http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby © 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Harry Mendryk. Unless otherwise marked, all images are my own restorations. Further some of the images have copyrights by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby or Joe Simon alone. I am fortunate that Joe Simon has allowed me to also include some previously unpublished material. Please do not copy from this blog without permission. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:34:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some time ago I posted about the practice of reconstructing art that Marvel was using in their Masterworks reprint volumes (Recreation Vs. Restoration, How Should Reprints Be Done?). I was, and still am, rather critical of that approach. My criticism is not just theoretical, some of the reconstructions made in ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2641 Black Cat #7 (September 1947) "Death-Trap De Luxe" page 2, art by Joe Simon The last created Vagabond Prince story, "Death-Trap De Luxe", ended up being the first one published. Thus readers would have had no idea what brought the Vagabond Prince and his two companions together to fight crime. Actually ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2635 Black Cat #8 (November 1947) "The Madness of Doctor Altu" page 3, art by Joe Simon As I mentioned in a previous Vagabond Prince post ("Trapped on Wax") the origin story was meant for Boy Explorers #2 issue but not published. Joe Simon drew two other Vagabond Prince stories. It may ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2629 My schedule is pretty crowded and so I do not have much spare time for wondering around the Internet. Fortunately some of my readers occasionally point out things that might be of interest to me. Recently my attention was directed to a post on Todd's Blog, Logo Study: DC Romance ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2618 Tales of the Unexpected #18 (October 1957) "The Man Who Collected Planets", art by Jack Kirby In a comment to my previous post (Kirby Krackle) Ger Apeldoorn remarked on the existence of another Kirby Krackle prototype. Unfortunately Ger was unable to provide the specific comic that it appeared in. Perhaps he ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2610 "Trapped on Wax", art by Joe Simon Just about everything Simon and Kirby produced was great stuff but I am sure most fans have their favorites. Previously the only superhero work I included among my favorite Simon and Kirby productions was Fighting American. Well that has changed as I now add ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2606 Fantastic Four #57 (December 1966) "Enter, Dr. Doom" page 5 panel 4, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott (from the Marvel Omnibus) There is a virtual cottage industry around identifying some aspect of Jack Kirby's artistry and naming it with a word starting with the letter 'K' (better yet ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2600 Adventures of the Fly #2 (September 1959) "Tim O'Casey's Wrecking Crew", pencils by unidentified artist If a young boy can be transformed into a fully costumed adult superhero with a magic ring, why not have a leprechaun as an opponent? Not strange enough? Well then give the leprechaun some giant robots ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2592 Adventures of the Fly #1 (August 1959) "The Strange New World of the Fly", pencils by Jack Kirby Recently I posted about Jack Kirby's work on the origin story of Private Strong, aka the Shield. In Adventures of the Fly #1 (August 1959) Jack also had the honors of doing the ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2580 Double Life of Private Strong #2 (August 1959) "The Toy Master" page 5, art by unidentified artist While the first issue of Double Life of Private Strong was almost completely drawn by Jack Kirby, he played a much smaller part in the second. I am not sure who drew the first ... http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2571