Jack kirby Tag

Editorial

Aug 08, 2017

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The San Diego Comic-Con is so three weeks ago, but for me it hasn't stopped because I've been reading comics every night ever since! I won't bore you with my entire stash of purchases, but will share some of the new releases. Besides having John Holmstrom sign some Ramones albums and the Best of Punk book,...

Editorial

Jul 26, 2017

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It's hard to believe that I've been attending Comic-Con since 1979. I was in fifth grade and a hardcore Marvel Comics collector looking for back issues of Fantastic Four, Marvel Premiere, Invaders, and other collections. Back then it was mostly dealers selling old comics out of cardboard boxes on folding tables. These days I go...

Editorial

Sep 15, 2015

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Jack Kirby was already old-school when I started buying comics in the mid-'70s. My twin brother Greg, our friend Mike, and I bought issues from Kirby's runs in Captain America, Devil Dinosaur, and Machine Man, as well as the Silver Surfer graphic novel off the stands, and his style already seemed old fashioned. Yet we...