Bollywood steals from Webcomics!

[ryanestrada]

I've remarked in the past about how rampant the theft of intellectual property is in India. 3 out of 4 Bollywood movies are unlicensed remakes of Hollywood films. But check this out.

Here's today's installment of "Say Cheez!" from the Mumbai MidDay. Have a look at the new character.

Comments

[glitchphil]

:O

[elio]

I can see someone arguing "there is a lot of long black hair, goatee, tee shirt doods running around, so there is a chance it might not be stealing!"

I almost for a second bought that, HOWEVER the guy stole even the same watch (bracelet?) on his arm!?

Now that's just lazy! Geez!

[ryanestrada]

Same thing here, I saw it at work, and I decided to take it home to double check it. I figured if the bracelet and shirt were the same, I'd post it. I got home, compared, and all they'd done is change the shirt color and add stubble. Look at the lines in the forehead!

[pggmilltn]

It looks like Mr. Cheez has earrings too.

[herigstad]

I like the grammatical error!
"I can't take these hangover's anymore!"

[ryanestrada]

I can't figure out if the *G* at the end is supposed to be the character's name, or a hung-over sound effect maybe?

[herigstad]

Maybe it was a typing error in another webcomic, so OBVIOUSLY they had to include it?

[scripturemonkey]

I think it's supposed to be a sound effect, but that itself argues for a webcomics source, since using *s to indicate is something that webcomics borrowed from chatting, etc, not from print comics.

[ryanestrada]

I'm jealous.

[ryanestrada]

He stole the details down to the lip on the coffee mug!

[alexis_thenull]

Not to mention the forehead lines!

I love Butternut Squash but I can't find this insulting or infuriating or anything. It's just hilarious! Which the joke isn't.