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velka-art asked:

The zenanimation seems to be aware of the situation.

"Moderation will not limit any talk that is related to the concerns with RGB/MR Puzzles since it's something that is on a lot of people's minds.

All we can say is just to try not to cause arguments here due to it because that will be handled.

And all we can suggest is to use the Email in ⁠❓│zam-faq and be patient." This quote is from one of the animators and mods from their server in a pinned post.

"Where can I contact ZAMination for business inquiries? zaminationproductions@gmail.com" The other quote is their mail from their Discord. I hope something will happen from their side because a lot of people are talking about this, even a short YouTube video with a lot of views. Keep your head above the water; it is very stormy right now, and keep yourself safe. ❤️

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they could have had the decency to send me that message themselves. I haven't heard anything from anyone and the silence has been driving me to extremes. my suicidal ideation has come back with a vengeance and today I can't event draw the lux comic; that is the only thing that has been keeping me going. I'm so scared that I'm losing everything, and they're just sat there. saying nothing. like that's okay? like that's not hurting me, actively?

I'm at a loss for words

#tw suicide mention#but for real. I'm not okay.#I'm not okay#what the fuck is wrong with these people
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konstantin3001 asked:

I have written an email to glitch, so far no response. Meanwhile, it seems ZAMination is deleting comments under their trailer on the issue, so they might have decided to sweep the controversy under the carpet. I'm sorry. Love your art. Stay safe and strong.

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If you havent heard, @modmad the creator of the property of hate (one of my faborite webcomics ever) has been getting incessant hate mail for over a year due to simmularties between rgb and a certain other tv head that looks eerily simmular...tpoh is mods passion project and main source of income, so you can imagine how distressing all this must be to them after over a decades worth of work. if you'd like to help, or learn more, you can read this post thread here

Ive been a fan of modmads work since middleschool and shes probably the main reason I decided to pursue my love of making comics when i graduated despite chronic pain, illness, and being unable to attend college, her works are truly special and I encourage everyone to:

send her a nice ask

Check out her patron

, and of course, read tpoh!

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;; thank you. the best way folks can help me is to continue to ask why SMG4, ZAMination, and Glitch have made no response, even after a full week. Hundreds of you have already reached out and messaged them on my behalf, and I'm so grateful to you all, but it makes their silence all the worse. This comic is my only major form of income. If this persists it could be the end of a career I've forged over 14 long hard years.

Please keep trying, and if you know of another route to break through take it, and always please do so without hate or cruelty.

#god the yellow drip from RGB. yeah. that's. that's me#a lot of blue happening here too ngl#thank you
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puppygutzbleh asked:

have you ever thought about making tpoh a animation? Not like a show but like a short animation, I genuinely think the way your art is would look wonderful animated and tpoh is my fav comic so.. :) (p.s I hope your doing alright with all the drama, we are trying to do what we can! We love you!!)

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it's a lovely idea, but there are two issues:

1) it will take about 10 years for me to finish the story, if I ever can. at the moment I can't even think about it without bursting into tears.

2) a lot of the plot depends on the medium of comics. to turn it into an animation I would have to completely rework a lot of things about it.

not to say I wouldn't love that to happen one day in the far future!

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want to help? you can!

Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.

If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.

Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.

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For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):

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reblogging this version because. yeah.

yeah.

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just to update that nobody from any of the relevant parties has got back to me or made any statement. please reblog this version, as @timmyreads has compiled an extremely comprehensive explanation and evidence of the theft; at first I just wanted to be left alone, but it's really not enough. every time I see Mr Puzzle or even read his name I feel physically sick, it's hard for me to type it even now. I feel violated in every way, and I need help. I can't save myself, I have tried every single avenue available. At this point I need to be saved.

For those saying please/just keep making TPoH anyway, it's not that simple: I can't. My mind and heart are broken. The story itself has stopped communicating with me. I cannot make it any more, not if this situation doesn't change, and that loss of the story scares me more than anything else in the world.

