Jon Kinyon
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Jon Kinyon is an American
filmmaker, film editor, stop motion animator, music producer, song writer, parodist, webcomic
creator/writer
, and entrepreneur
.
and president
of Hot Rod Condoms
, a U.S. condom
brand
which he launched in 1994.
, produced
and directed
God Squad!, a comedy film
which parodied
Christian Films
and 1970s Buddy Cop Films. It featured cult film
actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993) Julie Strain
as well as actor
Al Israel
who is famous for his roles in Scarface
, Carlito's Way
and Body Double
. Composer Bob Crail is credited with writing the film's musical score. After its premiere at the Academy Award accredited Los Angeles Film Festival
the film went on to screen at Tromadance
2003, the Backseat Film Festival
and several other U.S. film festivals. This film is included in the European version of "The Best of Tromadance" DVD.
, a YouTube
-styled website specifically geared for 2-D and 3-D animation
, with a stop motion animation parody
of Jimi Hendrix
' key performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
. The animated piece features a fictional character
named Jimi Homeless
who first appeared in a series of webcomic
s published as The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)
. The webcomics are written by Jon Kinyon and drawn by an underground cartoonist
known as Big Tasty. The stop motion animation was a collaboration
with Josh Curtis, the singer for the related band project
, who molded the clay version of Jimi Homeless.
he had written and produced, all inspired by the aforementioned comic. The first CD by The Jimi Homeless Experience
was released on the exact day of the 40th anniversary
of Jimi Hendrix
' first album
release Are You Experienced
, his Are You Homeless?
features "Weird Al" Yankovic
-styled parodies of some of Hendrix' biggest hits
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
filmmaker, film editor, stop motion animator, music producer, song writer, parodist, webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
creator/writer
Writer
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, and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
.
Hot Rod Condoms
Jon Kinyon is the founderEntrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of Hot Rod Condoms
Hot Rod Condoms
Hot Rod Condoms is a range of condoms manufactured and distributed by U.S.-based Kinyon Enterprises, Ltd. The brand was launched in 1994 by founder and president Jon Kinyon....
, a U.S. condom
Condom
A condom is a barrier device most commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases . It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner...
brand
Brand
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which he launched in 1994.
God Squad!
In 2002 he wroteScreenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
, produced
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
God Squad!, a comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
which parodied
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
Christian Films
Christian film
The Christian film industry is an umbrella term for films containing a Christian -themed message or moral, produced by openly Christian filmmakers to a Christian audience....
and 1970s Buddy Cop Films. It featured cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
actress and former Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993) Julie Strain
Julie Strain
Julie Strain is an American actress and model who was Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993.-Early life:...
as well as actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Al Israel
Al Israel
Al Israel was an American film and TV actor who is best known for his role as the Colombian drug dealer "Hector the Toad" in the 1983 cult film Scarface. He also appeared alongside Al Pacino in Carlito's Way a decade later.He was one of three original cast members to lend their voice talent to...
who is famous for his roles in Scarface
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
, Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way is a 1993 crime film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo, and...
and Body Double
Body Double
Body Double is a 1984 American thriller film directed by Brian De Palma starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, and Gregg Henry. The film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Rear Window, and Dial M for Murder. The original musical score was composed by Pino Donaggio...
. Composer Bob Crail is credited with writing the film's musical score. After its premiere at the Academy Award accredited Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Film Festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single...
the film went on to screen at Tromadance
TromaDance
The TromaDance Film Festival is a free annual independent film festival organized by Troma Entertainment. Founded in 1999, TromaDance was originally held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, operating concurrently alongside the Sundance Film Festival in order to showcase an independent...
2003, the Backseat Film Festival
Backseat Film Festival
The Backseat Film Festival is an independent film festival organized by Doug Sakmann, Nick Esposito, and Zafer Ulkucu.Beginning in Park City, UT during the winter of 2003 as one of many alternatives to the Sundance Film Festival it quickly transformed into a touring festival that continues to the...
and several other U.S. film festivals. This film is included in the European version of "The Best of Tromadance" DVD.
Stop motion animation and webcomic
On March 6, 2008 he became the first "featured animator" on MyToonsMyToons
MyToons was a free online community for animation that supported content sharing and social networking. MyToons.com was headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.The site was founded in 2006 by Paul Ford, Stacey Ford and Dan Kraus as a spinoff of Bauhaus Software...
, a YouTube
YouTube
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-styled website specifically geared for 2-D and 3-D animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
, with a stop motion animation parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
' key performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
Monterey Pop Festival
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California...
. The animated piece features a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
named Jimi Homeless
The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)
The Jimi Homeless Experience is an online social/political cartoon strip created and written by J. F. Kinyon. The webcomic is drawn by underground artist Big Tasty who is a frequent contributor to Girls and Corpses Magazine...
who first appeared in a series of webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
s published as The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)
The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)
The Jimi Homeless Experience is an online social/political cartoon strip created and written by J. F. Kinyon. The webcomic is drawn by underground artist Big Tasty who is a frequent contributor to Girls and Corpses Magazine...
. The webcomics are written by Jon Kinyon and drawn by an underground cartoonist
Underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence...
known as Big Tasty. The stop motion animation was a collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
with Josh Curtis, the singer for the related band project
The Jimi Homeless Experience
The Jimi Homeless Experience is a comedy rock act created, produced and managed by Jon Kinyon. The band performs mainly in and around Hollywood, CA...
, who molded the clay version of Jimi Homeless.
Parody album
On August 23, 2007 he released a full length CD of parody songsParody music
Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing musical ideas or lyrics — or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often funny, and this is the usual intent — the term "parody" in musical terms also...
he had written and produced, all inspired by the aforementioned comic. The first CD by The Jimi Homeless Experience
The Jimi Homeless Experience
The Jimi Homeless Experience is a comedy rock act created, produced and managed by Jon Kinyon. The band performs mainly in and around Hollywood, CA...
was released on the exact day of the 40th anniversary
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
' first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
release Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced is the debut album by English/American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, it was the first LP for Track Records...
, his Are You Homeless?
Are You Homeless?
Are You Homeless? is an EP from The Jimi Homeless Experience. It contains seven tracks of parody songs written by Jon Kinyon, each one lampooning a well known Jimi Hendrix hit. The CD was officially released on August 23, 2007, the 40th anniversary of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's first LP, Are...
features "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
-styled parodies of some of Hendrix' biggest hits
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
.