Simon and Kirby Blog is hosted by the Jack Kirby Museum along with Bob H.’s Jack Kirby Weblog. Both can be reached from the Jack Kirby Museum web site. I am grateful to the Jack Kirby Museum for this hosting.

Harry

I’m not at all familiar with Joe Simon’s work, but this is terrific stuff. “I Squealed on the Red Light Boss” and “Sex Marauder and the Parked-Car Lovers” are great, and the work on that previous link is amazing! I’ve bookmarked your site, but Im’ still trying to figure out what the difference is between this blog and the museum one at the root level. I’m going to go share this over at GigPosters.

cheers,
Chris

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Chris Grayson: Art Director / Designer
Blog: GigantiCo

Great posts. I love these pulp graphics. The one that really caught my eye was the “I Squealed on the Red Light Boss” The layout is identical to many of the confessional type crime stories that S&K produced for Headline and JTtG, with the stand alone sexy figure of the titular female on the left introducing her sad tale of demise. I often wonder why it took so long for crime comics to become so popular. The crime pulps had a long run.

Stan

Great to see these Simon art directed pulps. While it is certainly interesting to compare these to the comics, they succeed on their own merit as well. Great innovative layouts and use of type. Joe easily could have had a career as an editorial art director if he so chose. When he moved into advertising was it as an art director?

Best,
Steven