Fumetto Jack Kirby Panel - Nadel, Gravett, Hoppe

1 May 2010: Dan Nadel, Paul Gravett and Rand Hoppe discuss the Fumetto's "Jack Kirby: The House that Jack Built" exhibit.

Lucerne, Switzerland.

Having listened to the talk many times while preparing it for posting, I'm compelled to clarify and/or correct:

* Many pre-code comics were not "for adults, not kid stuff," as I said, they were all-ages. An important distinction.

* Kirby's wartime ailment was trenchfoot, not frostbite.

* The Fourth World wasn't only "expensive" considering the sales level, affidavit fraud by distributors contributed to the low sales levels used in that equation.

* I should not have included Bob Powell along with Joe Orlando and Wally Wood regarding artists' concerns about being paid for writing the comics via their pencil artwork.

That's Tom Morehouse speaking from the audience a few times. Tom Kraft manned the video camera. The last question, about Kirby's output, is asked by Fabrice Stroun.

Thanks again to Fumetto, Dan and Paul.

- Rand

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