Monthly Archives: August 2009

Silver Surfer and Doom

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Jason

The Silver Surfer & Doctor Doom – inked from original Kirby pencils by J.A. Fludd.

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Happy Birthday, Jack!

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Jason

Today marks the 92nd anniversary of Jack Kirby‘s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents a portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

First up we have emmy award nominated puppeteer Steve Sherman.

Warwick Johnson Cadwell

Paul Conrad

As inker/letterer for the majority of Jack’s work throughout the 70′s and 80′s, Mike Royer, is well known to fans of the site. My thanks to Mike for his permission to use this portrait and to Rob Steibel for submitting the commisioned artwork.

KIRBY-VISION would like to send out a huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to the gallery. Despite looming deadlines and moving houses (and other such excuses) you really pulled out all the stops to pay tribute to Jack’s inspiration.

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Hulk Geo

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Jason

This Hulk geometric portrait comes courtesy of Manchester based artist Jamie Roberts.

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Captain America: Tank Surfer

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Jason

Captain America by Texas based artist Cat Staggs. Cat is best known for her association with LUCASFILM producing highly collectible trading cards and prints of the Star Wars galaxy. More of Cat’s work, including heroes from the Marvel and DC universes, can be found here and here.

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The Glory Days

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Jason

A retired Steve Rogers reflects on his glory days in this charming piece from New Jersey illustrator/graphic designer, Ian Glaubinger. You can find more of Ian’s work at DeviantArt and his blog, Doodles from My Noodle.

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The Eternals

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Jason

The Eternals #14, re-created by Josh Burggraf. Brooklyn based Josh is an “animator, illustrator and all round picture maker”, all of which and more can be found at his website here. Original cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer here.

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Kirby Portrait Project

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Jason

There’s still a few days left for submissions for the Kirby portrait gallery.

The gallery will be posted on Friday 28th August to celebrate Jack’s 92nd birthday.

If you would like contribute, please send your portraits to the usual address by Wednesday 26th August, marked ‘Birthday’.

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The Captain in his Prime

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Jason

Dynamic Captain America art courtesy of American Graphic Designer/Illustrator Chris Johnson.

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Galactus

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Jason

Galactus – commission piece in gouache and ink by Micheal Cho.

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Four vs. Doom

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Jason

The Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom – inked from original Kirby pencils by J.A. Fludd.

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A Girl and her Dog

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Jason

Crystal and Lockjaw by Terry Beatty.

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Modok

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Jason

It’s that wacky old Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing MODOK again, courtesy of Euan Mactavish.

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Journey into Mystery

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jason

Imaginary cover by Louis Viernes, based on a panel from Journey Into Mystery #89.

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Captain America

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jason

Captain America – inked from original Kirby pencils by Michael Cho.

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Luke Cage of the New Gods!

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jason

Powerman re-imagined by Paul Conrad.

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Four & Foes

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Jason

Kirby FF and Foes Color

The Fantastic Four and foes – inked and coloured from original Kirby pencils by J.A. Fludd

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Suburban Superheroes

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Jason

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Antman & Nick Fury by Australian Artist Tim Burke. Tim is an “Aussie dad who has returned to his art after a hiatus of 30 years” and dedicates these paintings to “the average people who keep the world going” – the suburban superheroes.

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KIRBY PORTRAIT PROJECT

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Jason

Friday the 28th August is the 92nd anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby.
To celebrate the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all readers to contribute to a Jack Kirby portrait gallery to be posted here on the 28th.

Please send all contributions to the usual address by Wednesday 26th August, marked ‘Birthday’.

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Captain America’s Day Off

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Jason

Singapore based Graphic Designer Tilen provides this study of Captain America enjoying some well deserved time-off. This illustration is just one of an on-going project of pen & marker pieces featured at Tilen’s collaborative art blog, Pen, Marker & Magic.

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Hulk

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Jason

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Inspired by Kirby’s cover for The Avengers #1, this portrait of The Incredible Hulk comes courtesy of French Graphic Designer Louis Viernes.

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The Demon

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Jason

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Etrigan the Demon courtesy of Writer/Artist Jason Latour. Based in North Carolina, Jason’s credits include Battle Pope, Invincible, Popgun and co-creator of The Expatriate. More of Jason’s work can be seen at Live Journal and DeviantArt.

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Fighting American

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Jason

Fighting American by Terry Beatty. Terry is the Artist and co-creator of Ms. Tree, regular cover artist for Scary Monsters magazine and has long association as an Inker on DC’s Batman animated titles. He is also the proud father of Kirby Eriks Beatty.

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Loki

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Jason

Berlin based Artist Christian Nauck provides this portrait of Loki, God of mischief. Christian is one half of the illustration team Nauck und Schütze and more of his work can be found at his blog, Sketch Fu!, flickr and DeviantArt.

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Fantastic Three

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Jason

Australian Cartoonist Andrew Fulton gives us his unique take on The Fantastic Four (minus one).

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