Friday Fun: Lawyers in comics
Ever wondered about superhero lawyers? If so, you are not alone. Jesse Thompson’s article in the November 2011 issue of the ABA Journal, “Zoinks! There’s a Lawyer Wearing Spandex!,” features a gallery of The Top 10 Lawyers in Comics. There’s a little debate in the Comments section about why he did not list Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. But Two-Face (from Batman Forever and The Dark Knight) and She-Hulk make the list. Matthew Catania’s The 13 Top Lawyers in Comic Books includes The Living Tribunal and Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd (of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre by Batton Lash fame).
The great thing is that you can get comic books featuring lawyers right here in Hyde Park. First Aid Comics recently moved to 55th & Cornell (from 53d & Harper). And U of C law student, Carmelo Chimera, has a comic book store, Chimera’s Comics, in La Grange, Illinois.
For even more lawyers in comics, and superheroes and the law generally, check:
- William H. Hilyerd, Hi Superman, I’m a Lawyer: A Guide to Attorneys (& Other Legal Professionals) Portrayed in American Comic Books: 1910-2007, 15 Widener L. Rev. 159 (2009)
- Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, Supervillains, and the Law (blog authors: James Daily & Ryan Davidson)
- LawComix (author: Charles Pugsley Fincher)
- The Legal View (The Beat: The News Blog of Comics Culture)
- Superhero Law (author: Zack Levine)
- “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books,” an exhibition curated by Mark S. Zaid of Esquire Comics (read New York Times story and watch video of his accompanying lecture here)
- Supernatural Law (the webcomic, featuring Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, by Batton Lash): “Beware the creatures of the night – they have lawyers!“