#reblogging this again bc. well. you know.#I have to#but thanks for all the comments and kind messages#I was in a really dark place last thursday but I feel a little better now. idk if anything will be done but you guys are amazing.
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nanurisms asked:

hi, i know this is s stressful timeand if you don't wanna be distracted feel free to ignore this, but I've been thinkin of doing my hair in color splotches like yours and was wondering if you go to a professional for it or do it at home?

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modmad answered:

I do it all myself. bleach first, be careful with that it's the most damaging part! I used manic panic. it's really good esp if you leave it on for 3+ hours under a cap (I work from home so it's real easy for me to do that lmao) I hope you have fun with it!

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the hair. as mentioned.

#gratuitous selfie post#man been a while since I made one#dat my face. ye#turns out I can still do gigantic stupid smile face when I'm feeling like I've been run over so heyyyy that's a skill#tw scopo
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nanurisms asked:

hi, i know this is s stressful timeand if you don't wanna be distracted feel free to ignore this, but I've been thinkin of doing my hair in color splotches like yours and was wondering if you go to a professional for it or do it at home?

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I do it all myself. bleach first, be careful with that it's the most damaging part! I used manic panic. it's really good esp if you leave it on for 3+ hours under a cap (I work from home so it's real easy for me to do that lmao) I hope you have fun with it!

#OOPS i meant to private reply this#... oh well. it's true!
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it’s actually quite easy to take over a small local government group if you really want to, bc if you volunteer consistently people will just put you in charge of whatever. I’m now one of like three people at a nature preserve making official decisions about trails, events, putting in a prairie, and designing a series of illustrations for a storybook trail etc., and it’s just because last summer I started coming over once a week to help the naturalist out for a couple hours. Mine now. you too can steal an organization and shape it to your will 🫵

#well. if I lose my career as a cartoonist I might as well try this
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want to help? you can!

Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.

If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.

Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.

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For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):

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My fiancé thought RGB and Mr. Puzzles both look a little like this Bo Burnham character from this Welcome to the internet fanvideo (2022).

I’m gonna be real guys, this is just silly. RGB and Mr. Puzzles are the same idea but different vibes. Guys with a TV on their head in dapper clothes. And yes, their design has quite some similarities, but if I may: None of them are that original in the first place. Nobody would design a character with a flat TV because it simply doesn’t have the same charm, and artists stylize them to look distinguished and cartoony. So while vents on the side might not have been that common in the real world, I don’t think Mr. Puzzles was modelled after one particular TV in the first place--but rather, a bunch of them.

But that aside, even if you don’t see my argument and think these characters look too much the same, so what? We all build on the shoulders of giants. It is very hard to create something that has never existed before. So what’s the harm in getting a little inspired? This isn’t a case of "I copied this character and made them mine". You say it yourself, they have different background stories, different reasons why their head is a TV in the first place. If you think that’s not okay, then… well, why don’t I just show you this:

TL;DR: Please don’t spam email Glitch. This is not copyright infringement and if it was, nobody would be able to create anything. Thank you.

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I think you're misunderstanding what falls under plagiarism when it comes to character design. I went and looked up a bit on copyright law and infringement in both of the relevant countries to this case (US and Australia), making sure the information came from actual government websites and law offices before I decided to reach out to the companies involved, specifically so I could be absolutely sure that this was indeed a case that would legally fall under copyright infringement.

