Comic Riffs: joe simon


Posted at 10:51 PM ET, 12/27/2012

Stan Lee turns 90: Colleagues salute the Marvel legend and ‘goodwill ambassador for comics’
By Michael Cavna
Comics colleagues salute the ‘Spider-Man’ co-creator & Marvel mastermind.

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Tags:  stan lee, joe simon, tom brevoort, joe sinnott, roy thomas, danny fingeroth

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011

BEST QUOTES OF 2011: From Gaiman to Watterson, the Year in Comic Riffs
By Michael Cavna
From Neil Gaiman to Bill Watterson, here are our favorite witty and poignant lines this year straight from our interviews with cartoonists and other creators.

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Tags:  bill watterson, neil gaiman, art spiegelman, berkeley breathed, jeff smith, roger ebert, richard thompson, david lloyd, susie cagle, sherif arafa, matthew inman, oatmeal comic, james ward byrkit, stan lee, garry trudeau, matt wuerker, joe simon, jerry robinson, vincent zurzolo, craig thompson, mark fiore, ana juan, lincoln peirce, jef mallett, mike luckovich, domitille collardey, julia wertz, dan didio, renae de liz, craig yoe, bob moyer, tom jenkins, sylvain chomet, mike keefe, josh neufeld, lauren redniss, g.b. tran, scott snyder, frank cho, stephen hess, tom toles, nate beeler, peter dunlap shohl, dalia ziada, darrin bell, molly norris, gary groth, r. crumb, roz chast, peter robbins, jean schulz, mike manley, tom wilson jr., kevin rechin, tom brevoort, lynda barry, dwayne mcduffie, kevin rechin, bil keane, eduardo barreto

Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 12/15/2011

JOE SIMON, RIP: Remembering the legendary ‘Captain America’ co-creator, who has died at 98
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  joe simon, jack kirby, neil gaiman, stan lee, jerry robinson

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 12/08/2011

JERRY ROBINSON, RIP: Pioneering Batman artist and comics ambassador dies at 89
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  jerry robinson, joe simon, stan lee, jim lee, batman, the joker

Posted at 10:48 AM ET, 10/11/2011

JOE SIMON TURNS 98 TODAY: It’s been a very good year — and career — for the ‘Captain America’ co-creator
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  joe simon, stan lee, jerry robinson, neil gaiman, jack kirby, marvel comics

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 09/02/2011

THE POWER & PITFALLS OF GEEK MEMORY: From DC to Star Wars, what a week it was for ‘Nostalgia Factories’
By Michael Cavna
From DC Comics’s relaunch to Star Wars, it was a stellar week for “nostalgia factories.”

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Tags:  dc comics, star wars, craig thompson, craig yoe, george herriman, bill watterson, joe simon, jack kirby, george lucas, grant morrison, jim lee, geoff johns, dan didio, new 52

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 10/11/2010

'Superheroes': Turning 97 today, JOE SIMON reflects on his legacy with JACK KIRBY (*As do STAN LEE and NEIL GAIMAN)
By Michael Cavna
(Courtesy of Titan Books) Besides our boyhood fandom of Batman and our adulthood appreciation of Henry Selick, comics god Neil Gaiman and Comic Riffs humbly share at least one other cartoon-land trait: our mutual regret over our not meeting...

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Categories:  Superheroes, Superheroes, Superheroes, Superheroes | Tags:  Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mark Evanier, Neil Gaiman, Stan Lee, Titan Books