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Joe Simon - My Life in Comics

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : Titan Books
ISBN 13 : 0857687913
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Joe Simon - My Life in Comics written by Joe Simon and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Marvel, before Captain America, before Simon and Kirby, and before comics there was Joe Simon. Born in 1913, the son of an immigrant tailor, he's been an artist all his life. A newspaper writer, photographer, and cartoonist, and the first editor at the company that became Marvel Comics, he was the man who hired Stan Lee for his first job. Entering the fledgling industry the year after Superman appeared, Simon instantly made a name for himself as a writer, artist, and editor. He and Jack Kirby created the iconic Captain America-their first blockbuster-before America entered World War II. More hits followed, including a bestselling military adventure series, the first romance comic created for an audience of young girls, and Simon's own satire magazine that was a favourite of Lenny Bruce. His exciting chronicle covers ten decades. It includes a stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, as well as his encounters with such colorful personalities as author Damon Runyon, prizefighters Max Baer and Jack Dempsey, comedian Don Rickles, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller, and actors Caesar Romero and Sid Caesar. This is the comprehensive autobiography of an illustrator, an innovator, an entrepreneur, and a pioneer. Profusely illustrated with photography and artwork, much of it heretofore unseen, this is the chronicle of an American original.

My Captain America

Author : Megan Margulies
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643134655
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book My Captain America written by Megan Margulies and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finely wrought coming-of-age memoir about the author’s relationship with her beloved grandfather Joe Simon, cartoonist and co-creator of Captain America. In the 1990s, Megan Margulies’s Upper West Side neighborhood was marked by addicts shooting up in subway stations, frequent burglaries, and the “Wild Man of 96th Street,” who set fires under cars and heaved rocks through stained glass church windows. The world inside her parents’ tiny one-bedroom apartment was hardly a respite, with a family of five—including some loud personalities—eventually occupying the 550-square-foot space. Salvation arrived in the form of her spirited grandfather, Daddy Joe, whose midtown studio became a second home to Megan. There, he listened to her woes, fed her Hungry Man frozen dinners, and simply let her be. His living room may have been dominated by the drawing table, notes, and doodles that marked him as Joe Simon the cartoonist. But for Megan, he was always Daddy Joe: an escape from her increasingly hectic home, a nonjudgmental voice whose sense of humor was as dry as his farfel, and a steady presence in a world that felt off balance. Evoking New York City both in the 1980s and ’90s and during the Golden Age of comics in the 1930s and ’40s, My Captain America flashes back from Megan’s story to chart the life and career of Rochester-native Joe Simon, from his early days retouching publicity photos and doing spot art for magazines, to his partnership with Jack Kirby at Timely Comics (the forerunner of Marvel Comics), which resulted in the creation of beloved characters like Captain America, the Boy Commandos, and Fighting American. My Captain America offers a tender and sharply observed account of Megan’s life with Daddy Joe—and an intimate portrait of the creative genius who gave us one of the most enduring superheroes of all time.

Joe Simon: My Life in Comics

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 0857687913
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Joe Simon: My Life in Comics written by Joe Simon and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gripping from the first page... If you love comic books, history, or just love a story of a real self-made man, you must read this book." - Shadowlocked "A true visionary, Simon's book is laced with never-before-seen photos and illustrations, and told in his own words. If you're at all curious about the history of comics and one of its earliest visionaries, My Life in Comics is a must-read." - IGN "... a lovely memoir, often funny, sometimes thought-provoking, and never ostentatious. It’s a true pleasure to read." - Graphic Novel Reporter "... essential reading for any fan of comic book history and storytelling." - ComicBook.com -- In his own words, this is the life of Joe Simon, one of the most important figures in comics history, and half of the famous creative team Simon and Kirby. Joe Simon co-created Captain America, and was the first editor in chief of Marvel Comics (where he hired Stan Lee for his first job in comics). Simon began his prolific career in the Great Depression, and this book recounts his journey to New York City, his first comic book work, his meeting with Jack Kirby, and the role comics played in wartime America. He remembers the near-death of the comics, and the scramble to survive. And he reveals what it was like to bring comics out of their infancy, as they became an American art form.

