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Longtime comic book creator Joe Simon passed away earlier today at 98, according to a Facebook post from Joe's son. Simon is best known for his work as the co-creator of Captain America with artist Jack Kirby, but that is just one of scores of contributions he made to the industry, both as a writer and[...]

Kirby: Genesis - Silver Star #1 from Jai Nitz and Johnny D,  published by Dynamite, sold out rapidly and went to second print. The second issue is out

That's a whole lot of colons. Here's a first look at Kirby: Genesis: Dragonsbane #2 from Dynamite in February, from Alex Ross, Robert Rodi and Fritz

Fan anticipation for the May 2012 debut of The Avengers film has already been building for months, and here's the latest sign that the popularity of Marvel's own  all-star team is currently on a rapid rise:  A CGC 9.6 copy of Avengers #1 was sold for $250,000 by Metropolis Collectibles last week — a record[...]

In late 1941, just months after the successful launch of Captain America Comics #1, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby parted ways with Marvel over issues with Captain America royalties According to Simon in his autobiography Joe Simon: My Life In Comics, Marvel's accountant had told him, "I'm sorry about these royalties You're getting twenty-five[...]

Take one recreation of a classic Jack Kirby cover… by Jack Kirby Authorised by Marvel and sold in the early nineties for around $10,000. Make sure it's authentic. To help authenticate this piece as being all Jack Kirby drawn art, there is a copy of a page from the Comics buyers guide from the mid 1990's[...]

Despite the fact that Jack Kirby was an incredibly prolific artist with a career that spanned some 50 years, it's not every day that I see a picture of a page of Kirby artwork that I haven't seen before  So I was pretty intrigued to find this rather gorgeous piece of Space Busters concept art[...]

But all isn't as it seems in these newly unified Mythlands, and Sigurd's latest exploit could be his last! Based on character concepts and designs by Jack Kirby, DRAGONSBANE draws back the curtain on the astonishing mythical underpinnings of the Kirby universe. In January, Dynamite are publishing a new Kirby Genesis series, Dragonsbane, by[...]

Because that would be 50 kinds of awesome at minimum, and would give me several more excuses to post vintage Jack Kirby art in the coming months (like I need excuses for that)  Please, Axel Alonso, let It be. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Marvel… It's Coming Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors Today retailers across the[...]

Read comics in public day, lots of love for Jack Kirby's birthday, it sounds like Fan Expo was a blast, and I even saw a few people mention that they took advantage of their Irene-induced downtime by reading comics And now that we're all warmed up for it, we're about to kick off[...]

Jack Kirby (1917-1994) was born today 94 years ago  Kirby was one of the most influential comic book artists ever, and as a big fan I've been pleased to see several blog posts and tweets marking the occasion already this morning  And I also think this is one of those times that a picture really is worth a[...]

This is Alex Ross' cover to the Kirby Genesis spinoff series, Kirby Genesis Silver Star, by Jai Nitz and Johnny D. Other covers will be by Mark Buckingham

Deadline reports that, as expected,  lawyer Marc Toberoff is appealing the decision made by the courts in the case of the Kirby estate vs Marvel over the

Jason Young has decided to commission a wide variety of artists and cartoonists to re-create Fantastic Four issue 9, page by page, from his own pocket,

Discussion over these matters has been fast and furious in the BC forum over the past week, and something tells me it's going to continue unabated as the industry commemorates the 50th anniversary of one of Jack Kirby's most important creations. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Booster Gold And The Return Of The Mystery JLI Woman… In DCU Editorial[...]

 The iconic comic book by creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon was released on the newsstands in December 1941 — showing Captain America punching Hitler on its cover a year before the US entered World War II — and solidifying the creative team of Simon & Kirby as key ingredients in the chemistry of what[...]

But August 8 (which was a Tuesday in 1961) is by far the most common date stamp to be found on the book, so by all means — celebrate Jack Kirby and Stan Lee kicking off the beginning of the Marvel Universe. Lots of tweets and blog posts circulating today about the 50th Anniversary[...]

  We've even seen more than a few great but relatively obscure titles I never thought we'd see in print again (Marvel's Atlas Era material is exhibit A here), and here's news of yet another example of that — Jack Kirby's Spirit World from DC. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: DC Comics To Republish Jack Kirby's Spirit World We[...]

Jack Kirby, enraged by the lack of respect and/or money he was getting from Marvel Comics, moved to DC This was a big deal, the equivalent of Marvel signing Geoff Johns now, or DC signing Brian Bendis And so he began work on what would become Jack Kirby's Fourth World. Except, not quite Because first he[...]

Steve Bissette has been writing about the Jack Kirby Vs Marvel case and its wider implications, legally and morally And in doing so has called on a boycott for anyone buying work based on anything created or co-created by Jack Kirby at Marvel. So he's created a veritable manifesto for change, first on Facebook, then collated[...]

Bleeding Cool presents the full document in today's historic win by Marvel against Marc Toberoff and the estate of Jack Kirby in court. The New York court ruled today in the Kirby v Marvel case, finding that Kirby's work was "work-for-hire" under the 1909 Copyright Law, and so was not entitled to termination (and thus, the[...]

Remember those scenes where we saw Disney artists using animation from previous Disney films to save time and money on new ones? Well, this is an interesting one. From Fantastic Four Annual #4 drawn by Jack Kirby, published in 1966. From the later Giant-Size Avengers #1 drawn by Rich Buckler, published in 1974. From Fantastic Four Annual #1 From Fantastic[...]

And Neal Kirby, Jack Kirby's son will be there I wonder if he's be serving a writ to anyone? Marvel printed a hundred copies of  this special poster for the cast and crew of Captain America: The First Avenger And the LA Times Hero Complex Film Festival will be giving five away at Marvel Day[...]

 The 1961 comic book by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee marked the beginning of the Marvel Universe and is considered one of the most important comics ever published. This is the highest all-cash sale of a Fantastic Four #1   Another copy, the single census-topping and best-known CGC 9.6 copy, changed hands in a cash/trade deal[...]

Yesterday we celebrated the 76th birthday of creator of the Mr Men, the late Roger Hargreaves, with Google. Paul Shinn decided to join in with the

What is it with Marvel and DC's differing definition of the word omnibus? Take these new additions ready to test the strength of your comic shelf

In 1987, Jack Kirby got about a fifth of the ten thousand pages of artwork he created for Marvel over the previous four decades back, and that was after considerable legal wrangling Some was given away, some was shredded, some was recycled, some was thrown away, some was taken home by employees, some was sold[...]

Yes, sure. Q: Who was responsible for giving you the assignment to write a particular script or a particular — LARRY LIEBER: Stan. Q: When he would give you an assignment, did you have a deadline or something that you had to get it back by a certain time? LARRY LIEBER: I remember — well, I knew I had[...]

Thomas, when you started working for Marvel in 1965 through 1972, did you see the — any of the finished artwork — finished pencils that Jack Kirby submitted on any of the stories that he was working on? ROY THOMAS: On many of them. Q: Do you ever recall seeing any notes or suggested dialogue that Mr[...]

As he notes, this material is sure to be dissected at the atomic level for years to come. Now, onto the deposition of Stan Lee: On Stan's background and job duties: STAN LEE: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby were really the only two people there producing the comics, and for some reason they left, and I was[...]