Law and the Multiverse is a law blog

Blog

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 created by attorneys James Daily and Ryan Davidson. The blog takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the world of comic books

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 and analyses the real-world legal implications of the events portrayed therein. The blog focuses primarily on common tropes from the DC

DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

 and Marvel

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 universes, but occasionally looks at more specific topics, such as the Keene Act from the Watchmen

Watchmen

Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...

 series.

Format

Each post is primarily written by either Mr. Daily or Mr. Davidson and occasionally includes commentary from the other author. The posts are written in a traditional dry style in order to mimic the feeling of law journals and serious legal blogs. The authors state that their purpose is to simultaneously address situations humorously familiar to comic book fans and interesting legal situations with the goal of entertaining their readership while educating their fans about the process of law and legal thought.

Recognition

Law and the Multiverse has been featured in print publications such as the New York Times and The Journal Gazette as well as on popular websites such as The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy is a blog which mostly covers United States legal and political issues, generally from a libertarian or conservative perspective. One of the most widely read legal blogs in the United States, The Volokh Conspiracy has more than one million page views each month. This group...

, Boing Boing

Boing Boing

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 and Slashdot

Slashdot

Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...

. The site currently generates over 20,000 hits per day.

External links

• Interview with Bloggers James Daily and Ryan Davidson at Abnormal Use