Browsing: Rights

This special installation from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History looks at three civil rights comic books designed to teach children and adults about Black history, non-violent protest, and voting power.

From left: Takami Kondo, representative director of the Japan IP.AI Co-Creation Association, lyricist Yasushi Akimoto and editor-producer Motoi Chujo speak at an event following a news conference announcing the association’s establishment in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Sept. 11. (Ryo Jozuka)

It might be hard to believe now, but there was a time whenYu-Gi-Oh!wasn’t doing too well. When Kazuki Takahashi’sYu-Gi-Oh!manga was first serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1996, readership was sizeable enough to earn itself an anime adaptation in 1998, but certainly nothing record-breaking.

Following the cancellation of the Halo series at Paramount, Xbox has shifted its focus to Netflix for future partnerships. At one point, Netflix actually had interest in acquiring the exclusive film and TV rights to Xbox IP and characters, but Microsoft wanted $800M for it.

Disney looks like it’s about to lose the rights to one of its most beloved superhero films. The Rocketeer Trust has filed notice to reclaim The Rocketeer from Disney represented by Jennifer Bawcum, sister of the late Dave Stevens, creator of the character, is invoking a clause in federal copyright law that allows creators and…

Sony Pictures has acquired live-action film rights to the bestselling comic book series “D’Orc”.

Xbox has reportedly obtained exclusive game streaming rights forGrand Theft Auto 6 at launch.

Netflix has added My Hero Academia: Vigilantes to its library in many regions today, October 6th, with both seasons of the spin-off now available to stream. The US isn’t alone, either, as the series has also arrived in most other Netflix regions, including the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Posted in: Comics | Tagged: Agent, civil rights, graphic novel, Little Brown Ink, Meg Selkey, Ruby Bridges

One of the semi-regular editions of this week’s links, below, filed from the rails of these fair British Isles, as some time is to be taken completely away from the internet, staring out at the sea off the coast of Scotland, before inevitably caving to switching mobile data back on to check the cricket scores,…