Monthly Archives: August 2011

New Gods

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jason

Imaginary New Gods cover (created for Jon Morris’ DC Fifty-Too! blog) by Brooklyn based artist Benjamin Marra. Benjamin’s comic credits include the self-published titles Night Business, Gangsta Rap Posse and The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd. His illustration work has also appeared in a number of publications including Rolling Stone, Playboy, Radar and The New York Times Book Review. You can find more of Benjamin’s work at his blog and website.

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Galactus Gallery 2

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jason

Time to feast your eyes on a second Galactus Gallery by Giorgio Comolo, courtesy of Enrico Salvini.

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Happy Birthday Jack!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jason

Today marks the 94th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

Luis Chichón

Lanc Godwin

Rob Drew

J. A. Fludd

Marc Basile

David Terry

Rob Steibel

Jason Garrattley

David Clayton

Giorgio Comolo

Brendan Tobin

A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s gallery. Long live The King!

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CAPTAIN “DEAD”

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Jason

Minneapolis based artist Sam Hiti repanels Kirby and Giacoia from Tales of Suspence #78. Sam’s comic work includes the self-published Tiempos Finales and the sketchbook volumes Ghoulash 1 & 2. His latest book, Death Day, is previwed at his website and you can find sketches and production work from numerous projects at Sam’s blog – here.

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Four Music

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Jason

Please be upstanding L.A. based poet/songwriter Angelo Worthy who presents two rather magnificent compositions inspired by Kirby characters. These songs are part of a series of comic book and video game related works which feature tributes to Batman, Green Lantern, Spider-Man and many others. The full EPIC playlist can be found at YouTube. For more from Angelo check out his pages at MySpace and Facebook.

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Fantastic Four

I sonicaly flame on since you wanted these rays cosmic. Audibly A-bombin’ I bodily paint targets. Wanna see change? Watch as the modeling clay hardens. Unstable Particles all have became solid. I’ve got Ben Grimm tendencies. Thick skin harder than the water underneath penguins feet. And after I speak this word you’ll see pictures. My rhymes will expand your mind like Reed Richards. You can call me Mr. Fantastic. You benefitted when I invented hallucinogenic elixirs. My heat signature forms a fiery baptism. Sound mind and body. Perceive it with your bat-vision. 85% didn’t hear a thing. Brushed it off as a hair brained conspiracy. While the rest with the radar sense used the secret information to aid our quest. Harnessing the technology of the Deviants depends upon the proper heating of the ingredients. Then the surface layers begin to gear up after the subterranean levels erupt. Labels keep the Masters so I make art in an apartment like Alicia Masters. I’m like Black Bolt, speech is impact full. Sound murals hit, you feel like you’ve been tackled. Sounds from the underground like Mole Man. I change your skin color like Soul Man. And give you what you’re askin’ for. This Rap is for the Fantastic Four.


Galactus

I sit motionless atop the Seat of Power waiting to discover another planet to be devoured, Lest my celestial body become emaciated, my gargantuan hunger must be satiated. So one by one, I leave planets conquered with only occasional interference from the Watchers. I let a deep breath fill the lungs. Then, exhale to let the silver tongue send verses to surf into your person for the purpose of heralding the imminent emergence of the Worldship. My forces effortlessly penetrated your defenses with Power Cosmic that I demonstrate in your dimension. Your attention encourages my body of work, providing proper nourishment for its assured existence. My digestive processes set your skull afire. My stomach functions as an Ultimate Nullifier. The blessing I bestow upon the lay beings is the honor of palliating my cravings. Yet in a matter of time I will again need a planetary life force to sustain me. I’m a day tripper. Clairaudient living embodiment of Jacob Kurtzberg’s illustration work. Aura Tattooed with tech from Taa II. Exoskeletal ancient alien fossils. Deep space exploration archaeological. Got you diggin’ into my chronicles tryna find the bones. You oughta know that my exhalation demonstrates a successful excavation. The Boy of Fire prophesied by Uatu. Some people tell me you watch too many cartoons.

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Galactus Gallery

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Jason

A huge thank you to Enrico Salvini for sharing this collection of Galactus artwork by Italian artist, Giorgio Comolo. Giorgio works as a professional advertising illustrator who developed an early love for superheroes and the men who drew them, Jack Kirby in particular. You can find more from Giorgio’s work at Red Sector Art.

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Last call for Birthday Gallery Submissions

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Jason

There’s still a few days left for submissions to our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery to celebrate Jack’s 94th birthday on Sunday 28th August.

The deadline for inclusion is Friday 26th August. All submissions can be sent to the usual address, please mark your emails “Birthday”. Thank you.

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FF 50

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jason

Evan “Doc” Shaner‘s tribute to the Fantastic Four on their recent 50th Anniversary.

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Orion vs. Destroyer

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Jason

Apokolips vs. Asgard in this recent commission piece from Andy Kuhn.

Kirby-Vision thanks Mark Kardwell for the heads-up on this one.

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Big Barda!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jason

Presenting Big Barda, courtesy of Mike Henderson.

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Kirby Triptych

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jason

Three sensational Kirby heroes from the brush of Dan McDaid.

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Team Work

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Jason

A second post this week from Marc Basile as he tackles, with his usual flair, a couple of pieces from some of Jack’s more crowded 1960′s books.

Original artwork by Jack Kirby, please click to expand. Avengers artwork via comicartsfans.

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Gigantor

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Jason

Marc Basile fills us in on the story behind his latest pièce de résistance…“Around the time Jack came back to Marvel they wanted to get it’s hands into animation and toy licensing, so they started up the Micronauts, Godzilla and Shogun Warrior titles. One such title, Gigantor, was to be done by Jack, but it didn’t pan out . Not one to throw away an idea, Jack used the concept as inspiration for Machine Man a few years later.”

Original cover art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer.

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This Blog Wants You

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jason

No new posts this week as Kirby-Vision takes a short break, so here’s a reminder of our call for contributions for our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery.

Sunday 28th August marks the 94th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. To celebrate the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all of our readers to send in their portraits of ‘The King of Comics’.

You can find our previous galleries here and here, both of which were a great success. We’re looking forward to seeing what you can all come up with this year and if you can’t find the time to contribute, then please spread the word to any Kirby fans that you may know.

The deadline for inclusion is Friday 26th August. All submissions can be sent to the usual address, please mark your emails “Birthday”. Thank you.

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