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Gamal Hennessy

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Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 8d

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

GlobalComix Gets Marvels Day and Date

For Subscribers or Purchase

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 14d

American Censorship Goes Far Beyond Kimmel and Colbert.

Read the Comic Book Advocate for September 2025

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Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 16d

If you would like to protect the legal rights to your comic or your professional comic book career, my firm is currently accepting both short-term and long-term clients. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation.
bit.ly/comicbooklaw

Free Contract Attorney Consultation

If you would like a free consultation about your artist collaboration agreement, copyright license agreement, or work for hire agreement, please feel free to use this form.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 20d

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...

The Business of Comics Podcast

YouTube video by The Business of Comics

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 22d

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 Business of Comics Podcast

Join attorney, author, and business consultant Gamal Hennessy to ask your questions about working and building a business in the comic book industry. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Chec...

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 22d

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...

DC Comics now available day and date on GlobalComix

Day-and-date DC Comics are rolling out on the GlobalComix platform today, with weekly drops to come, and more than 30,000 comics

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 23d

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. bit.ly/comicbooklaw

Free Contract Attorney Consultation

If you would like a free consultation about your artist collaboration agreement, copyright license agreement, or work for hire agreement, please feel free to use this form.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 24d

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

WEBTOON and Disney team for all-new digital comics platform

Disney and WEBTOON have entered an agreement to launch a new subscription digital comics platform that will feature all of Disney brands.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 25d

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

Diamond 'Previews' Comes to an End

October Issue, #445, Is the Final One

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 29d

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

Book Distributor IPG to Begin Direct Market Distribution

With Free Freight, Discounts for Returnable and Nonreturnable Orders

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · 29d

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

DC cancels new RED HOOD series, declines to specify why

The news comes just hours after writer Gretchen Felker-Martin mocked the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

HarbourView Leads $30 Million Investment In Lion Forge Entertainment

The animation and live action studio is behind hits such as 'Iyanu' and 'Hair Love.'

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

Diamond Doings: 31 separate lawsuits against publishers and the case against Sparkle Pop

Diamond is suing 31 publishers to stake claim to the ownership of their inventory; and more from Sparkle Pop

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

Judge rejects Anthropic's record-breaking $1.5 billion settlement for AI copyright lawsuit

According to Bloomberg Law, the federal judge is concerned that the class lawyers struck a deal that will be forced "down the throat of authors."

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion in copyright settlement

The settlement marks a turning point in the clash between AI companies and content owners.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI-generated images of Superman, Bugs Bunny and other characters

Warner Bros. is suing artificial intelligence company Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the startup enables its millions of subscribers to create AI-generated images and videos of c...

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

GalaxyCon Bans AI Art

At All of Its Shows

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 4

As a new member of this group, you’re invited to join The Professional Comics Creator Newsletter. The comic book industry is constantly changing and evolving. If you’d like to stay current on all the major news happening in the business, sign up for a free subscription here. bit.ly/newsletter06...

Comic Book Creator Newsletter

Sign up for the free Professional Comic Book Creator newsletter to learn the best business practices for how to publish a comic book.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you would like to protect the legal rights to your comic or your professional comic book career, my firm is currently accepting both short-term and long-term clients. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation.
bit.ly/comicbooklaw

Free Contract Attorney Consultation

If you would like a free consultation about your artist collaboration agreement, copyright license agreement, or work for hire agreement, please feel free to use this form.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

AI artist escorted out of Dragon Con after police are called

Prompted by convention attendees to take action, police were called to escort a vendor who was accused of selling AI images as original art

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 2

bit.ly/illuminous09...

Congratulations to my client and the editor of my last book, Mr. Joseph Illidge.

Exclusive: JOSEPH ILLIDGE launches story & strategy studio Illuminous

Comics legend Joseph Illidge tells The Beat about his new production and creative services company, Illuminous.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Sep 1

“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

The story that should terrify the American comics industry

A profile of Shonen Jump reveals that US publishers have no systems in place to generate the same kind of success

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

New York Comic Con 2025 CLE Registration

Tickets for New York Comic Con 2025 CLE Registration in New York from ReedPop. NYCC, in association with NACLE, and Thomas A. Crowell, welcome legal professionals to our exciting Continuing Legal Educ...

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Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you would like to protect the legal rights to your comic or your professional comic book career, my firm is currently accepting both short-term and long-term clients. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation.
bit.ly/comicbooklaw

Free Contract Attorney Consultation

If you would like a free consultation about your artist collaboration agreement, copyright license agreement, or work for hire agreement, please feel free to use this form.

Gamal Hennessy @gamalhennessy.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

We’re All Content Creators Now — C3

One of my long-term clients recently came to me with a request for a YouTube collaboration agreement. It wasn’t anything unusual. I have clients who work in video production, and a lot of my work revo...