Punisher Logo

[Ben]

For some reason several stories popped up in my news feed about the Punisher logo changing. I knew there was always a demographic that complained about it being "co-opted" by the military, etc., but it was interesting to see that they claim that BLM "reclaimed" it.

So you may be thinking, why the sudden change? The logo has had quite a history after being controversially adopted by sources outside of the comic books. Right-wing groups, the US military, and the police force during the BLM protests all took the logo on as an emblem giving it negative connotations. However, the logo was then reclaimed by the BLM movement in 2020, and was sold on t-shirts to raise money for Black Lives Matter.

https://www.creativebloq.com/news/punisher-logo-replaced

[WLJ]

It was reclaimed by BLM?

There's a link in the above article to another "explaining" that.
Apparently when BLM takes something they're actually reclaiming it.

Punisher creator campaigns to reclaim controversial skull logo for Black Lives Matter
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/punisher-blm

[Hawkmoon]

The article suggests that it is the creator of The Punisher who is "reclaiming" the logo, with proceeds from sales going to BLM. That's reason enough for me to never buy one of his tee shirts.

That said, the notion of encouraging redesigns and referring to them as "reclaiming the logo" is a massive disconnect. A logo is a logo. A redesign of a logo by a third party is a derivative work.

[WLJ]

For some that reason that aspect slipped past my brain 
Lack of sleep and lack of caffeine are my excuses