Recently I came across some old, blatant lack of original concepts i.e. copying from an old Firestorm villain named Zuggernaut. I shit you, not GAF. ZUGGERNAUGHT. Anywho, this character is a person that bonded with an alien goo thing. From concept to appearance, this is a copy of the manga titular character, Guyver. There even seems to be some panel tracing.
What other instances do we have of copying, and plagiarism in comic books? These are some examples I was able to remember;
That last panel is from a failed series called "Diesel", which we had a thread for several months back. The whole thing is a prime example of plagiarism and is a massive one of JoJo. That particular scene depicts a blatant rip off of a anime character, Detonator Orgun. I mean, it appears the artist watched a shitload of anime and just said "...fuck it. No one will ever know!"
Of course, in his next appearance his design is totally different. Still bad but for different reasons.
What other instances do we have of copying, and plagiarism in comic books? These are some examples I was able to remember;
That last panel is from a failed series called "Diesel", which we had a thread for several months back. The whole thing is a prime example of plagiarism and is a massive one of JoJo. That particular scene depicts a blatant rip off of a anime character, Detonator Orgun. I mean, it appears the artist watched a shitload of anime and just said "...fuck it. No one will ever know!"
