The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel
On the panel was Mark Evanier, Tom Brevoort, Paul Levitz, Tracy Kirby, Jeremy Kirby, Patrick Reed and Paul S. Levine. The main theme of the panel is the current Jack Kirby exhibit. Patrick revealed how the exhibit came together, Levine talked about his small part as the Kirby’s family lawyer and the impact the Exhibit had on him, Tracy and Jeremy spoke about how much of the Kirby family was there for the opening, they also spoke about some of the family items that are a part of the exhibit including Kirby’s army uniform, how the exhibit is not just his artwork, but how it tells the story of Kirby as a person and a family man, Levitz announced that there are some NY Free Educational comic books being made, one of which will be about Kirby, others will have some Kirby related material in it, they spoke about Joe Simon being mentioned in the Kirby exhibit and how Jens Simon was there at the opening, how they got private collectors of Kirby’s art willing to donate to the exhibit, they also had costumes that Jack had designed for a play, they showed photo’s of Jack and talked about them. Tom Brevoort spoke about his first exposure to Kirby and how he still impacts Marvel to this day, Mark, Paul and Tom spoke a lot about Kirby’s time at DC and how he was treated by Carmine Infantino, DC’s production department and why, Evanier spoke about Jerry Siegel as an example of how creators are embarrassed about being ripped off on their creation both in terms of credit and money, Levine and Levitz spoke about the deal they made for New Gods characters merchandising, Tracy and Jeremy talked about their goal of keeping Kirby’s memory alive for a long time.
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