00 Pilot: Jack Kirby's Fourth World Begins w/ Jimmy Olsen 133-135

Get ready to expand your mind as Matt @MattLune and Paul @TwoPlai ‏start their dive into Jack Kirby’s Fourth World!Matt and Paul launch “Mother Box: A New Gods by Jack Kirby Podcast” project, a read-through of the “Fourth World Omnibus” by Jack Kirby. Together, Matt and Paul aim to learn about the New Gods universe, characters, and stories in anticipation of the planned “New Gods” movie directed by Ava Duvernay. They will read through and discuss Kirby’s New Gods work issue by issue. And they’ll invite on experts and other readers to inform them along the way.Part One:This episode is a pilot, of sorts, for “Mother Box,” as well as a briefing about Jack Kirby, the New Gods, and what we hope to do with the project.Some primer articles you might check out:Multiversity’s Jonathan O’Neal’s pieceDC’s 101Nerdist PrimerIGN rundownChris Sims at Comics AllianceA blogger’s explainer pieceRecent Kirby write-up in the IndependentThe Vulture’s Reisman longformAnother blogger’s take, what’s wrong with New Gods (it’s Superman)LA Times “Reading Irresponsibly with Jack Kirby” piece Part Two:We continue with a closer reading of the first issues of the “Fourth World Omnibus,” the first three issues of Jack Kirby’s work at DC on “Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen.Whether you’re a new fan or an avid fan, if you want to read the Fourth World Saga along with us, on this, the second part of our pilot episode, we’ll be discussing the issues where it all began, “Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen” #133-135. Matt also mentions the Jack Kirby penned introduction from #133, which you can find below! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit comicssyllabus.substack.com