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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary: Making a List, Checking it Twice

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Door Crasher Special: Please remember, when compiling your Christmas shopping list, Boycott Marvel!
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Canadian Comics Fan Project: AGHEEEE!

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Canadian Comics Fan Project Today's example is excerpted from Conan the King (formerly King Conan) #45, March 1988. The letter is writte...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #21: Halloween Edition

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It's always scary when we delve into the world of the Marvel Boycott. Just remember, in many ways, every day was Halloween for Jack Kir...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #20: Occupy Yancy Street!

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Here's my contribution to the Occupy Yancy Street movement/meme. Make your own! Nerd notes: Yancy Street was the home neighborhood of B...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #19: Vermont Event Features Steve Bissette on Kirby Legal Issues

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The Center for Cartoon Studies and Vermont Law School present: Marvel vs. Jack Kirby: Legal Rights and Ethical Might Friday, October 21, 2...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #18: Happy Birthday Joe Simon!

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Happy 98th Birthday Joe Simon! Along with Jack Kirby, Joe Simon created Captain America. To date, Marvel Comics and Disney do not acknowledg...
Monday, October 03, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #17: Please Support the Jack Kirby "Pop-Up" Museum

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One of the ways that we can show our support for the Marvel Boycott to strengthen Jack Kirby's legacy is to provide financial backing to...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #16: Notes on Morrison

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Vancouver blogger A Trout in the Milk makes some interesting points and has some advice for people who were baffled or angered about Grant ...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #15: Kirby Link Round-Up

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The Marvel Boycott continues. Some more-or-less random links, some only tangentially related to the boycott:   What Kirby Did: Critic...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Working-Class Heroes Project Redux

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Blogger Will Shetterly has added a bit to the master-list of working-class superheroes I started a little while back (in 2005! holy smoke!)...
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Unknown Canadian Cartoonists: Jay Work

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Just bought a small pile of old Maclean's magazines from the 1930s and 40s, only to discover a new cartoonist I've never heard of an...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #14: Boycott the Thor DVD

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Today Marvel is releasing the Thor movie on dvd and Blu-ray and so I thought I'd post a few notes about Jack Kirby and Thor. As this pos...
Sunday, September 04, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #13: Jack Kirby, Labourer

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This being Labour Day, a few notes from around the web on Jack Kirby, worker, architect, genius, and work for hire. It seems like there may ...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Canadian Comics Fan Project: Smallsack Mailville

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I haven't done one of these installments in the Canadian Comics Fan Project for awhile but couldn't resist posting these two let...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #12: "No Marvel as we know it without Jack Kirby"

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News from the Boycott Marvel frontlines. A wonderful letter from J.T. Dockery on the Captain America movie and Jack Kirby's lega...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #11: "Jack Kirby is going to murder us all in our dreams."

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All the latest news about the Marvel Boycott. In his latest Comics Journal column, cartoonist Frank Santoro has a few more words abou...

Total Recall Film Shoot in Guelph

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A crew from the upcoming Hollywood remake of Total Recall were in Guelph yesterday shooting a scene for the movie. Most of do...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #10: Join the Boycott Bullpen!

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The funniest and most intellectually rigorous post about the Marvel Boycott this week comes from The Mindless Ones blog. Blogger "...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #9: Kirby Heirs File Appeal

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Big News and New Supporters The big news today is that the Jack Kirby family filed their appeal in the case against Marvel for the ...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Marvel Boycott Diary #8: NYT

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Well, the New York Times has covered the Marvel Boycott, sort of, by mentioning it on their comic book and graphic novel Bestseller List...
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