Comments on: New Yorker cribbing from Far Side? http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/28/new-yorker-cribbing-from-far-side/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Evan Waters http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/28/new-yorker-cribbing-from-far-side/comment-page-1/#comment-224110 Evan Waters Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:46:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/28/new-yorker-cribbing-from-far-side/#comment-224110 Yeah, it's certainly possible that this was independent. Especially since this was apparently done by someone living in New York, where people feeding pigeons is a common sight. Yeah, it’s certainly possible that this was independent. Especially since this was apparently done by someone living in New York, where people feeding pigeons is a common sight.

]]> By: Jason "CodeGuy" Bryant http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/28/new-yorker-cribbing-from-far-side/comment-page-1/#comment-223981 Jason "CodeGuy" Bryant Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:00:48 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/28/new-yorker-cribbing-from-far-side/#comment-223981 I can easily see that being inadvertent. The idea of pigeons overwhelming you has probably occurred to lots of people who have fed pigeons. With so many comics being made every day, there have to be some coincidences sometimes. But some people don't see it that way. Several years ago Scott Kurtz, author of PvP, threw a fit that another cartoonist made a joke similar to his just two days after he did. It had the exact same punchline, so he figured it must have been a rip-off. Except the punchline was a movie quote that everyone was saying at the time. They had both adapted it to Everquest addiction, a topic that everyone was talking about at the time. Kurtz didn't even consider the possiblity that someone else could have the same completely unoriginal idea, he just told all his readers that the guy was ripping him off. I can easily see that being inadvertent. The idea of pigeons overwhelming you has probably occurred to lots of people who have fed pigeons. With so many comics being made every day, there have to be some coincidences sometimes.

But some people don’t see it that way. Several years ago Scott Kurtz, author of PvP, threw a fit that another cartoonist made a joke similar to his just two days after he did. It had the exact same punchline, so he figured it must have been a rip-off.

Except the punchline was a movie quote that everyone was saying at the time. They had both adapted it to Everquest addiction, a topic that everyone was talking about at the time. Kurtz didn’t even consider the possiblity that someone else could have the same completely unoriginal idea, he just told all his readers that the guy was ripping him off.

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