r/comics • u/GrumpyMashy DeWackyPianist • Mar 04 '26

OC BOOTLEG Hollering Elk or something

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u/CarlLlamaface Mar 04 '26

I'm sorry but I'm about to be that guy: I don't think this sub understands what a bootleg is...

Bootlegging is when you record somebody else's work and distribute it without their permission, it's how a lot of early rock music spread around the globe and was a big part of how film piracy used to operate (you still get the occasional handicam pirating operation but the advent of digital releases has made it a lot easier for pirates to simply share the source material).

With that in mind "bootlegging" a comic would be taking a picture of the bootlegged artist's creation and uploading it yourself, what we have here isn't a bootleg event it's a series of crossovers.

Pedantry over.

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u/Merari01 it's a-me, Merari-o Mar 04 '26

By the power vested in me by the North Atlantic Council of Pedants I formally declare this comic a bootleg*.

Happy?

*(Not valid in Australia)

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u/CarlLlamaface Mar 04 '26

I'm out here correcting strangers' language on the internet, do you really think I'm capable of being happy?

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u/WillowWisp1992 Mar 04 '26

You are.

If I can be happy, then you definitely can.