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Title: Mr. Monster: His Books of Forbidden Knowledge, Volume Zero by Michael Gilber, Michael T. Gilbert, Keith Giffen ISBN: 1-893905-07-1 Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Pub. Date: 07 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Affordable format for the Kirby enthusiast
Comment: The importance of Jack Kirby to comics can never be overstated. The man redefined the medium's look and atmosphere. His high-energy renderings, amazing concepts, and "Kirby-tech" have influenced the style of comic artists for all time, whether they know it or not.

TwoMorrows Publishing releases issues of "The Jack Kirby Collector" on a somewhat regular basis. If you can stand the wait, you can eventually pick up the trade-bound format containing several issues. The trade edition is a bit smaller (dimension-wise), but it's also much easier to store and more of a bargain. With these trades, you get page after page of Kirby art, as well as articles, and interviews with those who either knew him or were influenced by him. The art isn't just pin-ups and portraits - it also includes reproductions of entire pages of comic art (some as pencil roughs), sketches, and unfinished projects for comics and animation. It can get a bit tedious at times, but there's always at least 2 interesting articles per issue. It's certainly a publication made more for the fan, but shouldn't everyone be a fan of ol' Jack? Even if you're not, I think this series does a great job of explaining to the casual reader just what made Kirby's art, vision, and storytelling so special.

Rating: 5
Summary: Fun Reading and a Great Character
Comment: Mr. Monster...what can I say? I somehow stumbled onto this book during an Amazon shopping binge and WOW-Fan-freakin-tastic. I had never heard of Mr. Monster or Michael T. Gilbert before and it made me a fan. Altough it's not a serious book, being a sort of respectful parody of old pulp horror books and superheroes. This volume re-prints the "lost" books and those found in old anthology volumes. It doesn't matter what order you get the 2 "Forbidden Knowledge" books in, but just for the record, Volume 0 (this book) is actually the second book, Volume 1 re-printing Mr. Monster #'s 1-5. But this volume is a great introduction to Mr. Monster and his world. And what great extra stuff. The author put in a TON of extra background info revealing things about this character, his work, and the comics industry in general. If you like pulp books and their concepts but think they can be a bit silly, Mr. Monster is for you. It doesn't take itself seriously and is genuinely funny. Plus the art is great, I couldn't even begin to mention the huge names that have worked with/on Mr. Monster in this volume. Great introduction to a very fun and funny character. Made me a HUGE fan.

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