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Monday, March 17, 2014

We continue our look at Kirby's greatest hits with CAPTAIN AMERICA #210.

The entire 1977 issue is as good as the splash page indicates.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014

THE MYSTERY NARRATOR OF TODAY'S INSTALLMENT OF CAP'S GREATEST HITS IS...

...Tony Stark (as voiced by that gifted character actor Stan Lee)
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

A KIRBY-DESIGNED SIF COSTUME THAT WAS NOT USED ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE OF AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.



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Monday, March 10, 2014

ARE YOU FAN ENOUGH TO TAKE THE KIRBY CHALLENGE?

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Pages arranged in a grid of equal-sized panels make the reader focus on the individual images and is a more cinematographic storytelling approach then designing intricate and possibly confusing Meta Page layouts.

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