This Is A 'Must See' Program For Me...
The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Program
At The 2008 SDCC Comic Con International!
As our regular blog readers know from our previous archived blog posts... I consider Jack Kirby and Stan Lee the two main reasons that I started 'collecting' comics to begin with back in the early 1960's!
I had been reading comics since the late 1950's but it wasn't until Journey Into Mystery #72 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee that I became a collector of comic books!
Thus my annual pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic Con International is not 'completed' until I attend the Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Program!
Jack passed away in 1994... but Mark Evanier started and continues the tradition of holding an 'Annual Jack Kirby Tribute' Program at each year's Con.
Here is the program note for this special Tribute Program that is being held the final day of this year's Comic Con, Sunday July 27th 2008:
10:00-11:00 Jack Kirby Tribute— As we do every year, friend and family of the great Jack Kirby to remember the man some call The King. Participating this year are animation producers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, Marvel writer-artist Larry Lieber, and comic book legend Jerry Robinson. And it's all hosted by—who else?—Mark Evanier, author of the recent book, Kirby: King of Comics. Room 7AB.
I don't miss each year's special tribute program.... period. I don't care what else is scheduled against it! Mark always has interesting guests and they have Great Stories about their experiences with the 'King of Comics' Jack Kirby!
Take a look at who joined Mark at last year's Kirby Tribute Program at the top right of this blog! Just one of several special guests that year!
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