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INDIE VIEW: Women making their marks in ‘Aurora Borealice’ and ‘Nhun the Huntress’

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John Seven reviews ‘Aurora Borealice’ and ‘Nhun the Huntress’

INDIE VIEW: Comics history, record collecting, and the punkest punk in the school

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Memorabilia By Sergio Ponchione Fantagraphics Books Italian cartoonist Ponchione has concocted a unique hybrid designed to highlight his own creative strengths while honoring those who have influenced him. Less a story than a meditation, Ponchione chronicles snatches of his working life that involve creating short comics about the comics legends that mean the most to […]

Interview: Jim Woodring on working with Jack Kirby, having visions and making comics

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James Romberger and Jim Woodring in conversation – plus a Comic Arts Brooklyn report.

Jack Kirby & Wally Wood – In Color: Sky Masters of the Space Force Gets Collected

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There have been a number of Kirby projects this year, but here’s one that’s a little more unique.  Amigos Comics is issuing a full color reprint of the Jack Kirby/Wally Wood (and the unrelated Wood brothers) comic strip, Sky Masters of the Space Force.  For being produced by the Kirby/Wood team, this strip hasn’t had a lot […]

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/29/17: Good news, everyone! Captain America is okay again!

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§ Nice Art: We’re still celebrating Jack Kirby here so more Jack Kirby, this time his drawings of God, some of the very few pieces of his own art that he kept on display in his home. A complicated guy, that Kirby. § As you doubtless have either heard or strongly suspected, when Secret Empire […]

A Year of Free Comics: Jack Kirby’s Golden Age

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  As we mentioned earlier today, as e celebrate the 100th birthday of Jack “King” Kirby, he was a master of all comics genres. From helping invent superheroes with Captain America, to  romance with the groundbreaking Young Romance to “kids teams” with Newsboy Legion and Boys Ranch, to comics as literature with Marvel and DC, […]

Besides creating the Marvel Universe, Jack Kirby was a pioneer of creator-owned comics

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By Mark Peters Jack Kirby—who would have turned 100 this month, if he and we were luckier—is best known for his corporate creations, which are omnipresent in pop culture. As co-creator of the Marvel Universe, Kirby launched the heroes and villains currently taking over the world via the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain America, the Avengers, […]

#kirby100 – Looking Back at Jack “King” Kirby on his 100th birthday

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t’s Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday today, and this should be a national holiday, but sadly people just aren’t hip enough for Kirby Day yet. If you’re in New York, there is a pop up Museum downtown, sort of nearish where Kirby was born, and I’ll be making a visit there later today. 

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