Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Please follow this link. Does that seem... familiar... to you? If it does, you may notice something dreadfully wrong here. For those less familiar with the works of Roman Dirge or the comics published by Slave Labor Graphics (same company that publishes Johnen Vasquez's "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac," "i feel sick" and "Squee!"), this character printed on these shirts is Lenore, from Dirge's comic of the same name. However, on this here site, not only is Roman Dirge not mentioned anywhere, but the character has been renamed (a very stupid name, I might add). The owner of this sight is Todd Goldman, apparently a renowned rip of artist who has not only stolen work from Roman Dirge, but the work and ideas of several other artists. More information can be found through this webcomic's news section under their latest comic. There are some rather... interesting things said here I find pretty interesting and am sure many of you will as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieDuke Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 ARRGH! Things like this make me angry and upset I love Johnny and Lenore but copying them is just wrong! ...Although I have to admit this t-shirt looks kinda neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 ARRGH! Things like this make me angry and upset I love Johnny and Lenore but copying them is just wrong! ...Although I have to admit this t-shirt looks kinda neat Yeah.... I used to have an Eve L. poster.... TT__TT This is before I knew what the hell Lenore was. Why do things that look neat have to suck ASS!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madapple Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 They also need a beta for their site. There are several typos. For example, it should be "you're too close." not "your"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest echtrae Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I noticed that too Madapple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy_lovechild Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 My anger can only be expressed through smilies at the moment: That is such fucking bullshit. I hope this fucker gets sued to kingdom come or at the very least gets stabbed to death by fanbois and girls. I don't care. Goddamn, what fucking bullshit! Grr... I'm so angry I'm barely coherent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCabaret Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 That is wrong .... I love Lenore! She's amazing, I have a sticker of her, came with a patch my dog chewed up! Anyways those people would get hurt for ripping them off! That's copyright infringement! COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieDuke Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Anyways those people would get hurt for ripping them off! That's copyright infringement! COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT!!!! But don't we write fanfiction? Isn't that also copyright infringement except we're not getting paid or demanding money for our writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCabaret Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Okay that was meant to be funny. I was trying to lighten the mood about it. You know make people laugh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryJunkie Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 That's why there's disclaimers. DISCLAIMERS, I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCabaret Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Argh the disclaimers will be the downfall. I hate writing a disclaimer. Even though it's needed I still state on most of mine that if I owned the characters we'd have a circus and that I don't make money and if I did ..... I'd love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieDuke Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Disclaimers might be evil, but they're the only thing keep our asses out of the torture places I'm sure some cruel and insane corp has set up to test out new products XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alien Pirate Pixagi Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Hell, I bow down to the power of the disclaimer. Truly, the difference between fan fiction and what this bastard does is the following: 1. WE don't claim any of the characters, situations or places that are created by others as our own. The only thing we claim is the story WE wrote, any original characters and any situations/places we ourselves created. HE DOES. 2. WE give credit where credit is due. We clearly (or are SUPPOSED TO) state that the original creator of the characters/world/what have you is NOT US. HE DOES NOT 3. WE don't make money from what we do (except those few who manage to get their stories published by the publishing company that handles the original material). HE DOES That said, there are still some writers/artists who don't actually MIND fan fiction. Hell, Johnen Vasquez ENCOURAGES it (I'm quite serious about this. He actually READS the stuff). More common, however, are the writers who may not like fan fiction of their work, but don't specifically ask for it not to be done. They just won't read it (i.e. J.K. Rowling). The artists and writers this guy has ripped off, however, do NOT want reproductions of their work in any way. Those who know of what's happened to their work have CLEARLY stated that they want his site closed and he personally be exposed as the hack he is. As for articles, I found some more... http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/20...oldman-scandal/ http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/04/12/i...-hadnt-seen-it/ See, we own up to our work, this guy's saying it was an "accident." Right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoryJunkie Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Bastard! His SOUL is MINE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy_lovechild Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 wtf? How do you accidently rip off someone else's art like...wholesale? Hmm...now I could almost understand the whole Lenore/ Eve L thing being a coincedence. Almost, but this whole business with this kitty wanting people to die...? I what was with that weird pedophile rant? ...the hell? Is that true or just heresay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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