onta mentioned this on his Hard Blush journal a couple days back and I thought it was pretty hilarious. Basically, Nick Simmons, son of Gene Simmons of KISS fame, plagiarized Bleach for his own comic book.

http://community.livejournal.com/bl.....ss/446299.html

This isn't just a few isolated frames either. It's outright tracing! Now the publishers have suspended production.

Serves them right!

I don't know about you, but I think this kind of thing is as frustrating as it is pathetic. There are people all over the world who would love to have the chance to make their own comic book, and they are rejected by the same publishers who go nuts because some spoiled rich kid with a celebrity dad wants to draw, regardless of whether the kid has an ounce of talent or creativity.