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Friday, October 28, 2005

The Last Boy on Earth

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So I had a really lousy day at work yesterday. But as all of you non-commenting lurkers know, I have the Greatest Girlfriend In The World, which is why when I walked out to the parking lot after my shift last night, I found her waiting for me with a gift wrapped present. Upon tearing it open with the enthusastic glee of a 5 year old, I discovered --

-- the DC Archive Edition of Kamandi, probably my all time favorite, and arguably the absolute freakiest, of Jack Kirby's singularly creative comic book visions.

The first ten issues, printed on wonderfully soft acid-free paper, in vivid colors that do full justice to the absolutely gorgeous Kirby art... ahhh, I am truly the luckiest of all men.

Some of these ten issues I've read, others I haven't. I'm looking forward to acquainting, or re-acquainting, myself with all these stories. And I certainly hope DC continues to reprint Kamandiissues at least through the entirety of the original Kirby run.

SuperGirlfriend is the best!

Oh, and SuperGirlfriend wants to send a big shout-out of gratitude to Steve Tice, for helping her out with something related to this Kamandi archive edition. So there you go, Steve. Thanks for whatever you did.

babbled by Highlander at 7:01 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:05 AM EDT
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Friday, October 28, 2005 - 11:04 AM EDT

Name: Tammy

If I was the Greatest Girlfriend in the World, I'd have brought a carload of midget strippers with me to pick you up. That would have cheered you right up. Oh, well, there's always your birthday....

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Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 5:17 PM EDT

Name: Nate

Hey, you getting media reminds me: how did you like Season 1 of Drawn Together? I love it, but I missed the first few new eps this season.

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Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 7:13 PM EDT

Name: Mike N.
Home Page: http://miraclo.blogspot.com/

An excellent gift!

This, too, is my fondest recollection of Kirby's post-Marvel foray into new DC comics. (The Demon was probably my next favorite... working its way down to Forever People as my least favorite.) Letting Kirby run riot in his own universe worked well. I came across the series starting with issue #2, so #1 would be the only one in that batch I haven't read. This is one of those items I'll keep an eye open for at one of those remaindered book stores.

Hey... look! There's a http://www.kamandi.com/

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