Today's Bizarro may not be reproduced in any manner – electronic, mechanical, oragami, mime, Kabuki, opera or interpretive dance – without express written consent, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in the original text of the Bhagavad Gita.People write to me all the time to ask if they can use my cartoons for everything under the sun: blogs, presentations, web sites, advertising, books, newsletters, T-shirts,
tattoos, you name it. A lot of cartoonists are super uptight about reprints and don't allow anything without attaching big fees. I, on the other hand, am the
Zen Groovy Love Doctor of reprints and have very simple rules:
The answer is
"yes, you may" if:
1. You ask
nicely.2.It is a not-for-profit use like your personal website or a charity thing. As long as your website or your charity do not stand for something I oppose, like electing
John McBush for president or
dairy products.
3. You have a for-profit use like a book or advertisment, but have asked permission and paid a fee. The fee is based on the size of the use. Tiny self-published book/tiny money – big international publication from a major publishing house/bigger money.
4. You have members of my family in your custody and threaten them bodily harm if I
do not relent.The answer is
"no, sorry" if:
1. You are
a jerk.
2. Your usage promotes
something I don't agree with, like (see #2 above.)
3.You have had members of my family in your custody and threatened them bodily harm but I managed to
rescue them.
Short answer, if you want to use one of my cartoons for any reason – from a T-shirt to a mural on the side of your cargo ship – just ask me. My electronic door is
always open.
