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Matt Hawes
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Posted: 22 February 2025 at 8:24pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Fan Stuart Dietcher chronicled a visit to the home of Jack and Roz Kirby during the summer of 1993. That footage has been shared by The Jack Kirby Museum and Dietcher on YouTube:



Further details on this occasion are written up at the website for the museum at the following linke:




JB, did you ever visit Jack at his home?



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Doug Centers
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Wow, cool!

Thanks for posting, Matt
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JB, did you ever visit Jack at his home?

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Spoke with him at a couple of San Diego cons, but that was the extent of our contact.

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Was he aware of any of your work besides OMAC?
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No idea.

Incidentally, I don’t think it’s entirely accurate to say he was “aware” of OMAC. He expressed misgivings about one scene, and it seemed pretty obvious that he’d been fed that particular scene out of context.

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