Cartoonists Pay Tribute to 9/11 on 10th Anniversary

The major comic syndicates have rallied their cartoonists to dedicate their strips on Sunday, September 11, 2011, to pay homage to those who lost their lives or were injured in the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
All of the nearly 100 participating strips, many of which appear on Sunday newspaper editions in color in their own special pullout section, will have an overarching September 11 remembrance theme.

In addition to the newspaper tribute, King Features Syndicate has partnered with several distinguished museums to host special exhibits featuring the cartoonists’ commemorative works, including:

• The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco
• The Toonseum in Pittsburgh
• The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City (MoCCA)
• The Society of Illustrators in New York City

More details HERE.

Reading Room: RACE FOR THE MOON Kirby Klassics

Since it's Jack Kirby's Birthday, we're presenting some kool odds n' ends from...

including some never-reprinted stuff...

...like this contents page by Kirby and Marvin Stein from RttM #2!

This story by Kirby and Al Williamson from the same issue...

Here are the covers to the other two issues...

Beautiful.

Absolutely Beautiful!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Note: this ended up getting bounced by a day due to problems associated with Hurricane Irene.

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Welcome Back, Flash Gordon! We Missed You!

Besides doing the alternate covers for each issue of the new Flash Gordon comic from Dynamite, Francesco Francavilla is also doing a wraparound cover inspired by the work of Al Williamson for the first issue.
If that's not enough to make you put this on your pull-list...
The year is 1934, a time of two-fisted swashbuckling, of fearsome threats and wild adventure -- and of ever-growing threats on the horizon. Three valiant humans -- Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov -- are plucked from the Earth, traveling to the distant planet Mongo. Their exploits are legendary, battling the machinations and terror schemes of the dreaded emperor Ming the Merciless, the All-Seeing Ruler of Mongo. But they did not fight alone...
And, it's only 32 pages for $1!!

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There's a hurricane a'coming...

Doom!
Despair!
Deadly Danger!
Lots of other alliterative combos beginning with the letter "D"!
See you tomorrow...hopefully!  ;-)

Fantastic Femmes--Aaliyah

There are those who died far too early in their careers...

Jimi Hendrix

James Dean

Selena

Heath Ledger

Jim Morrison

Buddy Holly

Add to that sad list...

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was already a star in the music industry.

With several genre credits including the title role of Queen of the Damned and a supporting role in the Matrix trilogy, she was also establishing herself as a legit actress.
Unfortunately, her untimely death aboard an overloaded airplane brought an end to all that.
On this, the 10th anniversary of her passing off this mortal coil, we offer our condolences to her family, friends, and fans.

Genre credits include...

Matrix Reloaded (Zee)

[Note: Aaliyah's scenes had been filmed before her death, but since Zee was scheduled to return in the next film, it was decided to reshoot the character's scenes with another actress (Nona Gaye) in the role.]

Queen of the Damned (Queen Akasha)

Romeo Must Die (Trish O'Day)

New York Undercover "Fade Out"

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