From the "If You Could" project of London design studio HudsonBec:

Kam Tang - "Power Cosmic"

London-based illustrator Kam is one of the most successfully diverse graphic artists working today. A constant re-invention of his aesthetic means his output is consistently exciting, cementing himself as a leading figure in the industry for many years to come. A list of collaborations and clients as long as your arm include The Chemical Brothers, Gnarls Barkley, Burberry, Adidas, the London Design Museum and Royal Mail.

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Kam is generously donating a percentage of his sales to the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center.

• John Noonan posted an article on the Netcetera section of the findingDulcinea site.
• Sleestak posted an entry on its Lady, that's My Skull blog.
• Paul Pope posted an entry on his Pulphope blog.
• Jacob Russell posted an entry on his Geekdad/Wired blog.
• Warren Ellis posted an entry on his blog.
• Gerry posted an entry on his Partners West blog.
• Matt posted an entry on the alert nerd blog.
• Dr. K posted an entry on his Doctor K's 100-Page Super-Spectacular blog

• Bob Heer posted a 91 image cover slideshow on his Kirby Museum-sponsored Jack Kirby Comics Weblog.
• Museum member Mark Badger posted an entry on his Comics and Code blog.
• Mark Evanier posted a few paragraphs and a photo of Jack on his Newsfromme blog.
• Tom Spurgeon posted a number of Kirby art samples on his The Comics Reporter blog.
• Bill Henry posted contributions from a number of comic book creators on the Mid-Ohio Con's Mighty Mighty MOC-Blog.
• Kevin Church posted an entry on his BeaucoupKevin(dot)com blog.
• Chris Sims posted an entry on his Chris's Invincible Super-Blog.
• Heidi MacDonald posted an entry on her The Beat blog.
• Patrick McEvoy posted an entry on his Megaflow Graphics News blog, including his photo with Kirby from the mid 1970s.
• Fake Stan Lee posted an entry on his Stan's Soapbox blog.

We'd hoped to have an upgrade to our web site all ready for a big virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Jack Kirby's 91st birthday, but the darn t-s wouldn't cross and i-s wouldn't dot. Best we can do is announce a few things.

Kirby Documentary

As Rand announced at the Jack Kirby Tribute panel at Comic Con International: San Diego, the Kirby Museum is starting fund raising and pre-production on its feature-length Jack Kirby documentary with Jon B. Cooke and Andrew D. Cooke. You may know the Cooke brothers by their work as Montilla Pictures on the wonderful "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist", and Jon from his exceptional Comic Book Artist magazine. As a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, the Museum is going to be funding the production through fund raising. In fact, we are seeding the project with funds from our members' Annual Dues. No doubt, this documentary will be a powerful tool in getting the word out about Kirby and his work, as well as a valuable resource to aid in funding of further Museum projects. Please consider lending your support to this project.

Retrospective

Also through the generosity of our members, and mentioned at the CCI:SD Kirby Tribute panel, the Museum has started a small original art acquisition program. These pieces will be the foundation of our Traveling Retrospective, as well as being helpful resources when we are queried by our peer educational, cultural and literary organizations looking for Kirby assets.

Museum Trustees Rand Hoppe and John Morrow will be based at John's Twomorrows booth, #1215. Please come by and say hi. Museum volunteer Tom Kraft will be helping with scanning original Kirby art, and he and Rand will also be shooting some video, as they did at the NYCC (see 9 June entry below). They're planning on capturing the Kirby Tribute Panel on Sunday morning at 10 am in Room 7AB, and hopefully more! Stay tuned here, as the Kirby Museum will be announcing some exciting new programs.