Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 25, 2012
October 19, 2012
October 26, 2012
Transcript:
Enjoy this Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Every Thursday Panels from the annals of the Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Superman is patrolling the city, when he hears a high-pitched plea! Mickey Mouse: Help! Superman! Superman: That cry came from this building...who's there? Villain: Ha-ha! Welcome to my domain, Superman! My PUBLIC DOMAIN! Where I am your! MASTER! Villain: That's because when Congress's endless extensions of COPYRIGHT TERMS are declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL, you'll all be my -- or ANYONE'S HELPLESS PLAYTHINGS! Superman: Copyright...fading! Can't...resist unauthorized...use! Bugs Bunny: If he can capture SUPERMAN, who can save us?! Villain: And now I'll force you all to perform "GONE WITH THE WIND"! Superman: Oh...Ashley... CRASH Villain: Oh, no! JUDGE SCALIA! JUDGE SCALIA Judge Scalia, crusading Supreme Court Justice, who fights a never-ending battle to protect the powerful and wealthy. Judge Scalia: Go! Run back to your corporations! Villain: B-but YOU must agree that the Constitution plainly limits Congress's power...URK POW Judge Scalia: Frankly, punk, I don't give a damn! The End
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runar over 11 years ago
That’s a Tex Avery rendering of Bugs Bunny – from the early years, e.g., The Heckling Hare.
walruscarver2000 over 11 years ago
“But a s a conservative, I will never legislate from the bench…this is an endless recording.”
el8 over 11 years ago
Yet it’s ALL funny!
Anarcissie over 11 years ago
’© R. Bolling – All Rights Reserved. ’
Nebulous Premium Member over 11 years ago
As long as the Corporations keep the Trademark status of the characters and their images up to date, the copyright on the OLD strips should be allowed to lapse.If the Corporations thought that the old strips were profitable, they would make them available for a reasonable fee. Since they don’t think it’s worth it, let the copyright lapse, allow copying and distribution, but not alteration. Alteration would be a violation of the Trademark, and thus could be prosecuted.
braindead Premium Member over 11 years ago
Scalia is sometimes the star attraction at Republican fund raisers.
jeremiahcatclaw over 11 years ago
Check the copyright date. This is an old strip that predates the change. Also, that’s the old-style Superman, anyway.
kapock over 11 years ago
Ruben probably used early versions of the characters on purpose: If copyright were ever allowed to lapse, it would free up the earliest appearances first. Rat-like Steamboat Willie Mickey, who seems to be the one the punk has at his mercy, would enter the public domain long before modern, corporate Mickey.
fenneuter over 11 years ago
That “punk” looks like Bill Gates in his closeup, Mr. DeMille.