Video of "Superheroes in Court!" talk is now available
A video of Mark Zaid’s exhibit talk, “Superheroes in Court! Law, Lawyers and Comic Books,” is now available here, in the Yale Law Librarians channel at Vimeo.com. Zaid’s 52-minute presentation, recorded on Sept. 30, 2010, gives a brief overview of the history of comic books, and then delves into the various ways law and lawyers have been depicted in comics, as well as the influence of law on the comic book industry in areas such as copyright, trademark law, and censorship. Thanks to Dan Griffin of Yale Law School’s Information Technology Services, the video includes Zaid’s PowerPoint images. The video can also be viewed via the Law Library’s online catalog, MORRIS.
An report on Zaid’s talk is available in Scoop, a free e-newsletter for comic book collectors.
If that’s not enough, you can also listen to an interview with Mark Zaid, Dale Cendali (an intellectual property law attorney and comic book collector), and myself that aired on WNPR-FM’s “Where We Live” on October 4. Many thanks to the host, John Dankowsky, and the program’s producer, Josie Holtzman.
The exhibit, “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books,” is on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.
MIKE WIDENER
Rare Book Librarian
