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Report: KISS Seals Comics Deal With PLATINUM STUDIOS

January 30, 2007

Borys Kit of the Hollywood Reporter reports: The rock group KISS has partnered with comic-book production company Platinum Studios to create a new comic-book entertainment company called the Kiss Comics Group.

This is not the first time there have been comics featuring the members of the band, but it will be the first time that KISS — under the banner of Kiss Catalog Ltd., run by original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley — will produce its own comic-book-based characters.

The co-venture aims to be more than a publisher; it plans to expand the comic-book characters' images onto multimedia platforms including print, mobile, online, film, television and licensed merchandise.

First up from the KCG will be "Kiss 4K", the story of Simmons, Stanley and other band members' transformation from rock stars to world-protecting warrior spirits. "4K" will be released in March as a 3-foot comic priced at $50, with an intent to make it the largest comic book ever published. It will be followed by merchandise including apparel, video games and comic strips for cell phones.

Read the rest of the article at Reuters.

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