Joe Simon: My Life in Comics

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1845769309
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (457 download)

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Young Romance

Author : Jack Kirby
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606995022
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Young Romance written by Jack Kirby and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1940s, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ― creators of Captain America ― set the comics world on fire with the creation of a new genre that resulted in some of the best-selling American comic books of all time: the romance comics. The stories they created were exciting, innovative, and beautifully drawn, and remain a high point in both artists’ careers, even as Kirby went on to become the unrivaled King of Comics and co-creator (along with Stan Lee) of many of the most iconic characters in American history.

Simon and Kirby: Superheroes

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1848563655
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Simon and Kirby: Superheroes written by Joe Simon and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Blue Bolt in June 1940, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby set the standard for costumed heroes. Their creation Captain America remains one of the most famous heroes in comic book history, and their work for Timely and DC Comics raised the bar. This large format hardcover collects the duo’s most exciting characters: Fighting American, their cold-war take on the patriotic hero, The Fly, with origins in an unknown Spider-Man prototype, Lancelot Strong, the man with the double life, and the Hollywood swashbuckler known as Stuntman. This is the only edition authorized by both Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby, gathered from the official Simon and Kirby archives.

Captain America

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Captain America written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Comic Book Makers

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : Vanguard
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Comic Book Makers written by Joe Simon and published by Vanguard. This book was released on 2003 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the creation and evolution of the comic book industry, covering the working conditions, partnerships, and behind-the-scenes battles that shaped the formative decades of the genre.

The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio

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Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781419711602
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio written by and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are synonymous with comic books, and their partnership ushered in the Golden Age of comics starting in the 1940s. Together they created memorable characters such as Captain America and the Sandman, and were the first to publish the genres of western, crime, horror, and romance in comic books. Over the course of three decades they wrote and illustrated several hundred comics, many of which are reproduced in this oversized volume organized by genre and covering all aspects of their amazing career. With commentary by Mark Evanier, the foremost authority on the work of Simon and Kirby, the book includes artwork photographed from the original art in Joe Simon's private archive and showcases the seminal work of Simon and Kirby and their artistry as it has never been seen before"--

Marvel's Captain America: The First 80 Years

Author : Titan Comics
Publisher : Titan Comics
ISBN 13 : 1787738299
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Marvel's Captain America: The First 80 Years written by Titan Comics and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty years ago, as the free world was threatened by fascism, a Super Hero was created to boost morale, offering a symbol of hope. Created by master storytellers Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Captain America wore the colors of the bold red, white, and blue of the American flag. This deluxe volume explores Captain America's adventures decade by decade as he is reinvented in the 1960s by Kirby himself and Stan Lee to become a modern symbol of justice. With vintage art from the Marvel vaults and profiles of the creators behind the icon, this special tribute presents a unique guide to one of Marvel's most enduring heroes.

Marvel Comics

Author : Sean Howe
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062314696
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Marvel Comics written by Sean Howe and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history -- Marvel Comics – and the outsized personalities who made Marvel including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby. “Sean Howe’s history of Marvel makes a compulsively readable, riotous and heartbreaking version of my favorite story, that of how a bunch of weirdoes changed the world…That it’s all true is just frosting on the cake.” —Jonathan Lethem For the first time, Marvel Comics tells the stories of the men who made Marvel: Martin Goodman, the self-made publisher who forayed into comics after a get-rich-quick tip in 1939, Stan Lee, the energetic editor who would shepherd the company through thick and thin for decades and Jack Kirby, the WWII veteran who would co-create Captain America in 1940 and, twenty years later, developed with Lee the bulk of the company’s marquee characters in a three-year frenzy. Incorporating more than one hundred original interviews with those who worked behind the scenes at Marvel over a seventy-year-span, Marvel Comics packs anecdotes and analysis into a gripping narrative of how a small group of people on the cusp of failure created one of the most enduring pop cultural forces in contemporary America.

