Happy Birthday Jack Kirby Pt 1
Word Balloon Comics Podcast
- Published
- August 28, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 19m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
Discusses Celebrating Kirby's 109th Birthday today. From 2025 Comic book writer and editor Jim Beard joins the…
Summary
Celebrating Kirby's 109th Birthday today. From 2025 Comic book writer and editor Jim Beard joins the show to discuss his new book JACK OF ALL COMICS — Tales Inspired by the Master, a tribute collection featuring essays by top comic creators influenced by Jack Kirby’s groundbreaking work at Marvel and DC. Also joining us is longtime DC Comics writer Paul K…
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Celebrating Kirby's 109th Birthday today. From 2025 Comic book writer and editor Jim Beard joins the show to discuss his new book JACK OF ALL COMICS — Tales Inspired by the Master, a tribute collection featuring essays by top comic creators influenced by Jack Kirby’s groundbreaking work at Marvel and DC. Also joining us is longtime DC Comics writer Paul Kupperberg, who dives deep into Kirby’s experimental 1970s DC magazine projects like Spirit World and In the Days of the Mob.Paul also wrote Kir