LISNews: Librarian News

slashgirl points us to this story:

An Austrian illustrator behind a comic that depicts Jesus as a laid-back, binge-drinking surfer is in the midst of an uproar.

A group of artists gathered in Vienna Tuesday to draw attention to Greece's ban of Austrian illustrator Gerhard Haderer's The Life of Jesus, a religious satire and playful re-imagining of the life of Christ. It is reportedly the first book the country has banned in more than 20 years.

Anonymous Patron writes "News From Seoul,South Korea on comic book at a rental shops and a new law. Popular comic books can be rented out an unlimited number of times, but, surprisingly, in Korea the authors of these comic books get no money no matter how many times their books are read by other people.
Until today, domestic copyright laws have not applied to rental shops and so the industry could avoid paying royalties to the creators.
However, after 18 years the government is trying to revise the copyright law, and governing party members on the National Assembly's culture and tourism committee began trying to draw up a revision bill on Feb. 16.
Legalizing a "rental copyright" has created a major dispute in the comic book industry, since the law would have a serious effect on it."

slashgirl writes "'Bugs, Daffy, Wile E. and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang are getting a makeover.

They are set to morph into futurist superheroes in Loonatics, a new television series to air in the fall of 2005.'

Looks interesting! Rest of the story here at cbc.ca/arts."

slashgirl writes "'Uncle Scrooge. Little Lulu. Mighty Mouse. Captain Marvel. For years characters like these ruled corner store comic racks across North America, earning a loyal fan base and selling hundreds of thousands of copies each month. ... Thing is, as you’ve probably read over the past few years: comics aren't just for kids anymore.'

Article discussing the lack of true children's comic books and what it might mean for the future. Full article here."