Long before Josh Brolin played Jonah Hex on the big screen, the grisly bounty hunter graced the pages of DC Comics. In 1995, Hex appeared in Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such (Volumes #1-5). The third volume of the series ends with a reference to the Autumn brothers, with the teaser, “Next: The [...]

The Onion reports that Rose Biggin, an 89-year-old grandmother from the Camden Town neighborhood of North London, revealed that she is renowned street artist Banksy. At a press conference Tuesday Biggin stated, “Those drawings? Oh, yes, those are mine [...] It sure does help to pass the time,” then returned home to “plan[] the necessary [...]

PlagiarismToday gave a rundown of 11 free web-based tools to help photographers and artists protect images online. Methods range from watermarking to non-repudiation database registration. For the active copyright owner, there’s TinEye — a reverse image search engine. TinEye indexes images based on pixel analysis as opposed to keywords, metadata or watermarks. Out of curiosity, [...]

The Hurt Locker producers fire back Just prior to winning best picture at the Academy Awards, the producers of The Hurt Locker were sued by Master Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver. Sarver alleges the depiction of the film’s main character, Sergeant First Class William James, amounts to a breach of contract, right of publicity, defamation and [...]

Continued frustration over the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill has spurred a variety of anti-BP artwork. The Huffington Post has a slideshow of some of the more humorous pieces the situation has elicited. Image left from Anti BP Art. Twitter BP Fail Whale from 9GAG.

Thomas Kinkade was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Carmel, CA over the weekend. The Painter of Light‘s manufacturing arm has been plagued with legal issues as of late, including filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a $1 million judgment against it. Flavorwire compiled a list of bizarre artist arrests, including a graffiti artist [...]

Just 3 weeks after a lone thief made off with five paintings worth 100 million euros, Le Musée d’Art Moderne (MAM) in Paris is set to reopen its doors on June 11, 2010. A heist of this magnitude conjures images — à la Hollywood — of a black clad sophisticate using high-tech gadgetry to navigate [...]

An interesting conundrum to say the least. Detroit Free Press reports that a mural by notorious London street artist Banksy which was moved to a non-profit gallery has been removed from public viewing. The gallery, concerned by emails and phone calls threatening to deface the work, decided to move it until it could be safely [...]