Always one of the most fun events of the Law Library calendar, Law & Comics is back for its seventh year. Save Tuesday, July 19th, from 4 to 5 on your calendar for a fun-filled and FREE event hosted at the Public Library’s Central Library location. Special prize. Stayed tuned for more news and reservation…

What does it take to get your creation in print and then steered through the treacherous waters of Hollywood? How have opportunities for creators changed due to the increase in television channels and the growth in streaming services like Netflix and Hulu? What is it like to see your creation adapted into a variety of…

Join us for this year’s Lindley Law & Comics lecture: Law & Comics Goes to Hollywood. Properties that started as comics or graphic novels have drawn huge audiences to the movies, including Batman, Iron Man, and the Avengers. Now, they are making their presence felt on television (Arrow, Gotham, Flash, Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter,…

The Law Library is proud to announce that Jonathan Maberry will be our final guest for Law & Comics 2015. He is a New York Times bestselling author, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner, and freelancer for IDW and Marvel Comics and he knows his horror.   Among Maberry’s body of work are the novels Predator…

The Law Library is proud to announce Chris Ryall as its newest guest for Law & Comics 2015. This is Chris’ second appearance at Law & Comics.   Chris Ryall is a writer and Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief of IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based comic book and graphic novel publisher. In Ryall’s eleven years…

The Law Library is proud to announce its first guest for Law & Comics 2015: Stu Rees. This is Stu’s fifth appearance at Law & Comics. Stu is a local entertainment lawyer who represents mostly visual arts creators. Notably, Stu represents more than 100 cartoonists in their negotiations with major newspaper comic strip syndicates, and more…

The Law Library has added several books to its collection as part of Lindley Law & Comics 2013.   These non-fiction books cover different aspects of the historical efforts to censor and control comic books.     New Non-Fiction Books for Law & Comics 2013 The Ten-Cent Plague:The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed…

We are excited because we are hosting  Law & Comics 2013  today, July 16, at noon!   We are proud to have Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, as our featured speaker this year.  The theme is Censorship: From 1950s Superheroes to Today’s Manga.  Come to our Downtown location to…

The San Diego Law Library is celebrating the fourth year of our popular Lindley Law and Comics event. This year, the theme is Censorship: From 1950’s Superheroes to Today’s Manga.   Join us at our renovated Downtown San Diego location, 1105 Front Street, on Tuesday, July 16 from noon to 1 pm for an interactive…

Charles Brownstein has served as the Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund since 2002.  In that time, CBLDF has managed notable victories in both criminal defense cases and challenges to unconstitutional litigation involving First Amendment rights.  Brownstein speaks extensively on comics and law at venues all over the world, and his books…