I don’t know a lot about Nick Simmons other than he’s the son of Kiss guitarist, Gene Simmons. Nick is trying his hand at comics with his “original creation”, Incarnate. The blog, Topless Robot, found the pic above and pointed out that Nick Simmons’ Incarnate looks similar to the popular manga, Bleach. Bleach is on the left and Nick’s images are on the right.

Fans called Nick out very quickly with a Facebook fan page. Nick joined the fan page and had some interesting quotes.

“I have no idea how people are saying my comic looks like that bleach magma. My book is in color and the other is not. My book reads left to right… the other reads right to left. Besides some vague similarities, they’re nothing alike. I put my heart and soul into my book – great story and awesome characters… yet people are trying to pull me down. And NO… I didn’t trace or copy other peoples work. Most of these photos are starting to look like photoshop manipulations to make me look bad. You can’t trust everything you see on the Internet.”

Nick and his dad are looking into a lawsuit against the Facebook group, but Radical Publishing, the publishers of the comic, are taking the time to look into the claims. They released the statement below:

“We at Radical Publishing, Inc. and Radical Comics, Inc. are quite concerned to hear the news surrounding Nick Simmons’s Incarnate Comic Book. We are taking this matter seriously and making efforts now to contact the publishers of the works in question in an effort to resolve this matter. We have halted further production and distribution of the “Incarnate” comic book and trade paperback until the matter is resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Rest assured that Radical is taking swift action regarding this matter and will continue in its efforts to maintain the integrity and protect the intellectual property of artists throughout the world whose creative works are the bedrock of our Company and the comic book industry.”

Radical Comics has announced that Sam Worthington (star of James Cameron’s Avatar) has signed on to do a film adaptation of The Last Days of American Crime. Sam Worthington will star and produce the film.

“I had met Sam’s producing partner, Michael Schwarz, at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, who loved the concept for The Last Days of American Crime” said Radical Publishing’s President and Publisher, Barry Levine. “I figured that since Sam had done three tentpole movies back-to-back with Terminator Salvation, Avatar and Clash of the Titans, that he would want the more character driven role of Kevin Cash, the sociopathic partner to Graham Bricke. Michael had set up a meeting between Sam, CAA agents Kimberly Hodgert and Jon Levin along with myself to discuss Last Days. During the two hour meeting, we hit it off and Sam had committed to both star and produce.”

The Last Days of American Crime is set in the future where the US Government plans to secretly broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. Graham Bricke intends to steal a charging station to live off of unlimited funds but when media leaks the news about the signal, he decides to plan the last heist in American history.

The first 15 pages of Last Days of American Crime is on the Radical Publishing Myspace page here. The first issue of the comic comes December 2009.