Hero Design may just be my favorite company in this burg. Their posters are consistently awesome and the boutique on Allen has a great collection of Kid Robot etc. I mean, when was the last time you were featured in Spin Magazine? That's what I thought.
Their design work is so good in fact, that Artvoice has apparently stolen some. The post to which I link is a must read -- and the images tell the story.
Now, that just takes raw guts. Stealing art from a company just around the corner? Isn't the internet big enough to find something else to plagiarize?
Perhaps there is some kind of misunderstanding here. I have yet to hear AV's take on this story, and I look forward to it. From the Hero side, though, the whole thing reeks of laziness and hubris. That's right: not just regular old pride -- tragic-plot-starting hubris.
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08/24/2009 12:20 #49618
Artvoice, Hero Design, and Design Theft
05/01/2009 10:05 #48552
Like Independent, not Joneslooks like today is Buy Indie Day. So get down to yer local bookstore and buy something!
04/27/2009 17:52 #48519
Zine?Th'other day someone said to me "I like your zine". I certainly appreciated the compliment, but "zine"? I've always associated that term with collages of old magazine photos with anti-establishment text scrawled over them. I mean, I'm all for that and everything, but dang.
03/18/2009 20:03 #48115
Fair's FairGF will be at this week's Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. Come on down and say "Hi".
This fair was sort of the catalyst for Greenfern. When I attended last year, I looked around and said "huh. so it is possible". I'm looking forward to being on the other side of the tables this year.
This fair was sort of the catalyst for Greenfern. When I attended last year, I looked around and said "huh. so it is possible". I'm looking forward to being on the other side of the tables this year.
03/12/2009 10:10 #48025
Gutenberg FTW
Here's another geeky webcomic railing against e-books. Should it strike me as odd that the hardcore nerds are anti? I'll bet it strikes Amazon that way.
greenfernmag - 03/12/09 23:21
James -- nice.
Theli -- Oh, I agree. I mean, the guy named his online persona after a pre-industrial astronomer, fer chrissakes. I assume, though, that Amazon is hoping that the geekier folks will jump on the new tech. They won't. Geeks like to collect stuff, and you can't leaves piles of ebooks laying around your apartment for your girlfriend to yell at you about.
joshua -- I did. Thanks for the headsup! I've tried twice contact the organizers to no avail. I may just show up with a table.
James -- nice.
Theli -- Oh, I agree. I mean, the guy named his online persona after a pre-industrial astronomer, fer chrissakes. I assume, though, that Amazon is hoping that the geekier folks will jump on the new tech. They won't. Geeks like to collect stuff, and you can't leaves piles of ebooks laying around your apartment for your girlfriend to yell at you about.
joshua -- I did. Thanks for the headsup! I've tried twice contact the organizers to no avail. I may just show up with a table.
james - 03/12/09 13:55
I have a steampunk version of a kindle.
Actually, I just glued some Auden to an oil burner.
I have a steampunk version of a kindle.
Actually, I just glued some Auden to an oil burner.
theli - 03/12/09 13:51
"a very" Gah.
"a very" Gah.
theli - 03/12/09 13:50
The one author of the strip is actually very a literary guy.
Just because you're a hardcore nerd, that doesn't mean that you think that all things technological are superior. Nerdom includes things like comic books, painting physical miniatures, a huge variety of boardgames, and, of course, novels of all types. Not to mention all those nerds that love things anachronistic, ancient, and historic. (Steampunk, anyone?)
And while there are plenty of "nerds" that fit any given stereotype, there are also a great many that just do not.
This has been an estrip public service announcement. Thank you.
The one author of the strip is actually very a literary guy.
Just because you're a hardcore nerd, that doesn't mean that you think that all things technological are superior. Nerdom includes things like comic books, painting physical miniatures, a huge variety of boardgames, and, of course, novels of all types. Not to mention all those nerds that love things anachronistic, ancient, and historic. (Steampunk, anyone?)
And while there are plenty of "nerds" that fit any given stereotype, there are also a great many that just do not.
This has been an estrip public service announcement. Thank you.
joshua - 03/12/09 11:59
Yesterday morning I grabbed a little ad card for an upcoming small book fair. Know anything about it?
Yesterday morning I grabbed a little ad card for an upcoming small book fair. Know anything about it?
(e:zobar), I didn't get the sense that it was something that was sanctioned by Artvoice, rather it was something that slipped by. Although I am sure that they didn't know this was stolen work when they published, I think they are still liable for damages. Not sure if the law would agree or not but hopefully this can be settled out of court anyways. I'm assuming that Artvoice will print a full apology as well as actions that they are taking to prevent this in the future in their next publication. Hopefully Hero Design and Julian Mantague will be able to forgive provided that Artvoice responds quickly to rectify the situation. I do see people's comments on the Hero Design blog that show that people are blaming Artvoice and whether that is right or wrong, it is still their publication and they will have to deal with the fall out that this cover has caused even if they didn't have a clue it was stolen.
Okay, say it is not on an organizational level - it is still absolutely outrageous on the cover artist's part -who was it? I would hope they would fire the artist to set a good example. How crazy that they happened to steal nationally distributed artwork and it was made locally.
I emailed one of my contacts at AV. I'm not in a position to get involved, but I will say it's not sinister and it's not organizational [and why does the Internet always seem to assume these things anyway?] The people who approved the ad wouldn't have if they'd known, and they're none too thrilled either.
- Z
I read about this on Buffawhat's blog. How tragic.