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Some Lettering by Howard Ferguson

09 Oct 2009 10:35:57 PDT

Written by Harry
In this pursuit I like to assemble images of the letters from a single story. Of course there is always a certain amount of variation in the letters but I try to select somewhat typical examples. For these samples I only select letters from captions and balloons that are not bold or oversized.

Original story at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center .

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Happy Jack Kirby Day

31 Aug 2009 14:00:46 PDT

Written by Bob
Long time Kirby associate and biographer Mark Evanier has a short note and an old photo. Check out Kirby-Vison for some Kirby inspired artwork and Kirby Kinetics for a look at his story-telling. Bully has hourly posts about Kirby in comics and on film.

Original story at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center .

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Jack Kirby’s First Flight

06 Aug 2009 17:58:10 PDT

Written by Harry
Mystery Men #10 (May 1940) Wing Turner, art by Jack Kirby I recently posted on a couple of stories Simon and Kirby did for Prize Comics early in their collaboration (Ted O’Neil). Flying stories were not a big part of Simon and Kirby repertoire (but see The Milton Caniff Connection) and so I th...

Original story at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center .

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The Legendary Starfy Review

09 Jun 2009 17:16:04 PDT

CA Here Nintendo has a Mario/Kirby-inspired platformer developed by a talented team (TOSE), and one that the company has partial rights of. The franchise has seen five iterations, including a cancelled Game Boy Color debut game back in 2000. ...

Original story at IGN .

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DS Review-Kirby: Squeak Squad

26 May 2009 15:57:00 PDT

Kirby begins his adventure after somebody steals his strawberry shortcake, and he sets out to find the culprit and recover his snack. His first target is King Dedede, his old nemesis. Kirby defeats the overgrown penguin, and finds he isn't responsible. ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Virtual Console Review: Kirby's Adventure

13 Apr 2009 17:11:23 PDT

As Kirby, you’re tasked with finding the pieces of the Star Rod, a magical prop that allows people to dream. The rod was stolen and broken up by the nefarious King dedede, a giant penguin who was also Kirby’s nemesis in his first game. ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Kirby news and blogs - November 07, 2009

07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Kirby news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Japanese Nintendo downloads: Fire Emblem Premake and Uno -- by JC Fletcher from Joystiq [Nintendo]
• Japanese Nintendo downloads: Fire Emblem Premake and Uno -- by JC Fletcher from Smash Gamers
• TripleSpeedRunners take on Nintendo trio for charity -- by Ben Gilbert from Joystiq [Nintendo]
• TripleSpeedRunners take on Nintendo trio for charity -- by Ben Gilbert from Smash Gamers
• Art of Romance, Chapter 21, Roussos Messes Up -- by Harry from Simon and Kirby - Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
• Art of Romance, Chapter 20, Romance Still Matters -- by Harry from Simon and Kirby - Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
• Jack Kirby, Fanboy -- by Harry from Simon and Kirby - Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
• Kirby's Dreamland 'movie' trailer is the stuff of nightmares -- by Randy Nelson from Joystiq [Nintendo]
• Art of Romance, Chapter 19, More Artists -- by Harry from Simon and Kirby - Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
• Club Nintendo Japan updates with flying Kirby and more -- by JC Fletcher from Joystiq [Nintendo]

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“The Best of Simon and Kirby” Gets Reviewed

11 Apr 2009 07:48:33 PDT

Written by Harry
I guess I was not the only one to get an advance copy of Titan’s soon to be released “The Best of Simon and Kirby”. There is already a short review on the web by Mike Rogers . Among the many complements: Dazzling from beginning to end, The Best of Simon and Kirby is a monumental [...]

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Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

29 Mar 2009 18:47:25 PDT

Australia You start of with the easiest 'Spring Breeze,' a remake of the original Kirby's Dream Land game and as the name suggests, any seasoned gamer will find it a cake walk. Indeed in typical Kirby fashion, Ultra is quite easy, with only the occasional boss ...

Original story at PALGN .

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The Romance of Money

14 Feb 2009 07:29:39 PST

Written by Harry
1937) page 1 (cover), art by Jack Kirby Early in his career Jack Kirby was employed by Lincoln News. There Jack worked on a number of strips for syndication but he also did the art for a give-away to be used by banks, “The Romance of Money”. Since this publication has a [...]

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2008 - A Kirby Odyssey

06 Jan 2009 19:04:04 PST

Written by Bob
COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: THE NEW GODS A few one-shot comics reprinting some 1970s Kirby with tangential connections to then-current new DC comics. Only one Kirby story in the OMAC one, the other two are all Kirby, and the KAMANDI one includes one of the issues not yet reprinted elsewhere.

