29-03-2004, 08:51 AM
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Finbarr Saunders and his Doujinshi Entendres
Re: Toren Smith issuing cease & desists:
Sigh. That's what happens when you run a company in the most litigious society on Earth  Can't we all just get along?Guess that explains why Studio APK disappeared. Damn. They produced some nice stuff in their time... [/quote]--------------- Dear patient APK fans ;-), Just to have it read into the record, as they say in Congress, Studio APK never received any threats, implicit or explicit, of litigation from any parties either in America or Japan. Our disappearance has solely to do with my personal inability to sit down and draw a few more effing pages of "Hikaru Hiyama's Jungle Book," *and/or our collective inability to face up to the up-front printing bill again** to get what we want. Since "what we want" is no more than what five thousand Japanese circles manage to do every Comike (i.e., perfect binding, color covers), it comes off as all rather sad from a Japanese perspective. Radman did an AiKa story (like Gunsmith Cats, AiKa has a.) a megane-ko, and b.) is, in the words of Nigel Tufnel, a work whose original needs only that extra "push over the cliff") and the very, very talented L0cke did a FLCL story which he, like, managed to draw in nine hours or something. So the day of UNDER THE INFLUENCE #2 may yet come like a thief in the night. In the meantime, APK members have contributed to other doujinshi (real Japanese ones, yet), forged letters of support from Benjamin Franklin (again, really), and continued to host parties so as not to hide entirely from the aforementioned patient fans. There will be one at Anime Boston, for any of y'all currently in a transatlantic mood. Talk to you again soon, Carl *Sort of like the pioneering Western doujin KIMAGURE ORANGE COLLEGE, except with effing in it. **It's not so much concern about making our costs back eventually--UTI #1 was well-received--just the up-front money. |
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29-03-2004, 10:32 AM
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Okay, I give in. What is this post talking about?
I mean, I know what doujinshi are, and how they work and what Comiket is. But what's all the stuff about Toren Smith about? And why is he even mentioned when this "Studio APK" says it closed because of financial pressures? I'm confused!
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29-03-2004, 10:57 AM
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 The quote is from the 'Doujinshi and copyright laws' thread: http://www.sweatdrop.net/forum/showthread.php?t=99 Studio APK was mentioned by DNG as having disappeared through legal action, which wasn't the case. Now if only Carl would have replied in that thread, it would have lessened the confusion somewhat. Oh well! Welcome to the forum Carl, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a UTI #2 
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29-03-2004, 11:16 AM
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30-03-2004, 02:32 PM
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With Dejiko's help, I always manage to get a coherent thought out eventually. Later, Carl P.S. Currently listening only to the last track of The Vines' new album, but that 15 times in a row. |
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05-04-2004, 08:43 AM
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. Oh, and best of luck at Dark Horse, I read the news today. I just hope they'll find someone at Viz who can edit NGE at the same high standard you've set.
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