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From: Sean Donovan <donovan@titan.ucc.umass.EDU>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 21:21:19 GMT
Subject: Other KaTe comic books!
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sender: "donovan@titan.ucc.umass.edu" <Sean.Donovan@nic.umass.EDU>
Summary: can you say copyright infringement?
Saw the posting re: the KaTe comic from Rock-n-Roll comics. Thought you all might find this interesting... About a month ago I was at a comic book show. While looking through some miscellania, I found 2 issues of a 3 issue limited series called "Media Starr" put out by, I believe, Innovation Comica (I'll check this). What caught my attention is that the covers were blatant ripoffs of Kate album covers! The 2 I picked up (of course I bought them!) rip off The Dreaming and The Whole Story right down to a likeness of Kate in the same pose as the album cover! I have been unable to find the third book of the series. The story itself seems dumb- nothing at all to do with Kate, something about a reporter on the run or something. I know a few years ago Marvel got their asses sued off for using a likeness of Amy Grant on a cover of Dr. Strange. This is even more blatant than the Marvel cover - its exact down to fairly minute details. The books themselves are almost worthless right now (in the 2 for $1 box), but they're interesting should you happen to be a fan. Just thought you'd like to know! -Sean. ------------------------------------------------------ Sean Donovan donovan@titan.ucc.umass.edu Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------