Simmons is a member of the
Screen Actors Guild and is most notable as part of the cast of
A&E reality television series
Gene Simmons Family Jewels from 2006 to 2012. He has also performed voice-over work on
Cartoon Network's
Robot Chicken. He branched out into writing, most notably for comic books. 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
San Diego Comic-Con in July 2009,
Radical Comics presented a special preview edition of Simmons's own comic book,
Incarnate, from the Simmons Comics Group. It was released August 1, 2009. In February 2010,
accusations arose that Simmons had
plagiarized character designs, fight scenes, plot segments, dialogue, poses, and expressions from both professional and amateur artists, from several published
manga, the most notable being
Bleach, and from art communities such as
DeviantArt. Simmons responded to the accusations by stating that he intended the similarities between the two works as an
homage:Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went to (sic) far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all manga. Evelyn Dubocq, Senior Director of Public Relations at
Viz Media, the American publisher of
Bleach, stated, "We appreciate all our fans bringing this matter to our attention, and we are currently investigating this issue". Production of
Incarnate never resumed. Simmons contributed vocals to "Hand of The King", a song from former Kiss guitarist
Bruce Kulick's 2010 solo album
BK3. In 2017, Simmons worked as a writer for
The Huffington Post. He appeared on the Thursday, March 9, 2017, episode of the
Comedy Central television show
@Midnight. In November 2025, Simmons and Evan Stanley son of
Paul Stanley, announced their new musical duo Stanley Simmons and their debut single. ==References==