Todd (Goliath) Goldman steals webcomics! (x posted a bit)

A bit of industry gossip I hadn't seen posted here; you may already have heard of it, but I thought it was reasonable to spread it around a bit more!

Have you ever heard of Todd Goldman? Has these intriguing-yet-noxious "gold digger" exhibits in trendy galleries. Also has a largish "David and Goliath" company that makes loads of T shirts and other apparell. Probably best known for a cartoon with "Boys are stupid! Throw rocks at them!"

And now, best known for plagarism! Sure it was obvious he had Lenore knockoffs called "Eve L" before, and that was annoying but at least he could be bothered to mix things up a bit. But now check this out:He's directly copied Dave Kelly's Purple Pussy strip!


And another, closer to the original (Todd makes multiple copies of his paintings)

Yes, he seems to have traced the panel, added color, and put it up in a gallery to sell for over a thousand dollars.


Not only that, but when called on it (ie, swamped by emails from belligerant fans) Todd put this email on autoreply:

Thanks for the inquiryŠ

Here's my inspiration! Every month I paint the works of a pedophile. This week, I chose the work of Dave Kelly, he's a huge infantilist furry. This is someone who draws baby anthropomorphic animals either wetting themselves or jacking off. I'm not kidding. Once again, his name is Dave Kelly and this is his FTP full of his lovely art, there are even some photos of the artist himself, handsome fellow isn¹t he?

http://seth.beepboopinternet.com/davekelly/

Next month, please look for my special pedophile/serial killer series when I recreate the works of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Once again thanks for your support and please help me with my cause by spreading the word and showing the world just how creative pedophiles can be.

Do it for the kids.

Todd

(for those who are curious, according to Shmorky he did once draw furry stuff for money until he got completely sick of it. Of course, this has nothing to do with TODD PLAGARIZING HIS COMIC!) And Shmorky says whoever's photos are on the site, it ain't him.

So yeah, Todd Goldman. Treats the internet and indie arts as his personal mix and match clip factory, the better to reap millions of dollars without being even so polite as to point to the originators. In fact, this is how he describes himself:
"Goldman attributes his inspiration to his wittiness and weird sense of humor.

"I'm just wacked out of my mind. Things just come to me really quickly. I have complete ADD so I've never finished a book before. I haven't really watched cartoons or read comic books. It's just my witty sense of humor and my love to draw," Goldman said. "

Riiiiight, as someone on the forums put it "he doesn't read comics, just steals them!"

The story is still unfolding! here is Shmorky's thread (boy is it huge, but it sure is entertaining!)
Here Roman Dirge, creator of Lenore (knocked off by Eve L) speaks up
Other webcomicers have thrown in their bit. Personally I'm lax on my intellectual property, I put it out there for people to enjoy, unless someone starts making tons of money off it. That's the worst, but Todd won't even attempt to credit his sources, instead he tries to smear them when called on it!
So, just thought you should know. Shmorky's on the case, though if you know a Goldman gallery near you... maybe think of sticking up a few fliers at the show ^-^ (I know, this guy thrives on attention so best not to give him an undue ammount, but if you can think of anything to hurt his sales, share!)