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Here is some process art for Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #3 out Wednesday. Pencils and inks are by Nathan Fox, colors are by Brad Simpson and letters are by Simon Bowland. And of course the comic is based on characters by Jack Kirby with a script by Joe Casey. For more on Captain Victory and the Galactic[...]

At the New York Comic Con, one of the oft-discussed stories was the settlement between the estate of the late Jack Kirby, co-creator of the Hulk, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Captain America, X-Men, Silver Surfer and so much, represented by Marc Toberoff, and Marvel Comics, now owned by Disney. The suit, if successful, would have redefined work-for-hire[...]

Retailers worldwide should order big and order often." Since its launch in August, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers has strived to push all boundaries of sequential storytelling – a noble goal that its creative team hopes can honor the legacy of Jack Kirby  A legendary writer/artist whose visual style and design sense defined the Silver Age[...]

The cosmic saga of Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers continues with the fourth issue. The Rangers risk destruction to find their lost captain and a

No, this Captain America sketch, though signed from Jack Kirby, is not by Jack Kirby Not even a little bit That doesn't stop it being sold on eBay as if it were by Jack Kirby for $2000 Australian dollars. The listing reads… Was brought from an elderly gentlemen who in turn brought it from a Kirby Collector[...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J63ko6OEyzM[/youtube] At the edge of space and time, Stan Lee must face his final challenge: Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko! CAST Jacob Torpey as Stan Lee Michael Curran as Jack Kirby Matt Torpey as Steve Ditko Chad Ruhle as the narrator Special thanks to Jamie Albrecht, Grady Dixson, Brian Doan, Scott Thomas, and Nikolai Fomich for contributing ideas. TWITTER: https://twitter.com/patrickhwillems FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/patrickhwillems TUMBLR: http://patrickhwillems.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/patrickhwillems Patrick Willems is a filmmaker[...]

Though Jack Kirby's birthday was yesterday, Dynamite wanted to do one more free comic in honor of The King Kirby: Genesis #0 was the kicking off point for Dynamite's big Kirby-centric event from a few years back The issue was written by Kurt Busiek with Alex Ross doing pencils and covers and Jackson Herbert doing[...]

In honor of Jack Kirby's birthday, Dynamite has sent over the latest version of one of his creations: Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers This first issue is written by Joe Casey and drawn by Nathan Fox, Jim Rugg and Ulises Farinas Below the issue you will also see the covers for the first 4[...]

All hail the King! #WakeUpAndDraw Couldn't wait! Happy Birthday to Jack Kirby! pic.twitter.com/41kPcBpz0j — Jerry Ordway (@JerryOrdway) August 28, 2014 Quick #WakeUpAndDraw for Jack Kirby's birthday Long live the King! pic.twitter.com/gPl4AcUdmE — Dave Howlett (@paskettiwestern) August 28, 2014 for King Kirby's birthday! #WakeUpAndDraw pic.twitter.com/KFlGY2WGP8 — Newtasty (@newtasty) August 28, 2014 For Hero Initiative #wakeupanddraw #heroinitiative Happy 95th Birthday to Jack "King of[...]

Lots of characters, lots of fighting, lots of space used and filled.   Thor & Loki gets some mighty direction and power from the Asgardian goats, with other panels also using the wideness.Lots of direction and speed as a result.     Oh and Saga? Possibly the most accurate use of the word "widescreen" to date… welcome to the Robot[...]

Though now we get a better look at them. But who is Hyalt? And what is The Recording Robot? It's also worth knowing that tomorrow is Wake Up And Draw For Jack Kirby day, celebrating the man's 97th birthday if he has lived Well, it looks at if Pete Woods has gotten in a little early there. And[...]

The future of comics starring Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's The Inhumans character at Marvel are very important to the publisher, which is why the big names of Matt Fraction and Joe Madueira were originally put on the Inhuman series But that pressure may have contributed to what saw Fraction to walk off the book,[...]

They say: "Fan favorites, Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder, for their newly released Rocket Girl trade paperback, "Times Squared!" If you haven't read it yet, this is a fantastic way to catch up! The fun, crazy, time-travel story and beautifully slick art is rife with humor, twists and 80s nostalgia!  Come meet these great talents,[...]

