Comic Books & Graphic Novels

As Spider-man© ® was taught by the loss of his uncle, "with great power there must also come -- great responsibility," so it is important to understand the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of comic books and graphic novels for research

• Censorship and the Comics Code Authority
• Copyright and Trademarks
• Fair Use and Citation

Example

Lee, Stan (w), Mike Ditko (p). Amazing Fantasy 1.15 (1962): 11, Marvel Comics.

Public domain, Creative Commons Attribution and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licenses permit the artist free reign to copy, alter, and redistribute someone else's original work within a new work (derivative work)

Public Domain

This mark indicates that a work is known to be in the public domain (no longer covered by copyright restrictions)

Attribution

This license lets others alter and distribute copies of the original work, even commercially, as long as they give credit for the original creation

Attribution-ShareAlike

This license lets others alter and distribute copies of the original work, even commercially, as long as they give credit for the original creation and allow others to copy, alter, and distribute the work under the same terms

Attribution-NonCommercial

This license lets others alter and distribute a work non-commercially, as long as they give credit for the original creation

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

This license lets others alter and distribute a work non-commercially, as long as they give credit for the original creation and allow others to copy, alter, and distribute the work under the same terms

Attribution-NoDerivs

This license allows for redistribution of a work, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit for the original creation (derivative works not allowed)

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

This license allows for non-commercial redistribution of a work, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit for the original creation

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