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n2doc

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21. November 5, 2016

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 08:13 AM

May 2017

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Who ripped off whom?

Again, many minds think alike

(corrected for proper date)

I see cartoons with multiple versions of the same idea on a regular basis. I don't think they are plagiarizing each other.

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Did Time Magazine Rip Off Mad Magazine? [View all] blue-wave May 2017 OP

Apparently so! Mme. Defarge May 2017 #1

What's more likely FakeNoose May 2017 #29

Except that is not the Kremlin. It is St Basil Cathedral. pangaia May 2017 #30

My point is that there are very few photos available FakeNoose May 2017 #33

But, it is NOT the Kremlin. There are a gazillion photos of the Kremlin. And a gazillion of St Basil pangaia May 2017 #34

Yes n/t malaise May 2017 #2

That image of the Kremlin skyline superimposed on the WH TexasProgresive May 2017 #3

As I mentioned above, that is not the Kremlin. It is St Basil Cathedral. pangaia May 2017 #31

I know that, but most associate the domes TexasProgresive May 2017 #38

Don't mind me. I can be a smart ass all too often. pangaia May 2017 #39

If you must steal, steal from the best. n/t sarge43 May 2017 #4

I don't think it was intentional. Kind of one of the first things you think of really luvMIdog May 2017 #5

Hmmmmmm. WinkyDink May 2017 #10

I agree.. I think it is a follow-up to the first one, if you were to look at them together. secondwind May 2017 #13

Yeah if you are going to illustrate America being taken over you are going to do it with symbols.. luvMIdog May 2017 #14

In the design world this would be called a derivative justiceischeap May 2017 #6

Derivative? It's the plagiarizing kid who changed one word! WinkyDink May 2017 #9

I'm not saying I agree with derivatives, I'm just justiceischeap May 2017 #11

derivative sounds alot like "alternative" onetexan May 2017 #16

It's a pretty much accepted fact in design and the arts justiceischeap May 2017 #18

Would the Donald call it "Sad"? keithbvadu2 May 2017 #7

Seems pretty obvious to me. Perhaps TIME thinks the readerships are different? Not here! WinkyDink May 2017 #8

Maybe, maybe not Boomer May 2017 #12

yup. mopinko May 2017 #24

That's what I was thinking...If you gave this assignment to a group of intelligent, funny people... cbdo2007 May 2017 #37

What, me Worry? MiniMe May 2017 #15

. rug May 2017 #19

I'm sure you can find something that predates the Mad magazine. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #17

more than a few... Historic NY May 2017 #20

November 5, 2016 n2doc May 2017 #21

Wow, really? I guess many minds DO think alike. Sad that it's a truthful rendering. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #23

5th November (Australia uses day-month-year dating) muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #26

corrected. Thanks n/t n2doc May 2017 #27

Perhaps May 11, 2016. Those dates are always ambiguous. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #36

Sure looks like it. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #22

At some point it becomes obvious Renew Deal May 2017 #25

WaPo: Sure, Time magazines bold new Trump cover is a totally tired cliche. Should that matter? k8conant May 2017 #28

That is NOT the Kremlin. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #32

It is at the far end of Red Square, though Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #40

I know. I have walked thru Red Square myself. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #41

Eh...both thinking the same thing. WORKS FOR ME!! n/t Bengus81 May 2017 #35