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In 2005 Goldman authored a book entitled ''Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!''<ref>"[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Boys-Are-Stupid-Throw-Rocks-at-Them/Todd-Harris-Goldman/e/9780761135937 Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!]." ''[[Barnes & Noble]]''. Accessed September 30, 2008.</ref> which was also translated into Russian.<ref>[http://www.dkniga.ru/bookid/b0090.htm Все мальчишки - дураки! А девчонки - умницы!] (All boys are stupid! Girls are clever!) Dobraya Kniga, 2006. ISBN 5-98124-106-3.</ref> Goldman released a Boys Are Stupid - The Game based on his artwork by the same name.<ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/todd_goldman2.jpg</ref> Goldman also released Stupidopoly, a trading game.<ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman3.jpg Stupidoply Press</ref> Also in 2005, Todd Goldman started selling art in the Jack Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2005-03-24/culture/artbeat/|title=Artbeat|author=Megan Kenny|work=New Times Broward-Palm Beach}}</ref>
In 2005 Goldman authored a book entitled ''Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!''<ref>"[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Boys-Are-Stupid-Throw-Rocks-at-Them/Todd-Harris-Goldman/e/9780761135937 Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!]." ''[[Barnes & Noble]]''. Accessed September 30, 2008.</ref> which was also translated into Russian.<ref>[http://www.dkniga.ru/bookid/b0090.htm Все мальчишки - дураки! А девчонки - умницы!] (All boys are stupid! Girls are clever!) Dobraya Kniga, 2006. ISBN 5-98124-106-3.</ref> Goldman released a Boys Are Stupid - The Game based on his artwork by the same name.<ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/todd_goldman2.jpg</ref> Goldman also released Stupidopoly, a trading game.<ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman3.jpg Stupidoply Press</ref> Also in 2005, Todd Goldman started selling art in the Jack Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2005-03-24/culture/artbeat/|title=Artbeat|author=Megan Kenny|work=New Times Broward-Palm Beach}}</ref>


In 2007, Goldman was [[#Accusations of plagiarism|accused of plagiarism]]. In June 2007 Goldman began working with FOX on a show entitled ''The Uglies'', about the ugliest family in the world.<ref name=satnight>{{cite news|url=http://www.davidandgoliathco.com/nav/images/press/2007/June/satNiteMag-607.html|title=A Sketch for Success: Todd Goldman, Founder of David and Goliath|date=June 2007|publisher=''Saturday Night''|pages=43|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> In 2008, Goldman teamed up with [[Ashton Kutcher]] and Kutcher's production partner [[Jason Goldberg]] to design an animated original series as seen through the eyes of a group of teenage girls called ''BLAHgirls.com''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/ashton-kutcher.html|title=Ashton Kutcher at TechCrunch50: Blah, Blah, Blah|last=Guynn|first=Jessica |date=2008-09-09|publisher=latimesblogs.latimes.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> In 2008, Goldman was [[#No means no... slogan|criticized by feminist groups for a shirt alluding to rape]].<ref>http://goarticles.com/article/Todd-Goldman/3087042/{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>
In 2007, Goldman was [[#Accusations of plagiarism|accused of plagiarism]]. In June 2007 Goldman began working with FOX on a show entitled ''The Uglies'', about the ugliest family in the world.<ref name=satnight>{{cite news|url=http://www.davidandgoliathco.com/nav/images/press/2007/June/satNiteMag-607.html |title=A Sketch for Success: Todd Goldman, Founder of David and Goliath |date=June 2007 |publisher=''Saturday Night'' |pages=43 |accessdate=2009-02-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327150552/http://www.davidandgoliathco.com:80/nav/images/press/2007/June/satNiteMag-607.html |archivedate=2009-03-27 |df= }}</ref> In 2008, Goldman teamed up with [[Ashton Kutcher]] and Kutcher's production partner [[Jason Goldberg]] to design an animated original series as seen through the eyes of a group of teenage girls called ''BLAHgirls.com''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/ashton-kutcher.html|title=Ashton Kutcher at TechCrunch50: Blah, Blah, Blah|last=Guynn|first=Jessica |date=2008-09-09|publisher=latimesblogs.latimes.com|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref> In 2008, Goldman was [[#No means no... slogan|criticized by feminist groups for a shirt alluding to rape]].<ref>http://goarticles.com/article/Todd-Goldman/3087042/{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>


