So annoying when big companies do that, but I'm glad it had a happy outcome. I enjoy and will continue to enjoy the work off Adam Ellis.

It's possible ColdStone didn't know about this. A staff artist stole the stuff and submitted as his own..... I bet he's unemployed now.

They even stole Kitty Maxwell T_T .....

there's like a million different ways to draw a face, they could've at least TRIED to be different. his style is so spottable, it's just lazy copying. good on him for taking a stand.

Although it is frustrating that they weren't sued for plagiarism, I am glad that they had donated money. Adam Ellis did the right thing

You steal one you can call it plagiarism. You steal more than one then call it research.

What adds insult to injury for me, is when your work is used on a really crappy, meh campaigns. Like the above.

I dunno they look different to me.

How the hell could the "artist" working for Coldstone actually think that s/he could easily go on with shamelessly tracing a webcomic artist who's already known around the Internet?

i love how he handled this!

Even the copied versions are so bad. Seeing your work elsewhere as an artist without your knowledge and acknowledgement really painful. Glad he was able to handle this situation very well.

It seems that their donation of money could be an admission of guilt. Maybe the kind that could hold up in a court of law.

I think Gierde needs to come up with better clickbait titles

I hope this solution implied a cease and desist from continuing to use the stolen work. This method of shaming the thief probably worked much faster than years of litigation...not to mention expense. Blocking some right after asking a question is slimey. Hope curvsnwhatever, grows up soon.

The other benefits here are that Adam Ellis' humanitarianism: (1) drew attention to a company's thievery and bad behavior in a way that offered a REPARATION SOLUTION rather than just the non-effective, usual make-wrong that is the barbarian way; (2) positive energy and attention are drawn to Adam Ellis AND his charity. Intelligent companies with people with integrity at the helm WILL want to hire Adam and keep the prosperity energies and consciousness going strong; and (3) coldstone and cohorts will be more considerate in the future -- even if it's just consideration for themselves (as is typical), it will extend to less offense to others -- because they were given the opportunity to EVOLVE CONSCIOUSNESS instead of the need defend their heinous behavior in court -- which also would have wasted Adam's time, finances, and energy -- which was put to a much better use in the way he handles it with LOVE.

Good for him. That's a class act.

Yes, we do. Stealing someone else's work is a horrible thing to do... I recall the moment when Domino's stole a young lady's artwork... why do people do this? My guess is that when they cannot make the cartoons themselves, they get jealous and steal from others.

I really like Adam's work, been a follower for a long time now and its nice he mentioned instead to donate to inner city kids :) idk how they thought no one would notice....his style is recognizable.

"The internet applauding" .... Sweetie, the internet isn't a person

That's rich... Adam Ellis had his work stolen. Well, hopefully now he knows how that feels after stealing jokes off of Tumbler.

Now by their actions, they have admitted their guilt is the time to invoice them for plagiarization.

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The artist who refuses to take seriously the business aspects of his work is a danger to himself and others. And that’s YOU, Adam Ellis, you bloody fool! Coldstone’s donation exactly parallels those cases in which big corporations agree to huge fines government agencies in exchange for “no admission of wrongdoing.” Only in this case, you dolt, you’ve been suckered for a mere 10 grand while implicitly encouraging plagiarism on the basis of low cost. As a moral obligation you owe it to your fellow freelancers to go to a contingency law firm like Cellino and Barnes, which in a free consultation will tell you whether you’ve got a case--and in THIS case will almost certainly tell you that the donation constitutes a de facto admission of guilt. As for businesses ignoring your invoices, they do this for two reasons: 1, it would be an admission of guilt possibly leading to a huge lawsuit and 2, they think you’re a sucker. And you are.

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curvsandcurls should rename herself curvsandcunt. It's Adam's art, not yours you overly offended feminist b***h. P**s off.

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Adam Ellis is a champ but BoredPanda should not be boosting Waiton Farrell's Tweet full of grossly ableist language that is unnecessarily denigrating to people with serious medical conditions. It's shameful.