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I have finally gathered the courage to do commissions! Go me!! But I don’t want to potentially overwhelm myself so I’m starting out with icons, then in the future I might do full body comms.
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$9.45 flat colour
$12.36 shaded colour
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Have I ever told y’all about the absolute madness that is the legal issues around the Lupin franchise ? Probably. Can I find the post in question ? No. Am I going to tell you again ? You fucking bet !
The year is 1905, and detective stories are all the rage. Maurice Leblanc, a young writer, is commissioned by the magazine Je Sais Tout to write a short story on the same model as Sherlock Holmes. Maurice Leblanc says « Screw this detective shit », and creates the character of Arsène Lopin, gentleman thief.
No, this is not a typo.
Arsène Lopin, a municipal advisor in Paris, hears about it and contacts Leblanc. « You are not fucking writing a story about a thief who shares my name. » To which Leblanc replied, « Lopin ? No no, you misunderstand, this is Arsène Lupin, completely different person. »
And he gets away with it.
Leblanc writes a bunch more stories about Arsène Lupin, they get popular, and he decides he wants to write a crossover with the famous British detective, Sherlock Holmes. A crossover in which, of course, Lupin will win and Holmes will be humiliated.
Arthur Conan Doyle hears about it, and is not thrilled. He contacts Maurice Leblanc with a message along the lines of « You are not fucking writing a story where my Amazing-Original-Character-Do-Not-Steal gets bested by a thief. » To which Leblanc replies, « Sherlock Holmes? No no, you misunderstand, this is Herlock Sholmes, completely different person. »
And he gets away with it.
The years pass, more Lupin stories are written, they’re translated and exported outside of France, and wouldn’t you know it, Japan takes a strong liking to the « gentleman thief » archetype in general and to Arsène Lupin in particular.
The years is 1967, and mangaka Kazuhiko Kato, best known by his pen name Monkey Punch, is commissioned by the magazine Weekly Manga Action to create a manga for their first issue. He reads 15 of Leblanc’s stories, and creates Lupin the Third, a character who is the grandson of the famous gentleman thief. He does not bother asking the Leblanc Estate for permission, as Japan doesn’t give much of a crap about French copyright laws.
(For the record, Weekly Manga Action was the first manga magazine for an adult audience (outside of erotica), and Lupin III was published in its first issue, effectively making it one if not the very first adult manga in the history of manga.)
The Lupin III manga gets popular, is adapted into an anime, the anime gets popular, it gets translated into other languages and exported to Europe…
And then the Leblanc estate rears its head. «You are not making an anime about our character without paying us fucking royalties, » they say to Monkey Punch. To which Monkey Punch, channeling the spirit of the deceased Maurice Leblanc into his very soul, replies : « Lupin ? No no, you misunderstand, this is Rupan, completely different person. »
And he fucking gets away with it.
(Arsène Lupin became public domain in France in 2012. Before that, Lupin the Third took many different names in European releases, among which Rupan, Wolf, and in France, Edgar de la Cambriole (Edgar of Burglary).)
Additional tomfuckery :
Lyra, my beloved cat of 13 years, passed away this year on Father's Day. She's been by my side through very difficult times and was my little rock of steady and unrelenting love. I struggled a lot drawing this, and struggled a lot posting it, but I know I would've wanted to read a comic like this that validated my grief for her when I lost her.
Wherever you are, Lyra my little summer star, I love you always! Thank you for being the best thing in my life.
I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.
May my loved ones and community all have jobs that help them survive this capitalist hellhole, the USA.
Please do your research! There is so much misinformation out there and a lot of lies.
Everyone should know the truth so please try to know as much as you can so you can spread awareness and help!
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I’VE BEEN TRYING TO find this again for THREE YEARS but once Free! came out I couldn’t google ANIME SWIMMING CLIP ANYMORE
This is such a god damn amazing piece of animation
Love the implication that he moves at a consistent speed the whole way even when he's standing in the pool
Shining brighter than any star, it's SF-A2 Miki and her wonderful fans!
The theme this year was: Redraw her iconic V2 design
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We expected her SynthV VB to come out this year and saw it fitting to celebrate with her very first look. Unfortunately her SynthV was delayed, but that just means we have something to look forward to next year ^u^
Please check out all the lovely artists below and on the Carrd page
★彡Shin. ☆彡Lumi ★彡@electriczayre ☆彡@meowonaise ★彡@pond-of-koi ☆彡@autistic-shaiapouf ★彡Nathan ☆彡noctlas332 ★彡@yulilyuta ☆彡Queefan ★彡@thetechnicolorphase ☆彡Phú ★彡Deli ☆彡Olly ★彡Buunloon ☆彡SaiSuta ★彡bunipops ☆彡Pepper ★彡@scootarooni ☆彡Mieledoll ★彡Flanasso ☆彡Prof Carrot ★彡Sirendroid ☆彡Sab.arts ★彡Laujita ☆彡Rilly ★彡Alisus ☆彡the_art_kitty ★彡Madame Moxy ☆彡星空★lone ★彡Slimeederee ☆彡Mayor Dea
Yipeee!!! It so cool to see everyone’s art here they all look amazing🩷💙🤍🩷💙🤍
Thank you, baby turtle. Everything will be ok now
I’m so glad I have tumblr gold so I can view this post
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