I <3 creator permission
The internet is so awesome sometimes. Today someone in Greg Brown's Student Pilot Pep Talk Facebook group linked to a 9GAG version of a funny one-panel airplane comic. To my pleased surprise, whoever had posted the comic on 9GAG had left the original copyright note at the bottom of the image. I went to the website indicated in the copyright note and found a webcomic called Lefthanded Toons. I poked around a bit in the archives and found the original comic. I looked for contact information for the artist and he only had a Twitter account linked from the webcomic. I found the author on twitter and sent him a tweet asking if he allowed reprints, as I wanted to use his comic in the 99s May Newsletter.
About an hour later he replied back that I was welcome to use it as long as I left the original copyright marker in. I agreed and told him I'd send him a copy of the newsletter when it was done later the month.
I am impressed all over again with how mellow artists and creators can be about sharing work AS LONG AS YOU ASK FIRST. I have emailed many people over the years to ask for explicit permission to use their art in livejournal or forum icons, and only once have been turned down.
Here is the comic in question, draw by Justin (@ItsMeJustinBoyd) from lefthandedtoons.com.
About an hour later he replied back that I was welcome to use it as long as I left the original copyright marker in. I agreed and told him I'd send him a copy of the newsletter when it was done later the month.
I am impressed all over again with how mellow artists and creators can be about sharing work AS LONG AS YOU ASK FIRST. I have emailed many people over the years to ask for explicit permission to use their art in livejournal or forum icons, and only once have been turned down.
Here is the comic in question, draw by Justin (@ItsMeJustinBoyd) from lefthandedtoons.com.