Cartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett give advice to a comics artist who realizes that they'd accidentally plagiarized a character from someone else... but they like their character so much they just don't want to change it! Is there a plagiarism loophole? But FIRST... there's a lot of news and updates to cover!

ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

• Oni Press lays off senior staff, faces allegations of unpaid labor
• TokyoPop is back — but they have a long (and contentious) history with creators.
• Substack: "Day 366" has come for many comics creators who took the Substack grant.
• Tapas lays off 30% of staff
• Shopify lays off 10% of staff
• DinoKIckstarter.com — and tracking URLs
• Charles Schulz Museum — Brad and Dave will be doing a special LIVE show at the Schulz Museum on Nov. 12 to celebrate what would have been the legendary cartoonist's 100th birthday.
• "I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it! ...Do I HAVE to change it?"

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. He is available for personal consultations. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive. He is the co-director of the comics documentary, Stripped.