CBR: Kurt Busiek On Launching "Kirby: Genesis"

[CBR News]

With the recent #0 issue launching Dynamite Entertainment's new Jack Kirby character universe, the writer behind "Kirby: Genesis" explains how he and Alex Ross took the real life work of the King of Comics and made it cosmic fiction.


Full article here.

[icth]

i picked this up last week and thought it was a fun read. i'll definitely pick this up when it comes out. busiek's name alone compels me to buy it :) can't wait!

[ScotsScribbler]

I will be picking this up.

It seems so odd that probably one of the most novel and original comics, especially in the superhero genre, is coming out through Dynamite and not Marvel.

The words swine and pearls come to mind.

[Professor Moriarty]

The best part:

I know, I know -- you want me to list the characters and explain who they are and what their part is in the story. But I want to tell you that in the story, not here! So I'll say this: We have space marines. We have intergalactic manhunters. We have a government super-soldier, we have the warriors of an ancient culture, we have the last of the sasquatches, an alien game preserve, dinosaurs, cave-boys, dragons, the remnants of Asgard and Olympus, genies and demons and proto-gods. We've got the toppled ruins of mythologies, the Phantom Continent, lost cities and giant spaceships and a celestial nomad. And more!

So hop on in before I throw in a set of Ginsu knives. Ginsu knives really aren't all that Kirby.

[Happyface]

The Zero issue blew my mind. I feel like it was magically crafted to appeal exactly to my particular and peculiar tastes. It was as intellectually stimulating to me, in those short amount of pages, as it was visually stunning. Can't wait for the rest. Good Luck to Mr Busiek and Mr Ross.