It is now possible to pre-order my forthcoming book on Jack Kirby (one of two, with the second still a few years off) at Amazon. That's right. We have an ISBN and everything!
Kirby: King of Comics will retail for forty smackers but you can order it now at Amazon for $26.40 and lock in that price for yourself. There may also, I'm told, be at least one "fancier" edition from a book club but if there is, or if there's a significantly cheaper place to order it, I'll announce it here in plenty of time for you to cancel your Amazon order and get it elsewhere. The thing won't be out until October.
With the help of Jack's daughter Lisa and other folks close to him, I'm finding some amazing treasures to include, including a lot of drawings he did in his teen year, signed with his birth surname of Kurtzberg. There's a self portrait he did of himself during his World War II days that's probably worth $26.40 all by itself. Plus, of course, there'll be lots and lots of Kirby art, some of which you've seen before, some of which you haven't.
The photo above probably won't be in the book. That's Jack at an art exhibition with Frank Frazetta on the left of him and Frank Kelly Freas on his right. Think of it as a picture of three guys who gave the world some of its greatest fantasy imagery.
I'll be telling you more about the book here out of enthusiasm, not as a sales pitch. I figure if you're familiar with Jack's work, you'll purchase this book and if you're not, you won't. If you're unsure where you stand, I leave you with Jack's advice from the cover of one of his books…
