Copyright advice please.

[tealmoonxiv.livejournal.com]

I've never made a post on LJ before so please forgive me if my post is messy.

A little background; I have a project I've been working on for a very long time, and I care for deeply.
But I have not posted any of it online because I wanted to get it copyrighted first. Actual registered copyright with the paperwork and everything. I want more legal standing if someone tried to profit off of it.

The problem is I'm not sure how to do so since I want to basically copyright the fictional setting I've created.
I do plan to eventually do some comics (or graphic novels) based on it but they will have nothing in common with each other.
The setting, culture, worlds and most importantly the 1000+ monsters and characters are what I want to protect.

How does one copyright something like this? Since it's not something like an image or a novel.
Something that will continuously grow and take different forms?
Does it need a particular type of copyright or documentation?

Sorry if my post is confusing at all it's hard putting this into words :/

Comments

[dinobutt.livejournal.com]

To my knowledge, copyright doesn't really work the way you're describing.

I'd recommend contacting a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property to see what your options are for protecting your work. It's unlikely that anyone here is going to be able to provide information that's specific to your needs, and it sounds like this is something that you're looking to handle through official channels anyway.

With a bit of research you can probably find one who would be willing to give you a free/cheap consultation to begin with to see if what you want to do with this is possible!

[tealmoonxiv.livejournal.com]

That would probably be best, I have a hard time with legal jargon anyway. :/