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This seventh trade paperback completes the compilations of the first thirty regular-size issues of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically acclaimed magazine about Kirby’s life and career. This volume reprints Jack Kirby Collector #27-30, with in-depth looks at Jack’s 1970s Marvel Comics work, and his ’80s work in comics and animation, plus a special two-part focus on how widespread Kirby’s influence is! It features rare interviews with Kirby himself, plus new interviews with W (more…)

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Jack Kirby, whose career stretched from the early 1940s co-creation of Captain America to 1980s work in animation, has been called the most influential comic-book artist of all time. The Jack Kirby Collector, a magazine devoted entirely to documenting and celebrating his work, won’t argue the point. The fourth collection of reprints from the zine contains critiques of his stories, minute examinations of his drawing style, and interviews with artists who collaborated (more…)

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Do you really think Martha Stewart never swept a little dust under the carpet seconds before guests arrived? Oh, how we’ve been damaged by the myth of perfectionism! We are slaves to microscopic specks of lint, hard-water smudges, and the relentless pursuit of dust bunnies. Brainwashed by Hollywood and slick photo spreads, we chase after unrealistic expectations. “How to Cheat at Cleaning” will change all of that. Part how (more…)

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Comics artist Jack Kirby died more than a decade ago but lives on through the many popular characters he created, including Captain America, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk, and in the pages of the Jack Kirby Collector, a labor-of-love magazine in which fans document and celebrate his work. The fifth collection of the zine includes commentary on his stories, studies of his drawing style, and interviews with him, artists who collaborated with him, and others influen (more…)

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