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[cryptofmadness]

New edition of Jack Kirby and Wallace Wood “Sky Masters Of The Space Force” Being Crowdfunded

“Sky Masters of the Space Force - The Complete Sunday Strips in Color

by Jack Kirby & Wallace Wood

Re-introducing this Eisner Award-nominated hardcover in a LARGER DELUXE EDITION! This eye-popping book compiles the scarce and out-of-print complete set of Sky Masters of the Space Force Sunday comics from 1959-1960 by Jack Kirby with masterful inking by Wallace Wood, Dick Ayers and Kirby himself.

Every strip has undergone meticulous remastering back to its vibrant, full-color brilliance thanks to the work of designer/producer Ferran Delgado. But that's not all - discover an array of never-before-seen visionary scrapbook panels, articles by renowned experts, and examples of stunning original art, among other surprises added by the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center for this special brand new edition.

This book marks a historic first publication by Kirby Museum Press and is the first official crowdfunding campaign for a Jack Kirby book. Take advantage of this special event!”

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[jacked-kirby]

#JackedKirby - Advertisements Abound!!! 📰📰📰 Back in 1958 artist Jack Kirby and writers Dave & Dick Wood were co-workers at National Comics (which would later become DC Comics) when they decided to work together on a daily comic strip that would focus on space travel and outer space adventures. Titled “Skymasters of the Space Force”, the team also featured the legendary Wally Wood (no relation to the other Wood brothers) on inks and was set to be distributed in over 100 newspapers across the US and other countries in the world... and would also lead to Jack leaving National forever, being sued by publisher Jack Schiff and eventually joint Atlas (soon to be Marvel Comics) and changing the industry forever! 📰📰📰 The strip itself ran for over three years, with 4 panel single line strips daily and full page Sunday Strips in the Sunday funny pages... but this post focuses on the promotional ads ran in the newspapers leading up to the September 8th, 1958 premier. 📰📰📰 First up is a short article in the Pittsburg Gazette that also profiles the creative team, focusing much of its attention on Kirby. I love the headshot that they use of a youthful Jack, and also that they feel the need to mention Boy Commandos as one of his “hit comic books” alongside Captain America... 📰📰📰 The second ad comes from the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) and extolled the virtues of the coming strip in the days leading up to its release. Also note how it’s was to be a strip “for all ages” considering how it’s topic, space travel, was now inching further and further toward real life plausibility! 📰📰📰 Both of these ads come from the recently released collected edition of Skymasters Sunday Strips from editor Ferran Delgado. Delgado credits Rand Hoppe from the @kirbymuseum as a go to source for this project, so considering the museums exhaustive archive of Kirby related news items he probably helped out with these... get this book, it is absolutely beautiful and an essential for all Kirby collectors and completists! 📰📰📰 #JackKirby #KingKirby #Kirby #Skymasters #SkymastersOfTheSpaceForce #NewspaperComics #NewspaperComicStrips #ComicStrips #DaveAndDickWood #WallyWood #FerranDelgado

[vincethehuman]

(scroll down for English) 24-S de SKY MASTERS Primera aparición: En diferentes periódicos el 8 de Septiembre de 1958 Sky Masters of the Space Force fue una tira de prensa creada para explotar el interés del público en la carrera espacial. Partiendo de una idea previa de Kirby y Dave Wood llamada Space Busters, narraba las aventuras del comandante Sky Masters y el destacamento de la Fuerza Espacial del Cabo Hope en su esfuerzo por conquistar el espacio. Kirby y Wood, que seguían los últimos avances tecnológicos con avidez, contaron historias de ciencia ficción muy pegadas a la realidad, adelantándose en ocasiones a la historia, y dejando en otras volar la imaginación. Artísticamente la obra es una delicia, especialmente en las primeras tiras, entintadas por el inmenso Wally Wood (sin relación con el guionista). --------------------------------------------------- 24-S for SKY MASTERS First appearance: In different newspapers on September 8, 1958 Sky Masters of the Space Force was a newspaper strip created to capitalize on the public’s interest in the space race. Building on a previous idea by Kirby and Dave Wood called Space Busters, it told the story of commander Sky Masters and the rest of the Space Force from Cape Hope in their effort to conquer space. Kirby and Wood followed the technological advances and kept science fiction stories very close to reality, even predicting some stuff. The art on the strip was gorgeous, specially at the beginning, when Kirby’s pencils were inked by awesome artist Wally Wood (not related to the writer). #artistsoninstagram #ilustracion #ilustration #digitalart #jackkirby #comics #davewood #wallywood #strip #comicbooks #newspaperstrip #comic #mcu #igcomicfamily #comicbookart #inktober #art #igcomicbookfamily #igcomics #jacktober #kingtober #comiccollection #skymastersofthespaceforce #skymasters #spacerace #astronaut #spacerocket #artofig #abckirby #theking https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqR_u1DIvq/?igshid=1cv5xu7qcqpj1