Extra Future[Concluding Volume. 1][link], a brief history of comics, Jack Kirby, Marvel, DC, and the connections between them. Soon to be published in what I assume will be a print-on-demand edition.
I imagine the Robot Head of Jack Kirby curses a lot as it spins down.
[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/01/05/do-anything-0026-by-warren-ellis/ “Do Anything 0026 by Warren Ellis | Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors”
[It’s Tuesday][link]:
>This is where the robot head of Jack Kirby has been taking you too, all this time. This is a universe that abuts our own, a vast space of cometary ideoplasm and speaking atomic structure.
[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/20/do-anything-021-by-warren-ellis/ “Do Anything 021 by Warren Ellis | Bleeding Cool Comic News & Rumors”
[The author assumes that Kirby’s heirs will probably just end up with rights to royalties][link], which I can’t say I give a shit about it. Jack’s long gone.
[link]: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/in-wake-of-disney-marvel-deal-cartoonists-heirs-seek-to-reclaim-rights/?hp “After Disney-Marvel Deal, Cartoonist’s Heirs Seek to Reclaim Rights – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com”