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Matt Groening on Internet and Cartoons
prostoalex writes "Online Journalism Review posted an interview with Matt Groening, the mastermind behind The Simpsons and Futurama. Matt lists his favorite comic sites, talks about how Internet changed the cartoons, shares his view on Fox Network's idea to put Simpsons on cell phones, as well as his own plans for Web cartoons."
My favorite web comics would probably have to be jerkcity, , and Leisure Town.
Anyone else really enjoy these? Most people either just think these are too offensive or just too far out there, but I think they're great.
How about because the story is about online cartoons, whereas you talked some tedious crap about multi-region players and MPAA etc? Just because he says he has a multi-region player does not mean that a tired old rant about DMCA/MPAA/RIAA etc is on topic.
an article on science has in it: "I was just driving in my car, when I finally worked out the last part of this equation on the color of the universe vs sex with dolphins!"
you say:
"...I was driving in my car" GAS PRICES ARE TOO HIGH WE SHOULDNT GO TO WAR WITH IRAQ!!!!
that is fucking off topic. Even ignoring that the DMCA is too long to be tatooed to a forhead
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
"an" hilarious, please.
What you did was focus on this single throwaway comment, and extrapolate it to a rant about the ??AA et al. Normally this may be acceptable, except that virtually every slashdot article ends up with this sort of rant in; what's the point of different articles if the same arguments come up in all of them?
So, any comment that isn't about the major point of the article (in this case online cartoons) is offtopic. Save this reference up for an article about the MPAA, and say "Look, even MG uses multi-region!" but it ain't on-topic here.
"When Noel Tolentino finished the first issue of his zine Bunnyhop, he sent a copy to Simpsons creator Matt Groening, along with a gushing fan letter. For the magazine's cover, Tolentino had used Binky from Groening's Life in Hell comic, and he assumed his hero would appreciate the homage. Shortly thereafter, Tolentino and co-publisher Seth Robson received a cease-and-desist letter from Groening's lawyers. Lacking the resources to fight, the Bunnyhop publishers were forced to destroyed the covers on all remaining copies. Although Groening personally apologized to Tolentino for the suit, he later defended his actions in a Mother Jones interview (May 1999), saying, "If I don't vigorously pursue my copyright, then other people can steal it." Groening did not comment on The Simpsons' habit of parodying everything from A Clockwork Orange to The Cosby Show. "
Why Matt, Why?
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