Chip Bok Has No Idea How Parody Works!

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exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Following the passage of Net Neutrality, a bunch of idiot cartoonists made a bunch of idiot cartoons about how keeping the status quo was actually tyrannical FCC intervention, or something.

Politoons thread hero Rorus Raz made a series of edits, which soon went viral "on-line".

Response, if any, from the cartoonists in question was tame if typically uninformed, with the exception of Chip Bok, who really decided to Barstow it up:

Teddybear posted:

From Bok's Twitter:

and made a complaint about the goon-run tumblr account A Good Cartoon to have the post taken down:

Saint Sputnik posted:

Let me just check the ol' email associated with tumblr that I never remember to check and ---
ahhaaaahahahaaaahahahaha it was Chip Bok. He's specifically named as the complainant. That dumb, stupid motherfucker.

Chip is a pretty uninformed guy in general, so I thought that the kindly posters of the Something is Awful Forums could try and teach him about fair use

You can find an archive of his cartoons here.

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Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

So, I made some edits. That's a thing I do.

Only this time, it escaped the quarantine and infested the rest of the internet. There were retweets, upvotes, and dunkaroos. John Hodgman even got a hold of them. It was an exciting time.

I guess it was inevitable that some of the original cartoonists caught wind of this poo poo. The reactions were very standard and reinforced the idea put forth that they have no idea how net neutrality works. That'd be the end if it, except for Chip Bok.

Bok went into Legal Mode and even went so far as to issue a DMCA against Goon Saint Spudnik's A Good Cartoon tumblr. He's basically been very angry and seems to think that we will confuse a cartoon that calls him an idiot for the real deal. Weird, I wonder why?

Being who we are, the obvious response to this is simple: double down. So we're having a little contest for the best Bok edits.

The rules are simple: edits must include a least one Bok cartoon, and they must be new creations. Other than that, go nuts. Make riveting animations featuring his little mutant Obama or whatever strikes your fancy. Wanna draw your own stuff? That's cool, but the point of this contest is to edit Bok's garbage, so it still need to include some of his cartoons.

You have three weeks to submit your stuff, and can do multiple entries. As a professional Bok agitator, I am the sole judge. Here are the FABULOUS PRIZES.

1st Place: A smilie. I will even offer to help make it come to life. Or certs of equal value
2nd Place: Upgrade of your choice and an avatar gift cert
3rd Place: Avatar gift cert

Good luck to our competitors

# ? Mar 9, 2015 11:06

Kugyou no Tenshi: Nov 8, 2005; We can't keep the crowd waiting, can we?

First volley, from the aft!

EDIT: I cannot even tell you how hard it was to find a Bok that was coherent enough to parody.

Kugyou no Tenshi fucked around with this message at 11:54 on Mar 9, 2015

# ? Mar 9, 2015 11:50

A HUNGRY MOUTH: Nov 3, 2006; date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss; Nap Ghost

*atonal pizzicato strings intensify*

(original: Currency Manipulators, Oct 24 2012, Bok urine on canvas)

# ? Mar 9, 2015 11:54

Bob James: Nov 15, 2005; by Lowtax; Ultra Carp

# ? Mar 9, 2015 11:55

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:04

GhostofJohnMuir: Aug 14, 2014; anime is not good

What do you do when the only image program you own is Paint and you've never even used it before? Cram your submission full of in-jokes!

Get hosed Bok

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:10

Bob James: Nov 15, 2005; by Lowtax; Ultra Carp

Unedited version:

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:19

A HUNGRY MOUTH: Nov 3, 2006; date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss; Nap Ghost

this one needs sad piano music ok

(original: Net Neutrality, Feb 28 2015, actual bokbluster.com comments by Chip Bok and discarded goat hair on parchment)

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:28

Saint Sputnik: Apr 1, 2007; Tyrannosaurs in P-51 Volkswagens!

