Monthly Archives: May 2008

-Link- Joe Simon upcoming books from Titan

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Bob

Here’s a press release outlining the plans for at least three books Joe Simon is putting together for Titan Publishing Group, Joe Simon: The Man Behind The Comics (an autobiography), The Best Of Simon & Kirby (a hardcover including superheroes, horror, detective fiction, westerns and romance comics), and The Simon & Kirby Superheroes (including Blue Bolt, Fighting American, Stuntman, and the Fly).

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New Kirby – OMAC and more

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Bob

Just updating the New Kirby page, so a quick note that the OMAC collection (which has a few pages restored to how Kirby drew them from how they were published) is out this week, and the last few weeks have seen a few big books, including the HULK OMNIBUS which is about half Kirby (some pages just layouts).

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Panels – Paroxysm of surging rage

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Bob

“Paroxysm”? Boy, comics really do build up your vocabulary.

from Thor #137 [1967]

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Panels – Enough, dog!

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Bob

All things considered, fairly mild treatment from Darkseid to his underlings. This one knows to get gone while he can.

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-Link- Evanier on Kirby NPR interview

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Bob

Mark Evanier sits down for a 20-minute interview about Kirby on NPR’s Fresh Air. Go listen.

(if you’re having problems with their streaming player, like I was, or just want to save a copy for yourself, you can download the entire program from their podcast here (20MB mp3 file))

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