Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Upcoming Kirby – Captain Victory hardcover
Image brings another deluxe hardcover helping of 1980s Kirby later this year, with a big collection of the complete Captain Victory.
CAPTAIN VICTORY AND THE GALACTIC RANGERS HC
story JACK KIRBY
art JACK KIRBY, MIKE ROYER & MIKE THIBODEAUX
cover JACK KIRBY & MIKE ROYER
376 PAGES FC
NOVEMBER 28 $44.99
Image Comics’ archival collections of JACK “KING” KIRBY’s creator-owned work Pacific Comics [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
-Link- NYT on Kirby
The New York Times has a short article by Brent Staples on Jack Kirby and the increasing recognition he’s getting for his contributions in some circles. The article seems to have been edited down a bit (it mentions two upcoming books about Kirby in passing, without ever getting around to specifying what they are), [...]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
New Kirby – Amazing Fantasy Omnibus
Now available is the AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS, collecting AMAZING ADVENTURES #1-6, AMAZING ADULT FANTASY #7-14 and AMAZING FANTASY #15. Mostly Ditko, of course, especially the later issues, but lots of Kirby in the first six issues, including the adventures of Doctor Droom.
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Upcoming Kirby – Odd Jimmy O. reprint
I don’t really follow current goings-on at DC enough to know what connection 35-year-old Jimmy Olsen stories have with DC’s current linewide crossover, but here you go.
Also, for those interested in such things, action figures of Darkseid, Orion, Lightray and Mister Miracle coming out next year based on Kirby’s art (though it seems to me [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
-Link- 1982 San Diego photos
Alan Light has posted a stack of photos that he took at the 1982 San Diego Con. Included are four photos of Jack Kirby, two solo and two flacked by Will Eisner and Roz Kirby.
