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Follow Up of the Day: Nick Simmons has finally responded to allegations of plagiarism levied against him for “certain similarities” between his recently halted manga miniseries Incarnate and Tite Kubo’s Bleach.
In a statement released through Comics Worth Reading, Simmons calls the similarities “an homage”:
Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any Manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went too far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all Manga. This is the nature of the medium. I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.
Tite Kubo said earlier via Twitter that he was “more interested in the fact that Gene Simmons’ son is a mangaka than whether he’s plagiarizing me or not.”
What say you? “Bad artists imitate, Great artists steal”?
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Follow Up of the Day: Nick Simmons has finally responded to allegations of plagiarism levied against him for “certain similarities” between his recently halted manga miniseries Incarnate and Tite Kubo’s Bleach.
In a statement released through Comics Worth Reading, Simmons calls the similarities “an homage”:
Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any Manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went too far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all Manga. This is the nature of the medium. I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.
Tite Kubo said earlier via Twitter that he was “more interested in the fact that Gene Simmons’ son is a mangaka than whether he’s plagiarizing me or not.”
What say you? “Bad artists imitate, Great artists steal”?
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