Emily the strange

[lady_vader]

I've never liked Emily the strange character. i feel that she is unpersonal... (and also likely because of that stupid goth-wannabes-teenyboopers love her here in this town, please do not get offended if you like her, you could not know, yes?) But now I am glad I do not like her.
She is a pure rip-off!

Children's book from 1978:

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[mmymoon]

Oh wow, that's exactly the same!

... maybe the Emily-creator read the book when he or she was little and it soaked into his imagination? Sometimes I can see that, since there's a lot of stuff that influences children. (That one show... "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" looks just like the art style of a children's book artist I loved when I was little -- of course, I can't remember his name now!)

But that is a pretty direct copy; she even has four cats!

[lady_vader]

EDIT: I've read more now, the "creator" (#2) of emily strange said that someone else (#3) made the art and he asked that person to borrow the design, got OK from #3 to produce, only #3 never said that it was a copy. Then #2 got to know that it was a copy. It was his defense. I want to tell him and ask why do not he do actions by then? Of course not, of course he want to continue to rake in money. Poor defense!

[mmymoon]

Oh man! Ugh... how hard is it to make your own logos/characters? (I'm by no means an artist, and I have favorite monsters I like to doodle. That I imagined.)

I don't think there's any way to shut down the Emily Strange machine now, but I hope they take action and force them to include the creators (or their estates) in the profits, particularly if the movie gets made.

[lady_vader]

Read to above replier, but still of course they hoped that not too many people will discover!

[buenagirl]

That is so CRAZY!! I wish the person who wrote the original could sue the copier. Who did write the original, do you know?

[lady_vader]

Yes, it is a kids book called "Nate the Great and the Lost"
you can read more here: http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=1701

And I am not much so good myself, hotlinking pictures from there, haha.

[lady_vader]

Add "list" to the title, haha.

[mmymoon]

I READ THAT WHEN I WAS LITTLE!!! O_O

[buenagirl]

Thanks for the link, that was very interesting! I think I really like the Rosamond character, she seems cool. Not so 1 dimentional like Emily :P

I think hot linking is ok if you're trying to pass on the news ;) hehe

[tibiloo]

Holly shit ! That is pure copy !
I will look at Emly the strange differently now