Jacked Kirby

Episode 270- “With Mike Allred!”   We finally get to sit down with consummate comic book creator MIKE ALLRED! A huge name in both the independent and mainstream comic book landscapes, we talk to Red about his career (the guy created Madman! C’mon!), comics, Kirby, and much more! What a treat. We’re glad to finally have Mike on the show, and you’ll be glad you listened!   You can find Mike on Instagram: @allredmd And really, you know who he is… just search his name on the internets to find any of his stuff (of which there is a lot!)   For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby You’ll find links to listen everywhere, our social media pages, and a link to buy a Jacked Kirby t-shirt. Get in there! And of course, please rate and review the show wherever you can! Thanks! 

Our homie Dean Haspiel returns to the show to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign (Chest Face!), and how it relates to this episode’s subject, the bizarre Captain America villain Arnim Zola! We’ll discuss the influence and impetus for Dino’s new work (which you can support at the link below… hurry!), while also breaking down Zola’s introduction in Captain America issues 208 & 209 from 1977! It’s always a fun time with Dino on the show!    You can find Dino on the internet on Instagram: @deanhaspiel_art His Substack: www.deanhaspiel.Substack.com And support his latest comix campaign HERE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deanhaspiel/chest-face   For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby You’ll find links to listen everywhere, our social media pages, and a link to buy a Jacked Kirby t-shirt. Get in there! And of course, please rate and review the show wherever you can! Thanks!   

This week, CHARLES GOWER (aka Chaz aka Chuck- so many names!) joins us to discuss the controversy and crimes featured in his new book ‘Stan Lee Lied: Your Handy Guide to Every Lie in The Origins of Marvel Comics’… oh boy! The book is available everywhere right now, but the conversation only takes place RIGHT HERE! Listen & learn, true believers!   You can find Chuck on Instagram: @chuckinbangkok  And buy the book! Available on Amazon!    For all things Jacked Kirby on our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby You’ll find links to listen everywhere, our social media pages, and a link to buy a Jacked Kirby t-shirt. Get in there! And of course, please rate and review the show wherever you can! Thanks!    Intro: 00:00-02:22 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=areUni1_j9U&pp=ygUSc3RhbiBsZWUgaW50ZXJ2aWV3

We wrap up our annual month of spooky JackedTober episodes with a trio of tales meant to coincide (kinda) with the three stories featured in the classic 1975 made-for-TV movie Trilogy Of Terror! ‘Detour Lorelei on Highway 52’ from Black Magic issue 18, ‘Voodoo on 10th Avenue’ from Black Magic issue 4, and finally ‘I Learned The Monstrous Secret of Bombu!’ From Journey into Mystery issue 60. Fun terror times! Get your pumpkin beer and your candy corns, sit back, listen up, and enjoy! Happy Halloween!   Follow Mike’s horror-themed IG for year-long frights: @master_sardus_archive Follow Tommy’s IG for all your art needs: @tommylombardozzi   And find everything Jacked Kirby on our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby You’ll find links to listen everywhere, our social media pages, and a link to buy a Jacked Kirby t-shirt. Get in there! And of course, please rate and review the show wherever you can! Thanks! 

Etrigan gets a devilish doppelgänger, Klarion the witchboy is pulling the strings, Gargora needs a new head, and we sit down with storyboard artist, writer, and lover of the macabre CHRIS ANDERSON to discuss issues 14 & 15 of Jack Kirby’s DC Comic The Demon! Plus we get to hear about some of the cool shit Chris is working on! Fun stuff!   You can follow Chris on IG: @chrisandersoncomics And visit his store:  www.chrisandersoncomics.com   For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby   There you’ll find links to listen and follow everywhere. There’s also a link there to purchase a slick Jacked Kirby t-shirt, so get yourself one! You deserve it, buddy!   If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it!) Thanks!

Back for their annual JackedTober visit, our friends Alil Kunica and Steve Carleton (co-hosts of The Geekz Podcast- check ‘em out!) join us to discuss the story “The Genie With The Light Brown Hair” from Journey Into Mystery issue 76 (Marvel Comics, November 1961).   We also get into some scary movie talk, particularly movies about evil djinns, and the usual dick jokes. Good, spooky fun!   You can find Alil and Steve on Instagram: @geekzcollectables_alil @boomdox_art And you can find The Geekz Podcast wherever fine pop-culture-themed podcasts are available!    For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby   You’ll find links to listen and follow everywhere. There’s also a link there to purchase a classy Jacked Kirby t-shirt, so get yourself one! You deserve it!   If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it!) Thanks!