To go along with their 75th anniversary, Marvel comics is producing a series of videos looking at the history of their comics. Here we get the 1960's and

Pete Woods tweeted this weekend, When DC Comics asks you to redesign the New Gods do you decline because haters gonna hate, or do you dive in with glee? I

In the initial article Greg Theakston put out a press release stating his plans to file a stolen goods report with the Hoboken Police Department involving 3,000+ Xerox copies of Jack Kirby's original pencils that he loaned to the Kirby Museum Now the museum board responds to Theakston's claims. Archive Donor Matter 11 August 2014 Jack Kirby Museum[...]

By Tony Panaccio Jack Kirby just cannot get any respect these days. With Guardians of the Galaxy heating up in theatres, with scads of screen credits for just about every comic book creator who has ever worked on those characters EXCEPT Kirby, and the Supreme Court waffling on what to do with the Kirby vs[...]

(A Thanos / Star-Lord connection has been kept throughout comics since through Annihilation and even into the upcoming Original Sins arc in upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy (Volume 3).)  In approaching the movie everything that is in Guardians of the Galaxy (Volume 3) by Brian Michael Bendis is what informs the character best, and has[...]

This movie had Jack Kirby art for it's storyboards and is the movie that Tony Mendez borrowed to use in the CIA plan to save the U.S Embassy workers in Iran in 1979 as depicted in the Ben Affleck movie Argo. They have prints of the 14 Kirby pieces in color along with prints by Chris[...]

Today, Marvel are due to respond to the case from Jack Kirby's family and estate, represented by Marc Toberoff, regarding the definition of work for hire in a freelance capacity – which the Supreme Court will be considering whether or not to hear in September This could impact on the ownership and revenue created by[...]

When I interviewed Joe Casey about the new Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers, he talked about how no single artist could come close to what Jack Kirby could do So he and Dynamite are going to use eight of them Now Casey is back to talk about each one of them by the issue[...]

Done re=ather well, no one can deny it. But just as the estate of Jack Kirby have gone to the Supreme Court over the transference of rights from Marvel to the Kirbys, might Great Britain engage lawyer Marc Toberoff to see if we can get the rights to the USA back? And after all, when that[...]

Groot was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, but I know you know that. And this is a pretty cool new poster, gotta say:   And because it is Monday so I missed these earlier, here are two more posters for GotG characters who are not as cool as Groot, but still pretty cool. Gamora was created by[...]

The spark that has molded my life and, like Jack, pulled me out of a rough childhood and the feeling of being able to entertain and help others through with stories told in sequential art. Jack and Joe (photo by Hunter Canning) The play bills itself as "The hysterical and heartbreaking true story of artist Jack Kirby, "the[...]

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran the story "How The Supreme Court And Jack Kirby Could Change Everything". Looks like we are not alone in that opinion. The Hollywood Reporter ran the story that Hollywood guilds have issued an amicus brief back the action by Jack Kirby's family to terminate Marvel and Disney's copyright on characters he[...]

After my initial interview with Joe Casey and one with Nathan Fox about the return of Jack Kirby's Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers, I realized I had more questions about the project How it was going to work having multiple artists and what was the basic format? And why had he chosen the artists?[...]

It really seems to me that no name in comics evokes as much emotion and passion as the name Jack Kirby The reverence and devotion he inspires in fans has a different flavor than other figures in comics—and I put that down to the quiet, persistent commitment to his craft that he displayed during his[...]

This team is back and tackling another Jack Kirby creation: The Forever People. Even though I trade-waited for the OMAC book, I really enjoyed the story that the two of them told in the comic Their love for Kirby's original work shown through in the book, and this is happening again in the first issue of[...]

Joe Casey, the comic creator as cool as the other side of the pillow, has met up with The King, Jack Kirby… and what we get is Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers The Captain was a creation of Kirby's published in 1981 by Pacific Comics It then had a brief stint at Topps in[...]

"I would like to suggest, to anyone in the media, that they won't be wasting their time if they follow the 'Jack Kirby rights at the Supreme Court' story, more closely" – Neal Adams. He's got a point Currently the case between Jack Kirby and Marvel Comics over the rights to X-Men, Hulk, Avengers, Fantastic Four and[...]