Emily the Ripped Off?
Interesting story from "You Thought We Wouldn't Notice". The alleged art thief steps into the debate to defend himself some way down the comments thread...
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somegreybloke, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 14:32,
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I just read through all of that,
and I did find the comments rather annoying.
From what Reger said himself, he was unaware of the Nate the Great series when he started the character of Emily the Strange. Kudos to him for actually going on there to defend himself. But it does seem that it is the same old, we think you are a thief, so we are going to maintain that sentiment regardless of what you say.
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 15:16,
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It seems
more that his friend Nate who drew the original skateboard/bumpersticker(?) design is the thief, and that this Reger guy just continued to exploit what turned profitable - even after knowing of its origin.
I find his defence slightly suspicious, in that he spends most of it talking about how important the character has become in his hands. I'm interested to see if he addresses the questions someone put to him in response to his post.
And if it's a "homage", surely some mention of the original artist's name would be in order at some point?
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somegreybloke, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 15:24,
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