>read Gash Bell this month
>think its good but am constantly thinking "Huh, this is kind of like Karakuri Circus"
>look up the author since I wanted to know more about why he self-publishes now
>Wikipedia has a list of relations
>"Master" was the Karakuri Circus mangaka
Small world.
As an aside, absolutely read Karakuri Circus. Much like Gash Bell it kind of has a crummy TL and a pretty shit anime, but it carries a lot of the same style.