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Focal Press'
Pocket Lawyer series serves as a legal toolkit for independent producers and artists in the creative industries.
The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators is designed to help emerging artists and veteran professionals in the comic book industry build a solid foundation of business and legal practices for their comic book projects. Readers will learn to:
- Protect their copyrights and IP
- Negotiate publishing deals
- Hire artists so everyone wins
- Learn the ins and outs of key contracts
- Understand the risks of AI in comic book creation
- Explore innovative new distribution methods, and
- Develop strategies they need to thrive in today's ever-changing, uncertain world of indie comics.
List of contents
Disclaimer,
PART 1 - QUICK START, PART 2 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THE HEART OF THE WORK, Chapter 1 Intellectual Property, Chapter 2 Copyright Law, Chapter 3 Using Gen-AI in Comics,
PART 3 - CONTRACTS: GETTING INTO GEAR, Chapter 4 Contracts: The Engine Which Drives the Deal,
PART 4 - PUTTING IT TOGETHER, Chapter 5 The Solo Creator, Chapter 6 Setting Up Shop, Chapter 7 Collaboration, Chapter 8 Hiring Other Artists, Chapter
PART 5 - GETTING IT OUT THERE, Chapter Chapter 11 Landing a Publisher, Chapter 12 Working for a Publishing Company, Chapter 13 The Comic Book Publishing Agreement, Chapter 14 Self-Publishing, Chapter 15 What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?,
Part 6 - The Law Library, Appendix A: Copyright Law, Appendix B: A Comic Creator's Guide to Protecting Ideas, Appendix C: A Comic Creator's Guide to Trademark Law, Appendix D: A Comic Creator's Guide to the Right of Publicity and Other Privacy Rights, Appendix E: A Comic Creator's Guide to Libel and Defamation, Appendix F: A Comic Creator's Guide to Moral Rights & The Visual Artists Rights Act, Appendix G: Contract Anatomy for Comic Book Creators, Appendix H: Famous Comic Book Cases,
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ABOUT THE AUTHOR, SPECIAL THANKS
About the author
Thomas A. Crowell, Esq., is a practicing attorney, law professor, and comic book writer specializing in entertainment law and intellectual property rights issues. He is the editor of the Focal Press Pocket Lawyer series and author of
The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers (Focal Press, 3rd ed. 2022). For more information, see www.ThomasCrowell.com
