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Thanks to Bruce Kulick for sending KISSOnline a photo of this KISS-referenced Nemi Comic strip. Nemi is a Norwegian comic strip, written and drawn by Lise Myhre. Bruce found the strip in Norwegian Airlines Magazine on a recent flight to Oslo, where he performed an acoustic show with the Eric Singer Project.

Hey KISS--

We thought you would like to see our family's holiday card. It's entitled "I saw Mommy, KISS & Santa Claus"

Happy Holidays to your family-

--Megan

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Check out this cool 'HELLO KITTY KISS' logo. Look for many great new HELLO KITTY KISS products in the near future! Stay tuned to KOL for details.

KISS IS EVERYWHERE!

Thanks to Radi Yovchev for sending KISSonline this photo of the Bulgarian rock band 'AHAT' from the the 'Denis and friends' TV show. The band performed ''I Was Made For Lovin' You'' and ''Love Gun'' during their recent appearance on popular Bulgarian television show!

Check out this cool version of "Crazy, Crazy Nights" from a recent Smirnoff's commercial!

We see different people from different cultures not simply enjoying great nights—they're making them. From New York to Johannesburg to Bangkok, from intimate gatherings to concert halls, we've turned our camera on creative people around the world—hip hop artists, dancers, friends—creating extraordinary nights.

Relive your crazy, crazy nights with the latest track by Big Foote featuring Sun for Moon.

As long as I have been a KISS fan, I have dreamed of having a KISS themed wedding. Good thing I married a KISS fan! We made it official on November 11, 2011. The reception was held at a music club outside Chicago.

Instead of guests picking up name cards with their table numbers, when our guests arrived they received a concert ticket to “The Hottest Wedding Reception in the World” with their table name. Each table was named after a different KISS album, with the album cover on display and “Black Diamond” accents as part of the table decor. Our wedding program served as a “Tour Book” and each guest also received a custom printed guitar pick.

One of our wedding cakes was based on the “Rock and Roll Over” album cover – with each member’s face made in 3-D with fondant! We had three big screens up at the venue playing rock 'n roll music videos throughout the night. And, of course, Mark and I had our first dance to “Forever” by KISS.

We also had a green screen set up so guests could have pictures taken with fun backgrounds (many thanks to Kenny and Teresa Begley for their help!) You can see Mark and me on the cover of “Love Gun” in the photo.

To top it off, what better way to end the night than with a live band? Our friends, Strutter, closed out the wedding reception with a bang (we had custom made earplugs ready for our guests as well!) Strutter played a complete two-hour set with all our favorite songs and stage effects, plus surprises throughout the concert that made our night very special.

The biggest surprise came at the end of “Rock n Roll All Nite” when I was called onto the stage to smash a guitar - it was something I never even dreamed of doing, let alone while wearing a wedding dress. After the disbelief that I was really going to smash one of their guitars, I did it, and it was a lot of fun (now I know why Paul does it at the end of every show!)

We had the most amazing day of our lives. There is nothing like hearing the compliments from our guests that made all this hard work pay off. It was truly, a night to remember!

Amanda & Mark Youmans


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Check out the cool clip of Corey Taylor, Jason Christopher, Roy Mayorga, Christian Martucci and Scott Ian kicking off a benefit show for Drop In The Bucket with KISS' "Calling Dr. Love!"

Band:
Corey Taylor (Slipknot / Stone Sour) - Lead Vocals
Scott Ian (Anthrax / The Damned Things) - Rhythm Guitar
Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour / Soulfly) - Drums
Christian Martucci (Black Presidents / The Chelsea Smiles) - Lead Guitar
Jason Christopher (Black Presidents / New Dead Radio) - Bass



Thanks to Matt Varley for sending KISSOnline the clip!

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Thanks to David for sending this photo of a young KISS fan rockin' out at a recent Houston Texans football game. The photo was posted on the Texans' Facebook page.

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Hello KISS!!

I'm Diana and I'm from Mexico, this is my KISS tattoo, my little tribute to the band I love since I was 4 years old, now in 21. I see you for the first time in 2010 in Monterrey Mexico, it was amazing to make my dream come true and see you in stage!!! Guys you rock my world, and this tattoo is a good way to show you how much I admire and love you!

Keep rocking guys!!!! LOVE YOU!!!! Paul, Tommy, Gene and Eric!!!

Diana

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CBR TV: Alex Segura, Dan Parent Create “Archie Meets KISS”

CBR TV played host to the creative team behind “Archie Meets KISS,” writer Alex Segura and Archie Comics artist Dan Parent. The two explained the origins of the off-beat crossover, from Gene Simmons calling up Archie Comics out of the blue to propose the team-up, to the challenge Parent faced in translating the classic KISS characters to the Archie Universe.

