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> It also occurred to me that OWS could use some good cartoons and
> cartoonists who could rip the powers that be several new openings of the
> disgusting sort.
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One interesting sidenote: the comics/animation commons (underground artists, comics, fanzines, etc.) were important influences on the digital commons. The links are especially obvious in videogame culture. The lineage looks something like this:
Comics commons (especially Japan, US, Eastern Europe) + music commons (especially punk, reggae and hip hop) + information commons (open source) + transnational audience = videogame culture.
-- DRR