How Kirby's art helped CIA rescue diplomats in 79

[montrealfilmguy]

I'll admit,its quite a long read but also one of the most fascinating stories ive ever come across.

 

Most of you in here probably know this by heart,but for the ones who dont

 

here ya go,

 

 

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/05/jack-kirby-cia/

 

 

The felow who did the post on Metafilter actually got the idea from this book i just bought myself a few weeks ago.

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452297842/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/

 

 

Lets not forget the metafilter thread in which commenters post all sorts of goodies and links to other stuff as well.

 

http://www.metafilter.com/117954/Kirbys-CIA-Connection

 

 

[comicwiz]

Kirby was on his way out of doing comics full-time, having grown dissatisfied with the treatment from an industry he'd been instrumental in building

 

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/05/jack-kirby-cia/#ixzz20pz2MKav

[comicwiz]

So it sounds like Ben Affleck is turning this into a movie. It would be cool if they actually built that set turned to theme park the way it was originally intended.

[shrunkenhead]

Wonderful. Thank you for posting this.

[lookwhoitis]

cool link.

 

The Affleck film looks good. I saw the trailer and that was the first time I had heard about the story. It looks good.

 

Cool to learn of Kirby's connection to it.