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Nick Simmons' Incarnate Halted Over Alleged Bleach Plagiarism (Updated)

The American company Radical Publishing has announced that it halted the production and distribution of Nick Simmons' Incarnate comic book series on Wednesday evening, amid allegations that the comic plagiarized Twitter posts on Thursday. He noted in the first post the amazing number of overseas fans who responded on websites about an American comic allegedly copying Bleach. He acknowledged that he does not understand English very well, but figured out from reading the sites that the American comic is drawn by Gene Simmons' son. Viz Media posted a Twitter message on Wednesday that said, "We've got our team on it."

ANN ed both Radical Publishing and Viz Media for further comments on Wednesday.

[Via Bleachness LiveJournal Community, Tanbishugi]

Update: Kubo said in his second Twitter post that he is more concerned with the fact that Gene Simmons' son is a comic creator, as opposed to whether there was actual copying or not. Thanks, maaya.

Update 2: Evelyn Dubocq, Senior Director of Public Relations at Viz Media, tells ANN, "We appreciate all our fans bringing this matter to our attention, and we are currently investigating this issue."

Update 3: Replaced "interested" with "concerned" in the translation of Kubo's second Twitter post. Thanks, tobu_ishi.