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The Comics Journal Digs Into Kirby vs Marvel Lawsuit

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Do you like your history lessons straight-no-chaser?

Marvel comics artist Jack Kirby, creator of SpidermanHow about the fascinating story of comic artist god Jack Kirby fighting Marvel Comics to give him back his original artwork?

Former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter is taken to task in The Comics Journal for his blog posts recounting this historical event.

Gary Groth, TCJ Editor-in-Chief, guides us through the truth, half-truths and BS and gives us some insight into the art of comics, the business of comics and the people who veer in and out of those orbits.

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Comics Review Newsmaker Interview: Dan Nadel, Tim Hodler Of TCJ

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EXCERPTED FROM: The Comics Journal

It’s my understanding that venerable industry news and criticism magazine The Comics Journal let the world know today that Tim Hodler and Dan Nadel will be taking over the magazine’s web iteration.

Hodler and Nadel are best known as an editorial team in terms of their work on the magazines The Ganzfeld and Comics Comics. Nadel has also written two lauded books for Abrams collecting artists that worked in mainstream comics that might have been alternative creators in modern times, and is the driving force behind the art comics publisher PictureBox.

Tim and Dan are among my favorite writers about comics and favorite comics people generally. I look forward to what they bring to the Journal, and I greatly look forward to their long overdue attention to a proper on-line archive.

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