Okay.
the term homage means 'special honour'.
but this guy just blatantly used the word and called it as upright theft.
yes, nick simmons.
Here's a link of what He did with his manga
Incarnate. or something. whatever. i dont care.
http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/446299.htmlThats plain stealing.
Just see the picture of Kenpachi and Ulquiorra.
the Ichigo's face one too.
Please, similarity is like 99%.
Poor manga writers, getting a response of "i-draw-them-in-a-whole-week-just-to-ge
t-it-stolen-into-a-manga-nick-wrote".
i know its not right to be publicly letting people see this, but still i emphasize that the diff. is just tooo much.
okay, this is responce i found online by other people.
Chris
March 1, 2010 at 1:18 pm
I didn't realize homage was a synonym for tracing.
Nick Simmons should just claim he's an inker.
Cassandra
March 1, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I didn't realise that plagiarism = 'homage' now. I think Nick Simmons needs to get himself a god-damn dictionary and realise that the two words have very different meanings.
LightningBug
March 1, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I've seen some overlay comparisons of the artwork in question and in my opinion calling it an homage is a cop-out. Its lazy and its insulting to the majority of artists in the industry who are responsible for their own work. At least the creator of the work he blatantly plagiarized doesn't seem to mind that much. I don't think I'd be so kind about it if I had created work that was so flagrantly lifted. Simmons has a lot of nerve to try and play it off as a flattering homage to creators he respects. This shows a total lack of respect for artists, and for a medium he claims to love and by which he claims to be inspired.
Drexell
March 1, 2010 at 2:11 pm
While I feel that Nick Simmons is a talentless hack riding his father's coat tails for an instant entrance into the world of comics, two things come to mind:
1. If it wasn't obvious that Nick was using other people's artwork for personal gain, and claiming it was his own, Radical wouldn't have canceled his comic in such a rush. Everyone with half a brain can clearly see that this was NOT homage, it was out-and-out theft.
2. If David Mack can get away with it, so must Nick Simmons. The precedent has already been established.
Michael
March 1, 2010 at 4:19 pm
So.... Nick's response to criticism i.e. "owning up to it" is "I didn't steal anything. You're all wrong."
Wow. Good luck trying that defense in a court of law.
Spoiled 21 year old brat.
If you take a peek at Nick's deviantart page, you can see some of his actual, original "artwork." It would probably stand up to a mildly talented third grader's, but it's nowhere near the caliber of his tracework featured in "Incarnate."
You pay homage to revered artists by dropping subtle mentions of their work, not by repeating entire panels and character design. The best thing he could have done was admit he made some poor decisions, apologize to the artists he stole from, and abandon his pursuit of becoming a mangaka (which is hilarious for entirely different reasons...)
Check it out for yourselves:
http://letsleepinggodslie.deviantart.com/ (his drawing rokks*)