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Oh, My Aching Cranium!: Jack Kirby’s OMAC Deconstructed And Reconstructed, Part Three

Ryan C. — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:00:05 +0000

OMAC Deconstructed And Reconstructed, Part Three" title="Oh, My Aching Cranium!: Jack Kirby’s OMAC Deconstructed And Reconstructed, Part Three" style="float:left;" />It occurs to me that, before we dive too deeply into the contents of the first issue of OMAC, a brief overview of our title character’s “civilian” identity of Buddy Blank might be in order,… [more]

On Jack Kirby’s Bizarre 2001: A Space Odyssey Adaptation and Continuation

Mike Phillips — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:00:55 +0000

2001: A Space Odyssey Adaptation and Continuation" title="On Jack Kirby’s Bizarre 2001: A Space Odyssey Adaptation and Continuation" style="float:left;" />In May 2013, Sequart began its second themed week with Sci-Fi Week. For it, Sequart’s founder, Julian Darius, planned something fairly ambitious: a 12,000-word analysis of Jack Kirby’s wonderfully bizarre adaptation and continuation of 2001:… [more]

Re-Entering the Garden: Late Mythic Work in Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur

Tom Miller — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:00:52 +0000

Devil Dinosaur" title="Re-Entering the Garden: Late Mythic Work in Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur" style="float:left;" />To understand the reverence in which Jack Kirby is held by (much of) the comics culture, one need only look to the title of Mark Evanier’s biography of the artist, Kirby: King of Comics. Or… [more]

New Gods and Old Soldiers: Kirby in the ’70s

Rocko Jerome — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:00:59 +0000

To put it simply, it’s impossible to imagine comic books existing in their modern form without Jack Kirby. It’s hard to fathom what Marvel Comics at their inception and heyday might’ve been like without Jack… [more]

“The Wholeness That’s Way Too Big”: Imagining the Sublime With Kant, Derrida, and Jack Kirby

Paul Jaissle — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:00:47 +0000

Since I earned my master’s degree in art and philosophy, it may be unsurprising that two of the most dog-eared books on my shelf are Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgment and The Truth in Painting… [more]

Jack Kirby and His Pal Darkseid

Stuart Warren — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:00:49 +0000

Jack Kirby is among the greats in comic book culture, not for his creations really, but for his signature tone that set the stage for what would become modern comicbooking. His antiquated writing style, outlandish… [more]

No Country for Old Men: Jack Kirby, The Hunger Dogs, and the Modern Age of Comics

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:00:09 +0000

The Hunger Dogs, and the Modern Age of Comics" title="No Country for Old Men: Jack Kirby, The Hunger Dogs, and the Modern Age of Comics" style="float:left;" />Jack Kirby’s a great artist. He just can’t draw very well. –Anonymous comics fan Okay, so it was me. I’m not proud of it, but that “anonymous” quote was something I actually said a few… [more]

Oh, My Aching Cranium!: Jack Kirby’s OMAC Deconstructed and Reconstructed, Part Two

Ryan C. — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:00:18 +0000

OMAC Deconstructed and Reconstructed, Part Two" title="Oh, My Aching Cranium!: Jack Kirby’s OMAC Deconstructed and Reconstructed, Part Two" style="float:left;" />15 pages a week — written, penciled, and edited. Think about that for a minute. That’s the number that Jack Kirby’s fairly-lucrative-for-its-time DC contract called for when he created the concept of the One-Man Army… [more]

It’s Jack Kirby Week at Sequart!

Julian Darius — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:00:32 +0000

In celebration of what would have been Jack Kirby’s 97th birthday on 28 August, Sequart will be publishing content related to Kirby all this week. Sequart uses themed weeks as a way of celebrating popular… [more]