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Monday, December 1, 2008

Books I'm Strange, Too!

Posted by on Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:07 PM

Is Emily the Strange, who started as a character in a goth picture book and is now kind of the Mickey Mouse of the Hot Topic set, a knockoff of a character in the Nate the Great series of children's books from the 70's?

Here is a side-by-side comparison:

rosamond-and-emily.jpg

Here is a much more thorough commentary.

 

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1
Does this mean Hot Topic will be sued out of existance?

Or will this just be another meaningless expose on the internet
Posted by AJ on December 1, 2008 at 2:16 PM
2
I remember those books so fiercely, and, as I am a purveyor of Hot Topic's occasionally amusing t-shirts, I see the comparison immediately.
Posted by Jaye on December 1, 2008 at 2:33 PM
3
I used to be friends/roommates with one of the main writers for Emily the Strange. The art sure looks like a knock off, and so does that passage. But animosity aside, I would give me ex-friend the benefit of the doubt that she didn't write that passage.
Posted by elswinger on December 1, 2008 at 3:09 PM
4
Next in breaking news: character on "Jabberjaw" direct rip off of "Shaggy" from "Scooby Doo". Miss Ginter with the story in a few minutes after a traffic update.
Posted by Joh on December 1, 2008 at 4:12 PM
5
This looks WAY more conclusive than the Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water / Atlantis: The Lost Empire controversy.
Posted by Greg on December 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM
6
Strange? Stranger!
Posted by Vince on December 1, 2008 at 4:24 PM
7
Rosamond looks like Leanne from this year's project runway
Posted by Sam on December 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM
8
Thieves are stupid, throw rocks at them!
Posted by Todd Goldman on December 1, 2008 at 8:31 PM
9
Goddamnit, I knew there was a reason I bought those shirts in junior high.

Way to exploit my subconscious memories of favorite childhood books, Hot Topic!
Posted by raisedbywolves on December 2, 2008 at 4:23 AM

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