Tag Archives: Jack Kirby
Infantino Raises Questions About CBG Letters Policy Following Kirby Controversy Flare-Up by Greg Stump
This feature from The Comics Journal #191 summarizes the back and forth between Carmine Infantino and Mark Evanier via Comic Buyer’s Guide’s (CBG) letters column re: Infantino’s decision to have Kirby’s Superman heads redrawn. it also delves into the way CBG handled the rumor that there was a set of false sales figures shown to DC creators. Continue reading
The Literaries
Since the Invasion of these literaries, I have been observing a tendency to ask the question: if this weren’t a comic would it stand up? Would the story be any good if it were prose and in competition with the rest of the world’s prose? If we take away all these damn pictures, would the stuff that is left be worth a hoot? Continue reading
SDCC12: CAC Session #7: Jack Kirby and the Auteur Theory of Comics
Arlen Schumer and Randolph Hoppe theorize that artist Jack Kirby was a de facto co-creator and co-author, with the credited writer, of his work. Continue reading
Jack Kirby: Hand of Fire Roundtable (Part 3)
William Blake, Steve Ditko, and the idea of analogues in this final part of our Hand of Fire roundtable. Continue reading
Jack Kirby: Hand of Fire Roundtable (Part 2)
Part two of our Jack Kirby/Hand of Fire roundtable, in which Philip K. Dick makes an appearance. Continue reading
Jack Kirby: Hand of Fire Roundtable (Part 1)
A roundtable on the occasion of Charles Hatfield’s book, Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, with contributions from Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, Sarah Boxer, Doug Harvey, Dan Nadel, and Robert Fiore. Continue reading
