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I'm Sparky and I read too much. Books, articles, magazines, editorials, you name it and I'm generally sticking my nose in it.

Name: Sparky
Location: Bucharest, Romania

10 August 2006

Editorial Cartoon Redux

Seems like I'm not the only one lamenting the lack of originality in editorial cartoons. Rex Babin of the Sacramento Bee went ahead and turned his sketch pad on his fellow artists a couple of days ago. Way to go, Rex!

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moquiti said...

I really wish you would consider using links instead of republishing editorial cartoon images on your site. You're violating copyright law by doing so.

If you think you're the only web creative working hand to mouth, well I've got news for you. Each year, about a half-dozen top-notch American editorial cartoonists (and top editorial writers) lose their staff jobs at newspapers because of the crappy media consolidation and profit-taking by Wall Street. These cartoonists make their living off their art.

Amateurs such as yourself (with all due respect) are mistakenly under the impression that they can "borrow" the images (and illegally store copies of them on their servers) for enhancing their own site, or for showing how politically hip they are, or for the love of cartooning, or for whatever reason.

They think they are doing no harm, even going so far as to imply they're doing us a favor by "distributing" our work to a larger audience.

This is B.S.

Using our work without permission is theft, plain and simple.

If you appreciate our sweat and blood, then do the right thing and link to the cartoons at a site that sponsors them, like a news site, or the cartoonist's own site, or our organization's site, editorialcartoonists.com. You'd be doing us a favor. You'd be doing our craft a favor. And you'd be doing it the "respectful" way.
Thanks.

17 October, 2006 08:47  
Sparky said...

Response to moquiti: I did use links, I didn't republish anything, and I didn't save a copy of any of these cartoons on a server. The links go to a MSN editorial cartoon database with which I have no affiliation and I assume that they use the cartoons with permission. I would be interested to know why you think that I am running that database and why you imply that I'm violating copyrights (unless, of course, you think I run the MSN database in which case your "amateur" comment might need revision).

I am well aware of the legalities and proprieties regarding copyrights. I have the utmost respect for writers, artists, and performers, amateur or professional, and would not knowingly violate copyrights.

Please take your accusations and anger elsewhere, sir/ma'am, and shove it in your ear.

Hugs and kisses,

Sparky

06 February, 2007 13:39  
moquiti said...

Sparky;
At the time that I visited your blog, I was targeting bloggers who were posting editorial cartoon images, apparently without permission. So, yes, it was an unimaginative, impersonal form-type flaming missive: unnecessarily aggressive; unfriendly; unwanted; snarky.

As to the vow that you did not have images posted at the time I left my little offering of scat, at this late point in time (+4 months), I must take your word for it, and in exchange offer my sincere apology for my earlier, mistaken posting, and for the present grief and trouble that it has brought you.

Yours,
moquiti

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