For the sake of content, a couple delightful edits people made in the regular politoon thread. Don't know if they were doing to get around to posting them themselves.

lelandjs

TGLT

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:48

Deep Hurting: Jan 19, 2006

First Czar of the Obamanet and Dictator-for-Life Barack Hussein Obama ordered pants across the nation lowered today in remembrance of Rorus Raz... :patriot:

# ? Mar 9, 2015 12:56

Saint Sputnik: Apr 1, 2007; Tyrannosaurs in P-51 Volkswagens!

Now my own entry.

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:02

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

Bob James posted:

It also inspired me to do this...

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:09

Kugyou no Tenshi: Nov 8, 2005; We can't keep the crowd waiting, can we?

Saint Sputnik posted:

Now my own entry.

I hope edit technique discussion is OK here!

What font did you use for that? I'd like something other than just Evil Genius to fall back on for my occasional horrible edits, and that one's pretty nice.

EDIT: You too, frankenfreak.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:09

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

Kugyou no Tenshi posted:

EDIT: You too, frankenfreak.

I've used Webcomic Bros.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:14

alnilam: Nov 10, 2009

Fonts: During the Tinsley edit contest, another goon turned me on to Carl Barks Script (warning, website tries to install a "downloader" for you), which I think is also a great comic editing font.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:39

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

Maybe I'll do an edit with it later, but I would like once again to draw your attention to the Happiest Wizard:

He doesn't have anything to do with the theme of the cartoon, Bok just put him in there with the assumption that you hate wizards as much as he does.

The rightful heir to the Asay edit throne.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:44

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

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vyelkin fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Mar 9, 2015

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:47

Eschers Basement: Sep 13, 2007; by exmarx

Here's my first strike.

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:50

Saint Sputnik: Apr 1, 2007; Tyrannosaurs in P-51 Volkswagens!

Kugyou no Tenshi posted:

I hope edit technique discussion is OK here!

What font did you use for that? I'd like something other than just Evil Genius to fall back on for my occasional horrible edits, and that one's pretty nice.

EDIT: You too, frankenfreak.

It's called carl barkley or something like that (I'd check but it's back on my home computer), it was suggested during the Mallard Filmore contest.

Here's a revision, I think I might like it better.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:52

wearing a lampshade: Mar 6, 2013

not sure if im doing this right

original: http://www.gocomics.com/chipbok/2009/04/23

# ? Mar 9, 2015 13:53

Malleum: Aug 16, 2014; Am I the one at fault? What about me is wrong?; Buglord

Bok is a shithead and for authenticity I have attempted to capture his lack of talent.

From:

Malleum fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Mar 9, 2015

# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:32

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

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e: fixed a small mistake

frankenfreak fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Mar 9, 2015

# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:35

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

You had better all think about what you're doing! The laws are pretty clear about what happens to those who steal intellectual property:

_Original.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:38

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

A niche reference, but I couldn't resist when I saw the original.

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:47

Kugyou no Tenshi: Nov 8, 2005; We can't keep the crowd waiting, can we?

Inspired by Chip's own comments:

# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:53

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

The Bokbuster really likes his cops.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:56

Eschers Basement: Sep 13, 2007; by exmarx

frankenfreak posted:

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Sorry, frankenfreak, I have opposite expectations

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 14:57

karlor: Apr 15, 2014; College Slice

I just found out about the fair use logo, which is awesome, so here's mine.

# ? Mar 9, 2015 15:13

Mo_Steel: Mar 7, 2008; Let's Clock Into The Sunset Together; Fun Shoe

LOOK AT MY FACE.
WE'VE MET BEFORE...

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# ? Mar 9, 2015 15:17

Raiad: Feb 1, 2005; Without the law, there wouldn't be lawyers.

The photoshopper has no idea how the second amendment works: a libelous entry

# ? Mar 9, 2015 15:27

Cat Mattress: Jul 14, 2012; by Cyrano4747

alnilam posted:

Fonts: During the Tinsley edit contest, another goon turned me on to Carl Barks Script (warning, website tries to install a "downloader" for you), which I think is also a great comic editing font.

Here's a less annoying download link, which may be more complete as well (since it's the original source of the font).

# ? Mar 9, 2015 15:34