Returning to the program, Hollywood special effects veteran, comic book fan, and all around cool dude BART MIXON brings with him a twisted tale of the macabre for us to discuss; Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s story ‘The Greatest Horror Of Them All’, from Black Magic issue 29 (April, 1954). Plus we talk about some movies Bart has worked on (of which there are many! Just give him a search on IMDB to see for yourself!)… a definite JackedTober treat!    You can follow Bart on Instagram: @bartmixon And visit his website: www.bartmixon.com   To listen to Jacked Kirby everywhere, and to follow our social media pages, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby There’s also a link there to purchase a Jacked Kirby t-shirt nice!    If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it!) Thanks!

We start our annual month of spooky-centric Kirby stuff, JackedTober, with a really wacky “space vampire” story from Marvel Comics’ Captain America annual 3 (1976). Join us as we sink our teeth into ‘The Thing From The Black Hole Star’! Bust out your pumpkin stout, sit back, and enjoy!    To listen to Jacked Kirby everywhere, and to follow our social media pages, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby There’s also a link there to purchase a Jacked Kirby t-shirt nice!    If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it!) Thanks!

Right on the release of his ‘Asgardians: Thor’ graphic novel , our buddy George O’Connor is back with us to discuss the issue of Marvel Comics’ Thor (issue 171, 1969) that made him “get” Thor… then love him forever! Plus, the Wrecker! Always a fun time with Gorgeous George on the show!  Check out what George has going on by visiting his website: www.georgeoconnorbooks.com And follow him on Instagram: @thegeorgeoconnor Listen to his podcasts, too!  @hypotheticalisland  @seddy_bimco To listen to Jacked Kirby everywhere, and to follow our social media pages, visit our FlowPage: www.flow.page/jackedkirby There’s also a link there to purchase a Jacked Kirby t-shirt, so go get one!  If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it!) Thanks!

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby team up one last time at DC Comics, revisiting and revamping the Sandman (a character they worked on in the ‘40s) for the ‘70s… and we discuss the debut issue from January of 1974.   You can find links to listen to the show on several podcast platforms as well as links to follow our social media pages, AND a link to buy a Jacked Kirby tee, here: www.flow.page/jackedkirby   If you like the show, spread the word! Tag a friend, share a flyer, send a link! Also, rate and review us wherever you can rate and review us! Thanks!

Mike D. & Tommy are hanging out with a bunch of teens, going back to school and way back to 1971 with the Forever People! We discuss Jack Kirby’s first true Fourth World title’s first issue, in the Jacked Kirby style you know and love! What did we think? Listen and find out!   You can find links to listen to the show on several podcast platforms as well as links to follow our social media pages, AND a link to buy a Jacked Kirby tee, here: www.flow.page/jackedkirby   If you like the show, spread the word! Tag a friend, share a flyer, send a link! Also, rate and review us wherever you can rate and review us! Thanks!

Our buddy HO CHE ANDERSON is BACK on the show, this time to discuss his current project ‘The Most Embarrassing Things I’ve Ever Done: Drawings 1986-1991’… a collection of his teenage art in book form from Black Eye Books! Plus the comics that have influenced him over the years, movies, Plus the comics that have influenced him over the years, movies, Olympics scandals, rapping, Kirby’s career, and more!It’s always a treat having Ho Che on, and always a good conversation. You can check out his crowdfunder and support the book NOW by visiting this link: GO.BLACKEYE.CA/HOCHE And, you can follow him on Instagram: @hocheanderson69 You can find links to listen to OUR show on several podcast platforms as well as links to follow our social media pages, AND a link to buy a Jacked Kirby tee, here: www.flow.page/jackedkirby If you like the show, spread the word! Tag a friend, share a flyer, send a link! Also, rate and review us wherever you can rate and review us! Thanks!

This week it’s out Summer Special, wherein the fellas decide to risk it all by going swimming right after lunch… that is to say, jumping in with no topic, no theme, and no floatation device! Will they swim like gold medal Olympians and deliver a fun-filled episode you’ll remember forever…  or will they be brought under by a Great White, forcing you all to live on memorializing what could have been a great episode? Listen and find out!    If you like the show, spread the word! Tag a friend, share a flyer, send a link! Also, rate and review us wherever you can rate and review us!   You can find links to listen to the show on several podcast platforms as well as links to our social media pages AND a link to buy a Jacked Kirby tee here: www.flow.page/jackedkirby

