Incarnate (comics)

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An overlay comparison between two illustrations; one from Incarnate (color), and one from Bleach (grayscale). This (and similarities in other pages to other manga illustrations) leads some to believe that Nick Simmons plagarized various notable manga works.

Incarnate is a comic book series created, written and penciled by Nick Simmons and published by Radical Comics. Incarnate was first published in August 2009. It is published in a miniseries format.

Description

The comic book series is about a fictional species of creatures, Revenants. The Revenants are almost immortal as they can regenerate their bodies. The storyline focuses on a Revenant named Mot, who has lived for hundreds of years because of the Revenant’s regenerative capacity. Mot desires to die honorably on the battlefield for the Revenants, but can’t because they are almost immortal. However, when the “SANCTUM” organization finds a way to kill Revenants, Mot sees the avenue to his death. The storyline is typical of manga genres with an ambiguous concept of good and evil.

Accusations of Plagiarism

Fans are voicing concerns that the contents of his comic book series Incarnate were copied from various other sources. Simmons is accused of plagiarizing character designs, fight scenes, plot segments, dialogue, poses and expressions from both professional and amateur artists, specifically from both published manga and from art communities such as DeviantArt.

Possibly copied material includes popular mangas Bleach, Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, NANA, Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, Deadman Wonderland, One Piece and online artist Rae.

The author has made no statements addressing this plagiarism at this time. However, VIZ Media, the American publisher of the Bleach manga, is currently looking into the matter and has "a team on it". Kubo Tite, the author of Bleach, has made a tweet acknowledging the plagiarism.