Newsarama has the frankly flabbergasting news that old rockers KISS are to dust themselves down and give themselves a new lick of (face) paint as Gene ‘the tongue’ Simmons and Paul Stanley form KISS Comics Group (what, not ‘Komics’ then?) in partnership with Platinum Studios:
“Kiss 4K, the story of the transformation of Simmons, Stanley and other Kiss band members from rock stars to world-protecting warrior spirits, will debut as the world’s largest comicbook, priced at $50. It will be the first comicbook-based property to simultaneously launch all of its merchandise in the U.S., France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Eventually, a new Kiss comic involving characters King of All Beasts, Demon, Starchild and Celestial will appear weekly online at Kisscomicsgroup.com. “Kiss 4K” will be unveiled at the Wizard World convention in Los Angeles in March.”
Obviously KISS, like Alice Cooper and other musicians, are no stranger to the land of comics (hey, even Belle and Sebastian had one last year!) but I must admit this made me raise my eyebrows in a Roger Moore-style show of bemusement – it will be interesting to see how it turns out, to say the least. Rumours that Noddy Holder and Slade would be putting out a comic are, sadly, unfounded.
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January 31st, 2007 at 12:36 pm
[...] Following yesterday’s news that theatrical rock group KISS would be returning once more to the world of comics Comic Book Resources‘ Jonah Weiland has dived right in there to snatch an interview with the band’s front men Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley as well as Scott Rosenberg (no, not a new band member, he’s the chairman of their partners at Platinum Studios) and asks just why they have decided to return to comics after several years and why with a huge comic (the Destroyer Edition, named for one of their most popular albums) Stanley says the Guinness Book of World Records will certify as the largest ever. [...]