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Published: 2012-02-04 20:58:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 2491; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 11
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Description A bit of a departure from my usual style.

I had written something kind of like this in my journal a year or two ago. This is a revamp of it for a friend of mine (hi Rachel!) who wanted to see a comic strip that would make the point that "just because it's on the internet doesn't mean you can use it however you want" -- or in other words "intellectual property is still property".

I usually try to avoid using memes like this unless I can find some way to make the presentation of the meme unusual -- to make it contrary to the meme... but in this case I felt like it was kind of appropriate given the discussion about intellectual property theft, to use these images that actually can be used freely.

EDIT: Okay, I probably should have anticipated that there'd be a lot of confusion about the 7th panel -- the 2nd email -- since it's written in broken slang. So here's a translation in "honkey":

Dear Intellectually Challenged Person,

Selling your car was dumb.

I'm no longer receiving large sums of cash because I can no longer hotwire your car to make my deliveries. I have not the time to form an exploratory committee to locate another sucker whose car I could use for this purpose. Poop.

Purchase a late model Cadillac right away before I call my attorney regarding your responsibility to my business.

Sincerely, Danny McCrackdealer

The name at the end is supposed to indicate that the guy is selling drugs, and that's where "ridin' dirty " comes from. So I hope this clears things up.
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Comments: 46

Gh0stM1ck [2012-02-12 00:58:30 +0000 UTC]

some reason I originally thought this was a reference to SOPA.

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woohooligan In reply to Gh0stM1ck [2012-02-12 01:29:14 +0000 UTC]

Heh... Yeah, I suppose it could have gone that way... and I was thinking at the time I was making it that the timing was kind of odd, given SOPA.

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Gh0stM1ck In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-12 01:56:38 +0000 UTC]

or maybe the timing was perfect, given SOPA.

It's weird, SOPA was basically the first time in my life where I really went headlong into something political in either direction. If you were my friend on FB you would have seen articles against Lamar Smith and SOPA once or twice a day for the entire month of January.

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woohooligan In reply to Gh0stM1ck [2012-02-12 02:22:04 +0000 UTC]

LOL. That's great, man!

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Gh0stM1ck In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-12 02:31:06 +0000 UTC]

It was weird though since I'm probably one of the most non political people you'll ever know. But this was something that directly effected my life and I felt that the lawmaker's were in no way able to proficiently pass judgement on something they, quite plainly, had little to know working knowledge of. I mean one of those guys described the internet as 'a series of tubes somewhere'. I mean, what the hell dude. That and the fact that the scientists and technicians who literally invented the internet were telling them that it would probably break the internet. I didn't even know one could break the internet, but if the guy who invented it is saying that if you keep doing what your doing will break it, then I"m inclined to agree with him.

Sorry, didn't mean to rant on you.

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woohooligan In reply to Gh0stM1ck [2012-02-12 02:46:09 +0000 UTC]

No worries. I'm right there with you.

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Gh0stM1ck In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-12 02:51:17 +0000 UTC]

sweet!

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DarkCrypt [2012-02-09 01:23:07 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh.
I like that you can be awesome-funny and simultaneously convey a good, serious message.

You've refined both your writing and art quite a bit since I started watching you. Not that either was ever shabby.
I also really like how you did the car. Mine always look like boxes with wheels.

I didn't get the 'ridin' dirty' thing until reading the honkey translation, but... it was still funny regardless, and I'm a honkey so it makes sense. Lol. Good stuff.

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woohooligan In reply to DarkCrypt [2012-02-09 01:41:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Scott!

Re: the car -- good reference.

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dw817 [2012-02-08 04:19:06 +0000 UTC]

Actually just download the images first and he wouldn't have had this problem.

I'm joking of course ! (Aren't I ??)

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woohooligan In reply to dw817 [2012-02-08 16:54:26 +0000 UTC]

Heh... right. Remember kids, download first if you don't want your car taken for joy rides.

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ChavisO2 [2012-02-08 03:57:48 +0000 UTC]

LOL! Awesome Work!

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woohooligan In reply to ChavisO2 [2012-02-08 16:54:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Chav!

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ChavisO2 In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-08 23:51:18 +0000 UTC]

Your Welcome man

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spawnofallevil [2012-02-08 01:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! Comic genius!

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woohooligan In reply to spawnofallevil [2012-02-08 02:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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LaptopGeekArchivev1 [2012-02-06 21:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Rage Comics, your style. This will teach this guy a lesson, not steal images online especially without permission.

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woohooligan In reply to LaptopGeekArchivev1 [2012-02-06 21:32:46 +0000 UTC]

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Skaramine [2012-02-06 01:50:20 +0000 UTC]

I recognize the "take all the cake!"

