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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/16/11 – Definitive Answers to Burning Political Questions)
WOW: startling partisan invective from a funnybook legend! Don’t ask! Just click!
Marvel vs. Jack Kirby: Legal Rights and Ethical Might
A discussion of the moral and legal issues at play around Kirby vs. Marvel.
Joe Simon, Jack Kirby and Mort Meskin in Slumberland
Looking at the artistic psychodrama of the Simon and Kirby studio’s most unusual title: The Strange World of Your Dreams.
St. Louis Shuffle
On the road.
Deuce NYC
Hit the ground runnin’!
M.M.M.S. FU
Plus a back-up gag by Michael DeForge.
Seeing the Light
It’s a week later and we’re still covering SDCC. Or starting to. Or something.
Marvel/Disney’s Win Against Jack Kirby Heirs Not About Fairness
Copyright attorney Marc Toberoff’s winning streak on behalf of comics creators collided with the Southern District Court of New York’s streak of publisher-friendly, work-for-hire rulings last week and the losers were Jack Kirby’s heirs.
The Joe Simon Interview
In this brief interview, Joe Simon talks to Gary Groth about co-creating Captain America with Jack Kirby, as well as many other titles they worked on together.
Preview: Fighting American
A preview of Titan’s new edition of the complete Fighting American by Simon and Kirby.
Jack Kirby Interview
Jack Kirby talks to Gary Groth about who really created Thor, Spider-Man, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four and many of the other Marvel characters currently populating the big screen.
Bedlam and Baby: Parables of Creation in Jack Kirby and Chris Ware
A look at scenes of creation, drawing, and comics-making.
Jim Shooter: Groundhog Day in the Land of the Apocryphiars
Running alongside his storied career as a comics writer, editor, and publisher, Jim Shooter began a second, parallel career sometime in the 1990s: that of recounting his first career in vainglorious prose and delusional detail.
Layout Workbook 5
This week we are going to diagram a double page spread.
