vga256Mar 14, 2024

little story for tonight.

while i was goofing around with #globalTalk, I ended up searching for some old Simpsons icons for my classic Macintosh (an LC 475), and stumbled upon an entry on the garden called Banned Simpsons Icons. (Who could resist downloading something with a title like that?)

They were called the "Banned Simpsons Icons" because Fox once sent the artist - Jeanette Foshee - a cease & desist letter for her uncannily perfect renderings of the copyrighted characters. they planned on suing her for every penny she made ($0.00) on them. this was back in 1995.

i thought - hell, what a wild story. why don't I get a hold of the artist - jeanette - and find out more about her banned icon set?

what i stumbled upon broke my heart, and i ended up spending a week digitally preserving what i could find.

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Show threadFlamekebab
@vga256 there's something really bleak about that obituary. It talks about her time in school - what about her life after that?!
Mar 14, 2024 at 10:01amWeb
Show threadvga256Mar 14, 2024
@Flamekebab sometimes i see people who just - disappear - after a certain point in their lives. they turn inwards and never quite re-emerge, and their best/only memories are all of times 20-30 years earlier. even jeanette's own home page doesn't cover her life after university.
Show threadFlamekebabMar 14, 2024
@vga256 I suspect it's disturbingly common. I am of the firm belief that identity building should explicitly be part of people's upbringing. Fading into the background as an adult is both bad for the individual and the society as it leaves people vulnerable to being preyed on by people selling an identity (pushy religions, political movements, over-commercialised sports teams, etc..).