Speak of the devil
I’m not going to say much about this situation as it has already been documented on another site.
No I am only listing the illustration at the center of the brewing debate to emphasize that I believe that there is nothing wrong with the visual solution chosen to tell the story. For all the people who try to augment the facts of the situation and assert that I feel this way because its not ‘my team’ or ‘my coach’ — how does that have any bearing on whether an artist has the right to do something like this?
It really doesn’t matter who the subject matter is—Coach K, the President or JC—as long as what is being depicted is on target and can hold its own in the legal arena, I think it goes.
So what’s ok to show: The Coach K illustration as depicted above.
So what’s not ok to show: Coach K naked, covered in grape jelly and having intercourse with the Butler Bulldog mascot.
Go ahead. Shake that image from your head. You’re welcome.