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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki

      I'm going to write a piece arguing this out but there's also Kirby's huge influence on diverse people like George RR Martin & George Lukacs.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    2. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      I don't know why you're focusing solely on today. Disney completely reshaped the childhoods of multiple generations.

      4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki

      Aside from superheroes, Kirby also key figure in creating romance comics genre, immensely popular in 1950s/1960s.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    4. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki

      It's great that you love Kirby – who doesn't? — but James is right. Disney the man and his company shaped and expressed America.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. Oliver (writer of 'Komos & Goldie')‏ @OliverGoldie1 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @mattzollerseitz @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki

      Also, Disney and Hitchcock had clout to put their names front & center. The 'Marvel method' allowed Stan Lee alone to be the face of Marvel

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @OliverGoldie1 @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki

      It's also incorrect to say Kirby was a primary influence on Lucas. In the biography SKYWALKING we learn that Lucas wanted 1/2

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @mattzollerseitz @OliverGoldie1 and

      the first film to be his version of a live action Disney adventure film from the 1950s like 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. 2/2

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @mattzollerseitz @OliverGoldie1 @JamesSurowiecki

      Star Wars is a hodge-podge of influences but Kirby's cosmic Space Operas much more evident than anything in Disney.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    9. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet @OliverGoldie1 @JamesSurowiecki

      Respectfully: no. Kurosawa, John Carter of Mars, flash Gordon, John ford are all greater and more apparent influences than Kirby. 1/2

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    10. Brian Doan (memorial)‏ @BrianCDoan 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @mattzollerseitz @HeerJeet and

      Also, to return to Heer's original complaint-- there are at least two biographies of Kirby out there.pic.twitter.com/PtAsF28CF3

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @BrianCDoan @mattzollerseitz and

      One's a coffee table art book & the other a breezy survey. Neither are anywhere near definitive.

      9:30 PM - 19 Aug 2017
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        2. Brian Doan (memorial)‏ @BrianCDoan 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          In the sense of thick, primarily prose-driven tome, sure (and I'd love that). But honestly, I think this description is dismissive of each.

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        3. Brian Doan (memorial)‏ @BrianCDoan 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @BrianCDoan @HeerJeet and

          It's entirely appropriate that Evanier's book (which has a lot of great anecdotal detail) is balanced by images, as that was Kirby's voice.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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