Left: Dave Kelly’s 1991 Comic. Right: Goldman painting recently seen in an LA Gallery.
I’m sure you’ve seen his shirts. You can find them at Hot Topic. No, I don’t mean the cute rabbit with the filthy sayings, that’s created by Jim Benton. No, no, not throw-back retro tv and movie shirts, those are licensed by legitmate companies from the people that own the rights. Todd Goldman is the guy who makes all the dumb “David and Goliath” brand t-shirts. Through the power of the interweb, it’s become apparent that Todd has quite a plagariser. Here’s a recent blog about his theivery. Here is another site dedicated to his theft. Goldman has even made the news of Penny Arcade who are showing quite a number of stolen designs by the “artist”. Goldman has started retaliating by sending cease and desist threats to websites who point out his theft. Juztapoz Magazine and Wikipedia both removed posts about Goldman after receiving emails from his legal team.
Use your own eyes and judgement to decide if he’s stolen artwork or not. I think it’s pretty obvious. Frivalous lawsuits are the last defense of the guilty. Scaring blog owners and websites into keeping quiet about your theft is as downright low as stealing to begin with. You played a risky game, lost and have been drug into the harsh light of public opinion to be flogged. Take your lumps like a man. Live by the sword and all…
