Archive for October, 2007

Friday, October 19th, 2007

New Kirby - TJKC #49 and more

THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #49 is available now, no doubt the usual compliment of great features. It’s also the first issue available as a PDF download from the publisher.
I missed it before, but Craig Yoe’s latest book, CLEAN CARTOONIST’S DIRTY DRAWINGS, apparently features a bit of Kirby, some early gag cartoon work, among its […]

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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Upcoming Kirby - Various items

A few new Kirby items due early next year in the latest solicitations. I’ve also just updated the new Kirby announcement page on some previously announced items which have been postponed. DESTROYER DUCK will probably see a colour edition, including the Savage Dragon crossover, sometime in the future. CAPTAIN VICTORY is delayed […]

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Happy Joe Simon Day

Today is Joe Simon’s 94th birthday, and he’s still going strong. Happy Birthday, Joe.
Mark Evanier has a post up about Simon. And of course you should keep an eye on the S&K Blog for a regular dose of some great analysis and wonderfully restored classic comic book images from Simon’s career.

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

-Link- Hunger Dogs reprint format

DC has announced how the reprint of “The Hunger Dogs” in the upcoming fourth volume of THE FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS will be handled. Short form, the 24 pages of the original version of the story will be restored to their original trim size and Royer inked format, but still integrated with the later pages […]

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