In 2009, Goldman released two children's books with [[Random House]] Publishing – ''The Zoo I Drew'' and ''Animal Soup''. The books were published under his [[pen name]] of "Todd H. Doodler".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Zoo-Drew-Todd-Doodler/dp/0375852018|title=Amazon.com: The Zoo I Drew (9780375852015): Todd H. Doodler: Books|work=amazon.com}}</ref><ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman_Random_House.doc</ref>
In 2009, Goldman released two children's books with [[Random House]] Publishing – ''The Zoo I Drew'' and ''Animal Soup''. The books were published under his [[pen name]] of "Todd H. Doodler".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Zoo-Drew-Todd-Doodler/dp/0375852018|title=Amazon.com: The Zoo I Drew (9780375852015): Todd H. Doodler: Books|work=amazon.com}}</ref><ref>http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman_Random_House.doc</ref>
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{{Main|"Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" controversy}}


Goldman's work became the target of criticism: in 2004, [[Los Angeles]] based radio host and men's rights activist [[Glenn Sacks]] initiated a campaign against the "Boys are Stupid..." T-shirts claiming that they were part of a general societal mood that stigmatized and victimized boys.<ref>http://www.hisside.com/campaign_boys_are.htm - Accessed: April 10, 2007</ref> The campaign led to the line of shirts being pulled from several thousand retailers across the United States in 2005, including [[Dapy]], [[K-Mart]], [[Disney Store]], and [[Nordstrom]].<ref>"[http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/images/people.html Guy Trouble]." ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. June 6, 2005.</ref> [[Masculist]] groups claimed that the shirts support [[Misandry|anti-male sentiments]]. Others wrote that they encourage children to become participants in the battle of the sexes.<ref>Jeffrey Zaslow. [http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/movingon/20050422-movingon.html 'Evaluating the Latest Twist In the Battle of the Sexes'.] ''The Wall Street Journal Online'' 22 April 2005.</ref><ref>Clay Evans. [http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/opinion_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2490_3964393,00.html Recruiting Kids into Gender Wars'.] ''Daily Camera'' 30 July 2005.</ref> Goldman was named as number 97 on [[Bernard Goldberg]]'s 2005 list of ''[[100 People Who Are Screwing Up America]]''. Goldberg also criticized Goldman's slogans for being part of what he called a boy-bashing craze, in which the makers of related products do not realize (or do not care) that young men have higher rates of [[Clinical depression|depression]] and [[suicide]] than young women in America. Goldman responded to the criticism, stating that he "hopes to be ranked higher next year."<ref>[http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/index.php?mode=CW Who is Todd?] - Accessed: April 10, 2007</ref>
Goldman's work became the target of criticism: in 2004, [[Los Angeles]] based radio host and men's rights activist [[Glenn Sacks]] initiated a campaign against the "Boys are Stupid..." T-shirts claiming that they were part of a general societal mood that stigmatized and victimized boys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hisside.com/campaign_boys_are.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-05-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727093706/http://hisside.com:80/campaign_boys_are.htm |archivedate=2009-07-27 |df= }} - Accessed: April 10, 2007</ref> The campaign led to the line of shirts being pulled from several thousand retailers across the United States in 2005, including [[Dapy]], [[K-Mart]], [[Disney Store]], and [[Nordstrom]].<ref>"[http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/images/people.html Guy Trouble]." ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. June 6, 2005.</ref> [[Masculist]] groups claimed that the shirts support [[Misandry|anti-male sentiments]]. Others wrote that they encourage children to become participants in the battle of the sexes.<ref>Jeffrey Zaslow. [http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/movingon/20050422-movingon.html 'Evaluating the Latest Twist In the Battle of the Sexes'.] ''The Wall Street Journal Online'' 22 April 2005.</ref><ref>Clay Evans. [http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/opinion_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2490_3964393,00.html Recruiting Kids into Gender Wars'.] ''Daily Camera'' 30 July 2005.</ref> Goldman was named as number 97 on [[Bernard Goldberg]]'s 2005 list of ''[[100 People Who Are Screwing Up America]]''. Goldberg also criticized Goldman's slogans for being part of what he called a boy-bashing craze, in which the makers of related products do not realize (or do not care) that young men have higher rates of [[Clinical depression|depression]] and [[suicide]] than young women in America. Goldman responded to the criticism, stating that he "hopes to be ranked higher next year."<ref>[http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/index.php?mode=CW Who is Todd?] - Accessed: April 10, 2007</ref>


===Plagiarism===
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| accessdate = 2007-05-16}}</ref> Goldman later reported that the poster distributors came back.<ref name="Sense"/>
| accessdate = 2007-05-16}}</ref> Goldman later reported that the poster distributors came back.<ref name="Sense"/>


