Power Pulp retail partners receive 50% off non-returnable stock and free shipping at a $200 retail order. Which is priced competitively or better than other distributors. www.comicsbeat.com/op-ed-an-ope...

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A North Carolina retailer has been arrested and charged with the felony of distributing obscene literature after a mother opened a bag containing a comic in Sunset Beach, NC. www.comicsbeat.com/north-caroli...

Book bans and censorship have spiked in recent years, especially for comics. If you’d like to learn more about this issue and what you can do to fight back, sign up for the free monthly newsletter The Comic Book Advocate. bit.ly/022125CBA

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"If all this media consolidation is about asserting cultural dominance, it will be very interesting to see how that plays out downstream, in the foundries and repositories of our storytelling heritage." icv2.com/articles/col...

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Authorities are trying to ban the award-winning manga series, Assassination Classroom, about an octopus alien teaching high school. Fortunately, libraries offer free digital access to banned books, including this sci-fi comedy. youtube.com/shorts/IixVV...

The new code will deem "any material that promotes, encourages or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology or the concept of more than two biological genders" as inappropriate for children and minors under the age of 18 bit.ly/ban102325

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Manage Comics, a POS system used by more than 100 shops, announced that its data shows that sales are up 18% in 2025. bit.ly/sales101725

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According to court filings, the company has less than $50,000 in assets and between $10-50 million in debts. bit.ly/hurlant101625

Random Information: Both PayPal and Venmo appear to be down this afternoon, according to Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...

Comic book law is a specific area of intellectual property. I’ve represented hundreds of comic book creators and publishers for more than 25 years. If you want a free legal consultation for your comic book or the contracts related to your comics, please visit my website. www.gamalhennessy.com

Book bans and censorship have spiked in recent years, especially for comics. If you’d like to learn more about this issue and what you can do to fight back, sign up for the free monthly newsletter The Comic Book Advocate. bit.ly/022125CBA

The new Marvel releases, which will be available day and date with print release, are being added to the package for subscribers at no additional cost. The expansion of GlobalComix publishers comes amid a torrent of new digital comics announcements. bit.ly/marvel100225

American Censorship Goes Far Beyond Kimmel and Colbert. Read the Comic Book Advocate for September 2025 mailchi.mp/87430b9ca34d...

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The Business of Comics Podcast is going live in twenty minutes. Click this link at 3:00 pm EST to ask a question or listen in. youtube.com/live/EOiHdW9...

On Saturday, September 20th at 3:00 pm EST, join attorney, author, and business consultant Gamal Hennessy to ask your questions about working and building a business in the comic book industry. youtube.com/live/EOiHdW9...

The program offers more than 30,000 individual issues, volumes, and collected editions spanning nearly 90 years, with comics available individually directly on the GlobalComix platform. Day-and-date releases will drop weekly moving forward. bit.ly/globalcomix0...

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WEBTOON and Disney are teaming up for a new platform expanding on the Marvel Unlimited model. More than 35,000 comics will be available on a single platform, with one subscription. And Disney is taking a 2% equity interest in WEBTOON Entertainment. bit.ly/disney091625

Previews #445 is just 98 pages, compared to 600 before the bankruptcy filing and sale, and it carries listings for just 257 items, six of which are resolicited. bit.ly/previews101525

Citing the growth in sales of comics, graphic novels, manga, and RPG publishers in its catalog, IPG has announced terms for direct market distribution. bit.ly/IPG091125

DC’s statement is vague, but comes just hours after Felker-Martin was banned from Bluesky, apparently over these comments about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. bit.ly/Kirk091125

The company plans to use the new capital to scale and expand its IP portfolio and premium franchise pipeline. bit.ly/lion091025

The suits rely heavily on the fact that none of these publishers filed a U.C.C.-1 form which would have staked their claim on the inventory. bit.ly/Diamond091025

Don't spend that AI settlement money just yet... The federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced "down the throat of authors." Alsup reportedly felt misled by the deal and said it was "nowhere close to complete." engt.co/45ZqQ3K

Anthropic will pay an estimated $3,000 per work to roughly 500,000 authors bit.ly/AI2090825

The lawsuit alleges Midjourney trained its AI system on “illegal copies” of Warner Bros. works and encourages its users to pick iconic characters like Batman, or Wonder Woman and create downloaded images and videos of those characters in “every imaginable scene. bit.ly/AI1090825

The ban applies to artists, exhibitors, and guests, and will be included in the terms and conditions for exhibitors. bit.ly/AI090425

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A vendor under the name Oriana Gerez Art was escorted out of Dragon Con 2025 because they were accused of selling AI images as original art over the weekend. bit.ly/AI090325

bit.ly/illuminous09... Congratulations to my client and the editor of my last book, Mr. Joseph Illidge.

“The Shonen Jump process of searching for young talents, nurturing new series, and monitoring the success constantly via reader surveys – shows how woefully inadequate the US market is to even begin to compete. The US comics market doesn’t even want to make a new Batman.” bit.ly/manga090125

If you’re planning to attend New York City Comic Con, and you want to learn about the impact of AI contracts, and tariffs on the comic book industry, join me and attorneys a lot smarter than I am at these events. www.showclix.com/event/newyor...

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The easy ability for anyone with a phone to create content opens up a lot of opportunities, but like many other emerging and independent businesses, there are legal and financial implications of creating content that some of my clients haven’t considered: bit.ly/content082525

Join Comic Art Fans tonight at 9:00 PM EST with guests Gamal Hennessy, Esq. and Jiggy Cruz in talking all about working with an Art Rep, including what to look for, what to avoid, and more to help you make an informed decision about your art sales or purchases. www.youtube.com/live/WD2H_gj...

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The Diamond saga appears to be far from over. bit.ly/Diamond081525

Comic book law is a specific area of intellectual property. I’ve represented hundreds of comic book creators and publishers for more than 20 years. If you want a free legal consultation for your comic book or the contracts related to your comics, please visit my website. bit.ly/comicbooklaw

Disney and Webtoon have entered into a strategic partnership to bring comics from the Disney, Marvel, 20th Century Studios, and Star Wars brands to WEBTOON’s mobile vertical-scroll format globally. bit.ly/45DJfSb

AI companies could "face hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability at trial that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine. bit.ly/AI081125

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With economic uncertainties and people not knowing whether or not they want to print domestically or print internationally, folks are setting more realistic goals as to what they need, as opposed to, in the past, folks were going for broke. bit.ly/Kickstarter0...