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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[...]

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[...]