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Kirby fans demanded more, so this fifth volume is a gargantuan 224-page trade paperback, reprinting the sold-out issues #20-22 of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically-acclaimed magazine for Kirby fans! Included are the Kirbys Women, Wackiest Work, and Villains issues, featuring three unseen interviews with Jack Kirby, plus new ones with Jacks daughter Lisa Kirby, and industry pros Dave Stevens, Gil Kane Bruce Timm, Steve Rude, and Mike Mignola! Plus: see a complete ten-page unpublished Kirby story still in pencil! Jacks mind-blowing original pencils to Fantastic Four #49 (from the fabled Galactus trilogy)! An analysis comparing Kirbys margin notes to Stan Lees dialogue on classic Marvel comics! And a new special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, including Jacks uninked pencils from The Demon, Forever People, Jimmy Olsen, Kamandi, Eternals, Captain America, Black Panther, and more! With page after page of rare Kirby art (much in its original pencil form), and a dynamite Kirby/Dave Stevens cover, its a celebration of the most prolific creator in comics history: Jack King Kirby!

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King Kirby.......2007-05-17

I must say that I thoroughly enjoy reading all of the Collected Jack Kirby Collector's that I own. At the time I was reading his comics in the seventies I really didn't appreciate them. So, I get to re-live some of my childhood and, at the same time, get to realize what a master he truly was. The man was a well-spring of creativity!

COVER TO COVER KIRBY!.......2006-05-06

For any fan of Jack Kirby, the Jack Kirby collector is like being a kid with the keys to the toy store. Cover to cover Kirby! The Collected Jack Kirby Collector vol. 5 gathers together issues # 20 - 22 of the Jack Kirby Collector. At 224 pages the book is jammed with dozens of pages of previously unpublished Kirby artwork, articles, and interviews, including several with Kirby himself. Issue #20 features a look at Kirby women and has an interview with Kirby's daughter Lisa who reveals a lot about the man she knew as a husband and father, rather than the comic artist that most fans knew. Lisa discusses the move from New York To California in the late 1960's, due in large part to her asthma. She also talks about how being the daughter of Jack Kirby got her backstage to meet people such as Paul McCartney and Gene Simmons of KISS. It's a wonderful interview that shows just how much a loving father and husband that Kirby was. Another interview subject is artist Dave Stevens who discusses not only how Kirby influenced him, but also how the Kirby household became a gathering place for young, aspiring artists in the 1970's as Jack would allow them down into his studio and even swim in his pool. Betcha Todd McFarlane wouldn't do that!

The theme of issue #21 is Jack's wackiest work and not surprisingly, most of it focuses on the work he did at DC in the early 1970's on titles such as OMAC, Kamandi, Kobra, The Demon, and his various Fourth World works. Writer Mark Coale provides readers a brisk trip through all of these wildly imaginative Kirby sagas. Gil Kane is the subject of a lengthy interview in this issue. Kane is quite frank, particularly for one of the old-timers, as he discusses his career in comics as well as his relationship with Jack Kirby. While Kane acknowledges Kirby's claim to being the savior of Marvel Comics in the early 60's, Kane is quick to credit Stan Lee as equally responsible for Marvel's success. It's a great interview!

John Cooke writes a great article about the history of Topps Cards involvement in comic publishing and focuses on Kirby's final project before his passing dubbed the "Kirbyverse" and featured characters such as Captain Glory, Nigh Glider, and Bombast. Former Marvel writer/editor Jim Salicrup was chosen to edit the new Kirby titles and he provides a detailed backstory about negotiating with Jack, and the creation of the line and ultimately, why it didn't work.

Issue #22 stood out for me as it was the all villain issue. In "So Glad to be Soooo Baaadd!", writer R.J. Vitone lists the top ten Jack Kirby & Joe Simon villains of the golden age. Naturally the list features Captain America's arch-villain The Red Skull, as well as some other lesser known villains such as Kai-Mak the Shark God, The Black Talon, and the Ringmaster of Death. This Ringmaster was actually the father of the more well-known Silver Age Villain of the same name.

In separated articles, Mark Alexander and Mike Gartland take a look at perhaps the most famous, and certainly most power villain that Kirby ever created, the planet-devouring Galactus! Looking at Fantastic Four # 48 - 50 which introduced Galactus and his herald the Silver Surfer, the storyline is, arguably, the pinnacle of Kirby's career. Other articles take a look at a similar God-like villain Darkseid, created by Kirby as a part of the Fourth World series.

Other interview subjects throughout the book include Bruce Timm, Mike Mignola, and Steve Rude, as well as three interviews with Kirby himself. There is so much in this book that it can almost be a bit daunting. As long as Two Morrows Publishing continues to put out the Jack Kirby Collector, Kirby fans will always have something to smile about.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

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Funniest Book...Hands Down.......2006-01-27

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read... People will look at you as you laugh out loud with your nose buried in this book...
They will actually come up and ask you what your reading. When's the last time that happened.