In the United States of America, where Zamination is based (or at least that's where it says they're based on their wiki) infringement of an original user's IP is based on a few main things:

  1. Did the potential plagiarist have reasonable opportunity to view or encounter the original work before creating the allegedly infringing work? - Answer: Yes. Modmad's comic has been openly available online since 2012.
  2. Is there substantial similarity between the two works, measurable by specific criteria such as dialogue, plot, character development, OR (important to note that it is 'or', not 'and') visual composition?" This means that their stories/backgrounds don't have to be the same for it to still be copyright infringement on the character design itself. And yes, they have very many identical points in their character designs, some that were UNIQUE to Modmad's RGB that differentiated him from other versions of TV head characters (and aren't seen in any other TV head character I could find, as shown in the image of over 40 additional characters I added in my original reply to show the variety of different designs people have come up with). Whether their stories/lore are different doesn't have any bearings on the issue of plagiarism in this case.
  3. Does, or would, a lay observer recognize the infringing work as a copy, or at least as substantially similar, to the original artist's? Yes, and that's been demonstrated by the individual accounts from separate people, both from fans of SMG4 AND TPoH, which can also be seen included in my reply.

Additional notes on copyright infringement in America, as laid out by an IP focused law firm in New York:

  • Offenders can still face liability for copyright infringement if overall sequence, structure, and expression are substantially similar, regardless of if they have changed names, settings, or minor details.
  • Fair use only applies if IP is used for criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or parody. 4 factors are taken into consideration for potential fair use cases: The purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work and offending work, the amount and substantiality of the portion used, and the effect on market or value of the original work.
  • Transformative works, which alone do not guarantee fair use, are not viewed positively in a legal sense if the offender has copied the heart of the original work or their most valuable/distinctive portions, regardless of what else may have been changed.
  • There may be leniency in 'good faith' cases where the offender believed they were practicing 'fair use'. However, willfulness is a critical distinction in IP law for the courts, so if they were made aware of the copyright issue and continued to recklessly disregard the rights of the copyright holder, than that argument of 'good faith' flies right out the window (which in this case, it would, since Modmad has been reaching out to them for 2-3 years).
  • Copyright infringement focuses on two aspects of damages done - actual damages, and statutory damages. While actual damages are the actual profits lost plus the profits gained by the offender, statutory damages are granted solely on the fact that the copyright infringement happened at all, and according to the website mentioned, can range anywhere from $750 to $30,000 per work infringed, or even up to $150,000 per work if the infringement was knowing and willful, even if no actual market harm was done to the original copyright holder. Unless they're able to prove that they sought legal counsel once the issue was brought to their attention, that falls under suggested insufficient care in holding up copyright law.

In Australia, where Glitch and SMG4 are based, they have similar copyright laws and standards for copyright infringement:

  1. Has a whole or 'substantial' part of the copyrighted work been used? Infringement can occur even if only a part of it has been copied, as 'substantial' refers to quality rather than quantity. Even a small but important or distinctive part may be substantial enough to qualify.
  2. Did those who made the 'copied' work have a connection with the copyright-protected work? This can be true simply if those who created the 'copied' work could have had access to the copyrighted work (ie if it was freely available online, for instance).
  3. Is there an objective similarity between the original copyright protected work and the copied work?

The government website for the Australian copyright standards, which is where I got the above, also includes the following 'common misconceptions' on copyright infringement:

“I changed it by 10%, so it’s not infringement.” There is no percentage rule. Even small portions can infringe if they are an important or distinctive part of the original work. 

“I gave credit to the creator.” Attribution does not prevent infringement.  

“It was only for personal use.” Personal use is not a general exception to copyright infringement in Australia, though specific exceptions may apply. 

“I found it online, so it’s free to use.” Works found online are still protected by copyright law unless it is in the public domain or under an open license. 

Now that legal stuff is a bit out of the way, I wanted to get into your actual individual points that you noted in your reply.

"My fiancé thought RGB and Mr. Puzzles both look a little like this Bo Burnham character from this Welcome to the internet fanvideo (2022)"

  • Even if that were the case, the fan video was also made a decade after RGB, so has no place in whether or not its design has impacted either RGB or Mr. Puzzles.
  • Other than being TV Heads and wearing a 'suit' (in the vaguest and most general sense of the word), there are no additional similarities that can be pointed out between these characters.
  • Not even going into the fact that the Bo Burnham robot is just an outline, there are a NUMBER of differences that make it unique from the other two designs. Having so many similarities that they can't be (and haven't been) ignored, like with Mr. Puzzles and RGB, is when it falls into plagiarism risk territory.

