The latest cover of the Belgian magazine Humo—which I’d never heard of before but which my poor translation skills cause me to believe is a cross between the National Lampoon and Spy—has caught the attention of Walt Disney’s army of lawyers, which is never a good thing. (Just ask Dan O’Neill and the Air Pirates.)

The cover, by the artist Jeroom, features Winnie the Pooh bludgeoning Piglet with a hammer while Eeyore and Tigger watch on. The image is supposedly illustrating a story on near-death experiences. (Though, if you ask me, if anyone deserves to get bludgeoned to death with a hammer, it’s that Eeyore, who as far as I’m concerned has been asking for it for years.)

Disney’s lawyers are supposedly investigating their options, while Humo is defending its actions as parody. Here in the U.S., the claim of satire would certainly protect Humo, but I have no idea whether that’s considered a sufficient defense internationally.

I’m assuming that the magazine is on solid ground, but is there anyone out there with a better understanding of international trademark and copyright law who can give a definitive answer?