Shut up and Eat Your Snowshoes.......2002-01-07

I read this book when I was 16 and I remember it still vividly in my mind in my 30's. For anyone who has ever dreamed of living in the mountains beyond civilization this is a must read. I will never for get the wolf and the bathroom scene. From the moment you pick it up you are entertained. You will not want to put it down!!!!

Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes.......2001-03-03

This book is hilarious. The things he puts his family through in this tale will have you holding your sides laughing. I remember Jack as a regular on the Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin shows. He was a comedy writer for all the biggies in the late 50s and early 60s. Another of his is "The Neighbors Are Scaring My Wolf," about life in suburban Connecticuit. I read all his books when I was a teenager in high school. I highly reccomend reading anything this man wrote, he's great.

I read it as a teenager.......2000-04-21

I read it years ago when I was a teenager. I remember it to be the funniest book I've read then and is still in my top three funniest. I am buying it now at age 35 for a camping trip this May. I'll spend the evenings reading it again. If you like McManus, you will love this. Yeee-haaa

The douglas family gets REALLY away from it all........1998-07-21

This book is hilarious. The Douglas family moves far into Canada for some privacy, much to the dismay of wife Reiko, who likes to grocery every day rather than every six months. I can still envision the two seater airplanes delivering theDouglas furniture strapped to their wings. This book and its companion piece, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY HASHIMOTO are both wonderfully entertaining. I would love to read both again.

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Shut up and Eat Your Snowshoes!
Jack Douglas
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Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes
Jack Douglas
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
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ASIN: B000W7HOPK

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Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes
Jack Douglas
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The Lost "Carry Ons": Scenes That Never Made It to the Screen
Morris Bright , Robert Ross , and Peter Rogers
Manufacturer: Virgin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1852279907

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In an age of cloning, cyborgs, and biotechnology, the line between bodies and bytes seems to be disappearing. Data Made Flesh is the first collection to address the increasingly important links between information and embodiment, at a moment when we are routinely tempted, in the words of Donna Haraway, "to be raptured out of the bodies that matter in the lust for information," whether in the rush to complete the Human Genome Project or in the race to clone a human being.

From cybernetics to genomics, this timely collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of the body at the cutting edge of technology.

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This collection of puzzles, games and activities is designed to stimulate and challenge people of all ages who enjoy puzzles with a mathematical flavour. Many of the puzzles have a long history, while others are original. The subjects vary from matchsticks to magic squares, train shunting to river crossing, and chess to calculators. The second part of the book contains a commentary giving hints and solutions.

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Good for school math class projects and puzzles........2003-05-22

I keep seveal sets of different small books like this (in multiple copies) for my 9th grade math students when it comes time to do display projects and make vocal presentations. This one fits very well into the scheme when it comes to short items. Class is always attentive (more than to me!).

Well illustrated, big print, and 130 puzzles (with solutions in the rear) of which I easily suggest about 4 dozen for project use, and others for personal or small group amusement.

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* Combining nine books in one, this thorough desk reference delivers the know-how readers need to take full advantage of Excel
* Outlines the most practical and useful applications of Excel for the workplace
* Explains how to import data, build and edit worksheets, create formulas, generate pivot tables, and work with financial functions, what-if scenarios, database functions, and Web queries
* Explores more advanced topics such as worksheet sharing and auditing, error trapping, building and running macros, charting data, and using Excel in conjunction with Visual Basic and the Web
* Author is one of the bestselling technology authors of all time

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Excel 2002 for Dummies
Greg, PhD Harvey
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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ASIN: 0764508229

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Just because electronic spreadsheets like Excel 2002 have become almost as commonplace on today's personal computers as word processors and games doesn't mean that they're either well understood or well used. If you're one of the many folks who has Office XP on your computer but doesn't know a spreadsheet from a bedsheet, this means that Excel 2002 is just sitting there taking up a lot of space. Well, it's high time to change all that.

One look at the Excel 2002 screen (with all its boxes, buttons, and tabs), and you realize how much stuff is going on there. Excel 2002 For Dummies will help you make some sense out of the rash of icons, buttons, and boxes that you're going to be facing day after day. And when you ready to go beyond spreadsheet basics, this guide will also introduce you to

Conjuring up charts
Inserting graphics
Designing a database
Converting spreadsheets into Web pages

Most of all, Excel 2002 For Dummies covers the fundamental techniques that you need to know in order to create, edit, format, and print your own worksheets. In this book, you'll find all the information that you need to keep your head above water as you accomplish the everyday tasks that people do with Excel. This down-to-earth guide covers all these topics and more:

Creating a spreadsheet from scratch
Document recovery
Formatting fundamentals
Making corrections (and how to undo them)
Retrieving data from your spreadsheets
Protecting your documents
Demystifying formulas

Now, even if your job doesn't involve creating worksheets with a lot of fancy financial calculations or lah-dee-dah charts, you probably have plenty of things for which you could and should be using Excel. For instance, you may have to keep lists of information or maybe even put together tables of information for your job. Excel is a great list keeper and one heck of a table maker. You can use Excel anytime you need to keep track of products that you sell, clients who you service, employees who you oversee, or you name it.