"And yes, their design has quite some similarities, but if I may: None of them are that original in the first place."

  • I beg to differ. Modmad has been widely complimented and given credit for the originality of RGB's design over the years. And if you look into compliments for Mr. Puzzles' design, you'll find that they're parroting the same when complimenting 'his' design (typically noticing the color bars smile, and the way that it drips), so even SMG4 fans have come out to say that those ideas and elements of the character design are innovative and unique. You can see this pretty easily by taking another look at the list of TV head examples I gave, because NO other character on that list - including the example you just tried to give - have a color bars smile, much less one that drips physically out from the screen. While one or two elements being the same may be a coincidence, the likelihood that MOST of their traits matched each other so closely just randomly out of the blue like this, especially traits that have DEFINED RGB from his conception, is slim to none. And honestly, if you can't seem to tell the difference in the level of similarities between RGB and Mr. Puzzles vs the Bo Burnham robot, I'm not sure you're the greatest authority on discerning if these designs are actually original or not to begin with.

"Nobody would design a character with a flat TV because it simply doesn’t have the same charm, and artists stylize them to look distinguished and cartoony"

  • Gonna be honest, not sure how to respond to this. This is kind of telling me that you didn't actually look at any of the arguments or evidence provided before deciding it was wrong.
  • There are this many just in the list I provided alone - Vox in the upper left is arguably one of the more well known TV heads at this point in time, and he is, for sure, a flat screen TV.
  • Like, for heavens sake, SMG4 has their own flatscreen TV head, for crying out loud.

"So while vents on the side might not have been that common in the real world, I don’t think Mr. Puzzles was modeled after one particular TV in the first place--but rather, a bunch of them."

  • This is nothing more than speculation on the process and intentions behind Mr. Puzzles creation. You don't know the facts of that process, and neither do I, so arguments like that don't have any weight in this conversation. None of that changes the fact that the similarities between the two designs exist in a relatively high number, and that along with the reactions to them from a general audience causes it to fall well within the parameters legally set to define copyright infringement and plagiarism.

"But that aside, even if you don’t see my argument and think these characters look too much the same, so what? We all build on the shoulders of giants. It is very hard to create something that has never existed before. So what’s the harm in getting a little inspired?"

  • From how blasé you're acting about the situation, I'm going to assume you're not a creator. Or at least, you're not one that has any actual stakes in the creative field, or any attachment to your own creative works (if you want to claim that you do, then fine, you're just a hypocrite). This is not 'building on the shoulders of giants', it is a larger company/group that has taken a design from a smaller independent creator. This isn't 'inspiration', it's seeing a character with an innovative design, and going, 'Oh, I'm taking that and saying I came up with it!' It's nothing more than theft, plain and simple.
  • And if you want to talk about what Mr. Puzzles has built that's solely from himself? From SMG4 fans specifically, I have seen comment after comment after comment of fans lamenting how lackluster his character and arc were at the end, especially since they had gotten so excited because of - wait for it - HIS GREAT CHARACTER DESIGN. And these were on FAN pages and posts about Mr. Puzzles, by people who loved him. Though there are those who enjoy his 'silly' personality, by and large the most compliments I saw being given to him were mainly for his looks. So if his looks are his greatest asset, you see how that becomes an issue all over again in terms of what was gained by basing his design off of someone else's work?

Now, I laid all of this out just on the off-chance that you genuinely didn't understand the specifics of copyright infringement or plagiarism. From your username, I am more than aware that you are an SMG fan and likely are just trying to support a company that you've been following and enjoy. However, just because you are a fan of something doesn't mean you should dismiss criticisms against them without doing even the smallest amount of actual research and jump straight into basing your opinions on nothing more than 'well I like them so it must be okay', while trying to simultaneously implement 'gotcha!' arguments without fully understanding the logical fallacies that lie behind them.

