Harvard Crimson Discontinues Copying Cartoonist’s Feature, Retracts Cartoons

The Harvard Crimson has discontinued its relationship with a student cartoonist accused of copying several high-profile editorial cartoonists' works, and has retracted a pair of the worst offenders, reacting to news yesterday of multiple "similiarities." The New York Sun has the most concise, linktastic profile.

This touches on a lot of issues -- the inability today for cartoonists to copy without eventually being caught, how a single catch can lead to multiple exposures because of work stored on-line after publication, the role that high-profile student newspapers play as both legitimate publications and as possible indicators of trends fortunate and unfortunate, and even the fact that editorial cartoonists can latch onto the same ideas and visual iconography.

Although the articles out this morning seem to note that the cartoonists from which the student cartoonist borrowed will not take action, it's unclear if the student will be subject to any honor code violations or the like. I would guess not.
 
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