"I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it... can I KEEP it??"
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!
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Tapas lays off 30% of staff…
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