Sonoma artist claims ‘Monsters, Inc’ a rip-off

Pixar has been sued by artist Stanley Mouse. Mouse created a movie treatment titled Excuse My Dust, which was set in Monster City, where the animated monster characters worked for the Monster Corporation of America. One of the characters was a green, wisecracking, ambulatory eyeball. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that a story artist from Pixar visited Mouse in 2000, and discussed Mouse’s work