An ape army is in pursuit of Kamandi… and they all encounter gopher people, a giant worm, robo-gangsters, and more craziness en route to Chicago in Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth issues 17-20! Kirby creates some wacky scenarios for our boy, and we’re along for the ride… so join us!   If you like the show, spread the word! Tag a friend, share a flyer, send a link!    You can find links to listen to the show on several podcast platforms as well as links to our social media pages here: www.flow.page/jackedkirby

No, it’s not an episode about Tommy & Mike D., it’s an episode about the team of WW2 soldiers featured in the DC Comics series Our Fighting Forces that Jack Kirby took over for a stint, starting with the issue we’ll be discussing (151) here! Kirby excelled at war comics… so what did we think of THIS one, technically his last foray into the genre? Listen and find out!    For all things Jacked Kirby, including links to listen to the podcast everywhere, links to our social media pages, AND a link to score yourself a stylish tee, visit; www.flow.page/jackedkirby   If you like the show, spread the word! Share a flyer, tag a friend, tell a friend! And rate and review us wherever you can! Thanks! 

This week, ANDREW POST & DAVE WEXLER join us to discuss their new art project ‘zine ‘The Many Faces Of Jack Kirby’! What inspired them to make it? What’s their relationship with Kirby’s work? What do his art and creations mean to them? Listen and find out!!!     You can contact Dave through his Instagram page (@west_coast_davengers) to get the ‘zine! Plus, follow him AND Andrew (@andrewp_cc) to check out all they’re up to (art, podcasts, comic book collecting, etc! Fun shit!)   For all things Jacked Kirby, including links to listen to the podcast everywhere, links to our social media pages, AND a link to score yourself a stylish tee, visit; www.flow.page/jackedkirby   If you like the show, spread the word! Share a flyer, tag a friend, tell a friend! And rate and review us wherever you can! Thanks! 

Pop-collage artist Jerry Nelson aka JCrash is back on the show, this time to dive into Marvel’s Tales To Astonish story “When The Space Beasts Attack!” (Issue 29, December 1961)… plus we’ll talk about our favorite alien invasion flicks and Jerry’s new ‘zine! It’s some out of this world fun!   You can follow JCrash on Instagram: @jcrashart And you can buy his stuff at his website: www.jcrashart.com Support living artists!!!   For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage where you’ll find links to listen everywhere, a link to purchase a t-shirt, plus our social media pages: www.flow.page/jackedkirby  

To celebrate July 4th here in the good ol’ US of A, Mike D. & Tommy are joined by their good friend (and friend to the show) JOEY ARMAO! Yes, the Clitigator returns so we can discuss the very first appearance of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s BOY COMMANDOS, wayyyy back in DC’s Detective Comics issue 64 (June 1942). A product of the American Patriotism surrounding WWII, the Commandos are an appropriate subject for the holiday. Plus, we discuss July Fourths of our youth! Fun stuff. You can find Joey on Instagram: @joeyarmao For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage where you’ll find links to listen everywhere, a link to purchase a t-shirt, plus our social media pages: www.flow.page/jackedkirby If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rate & review it! Do it! Now!) Thanks! Happy 4th, kids! Stay safe!

This week we check out Jack Kirby’s first comic work with DC after leaving Marvel, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen issue 133 (October 1970)… with special guest BRIAN KLIEN of The Source Pages Podcast! It’s some wacky stuff, and Kirby’s introduction to what would become his “Fourth World”, so what did we think? Listen and find out!  You can follow Brian and his podcast’s page on Instagram; @bvklein4 @thesourcepagespodcast The podcast is available everywhere, and goes deep as far as the Genesis of all things adapted to screens big and small, so check it out, subscribe, and listen! And visit his network’s website for all things geeky pop-culture! www.strandedpanda.com For all things Jacked Kirby, visit our FlowPage where you’ll find links to listen everywhere, a link to purchase a t-shirt, plus our social media pages: www.flow.page/jackedkirby If you like the show, share the show! Tag a friend, tell a friend, share the flyer, spread the word! And please rate/review the show on Apple (or wherever else you can rat

Mike D. & Tommy discuss the the Nick Fury/SHIELD sci-fi spy story ‘Operation: Brain Blast!’ from Marvel’s Strange Tales issue 141 (November 1965)! It’s espionage at its wackiest!   You can find all things Jacked Kirby (including links to listen on all platforms, our social media pages, and where to get your very own cool-as-shit Jacked Kirby t-shirt) at on our FlowPage; www.flow.page/jackedkirby    If you like the show, please share the show! Repost a flyer, share an IG post, tell a friend, tag a friend, etc. And of course, rate and review us on Apple or wherever the hell else you can rate and review podcasts! Thanks!