NSFW Commission — Cleopatra
Added 2017-10-12 15:30:00 +0000 UTCThis is the first of THREE new commissions that are coming your way in October courtesy of the new $50 Patreon level that rewards patrons with a digital commisison every other month! (In addition to everything from the $10 level, of course.)
For this commission, I was asked to do a time-traveller who had gone back to ancient Egypt to make her own special offering to Cleopatra.
Monster Hunter
Some of you saw the sketch for this and mentioned that it resembled the sketch for the Monster Hunter I teased earlier. And that brings me to a topic that I've been debating for weeks now:
I have a Monster Hunter storyline partially scripted. And I really like it. Then it hit me that I had subconsciously lifted part of the concept from a fellow NSFW comics artist. And now, I'm conflicted as to whether I should pursue the comic at all.
Their comic is vastly different, but the core concept behind the story is too similar for my taste. Part of me says to scrap it. The other side says to acknowledge it upfront with a note on the first page, and roll with it. It might be somethings as simple as "Based on an idea by xyz."
It definitely won't be done in time for October, but given the nature of the Evil Inc universe, I'm not sure it's going to feel out-of-place if it runs in another month.
What are your thoughts?
Comments
Keeping you all in the loop: The artist responded as such: "Hi! Yeah, sure you can use the idea. The whole *****redacted**** idea is not really mine anyway. I am sure lots of writers came up with that one independently of each other."
Brad Guigar
2017-10-16 14:27:21 +0000 UTCContact the original artist and collaborate...
Alpha Minor
2017-10-14 00:18:39 +0000 UTCSweet; I look forward to it!
Michael Obert
2017-10-13 02:08:23 +0000 UTCThis. This right here.
Tripp Hazzard
2017-10-12 23:38:37 +0000 UTCOK, OK... you guys talked me into it! It won't be in time for October, but it'll be appearing in an upcoming EiAD!
Brad Guigar
2017-10-12 22:07:55 +0000 UTCCopyright law is a very murky area. Since you get money for these works, the other author, should they choose, could potentially come after you for copyright infringement...not a legal battle you'd really want to be dragged through. Best bet...contact the author of the inspiration, explain that you feel like part of your arc is inpsired by their story, and see what they say. If they say "it is different enough, go ahead" then you are golden. If they say "no, that is too close to my work, please stop", then you scrap it and try another story on your own. When you are working within a specific genre, it gets more and more difficult to write something that isn't in some way inspired by or similar to other previously published works.
Rick Greene
2017-10-12 20:28:37 +0000 UTCI wonder if the time traveler should have been in a carpet? Historians catch this.
David Heiligmann
2017-10-12 19:52:12 +0000 UTCBrad, I look at i this way: As a librarian, I’ve read thousands of plots. And I read science fiction and fantasy, so I’ve read them with alien characters. Add 45 years of comics, and reading in foreign languages, and 50+ years of reading in general, and there’s little I HAVEN’T read. Give a shout out to the original concept, and go ahead.
David Heiligmann
2017-10-12 19:50:03 +0000 UTCI agree. Make sure you give the credit for the idea, and run with it!
Robert Gibson
2017-10-12 16:45:35 +0000 UTCI'm not familiar with that one, unfortunately.
Brad Guigar
2017-10-12 16:44:55 +0000 UTCI hope the monster hunter storyline is situated in the Monster Hunter Inc world of Larry Correia.
Mario de Jongh
2017-10-12 16:43:28 +0000 UTCIt is said that there are only a handful of original storylines out there. I agree with others; taking an idea you have, even if it is very similar to someone else's, is fine. Acknowledging them is definitely the courtesy; go for It!
Michael Obert
2017-10-12 16:42:08 +0000 UTC
