stealing is okay if it's all for your children!
First wank report! And oh, it's a good one.

The man thief in black fled across the desert internet, and the fan artist followed...

Our story begins...

Once upon a time, there was a Cowboy Bebop/anime fan named bigbigtruck. bigbigtruck liked to draw pretty fan art, among other things. She was particularly well known in the [relatively] small CB fandom for her distinctive fan art style. She also made that funny video "Failed Experiments In Video Editing," which probably every vidder on amv.org has seen.

Well that sounds all fine and dandy, so where's the wank?

Well, one day bigbigtruck happened to stumble across the a surprise not entirely unlike finding your planet is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass: A company called ANIMEGINATION decided to steal her artwork and sell it without permission on shitty t-shirts promote her artwork on eBay.

This "RARE COWBOY BEBOP ANIME MANGA TSHIRT T-SHIRT" is sitting pretty at US $23.98, with no bids as of yet. Apparently, you can "find the same image on a t-shirt for less money, however, you get what you pay for."

bigbigtruck, as you might guess, is pretty indignant about this whole thing. She contacts the sellers, and even gets a reply. And believe you me, someone paid to write for a living couldn't come up with stuff this rich:


"So far, I’ve sold one shirt at $18.98 and advertised it about 20 times so I’m actually at a net loss right now. So, does that mean you owe me money? ;0)"

"Actually, I’d be happy to send you a shirt so that you can show off your artwork at no cost to you."

"I actually am a one person operation who hand makes each shirt to fund my kids’ anime needs."


And then, a secret twist is revealed!

ANIMEGINATION is two-timing poor bigbigtruck in her "it's all for the children!" thievery! It seems one dizziness has already had her fan art stolen and sold on t-shirts as well! Where does it stop?! Is no fan art safe from those vulter-like t-shirt dealers?


What's next, Charlie Brown?

Well, someone suggests hiring a 'team' to take care of it.

But there's always all that crap you have to go through to get somebody's auction cancelled.

One industrius commenter finds and posts the seller's personal information (nabbed from ebay, I assume), although the email link doesn't work.

Is she perhaps a diaper-drug-smuggler too?

Or just your average internet asshat worthy of new and creative words I've never heard before, like 'chode'?


It's a sad day in Mudville, when your kids' anime needs can't be met through moral, honest, and upstanding ways of money making. You know, like writing dirty stories for porn magazines, or telemarketing.