Today's Comic = Plagiarized?

#0 - Feb. 23, 2007, 8:31 p.m.

http://www.vgames.co.il/images/ComicsImages/NotPrepared.jpg
The original comic is from what appears to be an Isreali gaming website.

Today's Comic
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=131&Set=64
The exact same, except the panels have been modified to read left-to-right. The panels are also a bit off in their alignment, and the quality is worse, suggesting that it may not be the original .jpg.

If you browse the website http://www.vgames.co.il/, you will see a comic gallery with similar art and format as the "You are not prepared!" one.
http://www.vgames.co.il/smile.vgames.web/site/comics.aspx?ComicsID=59
To find this comic, hit Last [<<] once, then Previous [>] nine times [Israelis read right-to-left]. You will pass by several with Israeli speech bubbles, further proof that this was the original.

Did the original artist submit it himself, and Blizzard edited it to read left-to-right with it?
Or, was it plagiarized by a US player and submitted as his own work?

Tyren

#87 - Feb. 23, 2007, 9:30 p.m.

Thanks for the notice. The comic will be removed from our site shortly. :)

Tyren

#125 - Feb. 23, 2007, 9:46 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Can someone report the original post to get this locked? It's been resolved, so we don't need to fight over it anymore.

I would agree. Players, we do our best to ensure the validity of all artwork or comics that is submitted, but we can be wrong sometimes. If the original artist can prove that this is their work, we would only too gladly put the piece back up with proper credit.