Morals and acting to do the right thing sometimes means recognizing when something or someone you're fond of or a fan of has potentially done something wrong, and holding them accountable (or at least researching the topic a little, jesus). If that's not the intention behind your actions and you don't actually care about the moral or right thing to do so long as you get to keep enjoying what you enjoy, then we have very different values and approaches to life and this conversation won't really be able to go much further.

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... holy shit my man timmy got hands

#thank you?!#everyone say thank you to timmyreads#what the heck. I can't put these things into words.
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peaceblank asked:

You might want to look into pro bono copyright lawyers or ones that are paid with a portion of the profits, as they are clearly making money off of Mr. Puzzles design, and if they are found to be guilty in court you would deserving of a portion of those profits.

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I have reached out to Justice for Artists, as someone on bsky suggested them to me, but as I only sent a message to them this morning I don't know when or if I'll hear back from them. I really didn't want to resort to that, but I've had complete radio silence and I'm at my wit's end.

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want to help? you can!

Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.

If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.

Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.

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For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):

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reblogging this version because. yeah.

yeah.

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just to update that nobody from any of the relevant parties has got back to me or made any statement. please reblog this version, as @timmyreads has compiled an extremely comprehensive explanation and evidence of the theft; at first I just wanted to be left alone, but it's really not enough. every time I see Mr Puzzle or even read his name I feel physically sick, it's hard for me to type it even now. I feel violated in every way, and I need help. I can't save myself, I have tried every single avenue available. At this point I need to be saved.

For those saying please/just keep making TPoH anyway, it's not that simple: I can't. My mind and heart are broken. The story itself has stopped communicating with me. I cannot make it any more, not if this situation doesn't change, and that loss of the story scares me more than anything else in the world.

#I'm sorry I hate having to reblog these again and again#I hate this more than anyone else. I promise you that.#I have Lux pages in hand but this is my main form of income. if I lose TPoH I will lose everything I have lived for. Literally.
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want to help? you can!

Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.

If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.

Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.

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For some points on the plagiarism under the read more (what I collected/organized while building up an email to send):

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reblogging this version because. yeah.

yeah.

