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I don't think that's an accurate assessment - this person made fan art of the character Loki from the Marvel films* (comics, also owned by Disney). That's a spe
by ameister14 5y ago
I don't think that's an accurate assessment - this person made fan art of the character Loki from the Marvel films* (comics, also owned by Disney). That's a specific character, and much more limited than the mythic Norse God.
- danShumway 5y ago> this person made fan art of the character Loki from the Marvel films Where are you getting that from? The only artwork I see linked in the takedown request on Twitter is the words "Low Key" in a generic-looking font. Is there a fan art of the Marvel character someplace that I'm not seeing?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Where are you getting that from? The creator specifically says it waa a comic reference, so technically (1) the word “movie” is incorrect and it should be “comic”, but (2) the larger point is correct: it was fan art of the Marvel (Disney subsidiary) property explicitly trading on the name of the character which is a trademark (the name of the work is “Low Key Loki”). This isn't a use outside of the trademarked context, or to refer to the preexisting mythological character, or a phrase which is simply similar coincidentally.
- agency 5y agoIf you can't tell it was a comic reference without the creator specifically saying so, is it really "trading on the name of the character"?
- Retric 5y agoPresumably the wrong comic: “calling himself Low Key Lyesmith” as a reference to Loki. https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Loki_(American_Gods) https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Loki_(American_Gods) That’s in American Gods published by Dark Horse comics not Marvel/Disney.
- bena 5y agoIt's not exactly a huge revelation to realize that "low key" and "Loki" are homophones. It's also quite possible that he made the shirt to reference Marvel Loki without ever having read the American Gods comic.
- danShumway 5y agoKind of a bold claim to say that a comic book reference is the same thing as fan art of a character.
- crdrost 5y agoOkay, I just want to reflect back to you that you have literally said that the green words “LOW KEY” constitute “fan art of the character Loki from the Marvel films... a specific character, and much more limited than the mythic Norse God.” The words, in green, “LOW KEY.” I think you are rushing a bit aggressively to Disney's defense here.
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- Retric 5y agoYep, if anything “LOW KEY” is probably a reference to Neil Gaiman's American Gods novel. https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Loki_(American_Gods) https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Loki_(American_Gods) That’s the thing about stuff in the public domain it shows up everywhere with multiple people independently making the same jokes.
- jonny_eh 5y agoThe artist said in a tweet that it was a reference to the comic book character.
- Retric 5y agoDid they say the Marvel comic book character or just a comic book character? Because American gods was also ported to comics, and even a TV show.
- K5EiS 5y agoJudging by his profile picture it's the Marvel version. https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1337356777113985024/e-asnJmh_400x400.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1337356777113985024/e-a...
- Retric 5y agoYea I can see it, he copied that silly forehead horns thing. Did not notice it as part of the scaled down profile image.
- Talanes 5y agoHe made text art that when printed on a T-Shirt became a facsimile of the design of a semi-recent comic (not film) Loki. The exact text is "Low Key," which as a pseudonym for Loki predates Marvel's use by at least a few years when Neil Gaiman used it for Loki in American Gods.