Monthly Archives: February 2011

Cap vs. Red Skull

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Jason

Can’t wait for the forthcoming Captain America movie? Well then, perhaps Thomas Boatwright can wet your appetite even more with this recent commission piece.

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Big Barda

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jason

Big Barda in colour marker courtesy of Daniel HDR. Be sure to check out the creation of this artwork in a short video at YouTube.

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Hail to The King!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jason

Kirby portrait (acrylic on canvas)

Two paintings by Jason Atomic from the forthcoming Kirby tribute exhibition, “Hail to the King”. The show at, London’s Resistance Gallery, opens on for one night only on April 7th (viewings by appointment after this date) and will feature Kirby inspired art from Atomic, Feroze Alam and Vlad Quigley. Watch this space for more details.

Non-submissive Female (aerosol, acrylic, marker & collage on canvas)

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Goody Rickels

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Jason

One of the regular features at the comic panel blog, Ferret Press, is ‘Character Wednesday’ which recently paid homage to one of the strangest characters from the Kirby gallery, Goody Rickles, who debuted in Jimmy Olsen #139.

Steve Russell Black

Craig Bogart

Andy Bennett

Many thanks to Andy for introducing Kirby-Vision the Ferret collective. Be sure to check out the blog for interviews, news, reviews and more artwork here.

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Sketchbook Kirby

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Jason

“Sometimes I just wanna draw like Jack Kirby.” Sketchbook drawing courtesy of Connecticut artist Todd R. Emmerson. You can find more of Todd’s work at his Flickr page and the collective art blog, Curse Industries.

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MODOK Museum

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Jason

Today, Kirby-Vision presents a small selection of Kasra Ghanbari’s collection of over 200 commissions and original artwork featuring that villainous arch-fiend MODOK.

Bob McLeod

Robert Hack

Steve Mannion

Josef Rubinstein

Giorgio Comolo

Many thanks to Kasra for sharing his collection. You can find the rest of this marvellous MODOK museum over at Kasra’s Comicartpage.

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Asgard Meets the Fourth World

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jason

Many thanks to Travis Ellisor for sharing just some of the Kirby related commissions he has collected under the banner of “Asgard Meets the Forth World.”

Brian Churilla

Chuck BB

Brendon & Brian Fraim

You can see more from Travis’ collection over at Comicartfans, which includes work from past Kirby-Vision contributors Ron Salas, Joel Carroll and James Harren.

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Four Forty-Nine

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Jason

The ever popular Fantastic Four #49 re-created for a private commision by Boston based illustrator Paul Thomas Gould.

Original cover, below, by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott.

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Taking a Dip

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Jason

Another daring escape by Mister Miracle courtesy of Wisconsin based illustrator and designer Bill Kuffel. You can find a selection of Bill’s illustration, comics and design work at his website - here - or share in his love of collecting and drawing toys at his blog - here.

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Family

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Jason

The Inhuman royal family and the dynasties of Apokolips and New Genesis as depicted by Brazilian artist Daniel HDR. Daniel’s has worked in various titles published by Avatar, Dark Horse, Image, Marvel and DC Comics. He has also worked in advertising and teaches classes on illustration and comic book creation. Be sure to take a look at Daniel’s blog for more.

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Jack too

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Jason

Argentinian caricaturist extraordinaire Diego Parpaglione pays tribute to ‘The King’.

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Jack

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jason

Kirby-Vision in action in a recent marker commision courtesy of Thomas Boatwright. Thomas is the co-creator of Cemetery Blues and Zeke Deadwood, Zombie Lawman. When not illustrating Thomas plays banjo and builds cigar box guitars. Be sure to check out Thomas’ blog for more.

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