love this and i have a bunch of people i could actually send this too x03

I remember this. pretty much describes my entire being.

VINDICATION!! SWEET SWEET VINDICATION FOR YOUR IDEA

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

specially from the jerk who drew it (he does have an FA too)

I'm not a furry.

Really.

:1

Nice comic.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH~

Yes! This is one of the ones I missed! Thanks for reposting it =3

billcat is a cutie :3

HILARIOUS!!!! XDDDD

I think this might have been the biggest reason I began watching your account
I still love it!
The PLOP and sniffle most of all~

Yeah, you can't mess with the original. This is much better illustrating of the point than the one you put in the link. And easier to read too, I think.

I am also okay with people doing a knock off of a comic, so long as they say they got the idea from somewhere else. Even if they can't remember where they saw it before, they should at least say they saw it somewhere else.

Amen

I think this is a very easy idea to have for yourself... I mean, it's nothing transgrssive or very original thing. So, I can believe with no problems that two furs can have the same idea without knowing the other's art. If the other artist didn't say he saw it before, it's because he already didn't see it. I'm very sad about the way people acusses other people for stealing art in a case like this where, in my opinion, it's not clear that the plagiarizing has been done...

Also, I prefer the other comic: better execution, draw and everything.

I mean... this looks to me like a kid's tantrum.

You've never seen an actual kid's tantrum then.
All he did was tell it as an amusing anecdote.

Go deal with a 3 year old for a day, then we'll talk kid's tantrums.

Maybe kids I know are better educated.

And he said "They obviously read my comic. They made it over again." and " Thievery is annoying when you don’t even nod at the artist from whom you took the idea."... that don't sound like "amusing anecdote" for me, sounds like acussing someone of plagiarizing without consistent evidence (No, the similitudes are not a consistent evicence for me: Thats a very plane idea that everyone could have).

Hehe, very funny. I hope on his FA he at least credited you for the idea but I kind of doubt it. Your version is much better on all counts.

This almost makes me want to do a variation of my own, but that would require me to work it more to fit me rather than doing a almost straight copy like the other guy. XP

See, even you saying that to my face is LOADS more welcome than what he did. You have my blessing!

I've been looking for this since the day I watched you.

Oh thank you..

My life...this is my life lmao. Your comics like these and all of your Marco and Marty strips and so quirky, that you can't help but smile when you read them. Its very awesome man

One of my favourites of yours.

And this is what I go through when I try to think of myself as someone whos not a furry, but is just obsessed with everything that deals with anthropomorphic animals. Mmmyep.

Cheers

remember the last stage of denial is acceptance :3

Kinda a moot point or whatever but I feel you executed the punchline a lot better than he did.

Eyyyyup.

welp, I hope the person that copied it at least credited you somewhere... I mean, was he actively trying to get kudos for himself specifically about it? there are many people that nod off to things they like by copying the pose and whatnot... but I guess that really only applies to celebrity status people >.>

No. He didn't nod. He didn't take art reference. He took the idea, the cadence, and the general point of the whole comic and posted it as an original idea. That's what I find offensive. I don't think I am being a prima donna if I am a little irked that something that came from my ideabook is being passed off as somebody else's

hahah

I swear I'd seen this a few weeks back--don't remember where, but... it was rearranged slightly, and the last two panels were missing.

I dunno what to say about that much, but it's a real relief to see it here because I knew I knew the style xD

Clever title sir, clever indeed. You're obviously talking about the Euphrates, it makes perfect sense I know.

https://mysdlax.lacrosseschools.org.....ages/1dd72.jpg

I was spot on, I knew it. Probably shouldn't make sarcastic jokes on the internet about geography...

:3c

I was the chump who had to look it up and check

Ha! Would you ind if I shared this on a blog, with full credit?

Sure!

Where would like the credit pointed?

You can just say by marcothecat. You can even say, "hey, this isn't my art but I like it" and that would be fine

<3 We love you! :D

But this is pretty much exactly the kind of trap I wanted to avoid from the very onset of my foray into furry. I decided then and there I wasn't going to kick around and I would just be completely outward and open about myself from the get go. It's made for a very interesting set of relationships with non-furs, I can tell you that!

Dare I say you seem to have moved well beyond that phase? :)

I am evolving, vahn, I am evolving

Imitation and flattery and all that.

You know what's flattering? A modicum of recognition

s i g h yes but with the advent of 9gag and memebase and funnyjunk and all that recognition is a precious resource today. TheOatmeal has an entire section of his site dedicated to it.

