Category Archives: Captain America

Cover Versions

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jason

Two recreated Kirby covers courtesy of French web designer and “amateur penciller and painter” Michel Ravey.  Michel states: “It’s amazing how his covers, which had to be done probably in as little time as possible being productive as he was, were always just so right in terms of dynamics, motion, action. I always end up with something dull and static in comparison when I try to recreate one of his covers. But then like I said, I’m just doing that for fun in my spare time, so I guess it’s OK!”.

You can find more of Michel’s artwork, including several finished and un-finished cover re-creations, at his website – here.

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Tales of Suspense #78

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Jason

Sam Hiti recovers Kirby and Giacoia’s Tales of Suspense #78.

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Comic Strip Kirby

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jason

Tim Miner channels Kirby through a secession of classic comic strip characters including Hagar, Beetle Bailey, the Family Circus, Nancy and the Katzenjammer Kids. You can find more of Tim’s work (and that of his Daughter Gracie) at the fantastic 5 Minute Marvels blog.

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Character Wednesday

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jason

Many thanks to Steven Russell Black for contacting Kirby-Vision with the news that the collaborative art project Character Wednesday now has a new home. The blog (previously featured at Ferret Press) has been up and running for a couple of weeks now and the first two characters to find themselves rendered by the collective are Etrigan the Demon and Captain America. Presented below is just a small selection of some of the contributions so far. Be sure to check out the blog for many more.

Tim McClurg

Dmitry Sharkov

Andy Bennett

Brent Bowman

Steven Russell Black

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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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Kirby Triptych

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Jason

Three sensational Kirby heroes from the brush of Dan McDaid.

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The First Avenger

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Jason

Captain America: The First Avenger by Canadian graphic designer and illustrator Michael McCabe. You can find a step by step breakdown of this illustration at Michael’s blog here, which includes this top tip for all budding cartoonists,  “…when I was drawing Captain America’s shield I didn’t have a circle template large enough so the bottom of a Tim Horton‘s coffee cup did just as good a job.”

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Heroes & Villains

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Jason

Two action packed pieces that wouldn’t look out of place on the covers of their respective books by Alex Williamson. Alex is a senior designer for a sign/vehicle wrap company and a part-time artist (currently working on sample pages) and co-creator of the webcomic Brass Falcon. You can find more of his work at his website – here.

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These ain’t no toys

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jason

A big Kirby-Vision welcome to Mike Napolitan, web designer and self confused comic book geek and Lego fan, both of which he merges to create The Legion of Mini Figs. The superhero Lego figures are created in the 3D animation program Maya with textures in Photoshop and Illustrator. You can find a host of Mikes creations (including many a Kirby creation) at his website, here.

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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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Captain America

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Jason

Golden, Silver and Ultimate – three ages of Captain America courtesy of
Chris Stevens.

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jason

Captain America makes a dash for it, courtesy of Robert Ball.

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Repaneled

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Jason

Repaneled is a brand new blog curated by Anthony Vukojevich where artists are invited to redraw their favorite comic book panels. With a tip of the hat to Robert Goodin’s Covered blog the site already boasts a number of Jack Kirby inspired pieces including this one by Kerry Callen.

Original art by Jack Kirby & Herb Trimpe, repaneled from Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles.

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Playing Catch-up

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Jason

Currently producing wonderful artwork for Marvel’s hit title Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Chris Samnee also manages to produce breathtaking character sketches on an almost daily basis. Here’s a catch-up of some recent Kirby inspired sketches and you can find many more of these at his blog and DeviantArt page. Enjoy!

Posted in Antman, Big Barda, Captain America, Chris Samnee, Mister Miracle, Oberon, Wasp | 1 Comment

Captain America Remake/Remodel

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Jason

This week over at the Whitechapel forum, Warren Ellis laid down the gauntlet to re-imagine Captain America from just a few scant lines of description. Below we present a couple of designs from Kirby-Vision contributors, Paul Sizer & Thomas Perkins. You can find more imaginative interpretations of Cap at the remake/remodel thread here.

Paul Sizer

Thomas Perkins

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Avengers Ante Up

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jason

Poker night at The Avengers Mansion courtesy of Bob Strang.

Posted in Antman, Bob Strang, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Sub-Mariner, The Avengers, The Wasp, Thor | 3 Comments

Kirby at the Movies

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Jason

Here’s a couple of images inspired by web-trailers featuring Kirby characters by Jay Piscopo. First up, Jay gives us his vision of The Mighty Thor from forthcoming movie.

And below Jay draws inspiration from Premakes: The Avengers, a trailer which has been beamed in from an alternate 1952 here.

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Red, White & Blue

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Jason

Captain America and Mister Miracle in gouache and ink by Michael Cho.

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The Avengers

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Jason

Pop-art portraits of The Avengers by L.A. based graphic designer and Illustrator Geo. Most known as an art director, Geo has designed, produced and managed projects for the Brazilian live entertainment community. He sites Jack Kirby as one of his most important artistic influences and you can find more of his work over at DeviantArt.

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Happy 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Jason

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Salutations courtesy of J.A. Fludd.

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Classic Thor/Avengers

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Jason

Thor + The Hulk + The Avengers x Victor Santos = ’Nuff said.

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The Marvel Superhero Hour

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Jason

The core members of The Avengers: Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, courtesy of Michael Cho. If you picked up one of these gouache and ink paintings at the recent Toronto Comics Arts Festival then you are indeed a lucky fellow. More of Michael’s Marvel Superheroes can be found at his blog here and here.

Iron Man

Thor

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Vintage Captain America Poster

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jason

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This is just one in a series of vintage style comic character posters, designed by Iowa based artist Michael Blaine Myers Jr. The full series of seven posters, which also include iconic D.C. heroes, are available to purchase at Imagekind. Micheal’s versatile artwork has also graced a number of T-shirts available from Threadless. You can find more of Michael’s work, including character designs for a Lost animation series, at his website, Flickr and Behance.

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Kirby Animated

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Jason

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Kirby animated character designs by Spanish writer/artist Victor Santos. Victor is the creator of the Spanish language graphic novels Pulp Heroes, Black Kaiser, Lone in Heaven and The Elven Kings. His recent move into the US market has seen his art grace the pages of Vertigo Crime’s Filthy Rich and Image’s Mice Templar: Destiny. You can find a wealth of Victor’s fabulous artwork at his website and blog.

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Kirby-Vision would like to thank Mark Kardwell for the link to Victor’s work.

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Captain America

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jason

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Captain America speed sketch courtesy of Nebraska based illustrator/animator Jim Mehsling. For more of Jim’s work be sure to visit his DeviantArt page and blog.

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