Gene Simmons and KISS have never been on my radar. The only reason I was interested was that Gene Simmons aired an episode of his reality show where he was at ComicCon. He seemed to genuinely enjoy the show and I enjoyed his self-deprecating sense of humor.
In the days before ComicCon, I came across a reference that Gene would be signing at the Archie’s booth. After I paused and digested that for a moment I figured, what the hell, I’d go for it.
So at Preview Night I meandered over to the Archie Booth to see if my info was correct. They told me I could buy the hardback version of the Archie’s series that KISS was in and I could get it signed. Seemed simple enough. I bought my copy and left.
I checked on Thursday to ensure nothing changed. I was told I needed to be line about 30 minutes before the signing started. So I went out and about and had a good time. The day of the signing I double checked again. Am I being a nuisance? Maybe but I swear I was polite. I also know how things change.
I was late to the signing. I got there about 10 minutes before it started. Since they had a small supply of books, I wasn’t too concerned. I found the back of the line, a line of about 15 people up near the booth...but I was told the ‘real’ back of the line was on back wall. Okay, been there and done that. I had time. I moved to the back of that line. Then it got interesting.
