Jack Kirby’s 99th Birthday

This Sunday is Jack Kirby’s 99th birthday, and we’ll helping the Kirby4Heroes Campaign to raise funds for the Hero Initiative! This Saturday and Sunday (August 27th and 28th) we’ll be donating 10% of all sales to help senior comic book creators who need financial assistance.

Kirby123 Hero Initiative & Kirby4Heroes

This campaign is spearhead by Jack’s Granddaughter Jillian Kirby, and shops all over the country are participating on different levels.

Here’s some info on the Hero Initiative

Here’ some more info on the Kirby4Heroes campaign.

We can never thank Jack enough for his contributions to the industry, looking back to when I was five I can remember Kirby’s artwork standing out from the rest. (Specifically Fantastic Four #22 and Captain America #208)

It’s great to see his granddaughter carrying on his legacy while helping people from his generation. (I think that’s what we all ever really hope for someday)

So we’re behind you Jillian!

Kirby’s Graphic Novels

We will also be selling select Kirby graphic novels at only $3 each, including:

  • Fantastic Four Marvel Masterwork Volume 6: Issues 52-60 which includes the classic ‘This Man This Monster’ issue as well as the first appearance of the Black Panther!

FF MMW 6

  • Fantastic Four Marvel Masterwork Volume 7: Negative Zone Adventures, as well as the first appearance of Ronan and Adam Warlock. Cosmic Kirby abounds here!
  • Thor Marvel Masterwork Volume 3: Thor vs Hulk, Thor vs Hercules, and the first appearance of the Destroyer!

MMW Thor 3

  • Marvel Essentials Fantastic Four Volume 2: Issues 21-40 in black and white.
  • Marvel Essentials Fantastic Four Volume 3: Issues 41-63 in black and white. First Silver Surfer, first Watcher, first Galactus, first Inhumans, etc….! (Kirby and Lee’s FF run has something significant happening in every issue.)
  • So’s not to pigeon hole any one genre:
  • Marvel Essentials Sgt Rock Volume One: Kirby’s military work.

Sgt Fury Essen

  • Marvel Essentials Rawhide Kid Volume One: Kirby’s western work.
  • Tales of Asgard: A recolored collection of Kirby’s trippy Asgardian work.

There’s a few other titles as well. We just wanted to make some of his best stuff super affordable for everyone.

We also carry a huge amount of all Kirby’s collected works, so please ask a staff member for help finding anything you’re looking for, as well as providing their own recommendations!

Kirby’s Graphic Novels

We’ll also be hosting a raffle for a New Gods artist edition, a $150 over sized hardcover scanned from Jack’s original artwork.

New GodsFree entry with any purchase and we’ll contact the winners on Sunday night. (We’ll also have a bunch of small prizes to raffle off as well.)

Art and Attention for Kirby

If you’re an artist and feel like doing a little sketching, Kirby4Heroes is using the #wakeupanddraw to collect Kirby inspired images on Sunday. Tag your photo #cnjcomics and we’ll get to see it as well!

kirby4heroesHere’s a great piece local artist Tom Szorady did a few years back. <http://www.szoradydesign.com/>

TomKirby is King! Please consider stopping by the shop to pick up some books and support the cause!

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