In an interview with ''[[Sense magazine|Sense]]'' magazine, Goldman said, "I guess what happened was this: I have a whole design team that works back in Florida creating t-shirts for me. And then I take some of these images and make paintings out of them. If we do 50 t-shirts a month we probably create over 300 images to narrow down to those 50. Listen, I couldn't paint in my lifetime the amount of stuff that we've done. I thought that image was created internally within 'David and Goliath'. I guess the original idea came from that Kelly guy which one of my artists had seen. We changed it to "Please God Make All my Friends Fat," because the Die wouldn't sell on T-shirts. But I thought it'd make a great painting. So I painted two images from it. 5 months later it was hanging in this gallery and someone saw it and started this whole Internet thing. When I found out it wasn't our image, I apologized to the guy and gave him the full proceeds for the sale of the paintings. They sold for $10,000. So I didn't profit from him. There was no lawsuit from it. But then a whole can of worms opens up and suddenly I'm knocking off everyone apparently."<ref name="Sense">{{cite news|url=http://www.davidandgoliathco.com/nav/images/press/2007/Nov/senseMag-11_07.html|title=Todd Goldman: The Professional Doodler|publisher=''Sense''|pages=33|accessdate=2009-02-24}}</ref>
In an interview with ''[[Sense magazine|Sense]]'' magazine, Goldman said, "I guess what happened was this: I have a whole design team that works back in Florida creating t-shirts for me. And then I take some of these images and make paintings out of them. If we do 50 t-shirts a month we probably create over 300 images to narrow down to those 50. Listen, I couldn't paint in my lifetime the amount of stuff that we've done. I thought that image was created internally within 'David and Goliath'. I guess the original idea came from that Kelly guy which one of my artists had seen. We changed it to "Please God Make All my Friends Fat," because the Die wouldn't sell on T-shirts. But I thought it'd make a great painting. So I painted two images from it. 5 months later it was hanging in this gallery and someone saw it and started this whole Internet thing. When I found out it wasn't our image, I apologized to the guy and gave him the full proceeds for the sale of the paintings. They sold for $10,000. So I didn't profit from him. There was no lawsuit from it. But then a whole can of worms opens up and suddenly I'm knocking off everyone apparently."<ref name="Sense">{{cite news|url=http://www.davidandgoliathco.com/nav/images/press/2007/Nov/senseMag-11_07.html |title=Todd Goldman: The Professional Doodler |publisher=''Sense'' |pages=33 |accessdate=2009-02-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327113755/http://www.davidandgoliathco.com:80/nav/images/press/2007/Nov/senseMag-11_07.html |archivedate=2009-03-27 |df= }}</ref>


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Todd H. Goldman
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Florida

Todd Harris Goldman is an American entrepreneur and the founder of David and Goliath, a merchandise company that produces clothing, posters and other merchandise featuring a variety of slogans based on older designs. According to the Wall Street Journal, the sales volume of David and Goliath was 90 million USD in 2004.[1] Goldman came under fire in 2004 and 2008 for controversial slogans, and in 2007 for plagiarism.

Early life

Goldman began drawing pictures in elementary school. Goldman later attended the University of Florida where he graduated with a degree in accounting. He then worked as a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers before his career was abruptly ended when he was part of a fraudulent audit in the late 90's which led to a lawsuit.[2] Unable to continue in finance, Goldman began drawing pictures again.

Launch of company

Goldman launched D&G in 2000, in Clearwater, Florida. Primarily a clothing company, D&G also produces sleepwear with various designs, books, bags, and other accessories. Goldman achieved some notoriety for printing merchandise containing "boy-bashing" slogans, including "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!", "Boys are smelly", "Boys have cooties", etc. These are featured on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and other accessories. In 2004, Goldman was criticized for the slogans.

In 2005 Goldman authored a book entitled Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them![3] which was also translated into Russian.[4] Goldman released a Boys Are Stupid - The Game based on his artwork by the same name.[5] Goldman also released Stupidopoly, a trading game.[6] Also in 2005, Todd Goldman started selling art in the Jack Gallery.[7]

In 2007, Goldman was accused of plagiarism. In June 2007 Goldman began working with FOX on a show entitled The Uglies, about the ugliest family in the world.[8] In 2008, Goldman teamed up with Ashton Kutcher and Kutcher's production partner Jason Goldberg to design an animated original series as seen through the eyes of a group of teenage girls called BLAHgirls.com.[9] In 2008, Goldman was criticized by feminist groups for a shirt alluding to rape.[10]

In 2009, Goldman released two children's books with Random House Publishing – The Zoo I Drew and Animal Soup. The books were published under his pen name of "Todd H. Doodler".[11][12]

Controversies

"Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" controversy

Main article: "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" controversy

