I received copies yesterday of the Italian edition of my book, Kirby: King of Comics. The book is identical to the English-language version except that all of my text has been translated into Italian, as has the dialogue for Jack's story, "Street Code." Also, the entire book is a smaller page size — about 9" by 12". It looks good, though. Kirby art always looks best at the largest possible size but it also holds up to smaller reproduction.
I'm delighted, not so much for the royalties…which I expect will be a plate of rigatoni bolognese or something of equal value. No, I'm just pleased that there's worldwide interest in Jack. His work really does transcend every possible boundary and influence people everywhere.
I expect the book will eventually be published in every language on this planet and I especially can't wait for the Korean edition. I know just the person to do the translation.