Serisouly, this shit is getting ridiculous. It’s bad enough when you have artists swiping stuff and then recycling their own swipes over and over again in their work, but David Mack took it to new heights in the latest issue of New Avengers: Gen13 Remix Edition. It looks as though most of the poses for Echo were lifted directly from Adam Hughes art. Even better, they all seem to be coming from the same Adam Hughes Gen 13 story!

David Mack steals blatantly from Adam Hughes


It gets better! Apparently Mack contacted Hughes (through Hughes’ girlfriend) and talked to them about this in advance, but neglected to tell them he was planning on swiping so blatantly.

And here, she responds to David Mack’s quote of, “I did explain my intentions and idea early on with them. And as a matter of fact, talked with her on the phone again as recently as a few days ago, and she’s actually been a huge help in offering me perspective on things by way of example of things Adam goes through. She made it clear to me personally that she understands my intentions and knows I’m not trying to make a career or name aping Adam:”

It is true I talked to David a couple of days ago. However Adam and I weren’t made aware of David’s intentions regarding this issue in advance of his doing the artwork, no.

Mack, Land et al are pretty lucky they’re working in American comics. The Japanese, for instance, don’t tolerate this sorta nonsense when it comes to manga artists pulling similar stunts. In fact, it’s a good way to derail or possibly end a career over there.

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