{"id":3545,"date":"2010-10-23T11:45:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2010-10-23T11:45:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T15:45:31","slug":"joe-simons-appearance-at-the-2010-new-york-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/archives\/3545","title":{"rendered":"Joe Simon&#8217;s Appearance at the 2010 New York Comic Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I previously briefly discussed Joe Simon&#8217;s appearance at the New York Comic Con but unfortunately at the time I was without my camera. Now thanks to the kindness of Olga Rosario I can share some photographs taken at this special event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3547\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe11-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoe Simon looking quite dapper with his Captain America tee-shirt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3548\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe2.jpg 433w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Joe2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe all sang happy birthday to Joe who is now 97 years young.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Superheroes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3549\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Superheroes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Superheroes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Superheroes-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoe is quite pleased with Titan&#8217;s latest release &#8220;the Simon and Kirby Superheroes&#8221; (which I have begun to refer to as the Brick).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010CapAm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3550\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010CapAm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010CapAm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010CapAm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere have been so many versions of Captain America out there that I have no idea which one this gentleman is supposed to be, but he looked terrific.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Jerry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3551\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Jerry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Jerry.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Jerry-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDuring his visit, Jerry Robinson signed a copy of the Brick. There is nothing by Jerry is in &#8220;The Simon and Kirby Superheroes&#8221; but there is one fan with a very unique copy of the book (it is not me but I know who it is).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Harry.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Rand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3553\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Rand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Rand.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Rand-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoe with Rand Hoppe (of the Jack Kirby Museum fame). Both share the same birthday. Happy birthday Rand!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Harry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joe Simon at the 2010 New York Comic Con\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/NYCC2010Harry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoe with a big fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I previously briefly discussed Joe Simon&#8217;s appearance at the New York Comic Con but unfortunately at the time I was without my camera. Now thanks to the kindness of Olga Rosario I can share some photographs taken at this special event. Joe Simon looking quite dapper with his Captain America tee-shirt. We all sang happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3uriT-Vb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}