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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: madelaide on July 09, 2011, 09:57
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No complaint regarding the artist, but I was surprised to see this as a stock image.
(http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/17/20/87/400_F_17208750_kS8ZcSMFF0Wv7NoGsuCTNrmQFHg14eRf.jpg)
The author (http://www.fotolia.com/p/200827770) has many other cartoon strips of this character.
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The other day I saw a portfolio consisting exclusively of cartoons depicting social and political commentary. I guess if there's a market for it and it sells well, why not?
It is rather unusal though, but who knows, maybe it's one of the few open niches left within microstock.
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Do you mean cartoon characters or cartoon strips like this? Cartoon characters are certainly popular, but a strip looks so specific.
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Do you mean cartoon characters or cartoon strips like this? Cartoon characters are certainly popular, but a strip looks so specific.
No, they were not single characters isolated on white background, if that is what you mean. I know there's plenty of them on micro...
The ones I meant were "single image scenes". Not strips with multiple images, like the one above...but nevertheless mostly two or more characters, often which speech bubbles, depicting a certain situation.
Kinda like this one: http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/democrats/ig/Anthony-Weiner-Cartoons/Weiner-s-Little-Fella.htm (http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/democrats/ig/Anthony-Weiner-Cartoons/Weiner-s-Little-Fella.htm)
I'll post a link to the actual portfolio, if I can find it...
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I see a lot of cartoon characters in scenes, not only the isolated ones, but then these are just like a photo with a real scene, not isolated. It's the comic strip that surprised me.
(http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/13/89/71/110_F_13897131_yOirISMz30sqgeh8jlRUzoOdVMX4xD2m.jpg) (http://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/24/81/86/110_F_24818658_mFIa8tuEObRddepptvrcejLwh6HToBnQ.jpg) (http://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/27/59/70/110_F_27597088_B17JToQpfyNZDQgQEIzVz5sTosrfqMOr.jpg)
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I see what you mean. What stood out with the portfolio I saw was that it seemed so odd the entire portfolio was solely focused on political and social commentary, it was hard for me to imagine where they could be used, other than on an editorial blog, website or newspaper that is about politics e.g. while the examples you posted could have a much wider range of possible uses.
If I remember right, this portfolio seemed to do rather well, to my surprise (looking at the D/L numbers), so it may well be a good niche someone has found.
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No complaint regarding the artist, but I was surprised to see this as a stock image.
([url]http://t2.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/17/20/87/400_F_17208750_kS8ZcSMFF0Wv7NoGsuCTNrmQFHg14eRf.jpg[/url])
The author ([url]http://www.fotolia.com/p/200827770[/url]) has many other cartoon strips of this character.
Isn't that duck copyrighted? Daffy Duck from Warner Brothers? Is this an editorial type image?
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I think it's not the same duck from the cartoon movies, but there is a resemblance.
Can one buy all the series of his cartoons and publish as a book, with a regular license?
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Can one buy all the series of his cartoons and publish as a book, with a regular license?
To publish a book, you would need an Extended Licence, I suppose (like with calenders or posters for resale), but otherwise than that: Yes, you could make a book out of them.
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Can one buy all the series of his cartoons and publish as a book, with a regular license?
To publish a book, you would need an Extended Licence, I suppose (like with calenders or posters for resale), but otherwise than that: Yes, you could make a book out of them.
I don't know they would use them to publish a book. You'd have to have a story line and I don't think one page would quite do it. I could see them being used in newspaper's in the comic section.
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Can one buy all the series of his cartoons and publish as a book, with a regular license?
To publish a book, you would need an Extended Licence, I suppose (like with calenders or posters for resale), but otherwise than that: Yes, you could make a book out of them.
I don't know they would use them to publish a book. You'd have to have a story line and I don't think one page would quite do it. I could see them being used in newspaper's in the comic section.
There are lots of paperback books which are compliations of series (not serials) of cartoons, e.g. from newspapers or from the web.
Out ofn interest, how many imprints do you get at Fotolia without needing an EL? It's 500,000 on iStock, which IMO is way too high, as there can't be many pubications run to 1/2 million copies, at least outside the States, China an one or two other countries.