Comments on: “rip off” or homage?

By: Mario_ww

Mario_ww — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:06:15 +0000

At last…
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By: Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:06:04 +0000

And some more..
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By: Edward_zq

Edward_zq — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:05:53 +0000

Sawadee-krub!
Check this out!
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By: Sal

Sal — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:09:16 +0000

I think Hugh should sue this dude for attempting to usurp his position as cheap blogging hack. There’s only room enough for one lackluster doodler around here.

By: Tony C

Tony C — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:54:56 +0000

The philosophical argument of where flattery and coping in artistic pursuits begin and ends has been echoing through the centuries. The legal one doesn’t seem ending anytime soon either. I think many artists start out by copying others then when that gets boring find their own style, maybe this fella will do the same thing…if not people will always come to the source.
The danger is think anything we create is truly original. All art comes from somewhere, something or someone else…I’d suggest Hugh’s satirical eye goes all the way back to Hogarth, the untold thousands of political cartoonists via Calvin and Hobbes.
I have to say thought when I first saw it I thought it was an ‘early Hugh’.

By: KG

KG — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:07:42 +0000

He’s clearly “borrowing” from your style.
If he’s working on figuring out his own voice and style, he should at least credit you. We should all thank our teachers.
“No man is an island unto himself…” etc., etc. I think this newbie would benefit from learning that we’re all connected, we influence each other, and we should be thankful for that.

By: Keith Handy

Keith Handy — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:01:55 +0000

Rich Lafferty: so you’re the guy who did the Pop Tarts commercials?

By: jfchabot

jfchabot — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:20:29 +0000

I discovered this pickleshane person this morning going through this post.
Going through his stuff, I noticed a lot of influences (the abstract, the pie charts, the signature, the toons and the list goes on…).
From my personal standpoint, I’m drawn to Hugh’s work of course because of the nice delivery, but mostly because I find a way to relate to the message.
If this Pickleshane person has something interesting to say, I’m all eyes and ears. But don’t bite. That ain’t right.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:14:23 +0000

Markes me think of all those junk e-mails I get for replica watches. Looks sorta like the real thing at first glance, but the quality is way sub-par.

By: Robert Kosara

Robert Kosara — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:11:51 +0000

Most of pickleshane’s drawings seem to be original, though clearly inspired by your work (which isn’t a bad thing). Ripping off like that is stupid, though.
But your cartoon made me realize one thing: twisted + bitter = twitter!

By: vinny warren

vinny warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 11:40:27 +0000

i found the depth and the extent of the appropriation of your style oddly fascinating. it’s almost like you could outsource to him, if necessary.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:25:36 +0000

At the very least, the little bugger might suggest a rather nice South African wine to drink.

By: jon kudelka

jon kudelka — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:48:41 +0000

Consider yourself really, really, really flattered.

By: Manola Blablablanik

Manola Blablablanik — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:10:06 +0000

Hugh you are indeed a big man to not take it as anything other than homage (or even parody, why not?). We can be imitated but not wholly copied. Like you said, getting to where one is takes a lot of work! A confident writer/artist knows this.

By: Katie Cummings

Katie Cummings — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:43:23 +0000

Love the cards. I can see why someone would want to copy you. Think of it as a compliment. I’ve had a couple blogs stolen by copyblogger and that pissed me off at first, but really it just means I had a good idea, right?
I just wish they would give credit where credit is due!