Susan: “Rock Band” certainly isn’t public domain. Not so sure about “Beatlemania” because the term pre-dated the stage show. The use of the “TM’s” all the time, in addition to protecting myself with “Rock Band” and possibly with “Beatlemania” (although this is obviously parody) is poking fun at the constant need to reference trademarks.
Her Maj’s line in panel 4 is a direct riff on the original advertising for the Beatlemania stage show. “It’s not the Beatles, but an amazing recreation.”
This week came to me more or less over my partner’s and my anniversary dinner (17 years this past Saturday). We were throwing gags left and right. You should see the ones that I opted not to use. (For example, the silence that met me when I said “do you think it would be in poor taste to have Mark David Chapman as an unlockable character?” killed that gag in the strip proper, but not here.)
Susan: “Rock Band” certainly isn’t public domain. Not so sure about “Beatlemania” because the term pre-dated the stage show. The use of the “TM’s” all the time, in addition to protecting myself with “Rock Band” and possibly with “Beatlemania” (although this is obviously parody) is poking fun at the constant need to reference trademarks.
Her Maj’s line in panel 4 is a direct riff on the original advertising for the Beatlemania stage show. “It’s not the Beatles, but an amazing recreation.”
This week came to me more or less over my partner’s and my anniversary dinner (17 years this past Saturday). We were throwing gags left and right. You should see the ones that I opted not to use. (For example, the silence that met me when I said “do you think it would be in poor taste to have Mark David Chapman as an unlockable character?” killed that gag in the strip proper, but not here.)