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Stephen Bissette Calls For Marvel Boycott in Support of Jack Kirby’s Heirs
Stephen Bissette Calls For Marvel Boycott in Support of Jack Kirby’s Heirs
Stephen Bissette Calls For Marvel Boycott in Support of Jack Kirby’s Heirs
The late Jack Kirby's heirs were denied any share of the copyright to his Marvel Comics creations in federal court last week -- including Thor, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk, the Avengers and the X-Men. A comics industry veteran best known for his groundbreaking work with Alan Moore on DC Comics' Saga of the Swamp Thing and as a champion of creators' rights, Stephen R...
Hitler-Punches: Paolo Rivera’s Movie Poster Tribute to Classic Captain America and More
Hitler-Punches: Paolo Rivera’s Movie Poster Tribute to Classic Captain America and More
Hitler-Punches: Paolo Rivera’s Movie Poster Tribute to Classic Captain America and More
After 70 years of countless published illustrations, the most famous image of Captain America remains his very first appearance on the cover of Captain America Comics #1 in 1941. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the cover depicts the Sentinel of Liberty delivering a well-deserved clobbering to Adolf Hitler, forever imprinting the superhero in our cultural memory...
The Jack Kirby Convention Sketchbook: 10 Artists Take on the Fourth World and More
The Jack Kirby Convention Sketchbook: 10 Artists Take on the Fourth World and More
The Jack Kirby Convention Sketchbook: 10 Artists Take on the Fourth World and More
I've been taking a sketchbook to comic book conventions for years -- and I've gotten some truly amazing things -- but when this year's HeroesCon rolled around, I decided to start a new one with a theme. I strongly considered doing an all-pro-wrestler sketchbook, but with the recent death of the Macho man Randy Savage, it didn't seem like the right time...
The Greatest Dinosaurs in Comic Books
The Greatest Dinosaurs in Comic Books
The Greatest Dinosaurs in Comic Books
Recently, Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard released the first issue of their all-new Super Dinosaur, where the creative team behind The Astounding Wolf-Man reunite to add robot arms, rocket launchers and shoulder-mounted laser guns to the grand and wonderful pantheon of comic book thunder lizards. And what a pantheon it is. While they've never had quite the enduring popularity in comics that was en
The Strange History of Jack Kirby’s Three Thors
The Strange History of Jack Kirby’s Three Thors
The Strange History of Jack Kirby’s Three Thors
With Thor hitting movie theaters this week, there's been a recent surge of interest in Marvel's Mighty Avenger, but one of the most interesting pieces of information about the character was uncovered this week by the Jack Kirby Museum. It goes without saying that Marvel's modern take isn't the first version of Thor, but as it turns out, he's not even the first version who owes his creation to Jack
The Top 10 DC Comics Coming in July 2011
The Top 10 DC Comics Coming in July 2011
The Top 10 DC Comics Coming in July 2011
With the July solicitations out for DC Comics, ComicsAlliance is back to take a look at the 10 best-looking comics coming out from DC in July 2011. Click below the jump for our thoughts on the continuing delays for Batman: The Dark Knight, the future of Batman Incorporated, getting retroactive, and one of DC's absolute all-time great titles finally being republished in a consumer-friendly manner..
Great Comics That Never Happened #21:  Jack Kirby’s ‘My Little Pony’
Great Comics That Never Happened #21: Jack Kirby’s ‘My Little Pony’
Great Comics That Never Happened #21: Jack Kirby’s ‘My Little Pony’
In our recurring feature, ComicsAlliance writer Chris Sims and a rotating cast of talented artists imagine a finer world to bring you a look at the Best Comics Ever that Did Not, Will Not, and occasionally Can Not Happen! This week, the incredible Tom Scioli, artist of Image's Godland and American Barbarian joins us for what would have unquestionably been the single greatest comic book of all tim
Ask Chris #48: Marvel’s Most Versatile Character
Ask Chris #48: Marvel’s Most Versatile Character
Ask Chris #48: Marvel’s Most Versatile Character
Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's every week, Senior Writer Chris Sims puts his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

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