YAY HYPERBOLE AND A HALF!

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woohooligan In reply to Skaramine [2012-02-06 04:14:53 +0000 UTC]



Thanks, Doug!

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Skaramine In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-06 17:07:39 +0000 UTC]

Not to say the rest wasn't your usual excellence, but seeing H and 1/2 reference, doubly brightened my day.

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woohooligan In reply to Skaramine [2012-02-06 18:14:13 +0000 UTC]

No worries! I found it on Know Your Meme as "x all the y" when I went to look for it. [link]

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Drakithu [2012-02-05 21:44:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh those rage faces! xD

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woohooligan In reply to Drakithu [2012-02-06 00:15:58 +0000 UTC]

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razzigyrl [2012-02-05 14:43:14 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully done, plus it made me cackle in a slightly evil way. And I have to say, your translation made me laugh even more than Danny McCrackdealer's original letter.

!yoJ

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woohooligan In reply to razzigyrl [2012-02-05 16:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Court!

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47ness [2012-02-05 10:33:34 +0000 UTC]

Your entitlement whore of a businessman. I've done dealings with people just like that in the past (sad to say). -3-

I shed no tears for his jacked ride.

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woohooligan In reply to 47ness [2012-02-05 16:23:49 +0000 UTC]



Thanks!

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FrostedIcefire [2012-02-05 02:49:12 +0000 UTC]

My black friend says even thought I'm white I act black... and yet I still couldn't translate the gangster lingo panel. ._.

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Ambelleina In reply to FrostedIcefire [2012-02-05 03:33:01 +0000 UTC]

how does one 'act' a race?? really, i want to know what people intend when they say that.

i really despise that term, it's highly inaccurate and indulges all racial stereotypes, at best.

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ShiverBeast [2012-02-05 01:08:27 +0000 UTC]

Ha funny stuff! Excellent dialogue!

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woohooligan In reply to ShiverBeast [2012-02-05 02:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Avie!

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ArtieArdent [2012-02-05 00:08:11 +0000 UTC]

You completely lost me after the 7th panel also, what was the purpose of having 'porn' written on all the computer screens? I like the idea though

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woohooligan In reply to ArtieArdent [2012-02-05 02:41:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Ricky!

I added a translation of panel 7 in the artist comments that may help.

Re Porn: see this video - [link]

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ArtieArdent In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-05 03:07:46 +0000 UTC]

lol a translation for honkey what I meant was I don't understand what the car robbing story has to do with it (from the comments I'm guessing it's the account of an actual copyright infringer) overall, I just think the last couple of panels suddenly forced too many ideas into the comic.
The porn thing doesn't really add anything to the comic (maybe use that idea for a different comic).
I think it has real potential and the idea behind it is something very relevant especially on DA. Well, that's my critique. I hope it's alright.

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woohooligan In reply to ArtieArdent [2012-02-05 04:51:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Ricky!

It's meant to be poetic justice. The guy who's taking the car is doing the same thing to the suit guy that the suit was doing to the artist.

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ArtieArdent In reply to woohooligan [2012-02-05 18:08:59 +0000 UTC]

Oh ok, now I get it.

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woohooligan In reply to ArtieArdent [2012-02-05 18:15:31 +0000 UTC]



Yeah, this kind of confusion is one of the reasons why I wasn't feeling very confident about this piece about half-way through working on it... but in the end I think I was able to get some decent art into it and so I'm reasonably happy... and it seems to be going over okay with my audience, so I guess it's not all bad.

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ElectricGecko [2012-02-04 22:51:24 +0000 UTC]

NOOOOO! NOT THE TROLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

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woohooligan In reply to ElectricGecko [2012-02-05 02:28:48 +0000 UTC]

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Joaov [2012-02-04 21:40:51 +0000 UTC]

I like that you used images from the internet on a strip about taking someone else's intellectual property. I didn't get the reply he got, though or anything from then on

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woohooligan In reply to Joaov [2012-02-05 02:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Joao!

I added a translation of the 2nd email in the artist description. It may help. (not actually intended to be a reply, but rather a message from someone else)

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Xehara [2012-02-04 21:29:50 +0000 UTC]

YAY!! I LOVES IT! FAV ALL THE IMAGES!

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woohooligan In reply to Xehara [2012-02-05 02:24:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Rachel!

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Nintendo-Nut1 [2012-02-04 21:02:10 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHAHAHA oh man I remember seeing that story, hahah that was the best.

Niiiiiiiiice.

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woohooligan In reply to Nintendo-Nut1 [2012-02-05 02:23:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Kelsey!

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