[[An artist thinks out loud.]]
Artist: Good artists copy... GREAT artists STEAL!
Artist: Everyone says it!
Artist: Finally, the perfect justification for plagiarism! Stealing is totally acceptable! Got a problem? Take it up with this maxim!
Bystander: I'm not sure outright plagiarism is what the saying is referring to...
Artist: Sure it is! I stole the maxim and claimed it as my own, so I decide what it means!
Critic: Then why is plagiarism so frowned upon?
Artist: SERIOUSLY! People probably just haven't heard the maxim yet!
Critic: Or perhaps it's sometimes fun to take something existing, and in the act of recreating or reinterpreting it, figure out what new meaning you can bring to it, or use it to inspire you in unexpected ways.
Artist: Nuts to THAT interpretation! I say, plagiarism for everyone!
[[A banner proclaims "LATER:"]]
Artist: It turns out plagiarism is frowned upon, even when WHAT you're plagiarizing is a HIGHLY CONVINCING EXPLANATION for why plagiarism is just ducky!
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{{alt-text: It's called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??}}
It's called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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