∞ How much plagiarism is too much?

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Wow, this is incredible.


  • Steven Fisher

    Now I’m unclear where the line is between inspiration and plagiarism. He didn’t directly copy it, after all.

    (Don’t get me wrong. Wherever the line is, I agree he crossed it.)

    • http://www.acid-product.co.uk Ian Davies

      The overlay comparison that they show to support the idea of ‘redrawn, not traced’ doesn’t tell the whole story. If you scale and rotate Simpson’s version slightly, the two images line up a whole lot more…

      • Steven Fisher

        Wow, quite right. VERY damning.

      • http://mangochut.net/ mangochutney

        Ouch. Great artists steal my ass.

  • http://www.thediceguys.com Dean Lewis

    Wow. As a cartoonist myself (out of commission for years due to carpal tunnel syndrome, and just now retraining to draw again), I’m appalled! And that the guy is a fellow Oklahoman, doubly so. According to the  linked article, he has resigned working for his current newspaper, and the Oklahoma cartoonist Hall of Fame has removed him from their roster. Good.