Media Release -- Having already thrilled fans with the release of teaser images for the upcoming Kirby: Genesis comic book line, Dynamite Entertainment is now proud to announce that "the friend" who is joining Alex Ross will be none other than best-selling and multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning writer Kurt Busiek! Writer Kurt Busiek will be re-teaming with Alex Ross for their first full collaboration since 1993's Marvels. With Kirby: Genesis, Busiek and Ross are primed to expand on the vision of the legendary Jack Kirby with the same dynamic and unique perspective on superheroes that made Marvels such an original and successful story, allowing a new generation of comic book readers to become acquainted with the genius that is Jack Kirby!

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by Elisabeth@TFAW

Winner of multiple Harvey and Eisner awards, Kurt Busiek is one of the most prolific writers in comics. After making a big splash with Marvels, his limited series that deconstructed the history of Marvel’s superheroes from the perspective of the common man, Busiek has gone on to touch almost every corner of the Marvel and DC universes, as well as relaunch Dark Horse Comics’ Conan series.

Now, of course, you know him for Trinity, DC’s ambitious weekly series that ends its year-long run May 27. I had the great good fortune to speak with Busiek at this year’s Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, and of course, old-school comics geek that I am, my first question references events that happened more than 20 years ago. Enjoy!

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