Battle of the Wrenches

Update: Much to my surprise, it seems that even ED (Encyclopedia Dramatica) has caught on to this. Huh. If you're willing to brave the pop-ups and the NSFW material there, type "Mighty Number 9" into the search bar, and see for yourself. I'll see if I can post a screencap a bit later.

Hey, folks, me again.

A few people have contacted me about something...very interesting. It concerns a certain drawing (done by Community Manager Dina) that appeared on the Mighty No. 9 blog just the other day, and her similarities to another red-headed wrench wielder who's rather prevalent in my gallery. Take a look.

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For reference, here are my drawings of the character Geargirl, submitted in 2006, 2009 and 2012 (Compare the poses of Dina's art to the second picture, down to the poses are pretty identical!):



Truth be told, yep, I've noticed, and I've joked around about the similarities on the Mighty No. 9 blog myself. I don't think the similarities were intentional, to be honest, but like I told one commentor who took it upon themselves to 'inform' me that I didn't 'invent giant red wrenches'...there really aren't that many red headed girls with robotic parts wielding giant red wrenches running about. (Yeah, to this day, that user had nothing to say to that.) So, just as a precaution, I've posted my say on their journal, and I'm posting this up as well, because, as a few people have told me, the similarities are pretty eerie, and, although I think that this was just fanart done by a team member to show their support of the Mighty No. 9 game, the last thing I want to happen is to eventually release Geargirl in any medium and be accused of ripping her off. Yeah, that would suck, to say the least, and may lead to a few problems, but let's not worry too much about that.


Now, while I did tell everybody that I was more or less on hiatus until January, I'm feeling the urge to draw coming back again, so I think I'll be releasing some characters for Crossover Chaos to whet your appetite in January. I'd give you some hints, but for now, enjoy your holidays, and may it be full of joy and laughter.

Peace out!