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[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[...]

Plus they got to announce things with Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Charles Schulz, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Gibbons, James O'Barr and Frank Bill Pretty impressive list. This was the week that was: Three new Artist's Editions were announced for Jack Kirby, Dave Gibbons and Charles Schulz. A second My Little Pony series will make it's debut next year. A pair of Artist's[...]

And these offerings are truly blockbusters—Jack Kirby's New Gods Artist's Edition and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen Artifact Edition For the first time ever, readers will be able to see up close Kirby's energy and dynamic storytelling, and Gibbons' intricately designed and beautifully realized pages, as they never have before—as close as possible to how they looked[...]

An artist. Who seems to have a resemblance to a certain Desaad/Darkseid/New Gods creator, Jack Kirby. The moment is unresolved A promise that Desaad will return to this particular problem And the realisation that now, Jack Kirby is part of the New 52…. Can't wait till he gets turned into a cyborg. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London[...]

  Hannah Means-Shannon, senior New York Correspondent at Bleeding Cool writes from Hang Dai Studios, Brooklyn; In honor of Jack Kirby's 96th birthday, so widely celebrated with tributes on the internet from fans and comics creators alike, Brooklyn-based artist Dean Haspiel (The Fox, Billy Dogma), sat down to face the challenge of inking an iconic Kirby promo[...]

Over on the Kirby Museum page Steve Brower has done up a nice article about some of the myths surrounding Jack Kirby and sets the record straight He talks about whether or not Stan Lee made Jack famous, if Jack inked himself or if Jack was only a penciller This one stood out to me as it's[...]

Today would have been Jack Kirby's 96th Birthday To honor the King, the Hero Initiative put together Wake Up And Draw, an event where artist simply draw an image with Kirby in mind and post it on Twitter with the hashtage #wakeupanddraw… The images will then be collected at one place to see and eventually auctioned[...]

Puaca writes for Bleeding Cool If Jack Kirby were still with us, he'd be celebrating his 96th birthday today Unfortunately, Kirby died in 1994, robbing the comics world of one of its pioneers and most talented creators A few years ago, comic fans created a web holiday, to be held on his birthday, to promote the[...]

  Shawn Demumbrum writes; Jesse James of Jesse James Comics and I have been working on a tribute comic to help support the Kirby4Heroes campaign to raise funds for the Hero Initiative in celebration of what would have been Jack Kirby's 96th birthday  We enlisted the help of comic book creators Eric Mengel and Denny Riccelli to help recruit artists to contribute[...]

The Hero Initiative has come up with a way to celebrate Jack Kirby's 96th birthday by recruiting 40 artists to Wake Up And Draw! Each artist will celebrate the day by sending a "birthday card to Jack" The artists will show their project by tweeting the progress with the hashtag: #WakeUpAndDraw A gallery of the completed work[...]

In a video message presented by Jillian, Jack Kirby's 17-year-old granddaughter, Kirby 4 Heroes calls on comic book readers to help honor one of the all-time great artists by donating in his name to the Hero Initiative between now and August 28th Their goal is to raise $10,000 for the charity that helps comic creators[...]

Circuit Court of Appeal has just ruled Jack Kirby's heirs have no rights to his work for Marvel Comics and has upheld the ruling that the works are to be regarded as "works for hire" and owned by Marvel. Freelance creator, Jack Kirby fell out big time with Marvel comic and both he, his late wife[...]