{"id":686,"date":"2007-02-04T15:28:54","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/archives\/686"},"modified":"2007-02-04T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T15:28:54","slug":"simon-and-kirbys-office-lol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/simonandkirby\/archives\/686","title":{"rendered":"Simon and Kirby’s Office, LOL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJack Kirby from “Comic Book Creators, Jack Kirby” by Sue Hamilton<\/p>\n

I finally got my copy of Sue Hamilton’s “Comic Book Creators, Jack Kirby”. The delay was my fault I had both taken my time in ordering it and tied the order with another book that had not been released yet. Anyway I previously posted on this book<\/a>. It was written for young adults but I knew it had some nice photos in it so I wanted a copy. I have not read it yet but I did notice one inaccuracy. This comes after a description of Jack meeting Joe at Fox Comics and asking Joe for freelance work to supplement his income from Fox:<\/p>\n

Together Jacob and Joe rented a one-room office. They began working nights and weekends on such comics as The Blue Beetle”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well both Jack and Joe did work on the Blue Beetle but not at the freelance office. The Blue Beetle belonged to Fox Comics. At Fox Jack was drawing the syndication strip while Joe was editor and cover artist for the comic book version. Yes it is a small detail but it shows that the book was not written by someone not familiar with comic book history.<\/p>\n

Still the book has some very nice photographs of a younger Jack and actually that was why I bought it. While looking through them I stopped at the one I show above and had to laugh. The caption was:<\/p>\n

Jack Kirby proofing comic book covers in his office in 1949.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The reason I found this funny was that recently I had scan a photograph of Joe Simon at a desk (see below). Joe commented that they never had their own office and he had used Teddy Epstein’s office for the photo. Teddy was one of the owners of Prize Comics. So without a doubt Jack had done the same thing. I cannot blame Hamilton for this small mistake. After all I would have made the same error had not Joe not made his comment. Because seeing is believing we mistakenly judge photographs as objective evidence. As shown by these photos, and especially today with Photoshop, care most always be taken when using a photograph.<\/p>\n

The two photographs were taken at either different locations or different times. The two photos have dissimilar desk arrangements and the items being examined are not the same. Jack is looking at some cover proofs. I cannot made out two of them but ones I can read are Young Love and Young Romance. The YL one is issue #5 (October 1949). The YR is a bit of a mystery as I have not been able to identify the issue. I wonder if it ever actually got published? Joe is looking at Headline, Young Romance and Justice Traps the Guilty comic books. Two of these I cannot make out but the YR is issue #2 (November 1947).<\/p>\n

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\nJoe Simon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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