ABSTRACT
Without a doubt, a copyright is the best way to protect a comic book property from being stolen. However, a creator may have only an idea for a comic book or graphic novel-a concept that has yet to be turned into a breathtaking work of sequential artand copyright law does not protect ideas. In fact, even outside of copyright law ideas can be very hard to protect legally: the law starts with the presumption that ideas are free for anyone to use.
