{"id":1586,"date":"2008-10-10T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2008-10-10T12:01:24","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T12:01:24","slug":"french-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/archives\/1586","title":{"rendered":"French Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nStrange #6<\/p>\n

The French company, Organic Comix, has released a translated reprint of “Come into My Parlor” which was first published in Adventures of the Fly #1 (August 1959). This reprint was originally meant to be released earlier under a license agreement with Archie Comics. The only problem was Archie Comics did not have the copyrights for the Fly, those belong to Joe Simon. I am not sure why such a mistake had been made since Michael Silberkleit, then chairman and publisher of Archie Comics, had previously signed an agreement acknowledging Joe’s copyright renewal of the Fly. Whatever the reasons for the error, it was straightened out and Joe gave permission for the publication of Strange #6 with some minor alterations to indicate his ownership. There even was a friendly meeting between Silberkleit and Simon during the New York Comic Con. Unfortunately Silberkleit passed away recently (August 8, 2008).<\/p>\n

The format for Strange #6 is rather unusual; it was published as a single folded sheet. The comic unfolds nicely to allow reading of the Fly story, but when completely unfolded the backside reveals a large poster of a Kirby female costumed character. Frankly I am not familiar with this presumed superhero. I suspect it was one of the proposals Jack made late in his life. I would include an image, but the poster is much too large to be scanned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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