This CLE program tracks recent trends in comic book business and legal practice as it introduces lawyers to the fundamentals of representing comic book industry clients.

The discussion tracks the stages of representing a client from the initial comic book concept through to the negotiation of the publishing agreement.

Some of the issues explored in this CLE:

• Intellectual property issues in the comic book industry
• Service agreements and collaboration agreements
• What publishers look for in a comic book property
• An overview of comic book publishing agreements
• An overview of licensing comic properties into film, television, and other media
• Legal issues in self-publishing of comic book properties
• Q&A