Jack Kirby in Lucerne
You might wonder why the first city to stage a major fine art retrospective on the whole career of Jack Kirby is Lucerne in Switzerland. Since Kirby died in 1994, there have been several modest exhibits, including a small display I curated in 1994 at the Cartoon Art Trust in London, as well as the Masters of Comic Art show which began in Los Angeles and included Kirby as one of the fifteen creators spotlighted.
... Of course the idea of an exhibit of Jack Kirby art is enticing enough; but it includes such personal effects as copies of his letters home to wife Roz from the front in WWII: 
...Left him enlightened, somewhat calmer but his problem like some problems was laid in the lap of time which is the only other substitute for John J.
...Left him enlightened, somewhat calmer but his problem like some problems was laid in the lap of time which is the only other substitute for John J. Contest: Write your own Jack Kirby pitch
Dave Itzkoff at the NY Times uncovers the story of a vault of 600 pages of unpublished Jack Kirby concept art. After leaving DC...
Jack Kirby’s Julius Caesar the Celestial
Via the Jack Kirby Museum, the tale of Jack Kirby's foray at costume design for the stage:
In 1969, Sheldon Feldner contacted Marvel Comics, asking...
This weekend: Royal Flush Festival
Jah Furry shares a preview of the new issue of Royal Flush Magazine, which contains much of comics-related interest:
• Exclusive cover story / interview...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 9/29/09
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Kirby family files for copyright reassignment
ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE. Last week, Jack Kirby's four children filed notices of copyright termination for 45 characters . The LA Times has...
Happy Birthday, Jack!
Jack Kirby would have been 92 years old today.
Bully has a 24 hour tribute, with hourly posting. Spurge has a visual tribute....
Two from Kirby
4th Letter one-ups Garfield and gives us DARKSEID MINUS NEW GODS, a bleak, existential drama set in a landscape of nihilism and doubt by...
Linkage, comings and goings
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READ: Kirby Monsters!
As an alternative to parades or football, may we suggest, these 39 never-reprinted Kirby Monsters comics at Philip Parodayco's Monster Blog. Hours of browsing...
Stan at CAPS vid
http://www.youtube.com/v/OXXm-VihdDo&rel=1
Via Mark Evanier. Shot by Lee Hester.
