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Post by deuce on Feb 6, 2017 21:17:46 GMT -5
Jack Kirby died on this day in 1994. Here's some art from two of his most wild-ass projects of the 1970s... Darkseid.  Devil Dinosaur...  |
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Post by deuce on Apr 2, 2017 16:39:37 GMT -5
When all is said and done, Jack Kirby was the most influential creator to ever work in the comics field. He was mostly before my time, but I quickly got educated by way of lots of reprints. The Kirby Museum site is great for learning about all things Kirby: kirbymuseum.org/Jack's bio: kirbymuseum.org/biography/   |
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Post by themirrorthief on May 9, 2017 15:26:26 GMT -5
its hard for me to put Frazetta over Jack Kirby as greatest fantasy artist...both were great lets be real Kirby's creations are literally earning billions of dollars and for good reason
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Post by themirrorthief on May 10, 2017 15:31:47 GMT -5
he could definitely draw women better than Kirby but I always thought the Enchantress was pretty hot
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Post by deuce on May 11, 2017 11:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on May 11, 2017 15:22:54 GMT -5
Michael Parks, who played Kirby in Argo, just passed away yesterday.
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Post by themirrorthief on May 11, 2017 15:37:11 GMT -5
That bites about Parks, when I was a little kid he had a show called Then Came Bronson which was obviously inspired by Easy Rider I suppose? He was great in that Mel Gibson flick that came out a few months ago...back to Kirby, I always thought his Thor work was his best....really high fantasy to the max. I thought Vince Coletta did a great job inking him tho most artists hated Coletta. I think I once read that Kirby was considered for doing the original Conan comic but he was getting paid a little to much during that time for Stan Lee to use him. Ironically it went to Smith who was pretty much a Kirby copycat early in his career. The rest is history...
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Post by deuce on May 12, 2017 18:38:59 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on May 14, 2017 10:27:07 GMT -5
Kirby didn't lack an imagination and thats a stone fact
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Post by Von K on May 25, 2017 4:02:06 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on May 25, 2017 11:40:40 GMT -5
DC and Marvel are both planning on celebrating Jack's centenary in August, but not all is as it should be... downthetubes.net/?p=38241 |
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Post by terryallenuk on May 25, 2017 12:59:05 GMT -5
The "effort" Marvel are putting into the celebration is pretty pathetic in comparison to DC. When you compare the time and characters he co-created when at Marvel and all they can do is reprint cheap copies of issues most of us have or have read to the new stuff DC are putting out is a disgrace , and not even a reprint of FF #1 either - presumably due to politics with Fox
Terry
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Post by deuce on Jul 4, 2017 10:05:08 GMT -5
Marvel went in pretty big on the American Bicentennial. Jack Kirby co-created Cap:  |
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Post by deuce on Aug 2, 2017 14:45:41 GMT -5
Because Jack Kirby's Celestials were cool.   |
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Post by deuce on Aug 7, 2017 13:03:27 GMT -5
The "effort" Marvel are putting into the celebration is pretty pathetic in comparison to DC. When you compare the time and characters he co-created when at Marvel and all they can do is reprint cheap copies of issues most of us have or have read to the new stuff DC are putting out is a disgrace , and not even a reprint of FF #1 either - presumably due to politics with Fox Terry I agree that Marvel's "Centennial Celebration" of Jack is underwhelming, especially when you figure in no reprint of FF#1. That comic absolutely revolutionized the comics industry and launched an era of dominance for Marvel that lasted almost up to the present day. www.comicbookbrain.com/large-fantastic-four-1-jack-kirby.php |
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