Love on the Racks

Author : Michelle Nolan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604908
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Love on the Racks written by Michelle Nolan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the better part of three decades romance comics were an American institution. Nearly 6000 titles were published between 1947 and 1977, and for a time one in five comics sold in the U.S. was a romance comic. This first full-length study examines the several types of romance comics, their creators and publishing history. The author explores significant periods in the development of the genre, including the origins of Archie Comics and other teen publications, the romance comic "boom and bust" of the 1950s, and their sudden disappearance when fantasy and superhero comics began to dominate in the late 1970s.

The Best of Simon and Kirby

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1845769317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book The Best of Simon and Kirby written by Joe Simon and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of complete comic book stories from the legendary team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, covering every genre in which they made their mark. From the very beginning in the late 1930s, Simon and Kirby produced the finest stories around, creating dramatic new super heroes (Captain America, Blue Bolt, Fighting American, The Fly), western action (Boy’s Ranch), gruesome horror (Black Magic), explosive detective fiction (Justice Traps the Guilty), and the very first romance comics (Young Romance). They were the dream team. • The only edition authorised by both Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby • Hand-picked by Joe Simon himself, with introductory material by him • The images are fully restored to their original vibrancy by Harry Mendryk and presented in an impressive, collectible package • Contains more than two-dozen tales, presented in their entirety, including stories from Simon and Kirby’s time at DC and Marvel • Includes some of the most famous S&K creations, including Captain America, Fighting American, The Fly, Boy’s Ranch, Bullseye, and Stuntman • The beginning of a planned collection of the entire Simon and Kirby Library • With illustrated essays by Mark Evanier, author of Kirby: King of Comics

The Boy Commandos

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401229214
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book The Boy Commandos written by Joe Simon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published as Detective comics 64-73, World's finest comics 8-9 and Boy commandos 1-2"--T.p. verso.

Jack Kirby

Author : Tom Scioli
Publisher : Ten Speed Graphic
ISBN 13 : 1984856901
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Jack Kirby written by Tom Scioli and published by Ten Speed Graphic. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in vivid graphic novel form by a groundbreaking Eisner-nominated comics creator, the long-overdue biography of the legend who co-created Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and many more superhero favorites. “A fast-paced celebration of an underheralded legend within the comic-book industry.”—Kirkus Reviews NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL This sweeping, full-color comic book biography tells the complete life story of Jack Kirby, co-creator of some of the most enduring superheroes and villains of the twentieth century for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and more. Critically acclaimed graphic novelist Tom Scioli breathes visual life into Kirby's life story--from his days growing up in New York during the Great Depression and discovering a love for science fiction and cartoons to his time on the frontlines in the European theatre of World War II where he experienced the type of action and adventure he'd later imbue his comic pages with, and on to his world-changing collaborations at Marvel with Stan Lee, where the pair redefined comics as a part of pop culture. Just as every great superhero needs a villain to overcome, Kirby's story also includes his struggles to receive the recognition and compensation that he believed his work deserved. Scioli captures his moves from Marvel to DC and back again, showing how Kirby himself and later his family fought to preserve his artistic legacy. Drawn from an unparalleled imagination and a life as exciting as his comic book tales, Kirby's super-creations have influenced subsequent generations of creatives in the comics field and beyond. Now, readers can experience the life and times of a comics titan through the medium that made him famous.

The Adventures of the Fly

Author : Joe Simon
Publisher : Archie Comic Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781879794184
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of the Fly written by Joe Simon and published by Archie Comic Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of comic stories featuring Tommy Troy, who is given a special ring that transforms him into the superhuman Fly.

A Day in the Life of Angelica

Author : David Lewman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780743408035
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book A Day in the Life of Angelica written by David Lewman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'To get what you want, you just gotta know how to work 'em.' Angelica reveals all her secrets in this fun filled trivia book!