Archive for March, 2007
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
-Link- Marder’s “Think Kirby”
If you’ll forgive the self-link to another web project I’m working on, Gunk’l’dunk is a fan site for Larry Marder and his TALES OF THE BEANWORLD series, one of my favourite modern age comic (and a very Kirby-inspired one on a more fundamental level than most), and among the posts on the odd little bits [...]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Upcoming Kirby – Marvel in June
Interesting set of books in the latest Marvel solicitations. The big one is obviously the second FF OMNIBUS, over 700 pages of Kirby, some of his best work ever, plus various special features (John Morrow mentioned on his blog that he’s writing a piece about “This Man, This Monster” for it). AVENGERS CLASSIC begins an [...]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Upcoming Kirby – Fourth World Omnibus v2
Still two months before the first book comes out, but it seems the lead time for solicitations gets longer every year, so here’s the info on the second FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS. At this rate you’ll be able to get a four volume full colour hardcover set of the Fourth World by this time next year [...]
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
The Avengers #24 [1966] – Cover
Cute little Kirby/Ayers cover showing how little the villains of the Marvel universe believe in fair play. Although, you have to admit, it’s nice of them to make sure that the only three guys actually shooting their weapons are those facing the guy with the indestructible shield. Published 1966
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
-Link- Kirby documentary news
John Morrow has news on the inclusion on an hour-long documentary about Jack Kirby in an upcoming extended DVD release of a FANTASTIC FOUR film based on his creations. Also a great colour image of a Kirby collage from SPIRIT WORLD which will appear in black and white in an upcoming JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR.
