in january 2014, labeouf spoke about the plagiarism accusations with "bleeding cool" writer rich johnston, where he stated that he saw copyright laws as too restrictive and that it did not allow for ideas to flow freely. labeouf later tweeted a description of his next project, "daniel boring" (a reference to "david boring", another comic created by clowes). the description of the project was also taken word-for-word from a description by clowes of his comic. clowes' attorney, michael kump, has since sent a cease-and-desist letter to labeouf's attorney, which labeouf posted on twitter.