nycc2008 program schedule: comics
the New York Comic Con 2008 full program schedule have been released [click to download PDF] and here are a coupla COMICBOOK-related panels - for consideration and discussion ... gawd, i've been so out of touch with the comicbook-scene lately its heartbreaking (for me anyways).i faintly remember my first coupla Comic Cons in Singapore literally decades back (i still have the program booklets!) and of refusing to queue-up to have my Amazing Spiderman signed by Todd McFarlane becoz there was too many peeps!
~ *facepalm* ... anyways ...
DATE: APRIL 18
TIME: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
WHERE: Professional Room 1E02
WHAT: COMICS, CONCEPTS & COPYRIGHTS
This session will help comic book creators learn how to legally protect their comic book ideas and creations. We will unpack key copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property (IP) issues that control how comic book properties are sold. Panelists will include: Thomas A. Crowell, Esq., Ivan A. Saperstein, Esq. and Sheafe B. Walker, Esq.
**Superman-copyright to enter the public domain in 2033? = this is especially topical now, what with recent "federal judge's ruling that the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel are entitled to a share of the Superman copyright" - read about it on CBR here / here / here :)
DATE: APRIL 19
TIME: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
WHERE: Room 1E08
WHAT: VERTIGO VOICES: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Vertigo is spotlighting Original Graphic Novels and new series that will leave readers stunned. Come listen in as Sr. VP / Executive Editor Karen Berger, Group Editor Shelly Bond.
(Disclaimer: of coz there are loads more listed, but these are my own choices to go if ever i were present - meanwhile go peep ComicBookResources and/or Newsarama for more comicbook-related-gooness, i always do! LOL)
