KISS Pandas Now Available; Promo Video Posted

December 3, 2011, 12 years ago

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The new KISS Pandas, released by Street Players, are now available at Spencer's and FYE stores.

Check out a promo clip for the KISS Pandas below:

ComicBookResources.com reports:

Though they may be known for their blood-spewing theatrics and hard rock riffs, the leaders of chart-topping band KISS also have a long legacy in comic books - one that continues today with Archie Meets KISS, the four-part story that launched this week in Archie #627. In celebration, GENE SIMMONS and PAUL STANLEY showed up in the CBR TV Studios in LA earlier this week (sans makeup) to discuss the project and their long-standing connection to the comics medium.

"This whole comic book thing was invented in America. It's really an art form," Simmons said in a wide-ranging conversation where he name checks legendary creators from Bob Montana to Vince Colletta to Jim Steranko (much to his partner's consternation).

"This KISS thing of ours has grown by leaps and bounds, and we like teaming up and co-branding with iconic brands that have existed throughout the ages," he continued. "Archie has been around for over 50 years. And if you're going to point at something iconic that goes at a slightly different audience, you've got to respect something that stands the test of time. And it's a wacky idea - KISS and Archie?"

Read more here and check out video footage below:

A trailer for the new Archie Meets KISS comic, available now, can be seen below:

ABC News' Candace Smith recently reported:

Two iconic American figures have joined forces, but it may not be the ones you expect. All-American teen Archie Andrews has partnered with rock ‘n’ roll legend KISS in a new series called, eponymously, Archie Meets KISS.

The four-part series launch(ed) November 30th and, in the words of writer Alex Segura of Archie Comics, “brings together two pieces of Americana for the first time.”

The series will be a topsy-turvy, magical tale of a spell gone wrong that involves Archie and the gang, and Sabrina meeting the famed rockers. Archie Comics hopes that the collision of characters will be enough to pull in a full audience — one that includes older Americans who grew up with the comics and younger fans too.

“Younger kids will enjoy the magical nature while older audiences will enjoy old rock ‘n’ roll,” said Goldwater.

The Archie comic turns 70 years old this month, which is eight years older than Simmons.

For parents worried that KISS’ mature themes may be too much for younger kids, Simmons offers words of comfort.

“KISS is all things to all people,” Simmons told the New York Post. “A 5- or 10-year-old fan doesn’t look at the lascivious nature of my tongue the same way someone much older would — such a thing is not obvious to a 5-year-old, nor should it be.”

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