"I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it... can I KEEP it??"

<p>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!</p><p><strong>ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/oni-press-comics-publisher-layoffs-unpaid-labor-1849188175" target="_blank">Oni Press lays off senior staff</a>, faces allegations of unpaid labor</li><li>TokyoPop is back — but they have a<a href="https://comicsalliance.com/tokyopop-stu-levy-creator-rights-legacy/" target="_blank"> long (and contentious) history with creators</a>.</li><li><strong>Substack:</strong> "Day 366" has come for many comics creators who took the Substack grant.</li><li><a href="https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51759/tapas-lays-off-staff" target="_blank">Tapas lays off 30%</a> of staff</li><li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/26/shopify-sinks-12percent-after-company-plans-to-lay-off-10percent-of-workers.html" target="_blank">Shopify lays off 10% of staff</a></li><li><a href="https://DinoKIckstarter.com" target="_blank">DinoKIckstarter.com</a> — and tracking URLs</li><li><a href="https://schulzmuseum.org/comic-lab-live-podcast/" target="_blank">Charles Schulz Museum</a> — 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.</li><li>"I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it! ...Do I HAVE to change it?"</li></ul><p>Today is a great time to bump up your <a href="https://patreon.com/comiclab" target="_blank">ComicLab membership</a> to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an <i>archive</i> of previous livestreams!</p><p><strong>You get great rewards when you</strong> <a href="http://patreon.com/comiclab"><strong>join the ComicLab Community on Patreon</strong></a>