Gene simmons comic book

Mar 04, 2010 nick simmons is the son of gene simmons, who is famous as cofrontman for the band kiss. Brought to life by graphic illustrations as riveting and hardcore as the bands reallife firebreathing lineup, the demon gene simmons, starchild paul stanley, and the other band members superhero alter egos. Has lived with modelactress shannon tweed since 1986, but didnt marry until 2011. Yeah, gene simmons is a famous rock star, but hes also a bit of a comic book geek. The new comic book series, simmons promises, will be a love letter to the fans whove stayed with the band for that time as well as newcomers whove never read a kiss comic before. The kiss kompendium is a hardcover collection of kiss comics released on december 8, 2009 by harper design. Which comic book character would kiss gene simmons write a song for. The legendary bass player of rock veteran band kiss, gene simmons shared a new strange photo of a comic book which just look like kiss, via his verified twitter account. Kiss and marvel collaboration announced by gene simmons. Gene simmons on epic return of kiss comic books a new series from dynamite entertainment brings the classic rockers back to comics once again this october. Paul stanleygene simmonsrock y metalblack metalheavy metalmarvel.

It wasnt me maybe it was bill aucoin or sean delaney. Kisss gene simmons starring in his own comic book title. The fun thing about the gene simmons band is i dont have to play by kiss rules, he says. Kiss has never been just a band, israeliamerican frontman gene simmons told the hollywood reporter. In august of 2009, the younger simmons released a mangastyle comic book entitled incarnate that focused on a character named mot, who is a revenant, or a creature who can regenerate his body and is nearly immortal. Back in the 1960s, when he was still young gene klein, he contributed to more than a hundred fanzines, writing articles like the above column left where he.

I do not buy diamonds, gold or go on luxury vacations. Members of the kiss army may wish to add both new and vintage unique merchandise to their growing kiss collection. He was an excellent typist and served as an assistant to an editor of the fashion magazine vogue. Incarnate is a comic book series published by radical comics and created, written, and penciled by nick simmons son of kiss member gene simmons. But i did not put together that collection just for fun it is an investment worth two or three million pounds.

Mar 07, 2017 kiss bassist, and the bloodspitting demon himself, gene simmons, readily admits hes had a love affair with comic books his entire life. Nov 05, 2019 the legendary bass player of rock veteran band kiss, gene simmons shared a new strange photo of a comic book which just look like kiss, via his verified twitter account. Now, for the first time, the kiss kompendium combines the most breathtaking kiss comic books into a lush oversized collectors compilation. The classic rock band is set to once again crash the world of comics with a new series set in a dystopian future. No stranger to comic books, kiss returns to its roots. Jim littler and nate best were able to sit down with gene simmons during the sundance film festival and get his thoughts on stan lee, comics and the current crop of comic book. Rock n roll hall of famers kiss are tailormade for the world of comic books. Inside the glory days of wmms and cleveland rock radio. Formed in 1973, kiss has long reached iconic status in the world of rock n roll. Gene simmons, the legendary cofounder of the rock band kiss, shares memories from his longstanding love affair with the comic book genre. He is jewish born to a holocaustsurviving mother and had to face a lot of financial crisis as a child.

Gene simmons has 48 books on goodreads with 9705 ratings. Jun 05, 2008 courtesy of john gorman, author of the buzzard. Hellbent in heels, available for preorder now through diamond from arcana studio. Sep 09, 2016 no stranger to comic books, kiss returns to its roots. What do an alien, a professional dominatrix, and a collection. Gene simmons house of horrors kicks of an allnew line of comics created by the rock legend. Kiss and marvel collaboration announced by gene simmons one of the most iconic bands in rock and roll history is once again teaming up with the worlds biggest comic publisher. After all, lead singer gene simmons is an outspoken. Brought to life by graphic illustrations as riveting and hardcore as the bands reallife firebreathing lineup, the. The slave trade, collecting the three exciting chapters in one volume. A new series from dynamite entertainment brings the classic rockers back to comics once again this october. Gene simmons and paul stanley of legendary rock group kiss stop by the cbr tv studios for a wideranging chat about comics, their own fourcolor history, their new archie crossover and a tease of other upcoming projects.

Brought to life by graphic illustrations as riveting and hardcore as the bands reallife firebreathing lineup, the demon gene simmons, starchild paul stanley, and the other band members superhero alter egos defeat evil in over 1200 pages of stunning kiss comics. Kiss end of the road fully signed tour book program gene simmons paul stanley. In this rare 1979 video gene simmons from kiss discusses comic books with denny sanders. In this rare 1979 video gene simmons from kiss discusses comic books with denny sanders from 100.