Goldman's work became the target of criticism: in 2004, Los Angeles based radio host and men's rights activist Glenn Sacks initiated a campaign against the "Boys are Stupid..." T-shirts claiming that they were part of a general societal mood that stigmatized and victimized boys.[13] The campaign led to the line of shirts being pulled from several thousand retailers across the United States in 2005, including Dapy, K-Mart, Disney Store, and Nordstrom.[14] Masculist groups claimed that the shirts support anti-male sentiments. Others wrote that they encourage children to become participants in the battle of the sexes.[15][16] Goldman was named as number 97 on Bernard Goldberg's 2005 list of 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. Goldberg also criticized Goldman's slogans for being part of what he called a boy-bashing craze, in which the makers of related products do not realize (or do not care) that young men have higher rates of depression and suicide than young women in America. Goldman responded to the criticism, stating that he "hopes to be ranked higher next year."[17]

Plagiarism

In April 2007, Goldman was accused of plagiarism by webcartoonist Dave "Shmorky" Kelly, in a post on the Something Awful forums,[18] saying that Goldman's piece "Dear God Make Everyone Die" was traced directly from a 2001 Purple Pussy comic by Kelly. Mike Tyndall maintains a page which summarizes the original Something Awful thread,[19] at which dozens of images are compared, with the claim that Goldman plagiarized many artists.

On May 3, 2007, Goldman's publicity agent announced that Goldman (who initially dismissed the controversy as "false accusations and blogging" in the contact with the media) and Kelly had reached a settlement: Goldman would pay Kelly the money he earned from the paintings and Kelly would drop the case. Goldman's art dealer said that several art galleries stopped showing Goldman's work and the wholesalers who buy Goldman's posters canceled their orders and asked for refunds for unsold stock. "I lost the three biggest poster distributors in America," his art dealer, Jack Solomon, said.[20] Goldman later reported that the poster distributors came back.[21]

In an interview with Sense magazine, Goldman said, "I guess what happened was this: I have a whole design team that works back in Florida creating t-shirts for me. And then I take some of these images and make paintings out of them. If we do 50 t-shirts a month we probably create over 300 images to narrow down to those 50. Listen, I couldn't paint in my lifetime the amount of stuff that we've done. I thought that image was created internally within 'David and Goliath'. I guess the original idea came from that Kelly guy which one of my artists had seen. We changed it to "Please God Make All my Friends Fat," because the Die wouldn't sell on T-shirts. But I thought it'd make a great painting. So I painted two images from it. 5 months later it was hanging in this gallery and someone saw it and started this whole Internet thing. When I found out it wasn't our image, I apologized to the guy and gave him the full proceeds for the sale of the paintings. They sold for $10,000. So I didn't profit from him. There was no lawsuit from it. But then a whole can of worms opens up and suddenly I'm knocking off everyone apparently."[21]

References

  1. ^ Zaslow, Jeffrey (April 21, 2005). "Girl Power As Boy Bashing: Evaluating the Latest Twist in the War of the Sexes". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ "Fund or Die". www.leasingnews.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ "Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them!." Barnes & Noble. Accessed September 30, 2008.
  4. ^ Все мальчишки - дураки! А девчонки - умницы! (All boys are stupid! Girls are clever!) Dobraya Kniga, 2006. ISBN 5-98124-106-3.
  5. ^ http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/todd_goldman2.jpg
  6. ^ http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman3.jpg Stupidoply Press
  7. ^ Megan Kenny. "Artbeat". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
  8. ^ "A Sketch for Success: Todd Goldman, Founder of David and Goliath". Saturday Night. June 2007. p. 43. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-02-24. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Guynn, Jessica (2008-09-09). "Ashton Kutcher at TechCrunch50: Blah, Blah, Blah". latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  10. ^ http://goarticles.com/article/Todd-Goldman/3087042/[dead link]
  11. ^ "Amazon.com: The Zoo I Drew (9780375852015): Todd H. Doodler: Books". amazon.com.
  12. ^ http://www.toddharrisgoldman.com/press/Todd_Goldman_Random_House.doc
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-05-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Accessed: April 10, 2007
  14. ^ "Guy Trouble." People. June 6, 2005.
  15. ^ Jeffrey Zaslow. 'Evaluating the Latest Twist In the Battle of the Sexes'. The Wall Street Journal Online 22 April 2005.
  16. ^ Clay Evans. Recruiting Kids into Gender Wars'. Daily Camera 30 July 2005.
  17. ^ Who is Todd? - Accessed: April 10, 2007
  18. ^ "Holy cow, Todd (Goliath) Goldman ripped me off!". 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  19. ^ Todd Goldman: Art Thief?, miketyndall.com
  20. ^ Rosenbaum, S.I. (May 8, 2007). "Artist's work looked familiar". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2007-05-16. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  21. ^ a b "Todd Goldman: The Professional Doodler". Sense. p. 33. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-02-24. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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