not in this context. Basically, since they’re (presumably) using it in the context of him being a cartoon character, it’s not copyright violation, since you can presume it’s exactly the same as our cartoon. actually showing the cartoon in the strip might be different though.
I loved Wile E. Coyote as a child! But when the team making it changed, the animations became predictable. The timing of the gags just didn’t work anymore.
Keep in mind, they live somewhere near Seattle, which, for the geographically challenged, is on the other side of the country from D.C.
Is it a copyright violation to mention Wile E. Coyote by name in the strip?
not in this context. Basically, since they’re (presumably) using it in the context of him being a cartoon character, it’s not copyright violation, since you can presume it’s exactly the same as our cartoon. actually showing the cartoon in the strip might be different though.
I loved Wile E. Coyote as a child! But when the team making it changed, the animations became predictable. The timing of the gags just didn’t work anymore.