Jacked Kirby
Join Jack Kirby fans Mike D & Tommy Lombardozzi as they invite weekly guests to discuss and explore the work and contributions of the comic book industry's greatest creator, with lots of laughs along the way!
All hail the King of Comics!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 91 minutes
- Episodes
- 301
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Episode 181- “What If Kirby Drew… “
Episode 181- “What If Kirby Drew… “ This week we’re doing something a little different; we’re going to talk about comic book characters we WISH Kirby had drawn! From Marvel Comics staples to creato…
01:35:21 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Episode 180- “The Coming Of Namor!”
Hot on the heels of his big screen debut, Tommy & Mike D. discuss the Marvel Comics debut of Bill Everett’s 1940s Timely Comics’ hero NAMOR! We explore the Sub-Mariner’s first encounter with the Fant…
01:16:25 |
Thu 17 Nov 2022
Episode 179- “With Jim Mahfood!”
Episode 179- “With Jim Mahfood!” This week we’re joined by cartoonist, pop-artist, & comic book creator JIM MAHFOOD! We’ve befriended Jim over the years at cons and online, and we’re happy to final…
02:19:46 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Episode 178- “Mister Gregory And The Ghost!”
Episode 178- “Mister Gregory And The Ghost!” We’re squeezing in one last spooky Jacktober episode this season, because we wanted to talk about this fun little ghost/haunted house story from issue 7…
01:31:10 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Episode 177- “Monsters! With Justin Leiter!”
Artist and collector Justin Leiter joins us for the penultimate Jacktober ‘22 episode, where we discuss MONSTERS! Kirby monsters from the Atlas & early Marvel anthology comics, collecting Japanese mo…
01:50:40 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Episode 176- “A Silver Bullet For Your Heart”
We discuss the 1951 Black Magic werewolf story “A Silver Bullet For Your Heart”, by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby! Plus, our favorite werewolf movies! Jacktober is in full swing, kids! For all things Ja…
01:43:23 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
Episode 175- “With Skinner!”
For our big 175th episode, and our first Jacktober’22 episode of the season, we’re joined by pop-artist SKINNER! We discuss his Northern California antique shop comic buying roots, how Kirby created …
01:56:51 |
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Episode 174- “Super Week!” Live At St. Mark’s Comics with George O’Connor
Tommy is joined by our friend George O’Connor as special guest co-host for a LIVE recording at St. Mark’s Comics shop in Industry City, Brooklyn on Friday, September 30th to kick off Super Week (lead…
00:51:44 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
Episode 173- “With Keith Williams!”
This week we talk to veteran comic book artist KEITH WILLIAMS! A fellow Brooklynite, we get into his origin story that includes drawing in project hallways, studying comic book art at SVA, Will Eisne…
01:19:59 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Episode 172- “Kirby Complaints!”
Our old friend and frequent Jacked Kirby guest Joey Armao Esq. joins us this week to discuss the instances in movies and TV show where Kirby’s creations have been done dirty! Listen to three middle-a…
01:50:14 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Episode 171- “With Rob Syers!”
Rob Syers is a beer-drinkin’, cigarette-smokin’, comic book-lovin’ pop-artist, cartoonist, creator of Gumballhead the Cat, AND a big Jack Kirby fan! We talk to him this week about Kirby’s unsung ‘80s…
01:21:07 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Episode 170- “Black Racer”
This week, we discuss the harbinger of death in the Fourth World, the Black Racer! Debuting in issue 3 of DC’s New Gods series (June 1971), Jack Kirby creates a skiing scourge of the gods, using the …
01:44:06 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Episode 169- “With Ho Che Anderson!”
This week we’re joined with artist, writer, & comic book creator HO CHE ANDERSON, discussing his history with Jack Kirby’s work, our thoughts on why Kirby took a lot of crap in an industry he helped …
01:31:38 |
Wed 31 Aug 2022
Episode 168- “The Frightful Four!”
Introduced in Fantastic Four issue 36 (December, 1964) the OTHER FF, the FRIGHTFUL FOUR, would go on to play a big role in the original 102 issue run of the original Jack Kirby & Stan Lee Fantastic F…
01:22:15 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Episode 167- “Goom!”
We’re joined this week by our friend Jarred Smith, an artist and comic book creator, to discuss the Marvel monster Goom! He’s a favorite over here at Jacked Kirby, and Jarred’s a big fan too, so we f…
01:46:27 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Episode 166- “Apollo City Comics Podcast Crossover!”
This week, we’re joined by Brandon Bloxdorf, one of the two Brandons behind the Apollo City Comics Podcast empire… shooting the shit about doing comics-based podcasts and why he started his, the comi…
01:57:17 |
Wed 03 Aug 2022
Episode 165- “SDCC ‘22 Announcements!”
It’s a bit of a departure for us, as we’re joined by Steve Carleton (co-host of The Geekz Podcast) to discuss at length some current pop-culture news, specifically Marvel Studio’s project announcemen…
02:22:17 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Episode 164- “The Lost Kirby Stories!”
Author, researcher, and lifelong comic book fan CHRIS TOLWORTHY joins us from Scotland to discuss his book The Lost Jack Kirby Stories. It’s a fascinating and painstakingly researched piece that expl…
01:34:10 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Episode 163- “With Alex Segura!”
Long-time, best-selling comic book scribe ALEX SEGURA joins us for a talk about comics just as his new novel Secret Identity is climbing up the book charts! Exciting stuff! What inspires him? What’s …
01:31:01 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Episode 162- “Fighting American”
Just in time for Independence Day here in the good ol’ U.S.of A., we discuss Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s commie-buster-turned-superhero satire from the ‘50s, Prize Comics’ FIGHTING AMERICAN! Plus, the M…
01:19:34 |
Wed 29 Jun 2022
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