“Parody and fair use is a grey area in itself. Taking a well known character, mass producing merch and using it’s IP for monetary gain is a blatant infringement of copyright. However, using a well known character in a form of parody or in a satirical way can be argued that it’s protected by the Parody Law which falls under the First Amendment in the US as a form of freedom of speech. When I create a piece of art using part of a well known character, I do my best to alter and dilute that character as much as possible. For example, with my Self Loathing series, let’s take the Bat piece - what percentage of the artwork is Batman? What percentage is Morbius? By redesigning, redrawing and reconstructing these characters, I’m creating a whole new character and therefore it becomes a piece of art which stands alone. In keeping with parody art by laws, my art is not mass produced, but made on a limited scale so as not to encroach on any studio’s markets and I always put my own artistic interpretation and style into each piece so as to not mislead the market into thinking what I create is official.

I have worked with some of the largest studios in the industry including: Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Sanrio so they are aware of me and my art. I always keep my work respectful of the original character as what I create always comes from a place of love, as I do really love the cartoons I take inspiration from, and hopefully when seeing my art, it might spark the interest of the audience to actively go and search for those older shows or cartoons and grow some interest in them.”