Over at IGN (a fine site, well worth browsing every day), the eminent scribe and historian Peter Sanderson reports on the Jack Kirby Tribute Panel at this year's Comic-Con International.
I need to correct/clarify one thing about the upcoming Marvel book reprinting Fantastic Four #1 in a deluxe, coffee table format. Peter quotes me as saying "I wouldn't buy it if I were you." Perhaps I was misquoted but more likely, I just misspoke. I was explaining that I'd written a commentary piece for it, and I thought I was saying something like, "I wouldn't buy it because of that if I were you." I haven't seen any other part of the book so I have no idea if it will be worth the money. If you're thinking of purchasing a copy, don't let me stop you.
As Peter also mentions, I am nearing the home stretch on my massive biography of Mr. Kirby and will soon be putting it into what I call "beta-testing," meaning that I'll be asking selected folks to read it and rip it apart in search of errors, muddy phrasing, inanity and other elements that fit so perfectly into Groo but belong nowhere in a book about Jack Kirby. Before I get to that, I'll be setting up a little private forum/mailing list where folks who want to help me with research can do so. If you're one of those people who know old comics (especially Marvels of the sixties) better than you know your own family history and wish to volunteer, drop me a note.