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Happy Joe Simon Day
Congratulations to Joe Simon, born 96 years ago today. (at right, above, from 1942) As usual for all your Joe Simon needs I refer you to Harry Mendryk’s S&K Blog. It’s been a good year for Simon’s...
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2009 – A Kirby Odyssey
Well, barring something unforseen, it looks like every major Kirby publication of 2009 should be out now, so why not get the annual recap out of the way early, while there’s still time for last minute...
View ArticleAugust 28, 1917
Today is Jack Kirby’s 93rd birthday. Mark Evanier has a post with a neat photo. Harry Mendryk has a nice selection of original art scans. And if you haven’t already, check out Harry’s recently...
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2010 – A Kirby Odyssey
Doesn’t look like we’ll see any more Kirby releases this year, so here’s the year-end roundup. Book of the year, not much doubt: THE SIMON AND KIRBY SUPERHEROES HC Especially if you don’t have the...
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Boy Commandos Christmas
Among the stories reprinted in THE BOY COMMANDOS BY JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY #1 [2010] is the never-before-reprinted “A Break For Santa” from DETECTIVE COMICS #71 [1943]. Yes, even dressed as Santa...
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50 years ago today…
At least according to some sources, this is what greeted people on the newsstands on Tuesday August 8, 1961, fifty years ago today: That’s Jack Kirby’s FANTASTIC FOUR #1, for the one or two who don’t...
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Joe Simon, R.I.P.
Sad to hear of the passing of Joe Simon at age 98. His importance in Jack Kirby’s career is immeasurable, working together on thousands of pages of comics from 1940 to the late 1950s, co-creating...
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2011 – A Kirby Odyssey
Another big year for Kirby reprints and related projects in 2011, a year that sadly ended with the recent passing of Kirby’s long-time partner Joe Simon. Fortunately, Simon had a productive final...
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Happy 95th Birthday Jack Kirby
Just a quick birthday to Jack Kirby. Every year his legend grows. See this post from Rand Hoppe on some of the goings-on around this Kirbyday, including a project from his grand-daughter Jillian to...
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2012 – A Kirby Odyssey
DC pretty much dominates the noteworthy Kirby reprints list for 2012, and will soon be almost out of unreprinted Kirby from after the 1940s. Top of the list, featuring lots of never before reprinted...
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2013 – A Kirby Odyssey
(I know, this is technically a year late, but retro-actively dated. Somehow I forgot to post this at the end of 2013) Big year for for Kirby reprints, the book of the year was easily Titan’s THE SIMON...
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2014 – A Kirby Odyssey
I guess the big Kirby event of the year was outside of the comics, the settlement between the Kirby family and Marvel that had the immediate visible effect of a co-creator credit appearing in many...
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2010 – A Kirby Odyssey
Doesn’t look like we’ll see any more Kirby releases this year, so here’s the year-end roundup. Book of the year, not much doubt: THE SIMON AND KIRBY SUPERHEROES HC Especially if you don’t have the...
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Boy Commandos Christmas
Among the stories reprinted in THE BOY COMMANDOS BY JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY #1 [2010] is the never-before-reprinted “A Break For Santa” from DETECTIVE COMICS #71 [1943]. Yes, even dressed as Santa...
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50 years ago today…
At least according to some sources, this is what greeted people on the newsstands on Tuesday August 8, 1961, fifty years ago today: That’s Jack Kirby’s FANTASTIC FOUR #1, for the one or two who don’t...
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Joe Simon, R.I.P.
Sad to hear of the passing of Joe Simon at age 98. His importance in Jack Kirby’s career is immeasurable, working together on thousands of pages of comics from 1940 to the late 1950s, co-creating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2011 – A Kirby Odyssey
Another big year for Kirby reprints and related projects in 2011, a year that sadly ended with the recent passing of Kirby’s long-time partner Joe Simon. Fortunately, Simon had a productive final...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 95th Birthday Jack Kirby
Just a quick birthday to Jack Kirby. Every year his legend grows. See this post from Rand Hoppe on some of the goings-on around this Kirbyday, including a project from his grand-daughter Jillian to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2012 – A Kirby Odyssey
DC pretty much dominates the noteworthy Kirby reprints list for 2012, and will soon be almost out of unreprinted Kirby from after the 1940s. Top of the list, featuring lots of never before reprinted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2013 – A Kirby Odyssey
(I know, this is technically a year late, but retro-actively dated. Somehow I forgot to post this at the end of 2013) Big year for for Kirby reprints, the book of the year was easily Titan’s THE SIMON...
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