Civ III Comic. The Making of Civ III: Behind The Scenes

Minuteman · February 23, 2002, 17:09

Now let's try this again, without any threats of impending litigation.

Minuteman · February 23, 2002, 17:12

PS: All images above (save silly dialogue & cheesy photoshop effects) are property of Firaxis & Infogames.

Gramphos · February 23, 2002, 17:54

It looks even better with that background!

Minuteman · February 23, 2002, 17:58

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Originally posted by Gramphos

It looks even better with that background!

Thanks!

The last one I used hurt my eyes.

aahz_capone · February 23, 2002, 18:04

Definately cooler now.

You gonna make some more?

TinCow · February 23, 2002, 20:37

Minuteman, don't worry about copyright infringement. Parodies are specifically exempted from such suits.

<---- law student

Skanky Burns · February 23, 2002, 21:20

L

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Nice Parody

The spearman part was especially funny.

Leonidas · February 24, 2002, 03:43

Excellent Minuteman

I hope there's more where that came from

notyoueither · February 24, 2002, 05:54

Minuteman: Admit it. You're the positive side of Yin escaped and having as much fun as possible before the rest notices you're missing.

Keep it up.

Salve

Dienstag · February 24, 2002, 06:57

VERY NICE.

I'm still laughing out loud from the spearman's comment.

Adagio · February 24, 2002, 09:00

That's great, just keep em coming

DarkCloud · February 24, 2002, 14:49

Good- but could you make the next one larger- I was straining my eyes.

Minuteman · February 24, 2002, 16:50

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Originally posted by DarkCloud
Good- but could you make the next one larger- I was straining my eyes.

I tried, but there's a size limit placed on images that can be attached here (600x600 pixels).

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys.

MonsterMan · February 24, 2002, 18:46

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Originally posted by TinCow
Minuteman, don't worry about copyright infringement. Parodies are specifically exempted from such suits.

<---- law student

So why do adbusters.org use fake logos?

MonsterMan · February 24, 2002, 18:48

Check them out, they have lotsa funny ads.

The Thinker · February 25, 2002, 03:55

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Originally posted by TinCow
Minuteman, don't worry about copyright infringement. Parodies are specifically exempted from such suits.

<---- law student

That seems an over simplification of the copyright laws. The laws does allow for parodies, and does allow that some of the source matterial will surface in the parody. I think a court would find little malace in this quick joke, that it no way affected Infogames from making further Civ games. Further, if they did try to sue for damages they would see little injury to their good name and that you have profited not at all from this.

However, to better protect yourself, you might try adding a clear "this is not Civ III" element, such as calling it "$yd Mayor's $ellivanation III". Because the best case is to prove that some idiot somewhere thought your jokes were actual screen shots from the game. and declined to purchase it on that basis.
Rik

Jaguar · February 25, 2002, 04:04

I like the Highway robbery part, and the spearman. Make more of these.

paulmagusnet · February 25, 2002, 07:07

I cant see it.