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Recent Posts: Jess Jodloman Sunken Pearls of Cap'n Hatch Joe Kubert Tor 2008 The first issue of Kubert's revived primitive hero High Cost of Four Color Fun Reaction to Tom Spurgeon's essay on the state of comic books Madame Sans-Gene Illustration and review of the 1894 play starring actress Gabirlle Rejane Spirit #15 Art by Paul Smith. DC Comics - - - - - - - - ONLINE COMICS
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JACK KIRBY WEDNESDAY Kamandi #20, In Kirby's Kamandi series, how did humankind destroy itself, turning the earth over to animals, and devolving itself in the bargain? Kirby's humans (not counting Kamandi, of course) are yowling cattle, and the oddity of a thinking and talking "animal" like Kamandi leads to the multi-issue hunt by gorilla soldiers to capture Kamandi. They wind up in Chicago, only it's an amusement park ride Chicago with cartoonish gangster automatons running loose with real guns and ammo, acting out programmed entertainment. Kirby has Kamandi searching for clues to humanity's demise, and it's a reason to have one crazy situation after another for Kamandi to see (for the benefit of the reader) and to then slip away to the next one. Kirby's anguish in the Kamandi series is a tale in which Kamandi is always close to finding another thinking, talking human, only to find he's still alone. See enlargements here or by clicking on the sample pages below.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 
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