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coffeesp00ns  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My Dad, Gene Simmons, Is Full of Shit and So Are You

whom plagiarized which?





user-inactivated  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nick Simmons plagiarized a Japanese Comic Book. He was an ass about it when he got called out. The internet had some lawls. 15 minutes later, everyone forgot.

kleinbl00  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To be fair - he plaigiarized BLEACH. It's kind of like if a big-time Japanese animator were revealed to have ripped off Paranorman or The Box Trolls.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ahhhh. I had no idea.

I find it interesting how much you can miss when you step away from the pulp mill of the internet. I miss so much by choosing what to consume, but at the same time, do I really miss anything?

tacocat  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Comic fandom stirs itself into self contained little shit storms anyway so it'd be easy to miss. Miracleman is my favorite such controversy since it took about twenty years to resolve and is impossible to explain without a working knowledge of the players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelman

Even the difference in the name I used and the Wiki article is a drawn out explanation.

A guy who became a seminal writer wrote a seminal story using characters with murky ownership. Another guy of dubious morals tried to buy the company that published the American version to use the character as he saw fit. Neil Gaiman says, "STFU," to that guy and raises a bunch of money to resolve the issue and finish the story he started after the Original Creator appointed him to continue the story.

Niche subjects get really weird drama.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Niche subjects get really weird drama.

Oh man, do they ever. I can relate.