Update: This appears to be a hoax, as a Google Image search for “Kaoru and Shinji” — two characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion – turns up this original, unaltered image.
Jake at Ye Olde Comick Booke Blogge has what’s undoubtedly one of the most bizarre licensed comics I’ve ever seen: a yaoi manga called Love Gun, first in a series of planned books from Be Beautiful based on KISS songs.
Yes, KISS yaoi.
Jake quotes the press release, which reads, in part: “Meet Gene the Demon and Paul the Starchild, two very different heirs to two very different families that have been at war as long as anyone can remember. When they meet at boarding school though, neither can deny something is drawing them together. A wild romantic odyssey is about to unfold, but the odds are stacked against this modern day Romeo and Romeo!”
Although Love Gun isn’t listed on the Be Beautiful website, Brigid Alverson points out that the publisher isn’t “always the best at updating.”
(Via Comics Worth Reading)
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Note you can see the word “Nerv” written one one of the two’s towels.
Looks like someone photoshopped an Evangellion doujinshi to me.
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
You’re right. I just found the original image.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Dude, if i’ve seen this earlier i woulda told you it was from EVA, white paint on the face can’t hide that this is Shinji..besides, i remember this scene, it was from one of the later episodes (24 maybe?), god..i miss NGE
August 4th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Yeah, we kind of figured manga fans would see through the hoax pretty quickly. When we first started joking about a KISS yaoi in the office, our plan was to see if we could get it on some KISS sites and provoke outrage.