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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 3 Comments
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Nope, just the difference between fair use laws.
In other words, the Playboy cover, while identifying Tiffany Fallon as WW, did not use the current DC authorized version of the costume. So it could be used without DC’s permission as a parody.
However, if Cooke wanted to use the Playboy Club’s name and images in New Frontier, DC would have needed to get Playboy’s permission. Obviously they didn’t and heard from Playboy to make changes to the scene before it saw print.
No conspiracy, just the difference between a parody/homage and the use of someone else’s property.
So, Wonder Woman was visually sampled.
Hurm. Well, that was clearly Hef in the story, but I suppose as a real person, Hef is in the public domain?
I found that Darwyn Cooke story bizarre anyway.