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Reading List: The Ten Essential Jack Kirby Stories
Reading List: The Ten Essential Jack Kirby Stories
Reading List: The Ten Essential Jack Kirby Stories
Obviously Jack Kirby is the greatest comic book artist of all time, but most will agree he's also one of the medium's greatest writers. He wrote the way he drew: Big and loud and primal, but with a surprising amount of intricacy and nuance waiting to be discovered amid the crackling explosions. We've put together a list of the ten essential stories that you should read if you want to get more familiar with the King.
Rogues' Gallery: The Top Ten 'Fourth World' Underlings
Rogues' Gallery: The Top Ten 'Fourth World' Underlings
Rogues' Gallery: The Top Ten 'Fourth World' Underlings
A hero is defined by their villains, and comic books are filled with some of the scariest and silliest bad guys around. Rogues’ Gallery aims to settle the score and determine who is the true arch-nemesis for some of our favorite heroes, and we need your help to do it! You voted to see who the ultimate Fourth World villain was, and we’ve tabulated the results and assembled a video counting down the definitive top 10. Did your favorite make this list? There’s only one way to find out!
Rogues' Gallery: Who Is The Ultimate 'Fourth World' Underling?
Rogues' Gallery: Who Is The Ultimate 'Fourth World' Underling?
Rogues' Gallery: Who Is The Ultimate 'Fourth World' Underling?
A hero is defined by their villains, and the world of comic books is filled with some of the scariest and silliest bad guys around. Rogues’ Gallery aims to settle the score and determine who is the true arch-nemesis for some of our favorite heroes, and we need your help to do it! While we all know Darkseid reigns supreme on Apokolips, one of his greatest weapons is the power of delegation. With so many underlings, minions and henchmen, we need your votes to decide which of Darkseid's elite is the most effective in spreading his message of Anti-Life throughout the universe.
This Magazine Kills Fascists: Life vs Anti-Life
This Magazine Kills Fascists: Life vs Anti-Life
This Magazine Kills Fascists: Life vs Anti-Life
This week, we’re journeying to the Fourth World to talk about Jack Kirby’s The Forever People #3, which sees radical extremist Glorious Godfrey preaching the good word of Anti-Life, and helping the brainwashed masses justify their hatred, all in service of Darkseid.
When You Cry Out In Your Dreams, It Is Darkseid That You See
When You Cry Out In Your Dreams, It Is Darkseid That You See
When You Cry Out In Your Dreams, It Is Darkseid That You See
When Jack Kirby came to DC Comics, darkness followed after him. He arrived ready to build his own mythology, the interlocking Fourth World, a saga of gods locked in an eternal interplanetary war, with Earth caught in the middle. And Kirby wasted no time introducing the villain of that saga, a gray-skinned god of evil named Darkseid. What Kirby didn't see coming was that he'd created such a great villain that he would grow larger than Kirby's saga and become perhaps the most important villain of the DC Universe.
Kyle Latino Reimagines Jack Kirby's New Gods As A Western
Kyle Latino Reimagines Jack Kirby's New Gods As A Western
Kyle Latino Reimagines Jack Kirby's New Gods As A Western
Sometimes, amazing things can come out of casual conversations. That's what happened this weekend when Luke Herr was plotting out an RPG campaign based around the idea of retelling Jack Kirby's classic Fourth World saga as a western, full of gun-slinging cowboys and steam-powered parademons battling it out in a town called Hope, and artist Kyle Latino stepped up to do some redesigns for what they began calling "The 4th West."
Is Darkseid the DC Universe's Ultimate Bad Guy?
Is Darkseid the DC Universe's Ultimate Bad Guy?
Is Darkseid the DC Universe's Ultimate Bad Guy?
Q: Do you think Darkseid deserves to be considered the ultimate bad guy of the DC Universe? What are his achievements? -- @Lionel_Leal A: I don't want to turn this into "Ask Chris About Jack Kirby's Fourth World" --- as opposed to my usual strategy of spending an entire week talking about the moral significance of Batman's utility belt or whatever --- but over the last few years, Darkseid has been a more prominent fixture of the DC Universe than any other time in his forty-year history. I think it probably started with how he was treated on Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League, but just in the past three years we've seen him as the villain that launched the New 52, and the villain who's probably going to show up in a movie about the Justice League at some point. So with all due respect, LL, it's not really a matter of "Darkseid deserves." Darkseid is.
Here's The Thing, Episode 13: Where To Start With Jack Kirby
Here's The Thing, Episode 13: Where To Start With Jack Kirby
Here's The Thing, Episode 13: Where To Start With Jack Kirby
If our weekly Ask Chris column isn't enough of definitive comic book (and pro wrestling) opinions for you, good news: ComicsAlliance is proud to present Here's The Thing, a series of videos where you can join our own extremely opinionated senior writer, Chris Sims, as he dives into comics history to explain why you're wrong and he's right. This week, a viewer writes in with a question about where to start with the King of Comics, Jack Kirby. With a career that spanned six decades and a masterpiece (or three) in every era, the sheer amount of work that Kirby produced can be daunting for a new reader. Fortunately, we've got some suggestions.
Happy 95th Birthday, Jack Kirby
Happy 95th Birthday, Jack Kirby
Happy 95th Birthday, Jack Kirby
You hear it all the time: "Jack Kirby is the King of Comics." "Jack 'King' Kirby." "Marvel's House of Ideas is The House That Jack Built." Most people, comics critics and the like, usually leave it there. The idea that Jack Kirby is one of the most important people of the comics industry is taken for granted, most times...