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Jumbo Comics
Jumbo Comics #1 (September 1938) Jumbo, the mascot Will Eisner and Jerry Iger teamed up in 1936 or 1937 to become one of the first studios to provide complete comic book packages to publishers....
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Jumbo Comics Addendum, Kirby Or Not?
Jumbo Comics #1 (September 1938) Stan Taylor mentioned this gag cartoon that he believed was by Jack Kirby. I have to admit I do not share his opinion, but I thought I would include an image so...
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A Brief Pause
The deadline for a Simon and Kirby project I am working on is approaching. It is a deadline I fully intend to meet. Unfortunately that means I really do not have time for much of a post this week, but...
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Joe Simon’s Newspaper Art
I recently wrote about Joe Simon’s newspaper career (Joe Simon, Editor) and earlier as well (Joe Simon as a Newspaper Staff Artist). I discussed how Joe did more then just sport illustrations. I never...
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Jest Laffs
Jumbo Comics #2 (October 1938) “Jest Laffs” A few posts ago I present the image of the gag cartoon of a burglar from Jumbo Comics #1. Kirby scholar Stan Taylor had suggested that it may have been done...
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The Romance of Money
The Romance of Money (1937) page 1 (cover), art by Jack Kirby Early in his career Jack Kirby was employed by Lincoln News. There Jack worked on a number of strips for syndication but he also did the...
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Jack Kirby as a Letterer
Creator credits were pretty much never supplied before the silver age of comics. Therefore we have no good idea who the letterers actually were for a long period of comic book history. In the case of...
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Early Lettering by Joe Simon
Like most comic book artists from the earliest period, Joe Simon lettered his own art. Actually Joe was doing lettering long before he began his career in comic books. While working as a newspaper...
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Another Brief Pause and a Joe Simon Interview
Normally I provide at least one post every week. This is often difficult because I have a full time day time and in my “spare time” I am actively working on restorations for Titan’s Simon and Kirby...
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It Ain’t Soup
Wilton of the West, pencils, inks and letters by Jack Kirby Mark Evanier provides an image of a Campbell’s Soup on his blog can when he announces that he is too busy to continue normal posting. It...
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