Covers and panels from Virgil Reilly's Silver Flash. (Cover images courtesy of Monash Rare Books Collection.)
Happy 62nd Birthday Chris Knox
All Star Women's Comic Book Club Meetup
In Melbourne today, in conjunction with Melbourne's favourite comic shop All Star Comics, the first meeting of the All Star Woman's Comic Book Club.
Sonja H interviews organiser Cazz on Sci Fi and Squeam.
SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST 3PM-5PM AT 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale street Melbourne.
"This club is all about sharing your love and excitement of comic books with other women. That means if you want to chat about the characters you think are the coolest, an in-depth discussion about feminism or just hanging out and reading, this club is for you.
The All Star Women’s Comic Club is open to all levels of women readers! From those who have never read a comic, through to those who can name all 3600 sectors in the Green Lantern universe."
"The meet-up will be an exclusive women’s event! Don’t worry, there is plenty of room in the front café for our male friends and family to hang out while you join all the women in the back meeting room. This will be a fun adult-oriented event with some comic books containing mature content. In this first meting we will introduce ourselves, talk about our ideas for directions for the All Star Women’s Comic Book Club, have a chance to mingle and talk about what we’re currently reading, and most importantly have a great time doing it."
Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 - February 6, 1994)
Jack Kirby was born today in 1917. Some of the first comics I ever bought in New Zealand during the late'70's were from Kirby's 1975-1977 run on Captain America and his Machine Man issues of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Before the arrival of comic specialty shops in Australasia, American comics with Kirby's work received spotty newsstand distribution through Gordon and Gotch. Kirby's work was also reprinted by numerous New Zealand and Australian comics publishers from the early 1950's. The Gallery below features a selection of Kirby covers from NZ and OZ reprints.
New Zealand editions of Black Magic an early production of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Black Magic was one of the titles cited by Richard Clendenen, Director of the Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in Senate hearings conducted after the publication of Frederic Wertham's Seduction of The Innocent.
Australian editions of the Fantastic Four published by Newton Comics.
2001: A Space Odyssey - Yaffa Publishing Group (Scans courtesy of Ausreprints.)
The X-Men - Newton Comics (Scans courtesy of Ausreprints.)
The Avengers - Newton Comics (Scans courtesy of Ausreprints.)
