Monthly Archives: February 2010

Challengers of the Unknown

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Challengers of the Unknown #4 re-imagined by J.A. Fludd. Original cover by Jack Kirby here.

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Capt’n Eli

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Two Kirby inspired character pieces from Jay Piscopo‘s young readers graphic novels series, The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli.

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A Dastardly Duo

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MODOK and Arnim Zola in menacing monochrome, courtesy of Evan “Doc” Shaner.

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Fantastic Four #4

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Fantastic Four #4 cover recreation courtesy of Anthony Castrillo. Original cover by Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky here.

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Fantastic Four #12

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Anthony Castrillo recreates Fantastic Four #12. Original cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers here.

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Fantastic Four #16

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Anthony Castrillo recreates Fantastic Four #16. Original cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers here.

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Scott & Barda

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Scott Free and Big Barda, an expressionistic portrait from the palette of Luis Chichón.

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The Hulk

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The Hulk, portrait in oils from original Kirby artwork by Luis Chichón.

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A God after Jack Kirby

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Spectacular oil painting, based on original Kirby artwork, by Spanish artist Luis Chichón. Luis is currently working hard to break into the world of comics, film and “gallery painting”. His second solo exhibition of conceptual work is scheduled to open near Madrid this summer . You can find more of Luis’ work at deviantArt and Saatchi Online.

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Vampirella

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Marc Basile poses the question, “What if Jack Kirby drew Vampirella?”.

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The Demon

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Etrigan, The Demon courtesy of Missouri based artist Chris Samnee. Chris is currently providing art for Marvel’s Siege: Embedded and the forthcoming graphic novel, Area Ten for Vertigo Crime. For more masterful monochrome artwork check out chris’ blog and DeviantArt page.

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Heroes and Villains

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A legion of Kirby creations feature in this private commission by Brooklyn based artist Anthony Castrillo. Anthony originally trained as a graphic designer before moving into comics in the early ’90′s. He has worked for both Marvel and DC and describes himself as “a full-time Dad, moonlighting as a cartoonist”.

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O.M.A.C.

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Dropping in from “…the World that’s Coming!”, it’s Buddy Blank aka OMAC courtesy of Florida based artist Ron Salas. Ron “designs shirts by day and draws comics by night”, the latest of which is Existence 3.0 for Image. You can see more of Ron’s work at his websitedeviantArt page and also at the rather fabulous collaborative sketch blog, Comic Twart.

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Avengers #151

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Avengers #151, inked and coloured from original Kirby pencils by Scott Reed.

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Original cover by Jack Kirby and Dan Adkins can be found here.

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