Copyright, Having vs. Filing - As Told by Zombies

Monica Gaudio, upon discovering that one of her articles was published without her consent by "Cooks Source" magazine, contacted the publisher. The publisher’s blatant disregard of Monica Gaudio's rights to her own work so outraged Monica Gaudio that she wrote about it on the Internet. It touched a very sore nerve amongst creative professionals who are daily finding their work pilfered and infringed via the Internet. The response was huge! A call went out that on Friday everyone should blog about copyright. This post is my participation in that call.

The following comic I drew during this years 24 Hour Comic Challenge, wherein cartoonists and comic book artists, write, sketch, and ink a 24 page comic in 24 hours. I thought the theme of a Zombie Apocalypse, where the dead eat the living and the living fight back, was a suitable gore-dripping backdrop for discussing the otherwise dry topic of copyright. Enjoy.

























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