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Dynamite is relaunching Jack Kirby's visionary series Captain Victory Now in the hands of Joe Casey and Nathan Fox, the new series sets the Captain on an adventure in time and space We are getting an exclusive first look at the art for the series that won't be hitting store shelves until August. For more on[...]

Here's Haspiel's work on FF #5 released on May 28th: He released a close-up of some of the pencils on this spread on social media, a sketch that shows so much of the passion and emotion of his own relationship with Jack Kirby's work on FF:   When FF #5 was released, he said on his blog: When I[...]

#1 – http://westfieldcomics.com/productbanner/14064004 A Jack Kirby creation in the hands of Joe Casey, Captain Victory And the Galactic Rangers #1 – http://westfieldcomics.com/comic-books/Captain-Victory-The-Galactic-Rangers-Super-Special/14064006 A Sci-Fi titan in a turn of the century setting, Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880 #1 – http://westfieldcomics.com/comic-books/Steampunk-Battlestar-Galactica-1880-Super-Special/14064007 Written and drawn by the show's creative team, Bob's Burgers #1 – http://westfieldcomics.com/comic-books/Bobs-Burgers-Super-Special/14064005 And the Creator Unleashed title by Peter Milligan and Piotr Kowalski,[...]

That's not to say the students knew the names Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, or Frank Miller, but they already had encountered many of the characters these creators had worked on. 2 Their knowledge of comics comes largely from the film industry. The greatest source of their comics knowledge, without question, was Hollywood While very few students had[...]

Created by Jack Kirby, the characters are being re-imagined by Joe Casey and Nathan Fox The first issue will hit stores in August and will include interior art by Jim Rugg and Ulises Farinas with a cover by Fox. "As a fan, this was the first Kirby creation I was in on the ground floor of…[...]

She and I have produced lots of books and children together—we're into reproduction! It astonishes me that we've published in our books for IDW and others work by so many stellar artists: Jack Kirby, Carl Barks, Dick Briefer, George Herriman, E.C Segar, Bud Sagendorf, Frank Frazetta, Dean Yeagle, Jack Cole, Mort Walker, Bob Powell, Rube Goldberg,[...]

Marvel Comics have already won this case on appeal. But on May 15th, Supreme Court judges will hear Marc Toberoff's representation of Jack Kirby's estate against Disney and Marvel Comics over the termination of rights to the likes of X-Men, Thor, Fantastic Four, Thor and Hulk – and whether or not they will hear the case[...]

He studied under Burne Hogarth and worked for Joe Shuster's studio, before drawing horror comics for Marvel-predecessor Atlas Comics and Charlton. However  he is best known for being Jack Kirby's inker in the fifties and sixties, primarily at Marvel Comics on the Fantastic Four, as well being as the penciller for Sgt Fury And His Howling[...]

The folks over at HalloweenCostumes.com have done up this cool infographic showing off the history of Spider-Man's costume from its creation, the

I asked him if this meant that he was given the freedom to essentially create the versions of Dream in the crowd scenes without specific dictates in the script and he said that was correct. There are a few "homages" present, Williams said, like a "Jack Kirby" Sandman But the way that came about was that[...]

Interesting e-Bay listing here for original Jack Kirby art for Fantastic Four #1 The Seller says that he is holding firm on this at $1,000,000.00. Now I know nothing about the back story here, so I will give you exactly what the seller put in, typos and all: This is the first original art for fantastic four number[...]

[audio:http://www.orbitalcomics.com/images/blog/orbital-podcastcaptainamericaspecial.mp3] Bleeding Cool welcomes back The Orbiting Pod, the podcast of Orbital Comics in London. They say: Welcome to another special episode of The Orbiting Pod! With the new movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier in cinemas worldwide, we've decided to spotlight some of Steve Rogers greatest stories from across the decades. We kick things off with Captain America: Marvel[...]

Jasper Sitwell was a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, appearing in Strange Tales in 1966, in the Nick Fury Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D strip, before and after it took over the title, as a fellow agent of that spy organisation. He then became the S.H.I.E.L.D[...]

The crew go on for a bit about silver age comics, classic artists such as Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and so much more We talk The Twilight Zone, what power we would take away from Superman and what character would we be a love interest for This is one episode you do not want to[...]

Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Alex Schomburg and others weren't afraid to ruffle feathers by turning real-world threats into a limitless rogue's gallery of villains. The comic book covers were action packed and stories contained the kind of reckless abandon you wouldn't find in a DC comic Timely's flavor had spice, if not at the cost of[...]