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plain talking explanations.......2005-03-01

Harvey hopes to offer you an easy acquaintance with the many features of Excel. As with other books in this series, little prior knowledge of this subject is assumed. Instead, he describes in plain terms what many common capabilities exist. Some of these may indeed be used with formidable complexity, like having a cell be an intricate function of many other cells. But by offering simple examples, you can see how to utilise these features.

By the way, this example of a cell being a function of one or more other cells is of course the key idea of a spreadsheet. It dates back to when they only existed in hardcopy form. While Excel now offers a large portfolio of features, this is still the most important and fundamental one. If you study this book, ensure that you have this knowledge well understood.

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Excel 2002 for Dummies Quick Reference
Colin Banfield , and John Walkenbach
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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ASIN: 0764508296

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This Quick Reference will quickly get up to speed with Excel's new features, whether it's a novice user or an expert. Master how to easily publish interactive Web pages that include spreadsheets and tables. Learn how to use new Smart Tags to access real-time data from the Web for Excel documents. Be able to use Excel's latest speech recognition capabilities to talk to spreadsheets, and much, much more. WLY0764508296 WLY-0764508296 785555060623 8555506062

Excel 2002 Para Dummies, Spanish Edition

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Excel 2002 Para Dummies, Spanish Edition
Greg, PhD Harvey
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ASIN: 0764541021

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El hecho que las hojas electrónicas como Excel 2002 se hayan vuelto tan comunes en las computadoras personales de hoy día como los procesadores de palabras y juegos, no quiere decir que son bien entendidas o bien usadas. Si usted es una de las muchas personas que tiene Office XP en su computadora pero no diferencia una hoja electrónica de una hoja de papel, esto significa que Excel 2002 está simplemente ocupando mucho espacio. Bueno, es hora de cambiar todo eso.

Un vistazo a la pantalla de Excel 2002 (con todas sus cajas, botones y pestañas), y usted se dará cuenta que hay muchas cosas. Excel 2002 para Dummies le ayudará a tener una idea de los iconos, botones y cajas que enfrentará día tras día. Y cuando esté listo para ir más allá de su hoja electrónica básica, esta guía lo introducirá a

Conjurar cuadros
Insertar gráficos
Diseñar una base de datos
Convertir hojas electrónicas en páginas Web

Sobre todo, Excel 2002 Para Dummies cubre las técnicas fundamentales que necesita conocer para crear, editar, formatear e imprimir sus propias hojas de trabajo. En este libro, encontrará toda la información que necesita para realizar las tareas diarias que las personas hacen con Excel, al cubrir todos estos temas y más:

Crear una hoja electrónica desde cero
Recuperar documentos
Fundamentos para dar formato a sus hojas
Hacer correcciones (y cómo deshacerlas)
Recuperar datos de sus hojas electrónicas
Proteger sus documentos
Aclarar los mitos de sus fórmulas

Ahora, aún si su trabajo no involucra crear hojas de trabajo con infinitos cálculos financieros o gráficos, probablemente tiene muchas razones por las cuales podría y debería estar usando Excel. Por ejemplo, quizás deba mantener listas de información o juntar tablas de información para su trabajo. Excel es un gran custodio de listas y un estupendo creador de tablas. Puede usar Excel en cualquier momento para darle seguimiento a los productos que venda, clientes a los que les presta servicios, empleados que supervisa, o cualquier cosa que desee.

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Excel 2002 Fur Dummies
Greg Harvey
Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH
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Microsoft Excel 2002 Quick Reference Card - Handy Durable Tri-Fold MS Excel Professional Tip & Tricks Guide. 6 Total Pages. Stores Easily. Ultimate Reference for Shortcuts, Tips & Cheats for Excel 2002. (Software Quick Reference Cards)

Manufacturer: BrainStorm Inc.
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BrainStorm's Excel 2002 Quick Start Cards give Excel users a quick and tangible reference to help them perform standard tasks like importing data to more complex tasks like creating PivotTables, plus it included instruction on: Charts and Graphs, Productivity Shortcuts, Importing Data, Formulas and Functions, Absolute vs. Relative References, Auto Calculate, Pivot Tables & More. This durable laminated tri-fold card is perfect to hang in a cubicle for all-day reference or to travel with in a laptop bag. The full-color step-by-step illustrated instructions on each of the 6 full pages of content can also reduce the stress new users feel when they learn a new program like Excel. It's a perfect tool to satisfy end-user training requirements.

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