first is a pretty common style of wordmark for the letter C i haven't seen that article but im sure hes got that from others too. i've seen that kind of design in typography books.
idk what cosmic is google search doesnt show anything similar.
Yea bud.. thats what I thought too.. it could be a coincidence.. But it looks exactly the same so.. this could cause problems. I removed the "stolen" from my first post.