Name: King Kirby: A play by Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente
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Author: Crystal Skillman; Fred Van Lente
ISBN: 9781499288490

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King Kirby: A play by Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente

Type

Physical Book

Author

Fred Van Lente

Crystal Skillman

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

118

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.3x0.6 cm

Weight

0.13 kg.

ISBN13

9781499288490

Synopsis "King Kirby: A play by Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente"

"Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente, the husband-and-wife playwrights behind 'King Kirby, ' know the score. She wrote the smart Off Off Broadway shows "Cut" and the fangirl-friendly 'Geek'; he was a co-author of the graphic novel 'Cowboys & Aliens, ' later adapted for a Hollywood sci-fi western. With this supple, informative and poignant portrait, they offer penetrating insight into the tirelessly prolific Kirby (1917-94), whose brawny and dynamic yet nuanced style dominated comics for more than 40 years. Their play (Kirby was known as the king) documents a creator who attained immortality even as his life ended amid a morass of corporate exploitation." - Andy Webster, The New York Times KING KIRBY is a play by the husband-and-wife team of New York Times bestselling comics writer Fred Van Lente and NYIT award-winning playwright Crystal Skillman about the life and times of Jack Kirby, the great comic book artist who created or co-created some of your favorite heroes on the page and screen, Captain America, the Avengers, Thor, Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, Young Romance, the New Gods, Darkseid, The Demon... the list goes on and on. From the Jewish ghetto of New York's Lower East Side to the battlefields of France to the Senate hearings of 1950s, this is a hysterical and heartbreaking story about a man who pours his quintessentially Twentieth Century life into his comics, only to make the fateful mistake that sends him into obscurity while his creations become known to every person on Earth. A real-life "Adventures of Kavalier & Klay", King Kirby asks what happens when an artist doesn't own his own legacy? Can he ever get it back?

Fred Van Lente

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Fred Van Lente es un guionista estadounidense de cómics y novelas gráficas, reconocido por su versatilidad y su capacidad para combinar acción, humor e investigación histórica en sus historias. Ha trabajado para importantes editoriales como Marvel Comics y Valiant Entertainment, desarrollando tramas que reinterpretan personajes clásicos con un enfoque fresco y accesible. Su estilo se caracteriza por un uso inteligente del diálogo y una narrativa ágil que equilibra entretenimiento con referencias culturales y científicas.

Entre sus obras más destacadas se encuentran The Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules (coescrita junto a Greg Pak) y Archer & Armstrong, además de la serie educativa Action Philosophers!, donde acerca el pensamiento de grandes filósofos al formato de cómic. También ha explorado el género histórico y de aventuras en títulos como Cowboys & Aliens. Su trayectoria lo posiciona como una figura sólida dentro del cómic contemporáneo, capaz de moverse con soltura entre el mainstream y proyectos más autorales.

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