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Cartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett give advice to a comics artist who realizes that they'd accidentally plagiarized a character from someone else... but they like their character so much they just don't want to change it! Is there a plagiarism loophole? But FIRST... there's a lot of news and updates to cover!ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...Oni Press lays off senior staff, faces allegations of unpaid laborTokyoPop is back — but they have a long (and contentious) history with creators.Substack: "Day 366" has come for many comics creators who took the Substack grant.Tapas lays off 30% of staffShopify lays off 10% of staffDinoKIckstarter.com — and tracking URLsCharles Schulz Museum — Brad and Dave will be doing a special LIVE show at the Schulz Museum on Nov. 12 to celebrate what would have been the legendary cartoonist's 100th birthday."I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it! ...Do I HAVE to change it?"Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get excl