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Rock legend Gene Simmons' son in manga plagiarism storm

Amid reports of Nick Simmons' manga publisher pulling his work, "Bleach" author Tite Kubo tweets his surprise at hearing Gene Simmons' son is a manga artist
 
Nick Simmons Nick Simmons performing at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego.

Anime News Network is reporting that American company Radical Publishing has ceased its distribution of comic "Incarnate" -- created by 21 year-old artist and musician Nick Simmons, son of KISS bassist Gene Simmons. The reason? Websites in the American otaku community have accused "Incarnate" of borrowing from Tite Kubo's ultra-popular manga title "Bleach."

Side-by-side analysis of the images can be seen here.

After receiving numerous messages from American fans, Kubo made a public statement about the uproar on his Twitter account. His first message expressed confusion over the affair, but his second message cut to the heart of the matter (our translation): "More than whether his comic looks like mine, I'm intrigued by the fact that Gene Simmons' son is a manga artist."

There's no official response from Nick Simmons as of yet (other than some Facebook messages of unknown authenticity) so the full story is yet to be heard.

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I think you have too much time on your hands to be discussing such utter nonsense. What a waste of space, buy a book, volunteer, do something, this is such nonsense. Oh, how about getting a job!

Hell yeah Gamefaqs got em ! All credit to Gamefaqs !
Kudos to karenai, debbiechan, aizome and all the fans at bleachness for organizing that page and calling attention to the story. Kubo is one cool dude.
^ What a load of BS, bleachfan. Bleachness got their information from Bleach Asylum, who got their information from gamefaqs. http://bleachasylum.com/threads/14479-Nick-Simmons-Bleach-rip-off And CorpusDei was the one who looked up the first few of comparisons. Bleachness even CREDITS him: "Thanks to CorpusDei from this Bleach Asylum thread for this first batch of comparisons." Get your facts straight.
I never said they broke the story. They asked people to write to VIZ and stuff. "Get your facts straight. " Hello Lady O.

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