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/funnyjunk

The internet's reaching an advent where ownership has become a meaningless concept, perpetrated by PVP and piracy and down with the man rawr. We've got so many ways to share we forget where it comes from, and that fact is taken advantage of for needless and baseless popularity. We no longer respect the creator, but the poster. Originality is increasingly outdated thanks to templates and a body of work big enough to keep niche communities entertained, garnering enough pageviews to get adverts interested. We live in an age where you actually have to battle to prove you did something, regardless of what it was (A'la Pics or it didn't happen), and the basis for proving it being wide enough for anyone to do it. It's a great big oxymoron; the internet is the best way to get recognized, and then immediately stolen.

Wow I just got super philosophical all of the sudden I need some Jersey Shore to calm me down yes that's enough thank you google images yes sorry for

Yeah. You're a regular Lacan, dude.

How did you know Jacques was my favorite nutcase. How did you know I was a psych student. How did you know what I had for lunch. Who are you.

I am that I am. Praise be to billcat on high

Why did you delete everything anyway?
Were you doing that thing we furries do when we try to leave the fandom for the good of our friendships/jobs/sense of honor but find ourselves crawling back because this fandoms skewed vision of reality/ diversity/ creativity/ cuteness makes returning to life as an ordinary human with an ordinary sense of identity impossible.

Its okay if that's what happened, allot of the good furries do that at least once

God, this fandom is worse the heroin.

BUT I LOVE IT!

<- this is for hilariously stating the obvious.

*shakes* What is it?

Why would I tell you what's inside?! [your avy looks like you're shaking a present]

*opens*
Oh good, more spaghetti and dragon dildos!

I missed this one. The denial/obliviousness is what makes it for me.

That was fast. O_O

It is understandable why you aren't too mad about what happened. Things just kinda happen. But, just looking at the rest of this person's art on FA, I can tell this wasn't his idea.

I don't even know who the person is, actually

this is way funnier than the tumblr comic.

Yah. Im getting my favorites back one by one.

Still love your art old and new.

thanks for keeping the faith.

ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS! DEMAND QUALITY BILLCAT™ COMICS!

Haha

I hate it when my clothes fall off while I'm lying. I'm glad I've never been asked if I was a furry.

Billy I love your stuff just as much now as I ever did. I'm still pouting at you for taking down your gallery in the first place. You're one of my favorite artists here, and you're such a gift to the community. You helped me remember how much I loved cartoons, ever since I would sit in on my dad's cartooning classes as a kid. You're awesome.

Stay gorgeous.

Awwwwww, what a lovely thing to say!

i hope this meas you wont delete anything from your gallery again!~ :3 its a nice comic X3

shan't. at least not for another 15 years or so

I remember this one.

And yeah, same story for me.

I remember the original submission, and like many others on this website, i can relate to it.

If that other comic didn't get any praise/recognition, would you have been as annoyed? The need to claim ownership of an idea doesn't emerge unless we have something to gain from it.

I think that's partially true. It definitely enters into it.

Plagiarism is a weird subject for me. I have done it unconsciously with a lot of jokes and things I have made. Naively, I thought I came up with the ideas... but usually I did it at least differently enough from the original to not look like I was ripping something of brazenly. I think it was just seeing this comic on tumblr and it having so much of my own structure and cadence in it... well, I just got a little pissed. But I don't think he copied it intentionally. It may have actually been a staggering coincidence that he made it so similar to my comic. But I dunno. It still felt like a rip-off, and yeah, that's petty, but I needed an axe to grind. I have to get my kicks somewhere!

The benefit here is not only praise, but also the joy of coming up with a clever idea. Finding someone who did the exact same thing (whether before you, after you, intentionally or by accident) makes it feel like less of an accomplishment, and that is a downer. What's more annoying is finding those similarities while working on an image... It happened to me multiple times and i've had to do an overhaul so that the drawing doesn't look like a much lamer imitation of the original. Not really necessary, but it's good to maintain some illusion of originality.

True enough. In any case, onward and upward. We all gotta keep on doing what we do until we get something with which we feel satisfied.

That pun xDDDD

haha I know some people who are like theeeeeese xDDDD

Anyways those expressions :D

Heh, I faved it the first time around, I'll do it again! There's something special about seeing this poor cat's life crash down around him every time I load up my favorites that I just can't put my finger on.

It's a good thing.

I really don't understand why artists feel the need to delete/remove their artwork. Can someone explain this to me? It seems surprisingly common, at least in the furry community.

There's not a really tidy way to answer this. Um, I am an insecure person as are so many? That may be a cop out, but it is consistent with my actions. Also, shame is an ever-pervasive thing for me, so, blah

going by this logic, I'm halfway furry? xD

I actually first saw this comic floating around 4chan a year ago and it very much sums up my entry into the fandom. So glad to finally find the artist on FA!

Oh hey! cool!

Hahah, OH goodness, this is perfect!

This is toooo great

someone should link to thee imposter comic, because i am curious.

Nah. I'm done hating

that's probably for the best.

xd