The mark of GIL KANE, comics legend, is all over ALTER EGO #149, now on sale. I recall hearing Gil on National Public Radio right after Jack Kirby died in 1994, talking about Jack’s influence on comics. This issue has his remarkable article from the April 1974 edition of The Harvard Journal of Pictorial Fiction, where he waxes on about Kirby as well as Hal Foster, Frank Frazetta, Winsor McCay and others. Preview that Kane article at the 13th Dimension website by clicking HERE.

#149 also features the beginning of our serialization of the autobiography of Golden/Silver Age Flash/GL scripter John Broome. The issue’s shipping now, and in stores tomorrow. You can order and see a preview of the full issue HERE.

It’s the FINAL DAY of TwoMorrows Publishing’s 40% OFF New York Post-Sale! Just like our booth at last week’s NYCC, this ends promptly at 5pm EST today! So you’ve only got a few hours left to save big on most of our comics and Lego publications!

Thanks to our current 40% OFF New York Post-Sale, Comic Book Artist #18 just sold out in print form (only the digital edition is available).

But we also just found a handful of copies of the previously sold out Alter Ego #48, spotlighting Will Eisner. So if you missed that issue, get it quick while it’s back in stock, at 40% Off!

Whether you couldn’t make it to the New York Comic-Con last weekend, or left wishing you’d bought more stuff at our booth, you get another chance during our New York Post-Sale!

Through this Sunday, Oct. 15, our webstore is a virtual version of our NYCC booth, complete with the same 40% OFF we offered last week in the Big Apple, on everything except new releases!

But just like the actual NYCC, you’ve only got Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to take advantage of this special offer! And while you’re shopping, be sure to preview all our new items, just like at the actual convention!

The 40% OFF applies only to PRINT editions, and does not include subscriptions, bundles, and new or upcoming items. And just like the NYCC, it ends promptly at 5:00pm EST on Sunday night.

Stop by booth #1038 at NYCC for a whopping 40% off most older items at our booth. Plus, we’ll have pre-release copies of:

Groovy!
Mark “Monster Mash” Voger’s new color hardcover book on how Flower Power affected Pop Culture

Back Issue #101
Rock’n’ Roll Comics issue, featuring Flash Gordon’s Sam J. Jones, KISS in comics, Marvel’s Alice Cooper, and more

Alter Ego #149
The mark of Silver Age legend GIL KANE, and the memoirs of DC writer JOHN BROOME

ALSO: author MARK VOGER will be on-hand Friday, Saturday AND Sunday, signing copies of Groovy and Monster Mash. See all of Mark’s tour dates at his site: http://markvoger.com/tour-media/

Don’t miss TwoMorrows other new releases, including:

Kirby100 (celebrating JACK KIRBY’s 100th birthday)

Hero-A-Go-Go (Back Issue magazine editor MICHAEL EURY’s look at comics’ Camp Craze of the Swinging Sixties)

Back Issue #99 (history of the Batman Adventures animated series)

Back Issue #100 (bonus-size issue, featuring Bronze Age Fanzines and Fandom)

Jack Kirby Collector #72 (spotlighting Kirby’s best fights)

Comic Book Creator #15 (featuring Mark Schultz)

Reed Crandall: Illustrator of the Comics (nearly sold-out hardcover! Get there early before the final copies are gone!)

And throughout the con, stop by and talk to Modern Masters editor Eric Nolen-Weathington about what he’s got planned for upcoming volumes in the series, and American Comic Book Chronicles editor Keith Dallas for updates on our next three volumes on 1940-44, 1945-49, and the 1990s!

Get 15% off our final print copies of these items. ONLY A FEW LEFT: DON’T DELAY!

Order from the full list HERE!

Reed Crandall: Illustrator of the Comics HARDCOVER
Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur HARDCOVER
Dan Spiegle: A Life in Comic Art
Best of the Legion Outpost
Collected Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 2
Alter Ego #8, 10, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 30, 141
Back Issue #33
Comic Book Artist #10, 16, 18
Comic Book Artist Collection, Vol. 3
Comic Book Creator #7
Draw #4, 13
Rough Stuff #2, 6, 9

I well recall, right after my 40th birthday, phoning Michael Eury to see if he was interested in taking on editorship of a new magazine I wanted TwoMorrows to publish. We’d had such a great time working together on his Captain Action and Dick Giordano books, and I was hoping beyond hope that he’d be up for it. We needed a thorough professional, who knew his comics history, and was well respected in the comics community. He was the first, and only person I’d considered contacting about it.

And here we are, 100 issues and almost 15 years later. Michael’s never once missed a deadline, and in fact is such a consummate pro, he’s always working well ahead to make sure it doesn’t happen. But he’s also never lost his fan’s enthusiasm and love for the material BACK ISSUE covers. I knew I’d made the right choice in contacting him, and I’m still honored he took on the challenge, and shaped the magazine into what it’s become.

You can read Michael’s own recollections of our years producing BACK ISSUE in issue #100, shipping today. There’s an exclusive interview with Michael (conducted by fellow pro Robert Greenberger), as well as coverage of other key Bronze Age Fanzines and Fandom. (Years from now, when somebody digs me out of obscurity for an interview about the good old days of TwoMorrows and I try to claim all the credit for BACK ISSUE, I’m stating now for the record; his account in BI #100 of how it happened is dead-on, so throw this blog post back in my face in the year 2047 to keep me honest.)

Thanks, Euryman, for an amazing run, that’s only just begun. You are a joy to work with, and a good friend. And thanks to Rose for letting you spend so much time making me look good!

Tape up your boxing gloves! Jack Kirby Collector #72 ships today, showcasing Jack’s most powerful fights and in-your-face action! You can view a free preview and order at THIS LINK!

It’s finally August 28, so today TwoMorrows and the Jack Kirby Collector magazine celebrate Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday in style with the release of Kirby100, a full-color visual holiday for the King of comics! It features an all-star line-up of 100 comics pros who critique key images from Kirby’s 50-year career, admiring his page layouts, dramatics, and storytelling skills, and lovingly reminiscing about their favorite characters and stories. Featured are Bruce Timm, Alex Ross, Drew Friedman, Walter Simonson, John Byrne, Joe Sinnott, Steve Rude, Adam Hughes, Wendy Pini, John Romita Sr., Dave Gibbons, P. Craig Russell, and dozens more of the top names in comics. Their essays serve to honor Jack’s place in comics history, and prove (as if there’s any doubt) that Kirby is King! This double-length book is edited by John Morrow and Jon B. Cooke, with a Kirby cover inked by Mike Royer.

Diamond Comic Distributors Order Code: MAY171932
224-page FULL-COLOR Trade Paperback, $34.95 • Digital Edition, $12.95
(Sorry, the Limited Hardcover Edition is sold out!)

You can view a free preview and order HERE!