Joe Simon (1913–2011) and Jack Kirby (1917–1994)
created many of comics’ most enduring super heroes, such as
Captain America. Together they helped establish the visual language
of comics.
Mark Evanier, a writer and historian, has three Emmy Award
nominations and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for
animation from the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Los
Angeles.
Jim Simon, the son of Joe Simon, grew up amid comic book
history, assisting his father first as a young boy by erasing inked
art boards and later in various creative and business ventures.
During thistime Jim got to know many of the great comic book
creators. He has published several books, including The Comic Book
Makers, a widely praised coauthored account of Joe Simon’s early
days in comics; and contributed articles on the works of Simon and
Kirby in books published by Marvel Comics/Entertainment, Titan
Publishing, and Alter Ego. He has also been interviewed byHeritage
Magazine for the Intelligent Collector, WNYC Radio, and elsewhere.
Jim Simon lives in New York with his wife and family.
“Reading this book is like entering the offices of Simon and Kirby
and rifling through their files, scouring the slush pile, even
breathing in the smoke from one of Kirby’s cigars. It’s a museum in
miniature, and like so much else these two artists touched, it’s a
wonder to behold.”
*PopMatters*
“The book gives us fast and furious art from the early days of
comics—work done in an almost punklike frenzy—and it’s fascinating
to watch Kirby just warming up for his best yet to come.”
*NewYorkTimes.com*
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