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Nick Simmons
Nick Simmons (left) with his father, Gene Simmons, at San Diego Hard Rock Hotel, 2009
Born
Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons

(1989-01-22) January 22, 1989 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Comic book creator, musician, television personality, voice over actor,
Years active2005–present

Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons (born January 22, 1989) is the son of Gene Simmons. He is perhaps best known for starring in the Gene Simmons Family Jewels reality show, broadcast by the A&E network.

Personal life

Simmons is the son of Israeli-American musician Gene Simmons from rock band Kiss and Canadian actress/model Shannon Tweed. He has a sister named Sophie who is three years younger. He attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California and graduated in 2011 with a degree in English Literature.[1]

Career

Simmons is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and is most notable as part of the cast of the The Biography Channel reality television show Gene Simmons Family Jewels.[1][2] He has also performed voiceover work on Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken.[3]

He contributed a story for the comic book anthology, Gene Simmons House of Horrors, the first issue of which was released in July 2007. At the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2009, Radical Comics presented a special preview edition of Simmons's own comic book, Incarnate, from the Simmons Comics Group.[4][5] It was released August 1, 2009 but production was halted in February 2010 due to accusations of plagiarism.[6][7] He responded to the accusations on March 1, 2010, claiming homage.[8]

He also contributed vocals to "Hand of The King", a song from Bruce Kulick's solo album BK3 that he also co-wrote.[9] Kulick had served as a guitarist for Kiss from 1984 to 1996.

Accusations of plagiarism

Concerns arose in late February 2010 that Nick Simmons had plagiarized character designs, fight scenes, plot segments, dialogue, poses and expressions from both professional and amateur artists, from both several published manga, the most notable being Bleach, and from art communities such as DeviantArt.[6][7]

Evelyn Dubocq, Senior Director of Public Relations at Viz Media, the American publisher of the Bleach manga, was quoted as saying, "We appreciate all our fans bringing this matter to our attention, and we are currently investigating this issue".[7] Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach, one of the manga specifically named, made two Twitter posts on the situation; first to comment on the number of people outside of Japan commenting on the accusations and later to note that he is more disturbed by the fact that Gene Simmons' son is a comic creator than he is concerned any of his work was actually copied.[7]

On February 25, 2010, the publisher of Incarnate, Radical Comics, announced on its official blog that it would be halting distribution and production of Incarnate until the matter is resolved between all concerned parties.[10] Production of Incarnate never resumed.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Gene Simmons Family Jewels
  2. ^ A&E's Gene Simmons Family Jewels website
  3. ^ "Nick Simmons' Voiceover Credits". Official Website for Robot Chicken.
  4. ^ "Nick Simmons' Incarnate (Skullduggery)". Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  5. ^ Rodriguez, Alex (July 23, 2009). "Nick Simmons: Bringing the Revenants to Life". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Melrose, Kevin (February 25, 2010). "Radical Halts Nick Simmons' Incarnate amid Claims of Plagiarism". Robot 6. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nick Simmons' Incarnate Halted Over Alleged Bleach Plagiarism (Updated)". Anime News Network. February 25, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "ann1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ Gustines, George Gene (March 1, 2010). "Comic Book Creator Accused of Plagiarism". Arts Beat. NYTimes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  9. ^ http://www.aetv.com/news/hear-nick-simmons-sing-on-bruce-kulick's-latest-single-531210
  10. ^ Radical Publishing (February 25, 2010). "Radical's response in regards to Incarnate". RadicalComics.com. Retrieved February 25, 2010. [dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Incarnate". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved July 24, 2015.

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