process

PART III. COMIC ART – HISTORY, STRUCTURE AND MODE

3. A brief history of comic art 4. The structure and common modes for comic art

PART IV. THE IMPACT OF LAW ON THE CREATION AND STRUCTURE OF COMIC ART

5. Uneasy bedfellows: comic art creators and publishers – how comic art 6. Copyright law’s impact on the creative process in comic art 7. Fan-based creations – a look at Fan Fiction, Fan Art, Fan Films and Cosplay

PART V. CONSTRAINING CREATIVITY: THE EFFECT OF TAX LAW AND OBSCENITY LAW ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS

8. The power to tax and the First Amendment: Mavrides v. Board of Equalization 9. Censoring creativity, the Comics Code Authority and the birth of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund 10. Obscenity law and the First Amendment: CBLDF to the defense 11. The bigger picture: obscenity, the First Amendment and the moral education of the young

PART VI. COMIC ART AND LAW IN THE INTERNATIONAL AND DIGITAL MARKETS

12. Comic art and the law in the international marketplace 13. Eight tips for licensing comics for film and television 14. Comic art, law and the digital revolution 15. Concluding remarks

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