Besides creating a hard rock band that produced topselling albums, members gene simmons, paul stanley, ace frehley, and peter criss released an incredible amount of kiss merchandise. Gene simmons of kiss and denny sanders of wmms the buzzard. Gene simmons has shown another comics cover, and he set out the similarity therebetween. Aug 22, 2017 gene simmons, whose new book, on power, arrives in november, talked meeting presidents, vomiting blood, and life as a tabloid staple.

For almost as long as kiss has been making music, theyve been appearing in comic books. The nick simmons plagiarism scandal plagiarism today. The relationship between legendary rock group kiss and comic books are a special one. It compiles both issues of the marvel comics super special, the marvel kissnation comic, the comic printed especially for 1995 book, kisstory, along with the psycho circus and the dark horse comic series. Kiss gene simmons reveals the value of his massive. No, his son nick creator of the comic incarnate, to be printed by radical has very much earned my contempt by his own merits, thanks to this. Nov 14, 2017 i spoke to gene simmons about why he focused on power for his new book, how he defines the word power, how employees can gain power in the workplace, how technology can be used for good or evil. Apr 05, 2017 simmons calls himself a comic book geek. Gene simmons is a popular israeliamerican musician, singersongwriter and entertainer. Kiss bassist gene simmons has announced that one of the comic books originally planned for local publisher idw, gene simmons house of horrors, will now instead be published by arcana comics. Gene simmons kid nick is a comic creator, a douchebag. Gene simmons reacts the comic that mocks kiss metalhead zone.

In an interesting twist, gene tags along with nick when he must travel to comic con for business and promote his new comic book, incarnate. Mar 01, 2017 i started off a comic book geek, and im still a comic book geek, gene simmons said. Gene simmons s most popular book is the art of war. The only reason the comic book is that big is probably because they. Gene simmons talks lifelong love of comics and how it put him through college. Ahead of london super comic con in august gene simmons sat down with the organisers to talk about his love of comics. Gene simmons is to star in his own spinoff comic book miniseries called kiss. Zipper and dominatrix, two creations straight out of. A comic in this grade shows wear, can have a reading or center crease andor a rolled spine, but has not accumulated enough total defects to reduce eye appeal to the point that it is not a desirable copy.

Simmons had previously said that while he respects the. Mar 16, 2007 the photograph above shows paul stanley and gene simmons, of kiss, and scott mitchell rosenberg center, chairman of platinum studios, being presented with the guinness world records certificate of worlds largest comic book for kiss comics groups kiss 4k destroyer edition. Jul 09, 2012 kiss bassist gene simmons has announced that one of the comic books originally planned for local publisher idw, gene simmons house of horrors, will now instead be published by arcana comics. Simmons even claims that his comic book habit actually paid for his college, as he used to run a small business trading. Gene simmons had a great interest in comic books and also published several science fiction magazines. He isnt just notoriously selfish and leering in a realm where those qualities are ubiquitous. Arcana comics and simmons comics group presents zipper vs dominatrix. Kiss frontman gene simmons confirmed the partnership with a tweet on monday, which featured some art from the upcoming collaboration. Gene simmons to star in kiss comic spinoff series louder. Gene simmons kid nick is a comic creator, a douchebag plagiarist, and a moron by rob bricken february 25, 2010 anime, comics 0 comment gene simmons is one of the greatest douchebags of our time, but id hate you to think i was taking my dislike of the kiss guitarist out on his son. Incarnate the nick simmons plagiarism scandal know your meme. Up first, this quarterly anthology of tales of terror, all presided over by the man in black, gene simmons, who also scripts all his own dialogue for the comic.

Gene simmons and the giant comic book readers read. Sep 06, 2019 gene simmons is best known as the frontman for kiss, the rock band he cofounded in the early 1970s, as well as for his tv show gene simmons family jewels. Gene simmons talks lifelong love of comics and how it put him. Kiss cofounder and avowed comic book geek gene simmons plays a rare, unmasked solo show as part of wizard world chicago.

The photograph above shows paul stanley and gene simmons, of kiss, and scott mitchell rosenberg center, chairman of platinum studios, being presented with the guinness world records certificate of worlds largest comic book for kiss comics groups kiss 4k destroyer edition. Sep 23, 2019 yeah, gene simmons is a famous rock star, but hes also a bit of a comic book geek. The wonderful thing about the dynamite team is that we are all of like minds, he says. Gene simmons talks lifelong love of comics and how it put. Simmons was planning on continuing the series in some form, perhaps as a webcomic, but radical comics cofounder barry levine saw some art when negotiating a deal with gene simmons and offered to publish incarnate, although he did tell nick simmons to start over. Gene simmons kiss and makeup lets the demon speak for himself. Gene simmons on the epic return of kiss to comic books.

