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Marvel To Respond To Kirby Request To The Supreme Court Today
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[...]
Joe Casey On The Artists For Captain Victory… All Eight Of Them
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[...]
On Independence Day, An Appeal For Creator Owned Rights For America
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[...]
Behold! I Am Groot, The Invincible! Who Dares To [UPDATE] Me??
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[...]
King Kirby – An Artist And Jack Kirby Expert Reviews The Play
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[...]
How The Supreme Court And Jack Kirby Could Change Everything, Part II
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[...]
Homage And Evolution In Infinity Man And The Forever People
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[...]
How The Supreme Court And Jack Kirby Could Change Everything
"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[...]
Exclusive First Look – Captain Victory And The Galactic Rangers #1
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[...]
All Of Dynamite's Diamond Seminar Announced Books For $.99 Each At Westfield
#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,[...]
Getting The Kids To Read Comics – Findings From A 'Great Experiment' In The Classroom
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[...]
Jack Kirby's Captain Victory Returns With Joe Casey And Nathan Fox
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…[...]
Dick Ayers Dies, Just After His Ninetieth Birthday
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 History Of Spider-Man's Costume
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
Got A Spare $1,000,000.00 Lying Around?
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[...]
Orbiting Around Captain America – Celebrating Kirby, Waid, Brubaker, Latour And More
[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[...]
What The Hell, Sitwell? (Winter Soldier And SHIELD SPOILERS)
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[...]
Silver for Timely's Golden Age and Gold for Marvel's Silver Age
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[...]
Booze Geek – D.O.R.I.S. The Destroyer Meets Thanos And Darkseid
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[...]