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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Bill Ward (cartoonist)
Description

Cover, Torchy #5, Quality Comics (defunct company) - July 1950. Cover artist Bill Ward (both pencils and inks per GCD)
Source

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/13512/400/13512_4_005.jpg
Article

Bill Ward (cartoonist)
Portion used

Full cover of comic book
Low resolution?

Low-resolution image unsuitable for high-end reproduction.
Purpose of use

Sole depiction of the artist's signature character in an article about the artist and his work
Replaceable?

No free use image available.
Other information Copyright information unknown. Publisher became defunct in mid-1950s. Some properties were acquired by DC, but no indication exists that the character Torchy was among them.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Torchy
Description

Cover, Torchy #5, Quality Comics (defunct company) - July 1950. Cover artist Bill Ward (both pencils and inks per GCD)
Source

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/13512/400/13512_4_005.jpg
Article

Torchy
Portion used

Full cover of comic book
Low resolution?

Low-resolution image unsuitable for high-end reproduction.
Purpose of use

Sole depiction of comics character that is the subject of the article
Replaceable?

No free use image available.
Other information Copyright information unknown. Publisher became defunct in mid-1950s. Some properties were acquired by DC, but no indication exists that the character Torchy was among them.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Good girl art
Description

Cover, Torchy #5, Quality Comics (defunct company) - July 1950. Cover artist Bill Ward (both pencils and inks per GCD)
Source

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/13512/400/13512_4_005.jpg
Article

Good girl art
Portion used

Full cover of comic book
Low resolution?

Low-resolution image unsuitable for high-end reproduction.
Purpose of use

One of two representative images in an article about the topic that the image illustrates, the cartooning school known as "good girl art." The late atist Bill Ward is acknowledged as one of the masters of the form, and Torchy is his signature character.
Replaceable?

No free use image available.
Other information Copyright information unknown. Publisher became defunct in mid-1950s. Some properties were acquired by DC, but no indication exists that the character Torchy was among them.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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