First of all, I'm not big fan of lawsuits, and I admit that it would probably go nowhere, but Dreamwoirks has this movie called Kung Fu Panda, and well, I hate to be a noog, but I have had a character named Kung Fu Rabbit for 15-16 years or so. Is it close enough to where I have a case and is it worth pursuing?

No, unless you've got some kind of corner on the Kung-Fu animal franchise. I've had Kung-fu lemur for ages.

It's just as Mapa said.


If you look at it rationally, you'd notice the following:

Kung-fu panda is all about the animals that of which the different martial arts styles were named after. Enter Panada, who wants to be equally as famous that he would have an martial art style named after him. He isn't on any viligate-style missions, and this is basically an cheesy comedy movie.

Kung-fu rabbit is all about the serect lives of rabbits, and one rabbit trying to make the world right again by being an viligate. certainly a lot more serious than Kung-fu panada is.

two different stories competely.... with only martial arts linking the two in simlaries.

I know you feel annoyed, conidsering that Kung-ku rabbit is your "baby", so to speak... but that's life for you.

Every good idea you might have, it's just as likely that somebody thought of something simlar.

With the resources at DreamWorks's disposal and the resources which (I assume) are available to you, almost certainly not. Especially since it would be very difficult to prove anyone at DW had ever seen your comic.

You could probably sue mapaghimagsik, though!
;-)

yes, you should.

Has Hanna Barbara, the creators of "Hong Kong Phooey" sued you?

To add to what other people said, you'd have to think Dreamworks got their idea after they saw you comic and decided to steal it. Do you really think your comic is what influenced the creation of Kung Fu panda? Would you really feel good about taking money from Dreamworks even if they had no idea your comic existed?

I'd love to think Disney ripped off my comic when they made Enchanted, but I'm sure it's not the case. And if two separate people came up with pretty similar ideas, I'm pretty comfortable with the fact that my ideas may not be all that original.

By the way, keep an eye out for Skunk Fu, a brand new animal-kung-fu adventure premiering on Cartoon Network.

In Soviet Russia, Dreamworks sue you!

In short, I've got nothing to add here, other than genuine amusement that my Hakbang Millipede takes all comers!

Well, I guess the people have spoken. Now for the next phase of my plan, how do I turn the 'buzz' surrounding Kung Fu Panda to my advantage?

1. spam your comic is at kung-fu sites and young-oriented sites like GaiaOnline.com.

2. Hype it up for the various crowds who loves the following: rabbits, Kung-fu, And so on.

3. Profit.

probably bad advice though... that may just come off as annoying.

My lawyers will be in touch. Oh wait, I don't have one . Hmmmmm....

Maybe you should try suing THESE GUYS FIRST.
or this person?
or this one?

It's my understanding that there is also an indie rock band in England by that name.

You're a moron for seriously considering this.

No need to name call, this was done tongue-in-cheek.

Maybe not! My friend's band accused Coldplay of stealing their latest song from them and they've gotten international news out of it! Don't expect to win a lawsuit, but you might get some publicity out of the deal, if you can come up with a case that is at least sort of convincing.

Should be automatic. Provided you're listed in Google, people will accidentally visit your site. To cement it, mention pandas haphazardly in your author's notes.

(I get extra accidental-Google hits on my comic at the beginning of college semesters. )

Wow... this reminds me of when a Japanese company made some sort of show involving Valkyries. Except that it looked like a blatant ripoff of Super Generation Vakyrie Yuuki (I think that's the name of the comic)...