Showing posts with label Gilbert Shelton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilbert Shelton. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Does Gilbert Shelton Have a Legal Case Here?


As I mentioned a few months ago, I hope Gilbert Shelton is getting some kind of commission from the catnip company Ducky World for the blatant use of his Fat Freddy's Cat character. And maybe he is, but I sure don't see Shelton's name anywhere on this container.

If Shelton is getting screwed over here, I can empathize.

Any attorneys who want to play David to Goliath (pro bono, of course, we cartooning librarians are not living in poverty, but we can see it from here) are welcome to contact me about Disney's use of my Floating Baby Head character. I think I have a good case. My character appeared in a nationally distributed comic book long before it later turned up in Phineas and Ferb.

Corporate America had no problem going after the underground cartoonists for copyright violations, but seems perfectly at ease lifting the creative efforts of underground/Newave artists for their own profit.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Fat Freddy's Catnip?



My cats love these catnip bananas, but I hope Gilbert Shelton is getting some kind of royalty for the cat drawing on the label.