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The Collected Jack Kirby Collector #1
The Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 1
Back for its fourth printing, this colossal 240-page trade paperback reprints issues #1-9 of The Jack Kirby Collector, the highly acclaimed magazine for Kirby fans Included are the low-distribution early issues, the Fourth World theme issue (#6), and the out-of-print Fantastic Four theme issue (#9) Also included is a new special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, including Jack's uninked pencils from The Prisoner, New Gods, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Thor, Hunger Dogs, Jimmy Olsen, SHIELD, and more Learn behind-the-scenes secrets through interviews with Kirby, Joe Simon, Mike Royer, Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman, Joe Sinnott, and other Kirby collaborators. This volume features a new introduction by Mark Evanier, and page after page of rare Kirby art, much in its original pencil form. Celebrate the life and career of comics' most prodigious imagination: Jack Kirby
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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February 3, 2014
I'll start of by admitting that I'm not the biggest Jack Kirby fan in the world, so this collection of magazine issues all dedicated to the late great artist didn't really pique my interest. I appreciate the level of mania that seemed to include printing submissions from random Kirby super-fans, be it a convention sketch they got 20 years prior or the loose recollection of some conversation they had with the artist. However, the critical analysis of the artist's life often got into a level of minutia detail that did not appeal to those who are anything less than completely obsessive fan-boys. Printing scarcely-seen-before original, non-inked artwork is great, but it would have been nicer to have a complete story presented in front of me rather than a single page from the middle of a random Fantastic Four issue. I was excited to read Kirby's adaptation of BBC's The Prisoner TV show that had never been published, but this volume just teased me with a single page. It is unfortunate that this was published prior to the Kirby estate vs. Marvel lawsuits that are currently going on, as I would be interested to read updates on that. I imagine that story is being covered in later volumes of this series. All griping aside, if you are a huge fan of the early Marvel days and/or like to read interviews of people you have never heard of telling stories of people you have heard of, then this is for you.
June 22, 2008
Over two hundred pages of interviews and art work, all about the brilliant Jack Kirby.
The interviews are great, as you get some insight into Kirby's creative process and some of thought that went into his characters and stories.
Plus, he just comes across as a nice guy that it would be fun to just sit down and talk with.
Then there's the art. Beautiful stuff. The just pencils pages of Galactus are still so powerful that they'll leave you speechless.
Amazing stuff for fans of Kirby or just people that want a peak behind the scenes of the comic industry.
The interviews are great, as you get some insight into Kirby's creative process and some of thought that went into his characters and stories.
Plus, he just comes across as a nice guy that it would be fun to just sit down and talk with.
Then there's the art. Beautiful stuff. The just pencils pages of Galactus are still so powerful that they'll leave you speechless.
Amazing stuff for fans of Kirby or just people that want a peak behind the scenes of the comic industry.
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