Ken Kelly signed prints

Prints of some of the most iconic Kiss covers

Since I have written about both the Michael Doret and Victor Stabin prints. I thought I should write about the Ken Kelly prints I also have.

Ken Kelly has prints for sale of both the Destroyer cover painting, the Love Gun painting, what is supposed to be the first version of the Destroyer cover and the Gods Of Thunder cover, that he painted for the Norwegian Kiss tribute record.

There are different versions of the prints. The cheapest ones are photos (8×10), limited edition prints (22×22) and giclee prints (24″x24).

The ones I have are the limited edition prints. And the quality is about what you would expect for around $50. The paper seem like ordinary poster quality. The colors are a little dark compared to the versions we are used to. But I have never seen the originals so It’s difficult to say how true to the originals they are. On the “Gods Of Thunder” cover the colors are really “off”, and has to much cyan in it compared to the original painting . But all my prints are still in the plastic wrapping so all of them would probably look much better when I get them framed. The one who looks has the most viberant colors is the “brown Destroyer” painting. But I have never seen another version of It so It so difficult to tell how that’s compared to the original. Maybe I one day will buy one of the giclee prints. So I can tell how the quality is on those. But we will just have to wait and see. If anyone has one, please tell me and send pictures.

The “Kiss brown” has been discussed because some people doubted that It was painted before the record came out. I remember someone tried to sell the original online about eight to ten years ago. And most people believed It was a fake at that point. But when Ken Kelly say’s he painted It I believe him. Most of us just thought the only thing that existed was the sketch that Kiss has used as a illustration in the Kisstory book before. There is also a video clip Ken Kelly’s page where Ken tells about the story of the “Kiss brown” painting.

So what is my verdict of the limited edition prints? I would say buy them. They are quite cheap and look good if your looking for signed Kiss artwork by Ken Kelly. The signatures on all prints look great.

You can find all the prints for sale on Ken Kelly’s site.

My Ken Kelly prints
(They are still in the plastic wrapping so the pictures doesn’t really do them justice. They look much better in real life.)