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How To: Gourmet Race (Kirby) Tutorial - Piano

27 Nov 2008 10:11:27 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (leapin2912)
This is a remake of my older video, "Kirby Dreamland - Piano (tutorial)". Author: leapin2912 Keywords: Kirby Gourmet Race Dreamland ssbb ssbm ssb nintendo wii piano song tutorial how to pink vito selvaggio bhs Added: November 27, 2008

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How To: Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland: 6-2

25 Nov 2008 21:37:09 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (dakirbydude)
How to beat KNiDL 6-2. Author: dakirbydude Keywords: how to beat knidl kirby nightmare in dreamland meta knight nintendo game boy advance guide hal 100 Added: November 25, 2008

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Famitsu - review scores

05 Nov 2008 03:45:24 PST

Written by RawmeatCowboy
Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (NDS, Nintendo): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40) Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard (Wii, Bandai Namco): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40) Rhythm de Cooking (NDS, MTO): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40) Ryuusei no RockMan 3 (NDS, ...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Upcoming Kirby - Various early 2009 releases

22 Oct 2008 20:08:54 PDT

Written by Bob
THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #52 Winter 2009 - 84 pages - Tabloid Format THE X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JAY GAVIN, WERNER ROTH & JACK SPARLING Covers by JACK KIRBY & ALEX ROSS

Original story at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center .

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DS Fanboy Review: Kirby Super Star Ultra - DS Fanboy

08 Oct 2008 14:57:37 PDT

The classic Kirby enemies and bosses all show up: Waddle Dee, Knuckle Joe, Poppy Bros. Jr, Meta Knight, and, of course, the completely non-menacing, huggable King DeDeDe. However, many refinements distinguish Super Star from past -- or ...

Original story at DS Fanboy .

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Kirby Super Star Ultra Review - Nintendo DS

06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

But you’ve also got to cross the finish line first since both food and goal-crossings calculate Kirby’s entire score. In single-player mode, you race against King Dedede. However, kings like to be one in control, so in a two-player game ...

Original story at GameZone .

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Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

03 Oct 2008 09:00:00 PDT

Kirby is one of those characters that almost everyone loves. No matter the quality of the title he appears in, whenever a Kirby title gets released almost everyone finds some way to have fun with it. When Nintendo announced plans to remake one of Kirby's best outings, Kirby Super Star (known...

Original story at Vooks .

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Destructoid review: Kirby Super Star Ultra | Destructoid, The ...

03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

As you progress further from Spring Breeze (which is an updated version of Kirby's Dream Land for the Gameboy), the game formulas begin to deviate ever so slightly from the normal "suck up bad guys and steal their power" thing that ...

Original story at Destructoid .

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Complete History of Kirby

25 Sep 2008 14:25:00 PDT

Written by Nadia Oxford
The details of the transition from "Popopo" to "Kirby" are lost to time: Sakurai can't remember how Kirby got his final moniker. Popular belief is that he's named after the "Kirby" brand of vacuum cleaners, though it's also possible that it came from John Kirby, the superhero lawyer who sa...

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Podcast: N+erview: XOC

24 Sep 2008 16:25:11 PDT

Written by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Anton)
If you are ultra new to N+ or missed the previous posts, please visit them first. XOC covers Mario and XOC covers Kirby. Once you are done with those, adjust your speaker volume and read more for the interview...Background Song: Castle + Castle Boss - SMW Hello XOC, first let me thank you for the in...

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Nintendo Confirms New Wario, Kirby For U.S.

25 Jun 2008 12:35:39 PDT

Written by Chris Kohler
Jumping the gun a bit on E3, are we? Nintendo decided to use this morning to announce several new games coming later in the summer to Wii and Nintendo DS, including new Wario and Kirby titles that have already been announced for Japan. Images: Nintendo

Original story at Wired .

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Upcoming Kirby - Demon, Eternals, etc

23 Jun 2008 03:35:31 PDT

Written by Bob
A time of titans, terror and time travel - as only the King could conceive! Imagine a race of immortal beings possessed of seemingly limitless superhuman abilities including energy projection, strength and flight. Once worshipped as gods, this fantastic group left Earth to explore the...

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ssb_fic @ 2008-06-19T23:04:00

19 Jun 2008 23:11:51 PDT

Written by Asia
Also has some spoilers for (sub-)games, namely Subspace Emissary, Twilight Princess and Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland/Kirby's Adventure, but those shouldn't be anything new. Author's Notes: There's not too much to say about this. ...

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Podcast: SMYN: Episode 28 (01/13) - A Fated Symbiotic Relationship

13 Jan 2008 04:56:05 PST

Written by Youko
Multi-Man Brawl, Melee Stages Pt. 2, and Pikmin & Olimar are discussed in addition to going over the hosts's and also some guests's roster predictions before an official leak comes out! Kirby King joins Youko and SamuraiPanda to also cover the General News from the past week includin...

Original story at Smash World .

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Podcast: Episode 17: Protip

27 Jun 2007 06:06:41 PDT

Written by Jonathan Cresswell
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition isn’t as bad as Bacon thought, and some hot DiRT tips. It’s DS Catchup week with Kirby, Metroid and Megaman ZX, and there’s catching up with old games as Megaman hits VC, and also PS1 games hit the PSN.

Original story at BGB Shout .

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