The kind folks at TwoMorrows Publishing have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the November 2008 Previews, scheduled to ship January 2009.

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It’s a bombastic “Everything Goes” issue in JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #51 (84-page tabloid magazine), as we spotlight a wealth of great submissions that couldn’t be pigeonholed into a regular “theme” issue! The issue leads off with a rare interview with JACK KIRBY himself, followed by new interviews with two of the hottest artists in comics, JIM LEE and ADAM HUGHES, discussing how Kirby influenced them! And in addition to numerous articles on all things Jack, there’s Mark Evanier’s regular column about his former boss, two huge Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, two COLOR UNPUBLISHED KIRBY COVERS, and more! Edited by John Morrow.

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As Jack Kirby continues to garner worldwide acclaim as comics’ greatest creator, this sixth trade paperback reprints issues #23-26 of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically acclaimed magazine about Kirby’s life and career. Included are issues spotlighting Jack’s “Greatest Battles,” “Gods,” and a special issue spotlighting Kirby’s Golden Age work with Joe Simon, from co-creating Captain America to pioneering Romance comics and beyond! There are several rare interviews with Kirby himself, plus new ones with comics pros Denny O’Neil, Jim Shooter, John Severin, and Walter Simonson! PLUS: see a complete ten-page unpublished Kirby story! Jack’s awe-inspiring original pencils to FANTASTIC FOUR #49 (from the first appearance of the Silver Surfer)! A gallery of Kirby’s original concept paintings for the Fourth World characters! An analysis comparing Kirby’s margin notes to Stan Lee’s dialogue on classic Marvel comics! And a NEW special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, including Jack’s uninked pencils from The Fourth World, The Demon, Kamandi, Eternals, Captain America, Black Panther, and more! With page after page of rare Kirby art (much in its original pencil form), and an amazing 1960s Kirby Silver Surfer cover, it’s an unprecedented tribute to the most prolific creator in comics history: Jack “King” Kirby! Edited by John Morrow.

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The kind folks at TwoMorrows Publishing have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the September 2008 Previews, scheduled to ship November 2008.

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The kind folks at TwoMorrows Publishing have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the August 2008 Previews, scheduled to ship October 2008.

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Here's who we'll have signing at our Booth #1215 at Comic-Con International:

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The new, fully-updated JACK KIRBY CHECKLIST: GOLD EDITION is now available from TwoMorrows, in both a 128-page trade paperback print edition, and a fully-searchable Digital Edition (in PDF format).

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The annual Comic-Con International: San Diego takes place next week, July 23-27, and we’ll be at our usual booth (#1215, right across from the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion).

We'll have signings by Benjamin Holcomb (author of MEGO 8" Superheroes: World's Greatest Toys!), Mike W. Barr (author of The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion), Keith Dallas (author of The Flash Companion, which debuts at Comic-Con), Joe Meno (editor of our new LEGO magazine BrickJournal), and Danny Fingeroth (editor of Write Now magazine). And Modern Masters editor Eric Nolen-Weathington and I, publisher John Morrow, will be manning the booth non-stop for all five days, so please stop by for a meet & greet!

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