This may be a reason to reinstate him. Law360 reports that the right for the rights to Marvel characters from Jack Kirby's heirs, courtesy of Toberoff, may be going to the Supreme Court. They state, In a petition filed March 21, Jack Kirby's children urged the high court to reverse a Second Circuit finding that Marvel owns the[...]

Allred's stunning double-page rendition of the Impericon, and his tour through its Impossible Palace, manages to evoke the square root of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and yet is wholly its own It's what has made him more than a charmingly nostalgic cover act, but one equal of his own psychedelic horizons. Scanning the Surfer's very[...]

would be a great companion to classic tales such as The Infinity Gauntlet, The Return of Thanos or even the recent Infinity.  And of course there is the entirety of Jack Kirby's Fourth World epic for Darkseid and the fantastic Justice League arc, Rock of Ages. Dylan Gonzalez happens to love beer and comic books and[...]

As we discussed, I've been reading from a very young age and I've been able to publish many of the creators and characters that I read growing up. Creators and characters like Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson, Donald Westlake (Richard Stark), Robert Bloch, John Romita's Spider-Man, John Byrne's Fantastic Four, Chester Gould, Berkeley[...]

The smart folk told us to think Jack Kirby – Keith Gifen is one of the biggest Kirby admirers you can find and has a style that plays off Kirby wonderfully. We've now been told by sources that it's Forever People, based on the Kirby comic from 1971 and part of his Fourth World cross continuity[...]

In 1941, Jack Kirby and my grandfather, Joe Simon, dreamt of Captain America in an attempt to keep their heads above the turbulent waters of the comic book industry Much to their surprise and joy, the character went on to receive worldwide fame. [Me and my grandfather after his book My Life in Comics was published] I[...]

Strange says, it's worth the hunt. The Mighty Thor, Vol 2 (Marvel Masterworks) Thor first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #83 in 1962, created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Lee's younger brother and frequent scripter, Larry Lieber Introduced during a very short period of unprecedented creativity, Thor was debuted the same month as Spider-Man in Amazing[...]

I couldn't come up with a solid four that I felt good about… so I figured I'd turn it back to you, the Bleeding Cool readers. Who would you pick as the four most important people in the history of comics? Here are some of the candidates that I came up with. Jack Kirby – I'm thinking[...]

Julius Schwartz and Jack Kirby from 1987. Jackie Estrada began helping to put on the San Diego Comic Con in the seventies, and currently administers the Eisners Awards, as well as co-publisher of Exhibit A Press. During which time, she took a photo or two.  Or two hundred. She is currently running a Kickstarter to fund the production of[...]

Jack Kirby's Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers are returning to comic book shops this July thanks to Dynamite Entertainment Written by Joe Casey – with Farel Dalrymple, Ilises Farinas, Michel Fiffe, Nathan Fox, Jim Mahood, Benjamin Marra, Jim Rugg and Connor Willumsen. Jack Kirby's Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers are returning to comic[...]

Vassallo, that — not only gives us a completely new look at something that many of us "old timers" always knew, but actually presents us with an alternate theory of why Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko left their long-time associations with Marvel. According to the authors, these two giants of the industry and pillars of Marvel itself probably left the[...]

Scott Dunbier of IDW Publishing posted this to the Jack Kirby Fan Group on Facebook, calling for help on missing art for the Jack Kirby New Gods Artist's Edition. Hello Kirby fans, I'm working on the Kirby New Gods book and I'm looking for four missing pages: New Gods #1, page 8 New Gods #2, page[...]

Jack Kirby also did it with the Celestials Jonathan Hickman tried it with SHIELD, as did Victor Gischler and vampires Will Inhumans be embraced more successfully by the fans than the last two? Inhumanity #1 is certainly a good place to start. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, currently exhibiting the work of some rather well known comic[...]

CHANGING TASTES CM-Life looks at local shop, Hall Of Heroes, of Central Michigan; Owner Michael Schuler said sales have changed over the year. Due to the

An original October 20th 1968 Sunday strip from Peanuts estimated at $50,000+ Page 14 from Fantastic Four #55 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott estimated at $50,000+ and a hand painted cover by Carl Barks for Uncle Scrooge #43 estimated at $20,000+. For more information about the auction visit Heritage Auctions. Don and Maggie Thompson have[...]