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Episode Thirteen

Aww, Yeah. Kirby Style – Part Two

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Our love letter to Jack Kirby comes to a close as we finally admit that Chris is never, ever, wrong, decide cell washers at Disney should probably have been named culture destroyers, are blown away that Kirby never got bitter despite all the raw deals he was given, name our favorite Kirby creations, realize that Captain America is more important than money, wonder just what the hell Kirby could’ve done if he’d access to Photoshop, and do an awkward teaser of who’s going to be the next artist in this series.

We’re always in your debt, Jack. Thank you for everything.

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And if you liked our special guest, check out his web comic: Let’s Be Friend Again. They just kicked off a new era with a new writer (the enigmatic Adam Warrock) and they’ll be delivering the funnies three times a week.

Reference material from the episode:

The Thundarr the Barbarian opening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tptaLdjHTI

Kirby’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Super Powers

The Glory Boat

The Fall of the Silver Surfer

Metron

Bombast

The Monsters of Transilvane 

Transilvane Itself

Two of Jack Kirby’s Depictions of God

The Kirby Map from Kamandi/End of Final Crisis

And here’s a random anecdote about Jim Steranko slapping Bob Kane:

http://comicsalliance.com/jim-steranko-twitter-slap-bob-kane/

Episode Twelve

Aww, Yeah. Kirby Style – Part One

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This week starts off a new, regularly irregular series that’ll focus on three of the greatest artist of the 20th century. Starting off this week, and next, we’re focusing on Jack Kirby, who is generally accepted to be the most important man in comic book history. In this episode, we focus on Jack’s life through the end of the Silver Age and the launch of the Fourth World at DC, try to name as many Jack Kirby creations as we can in sixty seconds, wonder if desperation and deadlines are enough to make up an art style, wonder why all early comic book creator names sound like porn stars, go on the longest Superman tangent ever, and get completely swept up in Jack’s fantastic, hyperbolic imagination.

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Reference material from the episode:

An incomplete but still massive list of comic book characters created by Jack Kirby.

The Jack Kirby documentary.

The Death of Superman covers

The truth about Jack Kirby’s Superman faces being redrawn.

Hispanic Pulp Spider-Woman