Nick Simmons: Plagiarist!

[Xylia]

Even though it's been out since June, Nick Simmons' (son of Gene Simmons of KISS fame) comic, "Incarnate," has not garnered much of a buzz until recently, when fans noticed that one of his panels was copypasta of a panel in Bleach. Since then, people have been scrutinizing "Incarnate" and many more such pages have come out of the woodwork. In addition to copypasta, Simmons has also taken designs, poses, scanlation lines, and more from the following animanga: Hellsing, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Nana. Not only has he taken from them, but he has also plagiarized a popular fanart of Bleach.

Simmons' publisher, "Radical Publishing," has issued a statement that "Incarnate" will be put out of print until a decision on this issue has been reached. VIZ, SHUEISHA, and Kubo Tite himself have all been contacted on this issue.

For evidence, please check this out (for those unfamiliar with Bleach or Incarnate, most of the Bleach ones are b+w):

NOTE: none of these observations were made by me; they're all credited at the source!


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FANART



HELLSING




MIX

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+ Greed from FMA, but I can't find a good picture


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There are more comparisons at the source for all those interested.

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Other links of interest:
Incarnate Wikipedia Entry
His deviantArt & his first journal entry in which he proclaims "
If you steal my artwork, you will pay. In cash. "
A clip of his father, suing over loss of integrity over similar makeup.

[Judge]

wow...doesn't get any worse than this

[ShadownetZero]

lol fail.....

I demand death note copy-pasta proof!

[herunumen]

Wow this is really blatant. How could he think people would not notice? The sheer number of anime fans makes that an impossibility. This is a fail.

[dominus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH

[dominus]

4chan has to see this

[Xylia]

@zack:
The DN plagiarism is more subtle (see edited post)

@chad:
Lol I'm too lazy to check if this has already been posted to /a/.

[ceredron]

this has been AAALLLLLLL over /a/ for a little while now. It's hilarious to see how obvious this kid pretty much just copypastad his comic.

"I was inspired"... there was a troll thread earlier about his crying on his facebook status... I can almost believe it wasn't a troll

[ShadownetZero]

From wiki:

Aug 5, 2009 2:40:00 GMT -5 @Gene Simmons said:

"Well, first off, the art simply wasn't good enough. The people at IDW must have had the patience of saints to deal with the chicken scratch I turned in to them. My art was messy and juvenile. Amateur at best. I'm nowhere near pro now, to be sure, but I'm miles beyond what i used to be, especially in character design and overall neatness. And, with the help of Nam Kim and his team, the book has really turned into something I can be proud of."

So it must have been like this:

1) Simmons draws his comic.
2) Publisher: "lolol u cant draw, gtfo noob".
3) Simmons: qq
4) Simmons reads manga for inspiration.
5) Simmons reads more manga for "inspiration".
6) Publisher: "cool art bro".
7) Simmons: "i kno rite".
8) Simmons gets publisher deal.
9) Simmons realizes he's not the only american into Japanese manga.
10) ????
11) PROFIT!!! LAWSUIT!!!

[Xylia]

@mike

I know it's probably been around (since he did publish it in June!)

But until it was posted at Bleachness, it wasn't treated as a big deal (eg the publishers and creators were all contacted a few days ago!)

[sapphi]

AHAHAHAHHAHHHAHA Total hilarity!!!

[ceredron]

Yeah, Chad just showed me a panel that pretty much was spinzaku. It's like this kid traced over bleach panels and colored them slightly differently.

[ShadownetZero]

Or just colored them.....

[Xylia]

NEW STUFF

[ShadownetZero]

SPINZAKU!

Also, massive lulz at the last one. Copy-pasta much?