Kirby's Kids

Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

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Machine Man will be the Jack Kirby work profiled on Kudos Kirby in 2021!

Each month we will cover a single issue from his origins in 2001: A Space Odyssey through his Machine Man title series issues written and illustrated by Jack:

2021

January - 2001: A Space Odyssey Vol 2 #8

2001: A Space Odyssey

Machine Man by Kirby & Ditko: The Complete Collection

https://www.comixology.com/Machine-Man-by-Kirby-Ditko-The-Complete-Collection/digital-comic/405687

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Angus gives thanks for all our community members and listeners by conducting his annual digital comics services review. He is also joined by Comics Cowboy Troy who performs a dramatic reading of the 2022 Kirby's Kids Graphic Novel Reading List selections.

Services Profiled:

Amazon Prime Reading - https://www.amazon.com/b?node=15195197011

ComiXology - https://www.comixology.com/unlimited

Marvel Unlimited - https://www.marvel.com/mu-21hawkeye

DC Universe Infinite - https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/

Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial?from=topbar

Funimation - https://www.funimation.com/

Hoopla - https://www.hoopladigital.com/

Comic Book + - https://comicbookplus.com/

Digital Comics Museum - https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

Drive Thru Comics - https://www.drivethrucomics.com/

2000 AD - https://shop.2000ad.com/

IDW - https://www.idwpublishing.com/shop/

DARK HORSE - https://digital.darkhorse.com/

KIRBY’S KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL READING LIST FOR 2022 - Please visit www.kirbyskids.com for the complete list

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Angus reviews Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon in anticipation of and preparation for the Hawkeye Disney+ show premiere today:

Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon

Collects Hawkeye #1-5 & Young Avengers Presents #6. Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world.

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Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics legacy. We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

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Strange Tales (1951-1968) #127

https://www.comixology.com/Strange-Tales-1951-1968-127/digital-comic/594298

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JJ and Angus review FABLES, the winner of 14 Eisner Awards and one of the most enduring Vertigo titles ever. Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

https://www.comixology.com/Fables-Vol-1-Legends-in-Exile/digital-comic/48288

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Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe.  This sixteenth episode brings an exciting conclusion to the Crimson Jack storyline! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

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Star Wars (1977-1986) #15

https://www.comixology.com/Star-Wars-1977-1986-15/digital-comic/266960

When the Millenium Falcon is disabled, Han will have to outduel space pirates to survive!

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This series is dedicated in loving memory of Charley Lippincott, who George Lucas hired in late 1975 to join the first Star Wars production as Vice President of Advertising, Publicity, Promotion & Merchandising. He is responsible for Star Wars comics becoming a reality with Marvel! The Force will be with him, always.

Angus investigates the comic book origins of Hawkeye and reports on his first appearance in Tales Of Suspense and the story 'Hawkeye The Marksman!'.

Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #57

https://www.comixology.com/Tales-of-Suspense-1959-1968-57/digital-comic/32564

Our "Kids Choice" Comic Book Character of The Month for November will be Hawkeye in anticipation of the Hawkeye Disney+ show premiere on November 24th:

Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon

Collects Hawkeye #1-5 & Young Avengers Presents #6. Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world.

Discussion: November 24th

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Angus concludes Eternals Week with an introduction to 2 new Eternals comic book issues (one a reprint of the original 1st issue by Kirby and the other an intro to the new Eternals series):   

Eternals (1976-1978) #1: Facsimile Edition

https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-1976-1978-1-Facsimile-Edition/digital-comic/806203

Eternals: Never Die, Never Win Edition (2021) #1

https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-Never-Die-Never-Win-Edition-2021-1/digital-comic/893277

And the 2020 Kirby Eternals Roundtable Revisited: 

"In this episode Ray, JJ, Doc and Angus have a seat at the Kirby Roundtable and take on The Eternals.  They cover both Jack Kirby's initial run in The Eternals Vol. 1 along with the modern evolution of the mythos in Eternals by Neil Gaiman!

Jack Kirby Roundtable - The Eternals

The Eternals Vol. 1 - Jack Kirby https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-by-Jack-Kirby-Vol-1/digital-comic/428571

Jack Kirby reveals a secret history of heroes and horrors as humanity's cousins, the Eternals and the Deviants, vie to inherit the Earth! It's a time of titans, terror and time travel as only the King could conceive.

Eternals By Neil Gaiman https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-By-Neil-Gaiman/digital-comic/18224

You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall-- so why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to bring you - THE ETERNALS!! Ike Harris has dreams of adventures, love affairs and betrayals, but no one involved remembers or believes him. And who is trying to kill him to keep him from talking about it?"

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In this episode JJ, Doc and Angus have a seat at the Kirby Mini-Roundtable and take on The Eternals.  They cover The Dreaming Celestial Saga in celebration of the Eternals joining the MCU! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga

https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-The-Dreaming-Celestial-Saga/digital-comic/899202

The awesome Uni-Mind and a tragic death set the stage for a new era in the battle between the godly Eternals and their Deviant adversaries! The Eternals have spread out among the human population in secret. In these uncertain times, their new leader must hold the remaining Eternals together even as a new adversary emerges from deep in the Deviants’ underground stronghold. Ghaur, leader of the Deviant priesthood, has discovered the location of a renegade Celestial, defeated and sealed away by his brethren long ago. If the Eternals can’t come together and stop Ghaur, he will possess the cosmic power of this Dreaming Celestial — and conquer Earth!

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In this episode JJ, Doc and Angus have a seat at the Kirby Mini-Roundtable and take on The Eternals.  They cover The Dreaming Celestial Saga in celebration of the Eternals joining the MCU! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga

https://www.comixology.com/Eternals-The-Dreaming-Celestial-Saga/digital-comic/899202

The awesome Uni-Mind and a tragic death set the stage for a new era in the battle between the godly Eternals and their Deviant adversaries! The Eternals have spread out among the human population in secret. In these uncertain times, their new leader must hold the remaining Eternals together even as a new adversary emerges from deep in the Deviants’ underground stronghold. Ghaur, leader of the Deviant priesthood, has discovered the location of a renegade Celestial, defeated and sealed away by his brethren long ago. If the Eternals can’t come together and stop Ghaur, he will possess the cosmic power of this Dreaming Celestial — and conquer Earth!

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