#I don't even have to say anything. thank you for making this compilation#it's exhausting to see people deny they are similar#ultimately yes I just want people to leave me alone#but. this really has been breaking my heart ever since I first saw mr puzzles. I can't even type the name without wincing#it's awful#but what do I do? what do I do.#if they even just changed the colour of the bars on his face that would be enough. but it's is galling. he's stolen! he's just stolen.
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modmad3dthank you again to everyone who is helping by messaging on my behalf: I have still have no contact from anyone, so please do keep trying. This is the only hope I have of saving myself and the comic I've poured my heart and soul into for over a decade.1948353
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modmadReblogged4dmodmad5dFollowwant to help? you can!Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.#evening reblog and likely the last one#thanks to everyone who has already helped#this is basically my only hope1884,2853,387
modmadReblogged drawotion5dkuma-kamiJan 23, 2015FollowExactly what you think it isPress playDo itsnowdaysforeverJan 25, 2015DELETE THIS POSTtheoldspaceevibes-deactivated20ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING MEfroborrJun 20, 2015*clicks play in morbid curiosity**hammers reblog button*chongoblogApr 2, 2016I think I find this post every April Fools Day and I am so happy that I doparsnippetyApr 2, 2025@the-nephelococcygianthe-nephelococcygianApr 2, 2025🥸🎶#IN OTHER NEWS#return of#april 1st#THE SNEK GAME IS REALLY FUN601470,086313,238
modmad5dwant to help? you can!Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.Even a short message will help. I need numbers, I need voices. My own voice is being drowned out, but you can speak for me as well.#please share and please do send a message if you can. it takes very little time and the site contact page is easy to use#idk what to tag this as#help1884,2853,387
modmadReblogged5dmodmadMar 28FollowRE: smg4 Mr PuzzlesTL:DR I do not want to cancel the show, I don't want it to cancel me.So I have been forced, basically, to make this statement as I am being asked about this character or 'introduced' to it (and the incoming new show) against my desires. I have deleted all previous posts about my encounters with this problem long ago for personal reasons that will be apparent, but people don't know about my situation and do deserve an explanation. I will keep this post short for my own mental health. This is the first time I have disclosed any of this information to the public, and it is hopefully the last. My silence has been a part of my uncomfortable situation, but it's clear the world won't let me try to just ignore it any longer, so it's full disclosure time.1, Yes. I know about Mr Puzzles and his uncanny resemblance to RGB, my character from the on going comic The Property of Hate, who pre-exists Mr Puzzles by approximately ten years. I did not, as a consequence, base RGB off Mr Puzzles...2, I have received very violent and manipulative hate mail from fans of that character over the past few years due to this similarity, many threatening to slander me via cancel culture to discredit my own creations. The worst of these messages almost caused me to commit suicide which close friends can attest to (this period coincided with the death of my father which they used against me to full effect).Since then the hatemail has been less frequent, but continues, and I am afraid it will pick up again with the advent of this new show.3, I have contacted the smg4 management about these issues, to no avail. My first email was a request to tell their followers to cease sending me hatemail, which they did not attempt in any way. They have never responded to the large overlaps in terms of RGB's design, and when I finally sent them an email via a lawyer as a last resort (which cost me £4000) they did not respond. Please note that I did not ask for a cease and desist, I only wanted the hatemail to stop, and perhaps for them to alter Mr Puzzle's design very slightly to be a little less like RGB's. I even made this simple suggestion as an example:Despite going out of my way (against the lawyer's wishes) to phrase the letter in a none-hostile manner, and offer them an alternative, they did not reply to this email at all.I am a disabled indie cartoonist; I do not have the money to take further legal action, and in any case I do not want to. I hate conflict, and the emotional toll of sending that email alone was enough to make me miserable and exhausted for months. All I want is to be left alone, and for people to know that RGB was invented first. I cannot afford to do anything to protect myself or make anyone listen legally; this post is the most I can do, and it is the only post I intend to make about it.that's it. that's the whole situation. please do not message me about the show, or the character, as both are very distressing to me: if you do I will either delete the message, or block you, depending on the angle. I have blocked all related tags, and I will unfollow if I see posts, so I am doing everything I can to take care of myself in a non-aggressive fashion. I have only made this statement so that people understand.a small example of some of the hatemail (which was preserved only to be sent to the makers as evidence which, again, they did not respond to) below the readmore. read at your own discretion, it is unpleasant.thank you for taking the time to read this.Keep reading#sorry for the self reblog but I got some folks asking what was wrong so apparently some people missed this. I'd appreciate if you reblog it#please tell people. please tell glitch. tell anyone.#I have tried. I have received no reply. I need help.2571,3852,204
