Comments on: David Rees’ Ironic Cartoons Jacked by Jamba Juice!

By: jill

jill — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:38 +0000

dudes. calm down! this shit is funny! it's obvious jamba juice's intent was to capture the gywo demographic by emulating the comic strip. they weren't trying to capture the tierney demographic – there isn't one. yeah yeah – rees didn't invent the comic strip, but they would have never ever launched this campaign if gywo hadn't existed. getting stale, generic office workers to talk in-depth about heated political issues is funny. getting them to market your product is stupid, and rightfully offensive to actual gywo fans who associate those characters with… heated political issues that nobody would talk about honestly for the first few years of the wars, except Rees.

By: sanjay

sanjay — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:22:08 +0000

Oh…they "bit" his style. Ahh, that style which Tom Tierney created when he drew the art, are you talking about that style? Or do you mean those special word balloons he claims to have invented? Do you mean that his attaching word bubbles to clip art is somehow unique? If you use material from the public domain it belongs to EVERYONE….what about that don't you understand? Jamba didnt use any of his dialogue did they? Rees is an egomaniac, he knows this whole thing is absurd and is milking it for all its worth…with help from people like you i might add.

By: Demon Haunted Mind

Demon Haunted Mind — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:18:37 +0000

You are an idiot. They can use the clip art of course, but they bit his entire style of how he used it. Get a clue you wordy piece of s***.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:17 +0000

You should listen to the interview w/ Rees or read what he's written on his website. He's not mad that they've used the same clip art. It's the jacking of the comment bubble style and the ignorant laziness of corporate marketers he's annoyed with.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:02:30 +0000

The artwork in question is in the public domain for crying out loud! Rees didn't draw any of it so why the outrage; if his comic is so sacred to him then he should have taken the time and drawn it himself! If something is in the public domain it is free to be used in any way, if you are an artist and use public domain art you should expect it to be shared and copied and remixed or whatever. If Jamba used that clip art first and an artist like Rees created a comic afterward would there be the same outrage…i have a feeling people would be screaming for fair use and fighting for the right of the little guy to express himself — the double standard is clear. This is a non-issue, sounds like he is trying to IP squat clip art which is really lazy and low. What an ego this guy has: getting people riled up over this, all the stick-it-to-the-man anti-corporate rhetoric. Epic David Rees ego fail! Boycott IP squatting!!!