Segura and Parent also discussed the future of Archie, both as a publisher and the characters, and the continuation of expanding the public’s awareness of them through crossovers and other initiatives, telling CBR that there are more announcements to come.

Here's a fantastic, detailed tattoo of Gene done by Electric Linda at Attitude Tattoo Studio, Norway. It was showcased at the Copenhagen Ink Festival 2011.

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An Australian newspaper has a fun feature today about a local music collector who keeps a life-size mannequin of Gene in his living room! Here's an excerpt from the story:

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Mike Mau's wife doesn't mind the jukebox in the kitchen but she's had enough of the one in the lounge room. She also has to contend with a 2m Gene Simmons mannequin and hundreds of old records.

Mr Mau admits his collecting habits are starting to stretch the capacity of his Koondoola home but says he is not ready to give it up just yet. His obsession with records and music memorabilia only took hold in the past two years, which is just as well because he has already poured tens of thousands of dollars into it.

Read the full article at The West Australian
Photo by Ben Crabtree for The West Australian.

By Steven Scott

Yesterday was the day we’ve all been waiting for – The debut of Archie Meets KISS! To kick off this exciting occasion, writer Alex Segura and artist Dan Parent were joined by KISS co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for a signing in LA in what can only be described as unforgettable. The fans were lined up down the block outside Golden Apple Comics, some having camped out overnight, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the rock legends. Sporting KISS shirts and a few with tattoos signifying their allegiance to the KISS Army, the star struck crowd got their comics signed and posed for pictures with the talented gentlemen.

The fans weren’t the only ones who took notice of the occasion. Several news outlets reported on the premiere of this soon-to-be-classic crossover event including Comic Vine who scored it 5 out of 5 stars and proclaimed “It's the most fun I've had with a comic in quite some time. I highly recommend this issue.” CNN Geek Out wrote “This book left me wanting to know what happens next,” and Kotaku spotlighted it on their list of This Week’s Most Interesting Comics! MTV Geek also highlighted it as one of the best titles coming out this week and remarked, "This should be fun," and calling it "essential reading." Things From Another World called Archie Meets KISS “a blast” and “a really fun romp!” iFanboy included the Francesco Francavilla's variant cover as one of the best covers of the week. Big Shiny Robot praised it with, "The awesomeness dial is turned up to 11!" IGN acknowledged the comic by stating, “There's definitely something to be said for an Archie story that works outside the box like this one,” and finished with, “Archie has never rocked harder.” CraveOnline sums it up with, “something no true comic book geek could walk away from,” and “It’s just too awesome to not be in love with.” All that plus an interview on CBR TV with Gene and Paul to round out the wave of press!

By Johnathan Hardick

It's a very Scooby-Doo issue of "Archie Comics" No. 627 when the rock band Kiss comes to Archie's home town of Riverdale to stop a group of monsters from turning everyone into mindless zombies.

"Archie Meets Kiss Part 1: Riverdale Rock City" was released Wednesday.

The Riverdale Monster Society decide to protect the town by having Sabrina the Teenage Witch cast a spell to ward off any monsters. It all goes wrong when Veronica interrupts the spell and causes a wormhole to open up, letting a group of monsters through.

Then Kiss shows up to stop them. Each member of Kiss has superpowers, but instead of using them to fight the monsters their plan is to defeat them with rock 'n' roll.

The monsters want to suck all the fun out of the town and make it lame and boring and also turn everyone into zombies.

This is a very strange, silly and entertaining comic.

I'm not sure what I was expecting from a crossover between Archie and Kiss, but writer Alex Segura wrote a really fun comic.

Segura keeps all the wholesomeness of Archie and the gang and adds a new level of campiness with a version of Kiss that's very similar to how they were portrayed in the really terrible made-for-TV movie "Kiss meets the Phantom of the Park."

But Segura's story has a Saturday morning cartoon feeling to it that I really like.

Reinforcing that Saturday morning cartoon feel is the art from penciler Dan Parent and inker Rich Koslowski. Parent and Koslowski's art has a more modern look that manages to still retain the iconic look of entire Archie cast.

"Archie meets Kiss" is a very bizarre comic that should not work but does in a very strange and charming way that is hard to describe. It's really one of those books you have to read for yourself to understand its weirdness.

Here are some photos from Friday's KISS Fan Expo in Modena, Italy. Fans of all ages from across Italy attended this great event that featured special guest Eric Singer. Eric spent the evening signing autographs, posing for photos, and visiting with the Italian KISS Army before holding a lively question and answer session. Fans shopped for KISS merchandise and rocked with Paul Stanley tribute band LIVE 4 WIN and KISS Tribute band JULIET KISS.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the KISSOnline booth... we had a wonderful time talking KISS with you! Special thanks to our friend Fabio "Deuce" Mainardi & his crew for putting on another great KISS fan event!