C’mon by and say hi to the Kirby Museum at booth 5520, in the Silver and Golden Age Pavilion diagonally across from Trustee John Morrows’ TwoMorrows Publishing booth at 1310. If you can, please bring your Kirby original art; we’ll have our scanner (as will trustee Tom Kraft of WhatIfKirby.com at Bechara Maalouf’s Nostalgic Investments booths (1006 and 4415), as we continue to build our Original Art Digital Archive.)

This year, we’re proud to offer “The Auteur Theory of Comics”, a special 8.5” by 11” 16 page visual extravaganza by pop historian and graphic artist Arlen Schumer, in return for a donation to the Museum of $10 or more. “The Auteur Theory…” is a print version of the presentation and lecture that Arlen will offer on Friday, July 13th in Room 26AB from 1:30-2:30, and a discussion afterwards with John Morrrow (see above!), Charles Hatfield (author of “Hand Of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby”! More about Charles below!), auteur film theorist Craig Fischer (Appalachian State), and Rand Hoppe (writing this blurb!). Be sure to stay put, because after the Auteur panel, Andrei Molotiu, Mark Badger and some special guests will be on a panel titled “Jack Kirby, Modernism, and Abstraction.” Special thanks to the Comic Arts Conference for supporting these great Kirby panels.

We’re also thrilled to be hosting signing sessions for Charles Hatfield at our booth. We’ll have copies of “Hand Of Fire” available for your donation of $25 or more. Charles will be at the Kirby Museum booth at these times:

Thurs 5:00-6:30
Fri 4:00-5:00
Sat 3:30-4:30
Sun 11:30-12:30

The Annual Jack Kirby Tribute panel will be hosted, as ever, by Mark Evanier. Mark’s guests this year include Herb Trimpe, Stan Goldberg, Paul Dini, and as mentioned above, Charles Hatfield. That’s on Sunday at 10 am in Room 5AB.

Looking forward to seeing you there, as we continue to build support for our Pop Up Kirby Museum in New York City. We’ll have posters, prints, stickers, and more to exchange for your donations and membership dues.