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.
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 has also 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 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. It was released August 1, 2009.
Simmons contributed vocals to "Hand of The King", a song from former Kiss Guitarist Bruce Kulick's 2010 solo album BK3.
Simmons is the son of Israeli musician Gene Simmons from the 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.
As of 2017, Simmons works as a Writer for The Huffington Post. He appeared on the Thursday, March 9, 2017 episode of the Comedy Central television show @Midnight.