Cofounder of the famous hardrock group, kiss, famous for outrageous antics and kabukilike makeup. Simmons even claims that his comic book habit actually paid for. Gene simmons has been a longtime fan of comic books. Aug 24, 2016 gene simmons on the epic return of kiss to comic books. Both simmons and stanley granted interviews for the revolutionary kiss comics, and the same hard rock comics creative team also did the comic bio section of kiss own kisstory hardcover book, as well as a comic adaptation of the elder which has so far only been published in. Gene s firstborn has an english lit degree, and has put it to good use, as he has mainly focused on writing comic books, including gene simmons house of horrors. In fact, cbr tells us that the kiss mastermind is a lifelong comic book and superhero fan, to the point that he can casually rattle off a list writers and artists of a specific title from the 1940s. It is infamously known for its plagiarism from several manga series, notably bleach, and from large art communities such as deviantart. Gene simmons family jewels, a reality show documenting the personal lives of simmons, his wife, his son and daughter in 1985 simmons appeared on the tv series miami vice in and episode titled the prodigal son. He has also appeared as gene simmons in a few issues, most notably gene simmons house of horror. Find the value of the idw comic gene simmons dominatrix volume 1.

In 2017, simmons worked as a writer for the huffington post. I started off a comic book geek, and im still a comic book geek, gene simmons said. Kiss gene simmons reveals the value of his massive mansion. Gene simmons is one of the greatest douchebags of our time, but id hate you to think i was taking my dislike of the kiss guitarist out on his son. Before his musical career began, he tried a variety of jobs. Kiss bassist, and the bloodspitting demon himself, gene simmons, readily admits hes had a love affair with comic books his entire life.

He moved to the us with his mother and was introduced to music. Ironically, according to frontman gene simmons, all the band members except himself hate comic books. The iconic, mythological approach is one reason why simmons calls amy chu and kewber baal, the writerartist team behind the new dynamite series a dream team for chronicling the bands comic book adventures. I have an expensive comic book collection comprising lots of the original marvel comics. The only reason the comic book is that big is probably because they wanted the world record. Media release august 29, 2017 arcana is thrilled to announce the return of gene simmons dominatrix. I started off a comic book geek, and im still a comic book geek. Gene simmons is the preeminent villain of kiss mythology. Dec 08, 2009 kiss kompendium is an eyepopping compilation of the previously outofprint stan lee marvel comic book adventures of the legendary heavy metal band, as well as the famed psycho circus and dark horse editions and kisss own kisstory. Kiss cofounder and avowed comic book geek gene simmons. Gene simmons wants to talk comics at knoxvilles fanboy expo. One of the most iconic bands in rock and roll history is once again teaming up with the worlds biggest comic publisher. The slave trade, dominique she is drawn back into the world of intrigue and action in the pages of dominatrix.

Inspired by his childhood obsession with comic book superheroes, simmons suggested the group undergo a physical transformation as well, donning wild makeup and allblack clothing. Idw publishing and even archie comics, the band has remained a surprising mainstay of the comic book medium for almost four decades. I had met gene simmons, in fact we had become quite friendly. Incarnate the nick simmons plagiarism scandal know.

As the kiss comic book project moved along, someone came up with the idea of putting real blood in the ink. Nick simmons, who was later found out as an art thief, denied the accusation claims made by many outraged artists. The demon cowritten by amy chu and erik burnham and illustrated by eman cassallos, the title tells the story of three young kiss fans meeting at a concert and forming their own band. Gene klein born chaim witz on august 25, 1949, known professionally as gene simmons, is an american musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, author and television personality. Gene simmons reacts the comic that mocks kiss metalhead.

Gene simmons, the outrageous demon bassist for the 70. Local writer lands gene simmons comic book gigs san. Like many american teenagers of the 1960s, he was influenced by a fascination with comic book super heroes, monster movies and rock and roll music, thus the teenage simmons set about creating what he perceived as the ultimate music supergroup. In the kiss 4k comic and other series the demon has represented gene simmons of kiss. To get back at dad for all the awkward positions he has put him in over the years, nick volunteers gene and threequarters of kiss to be his backing band at the comic. Jun 16, 2017 gene simmons wants to talk comics at knoxvilles fanboy expo. Which comic book character would kiss gene simmons. No stranger to comic books, kiss returns to its roots from.

Kiss cofounders gene simmons known as the demon and paul stanley the. Kiss has announced a new partnership with marvel for new apparel, home. Local writer lands gene simmons comic book gigs san diego. Before he cofounded the popular and successful rock band kiss with paul stanley, gene simmons had a passion for comic books. He wrote and created the limited comic book series incarnate, which was published by radical comics in 2009. It was created by marvel legend stan lee and was the beginning of a hugely successful kiss comic book franchise.

Values of gene simmons dominatrix comics price guide. Incarnate is a 3issue comic book limited series created by nick simmons and published by american company radical comics. Its not just because theyre both talented, but because they understand and respect the mythology of kiss, he explains. Scoobydoo and kiss team up to solve a rock and roll mystery jim johnson aug 17, 2015 two american pop culture icons collide in an animated feature that pays tribute to kiss storied history.