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modmadReblogged6dmodmad6dFollowMaking and posting these comics is literally a survival mechanism for me. So in want of TPoH Four new pages of Into the Inkwell just dropped!Thank you always to @lizzybeanbutt for all their help with feedbackRead this Doctor Who fancomic from the very start here.#evening reblog#I am in hell rn but I have this I have this1156232
modmadReblogged6dcellystars6dFollowit's been over a week and I still can't stop thinking about this show..#you can't dooooo this to me he's so CUTE#tadc#tadc caine#tadc pomni23071,746
modmadReblogged6dcellystars6dFollowthe tears of an ai#cel throwing my emotions down the stairs. as is the norm#TADC#AUGHHHH#tadc spoilers2153881
modmad6dMaking and posting these comics is literally a survival mechanism for me. So in want of TPoH Four new pages of Into the Inkwell just dropped!Thank you always to @lizzybeanbutt for all their help with feedbackRead this Doctor Who fancomic from the very start here.#into the inkwell#doctor who#mr ring a ding#lux imperator#doctor who fanart#mod art#I appreciate folks telling me to take a break and I'm being forced to with tpoh but I need you to understand that's Not actually Good for m#it's the opposite of me. but at least I still have Lux… See all1156232
modmadReblogged fablegate6dcute-animals-onlyAug 19, 2022FollowsmackSource: twitter.comflinxypieFeb 23@thatmooncake #imagine learning that tigers can do 'idiot sandwich'#I am fervently reblogging nice things bc I even dreamed! about the bad situation. even my sleep is not a release from my hell! :) :) :')4548,01656,424
modmadReblogged lizziebartfest6dneidelmarMar 16FollowPoker night 3we can make this happen#PLEASE#poker night at the inventory#im playing this game as therapy and my only real goal is to get tycho out asap lmaoooo147493
modmad6dI'm terribly sorry but I don't think there will be a TPoH page this week. I've tried repeatedly but I simply can't do it. It won't let me. I've never not been able to asides from when my tendonitis flared up or the one time I burned out, this is very frightening. I'm hoping that taking a week off will work (which I really didn't want to do, having already taken a week off recently) but idk. This feels like. really bad? I'm scared tbhLux comic will keep posting, I have lots of pages in hand and other things I can work on.#thank you for all the kind messages I really have been reading them#but I'm not sure what to do6919604
modmadReblogged pel-vis-boneMar 30purple-raspberriesJan 4FollowStray fur[click for better quality](Barnaby would totally go to Poppy’s just to take a nap. You can’t lie to me. Her house is too cozy~🌸😴)#AUGHHHHH#YES#welcome home#barnaby b beagle#poppy partridge#(hello I am Poppy's VA and I love this)163642,606
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Hey mod! idk if you'll remember this, but WAY back (by my math it would've been 12 years now, which makes me feel OLD) I messaged you asking for advice about pursuing art. I was in college, on track to become a teacher, and I HATED it. I just wanted to draw all the time but was scared of what that would look like. I think discovering TPoH was the first time I went "oh! I can actually do stuff like this if I wanted!" You offered me some very sound advice, but what I remember was "you gotta be nice, people will remember that more than anything". I figured it was a good time to let you know, I DID change my major and got my degree in art back in 2019 (Graphic Design specifically, but its a Fine Art degree)! I studied motion graphics and some simple animation skills to make my capstone, which was an indie video game company and a fully animated trailer for a game. Though I haven't gotten around to working on my own comic yet (the ideas are brewing), I have made nearly 50 pages of comics, and maybe 20 plus of storyboard/animatics? I even got paid to animated something for someone!! Its slow going and ive had my own hurdles to overcome, but I wanted to say thanks for your part in my artistic journey!

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I REMEMBER YOU CONGRATS THAT'S SO COOL

I was wondering, how long did it take you to wrote the whole shmick of TPOH? By that, I mean before you started drawing out the comic... I know we've been through a long way already (ALMOST 14 YEARS!!! DAMN!!!) but like, if it's THAT long, how long.. did it take... to write it all out..?? jeez

does. does someone want to tell them

sure would be hilarious if the whole AI industry imploded literally days after you said that it would in a Doctor Who fan comic

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complete track change related to a side project im doing: if I had a masculine name, what do you think it would be? I might make a poll of the most popular options if I can't pick one to use (put them in the replies here my inbox is too full already!)

I'm terribly sorry but I don't think there will be a TPoH page this week. I've tried repeatedly but I simply can't do it. It won't let me. I've never not been able to asides from when my tendonitis flared up or the one time I burned out, this is very frightening. I'm hoping that taking a week off will work (which I really didn't want to do, having already taken a week off recently) but idk. This feels like. really bad? I'm scared tbh

Lux comic will keep posting, I have lots of pages in hand and other things I can work on.

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