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turns out masashi kishimoto's manga naruto is turning ten this year, and a bunch of popular mangaka made some tribute pin-ups to celebrate.  from the ones i've seen i like this one by toriyama the best: but eichiro oda's version kicks ass too: tite kubo's piece just looks like ichigo cosplaying as naruto... and this one by hirohiko araki, i guess, is "drag queen naruto." you can see all the other pictures here. 

meet nick simmons. son of legendary KISS bassist gene simmons. manga plagiarist. at left is a page from the popular manga bleach . at right is a page from mr. simmons' US comic, incarnate . click here for lots more comparisons, side-by-sides and transpositions. via