Category Archives: Darkseid

Family Apokolips

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Jason

Darksied and Orion courtesy of Italian artist Mario Zuccarello. Mario is a freelance illustrator with a background in animation and fantasy game-books. You can find more of his work at his website and DeviantArt page.

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Darkseid

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jason

Darkseid – Lord of Apokolips, inked and coloured from original Kirby pencils by
Scott Reed.

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After Kirby

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Jason

Darkseid and the Fantastic Four courtesy of Australian visual development artist, Daniel James Cox. Daniel’s clients include Warner Bros., Walt Disney, Touchstone Pictures and Weta Digital. You can find more of his work at his website and blog.

Original pencil artwork by Jack Kirby.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Jason

Big Barda, Darkseid and The Demon courtesy of San Diego based Artist Joel Gomez.

Joel’s first professional comic art appeared in Top Cow’s Darkness series. Since then he has gone on to illustrate such titles as Witchblade, Wetworks and The Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs. You can find moe of Joel’s artwork at DeviantArt.

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Dark Crystal

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jason

Two recent Kirby themed commissions from the brush of Ohio based designer and illustrator Andy Bennett. For more of Andy’s work be sure to visit his website and DeviantArt page.

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Across the Universes

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jason

Thanks again to Enrico Salvini for this latest Giorgio Comolo gallery, which mixes Kirby creations from both Marvel and DC Universes.

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Threely Dan

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Jason

Playing catch-up with Dan McDaid.

Marvel meets DC as Orion grapples with the Absorbing Man as a mysterious stranger looks on (clue: it’s Loki).

A plethora of Kirby characters in this recent commission piece.

Celebrating Keith Giffen’s reboot of OMAC, with colours by Kyle Latino.

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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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Darkseid

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Jason

Darkseid the Destroyer, courtesy of San Francisco based artist Kevin Shriver.

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Hulk Will Smash

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jason

Today’s Kirby-goodness comes courtesy of North Carolina based artist, Loston Wallace. First up there’s the Green Goliath himself, which features a mighty colouring job by Steve Downer, followed by a host of sketch-book workouts featuring some favorite grotesques from Tales to Astonish/of Suspense.

Loston is an alumni of the Joe Kubert School of Art and has provided artwork for the role playing industry as well as the DC Comics Licensing Department producing children’s books based on DC’s animated properties. His comic credits include: Klyde & Meriem, Flash Gordon and Lorna, Relic Wrangler. You can find more of Loston’s work at his website and DeviantArt page.

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Sketchbook Darkseid

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Jason

A Darkseid sketchbook commission courtesy of Kentucky based illustrator Justin Stewart. Justin’s work has appeared in the anthology books, Josh Howard Presents: Sasquatch, Jesus hates Zombies and Tales from Clerks. He is one sixth of the collective Quarantine comics and a fourth of the Beaucoup Pop Podcast team and you can find more of his art at his blog and website.

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Darkseid!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Jason

The Lord of Apokolips courtesy of Mike Henderson. A former student at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Mike is the co-creator of the graphic novels, Smuggling Spirits and Hexen Hammers. You can find more of Mike’s gorgeous black and white artwork at his Flickr page and blog.

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Darkseid

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Jason

Darkseid, courtesy of Portuguese illustrator Ricardo Venâncio. Ricardo’s CV includes Animation Storyboard, Editorial Illustration and Concept Design. For more of Ricardo’s work, including comic pages and sketches, be sure to visit his blog – here.

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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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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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Darkseid/Batman

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Jason

Steve Black is the creator of the cartoon strip, Our Little Viking, for the Icelandic community newspaper, Lögberg-Heimskringla. A student of graphic and fine art, Steve has exhibited his paintings in several group and solo shows. His other interests include photography and writing. More of Steve’s work can be found at his website, here.

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Darkseid

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jason

Now that’s one way to boil an egg, Darkseid by Boston based artist James Harren. James’ comic credits include Heralds and X-Men: Serve and Protect for Marvel and Santa Claus vs. The Martians for Image. You can find a wealth of comic pages, portfolio pieces and commissions at James’ DeviantArt page plus some more experimental work at his blog, Pregnant Void.

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New Gods

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Jason

New Gods courtesy of Argentinian artist Gerardo Baró. Garardo is a prolific artist of children’s books and magazines and is currently hard at work on a infantile novel graphical with the renowned writer Luciano Saracino. He is also the creator of the web comic The work and death of Adam O. Verde and still finds time in his schedule to contribute to the collaborative art blog Vivo con mi Madre (best described as a Argentinian Comic-Twart). For more of Gerardo’s work check out his blog and DeviantArt page.

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Darkseid’s Elite

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jason

The denizens of Apokolips in watercolour and ink courtesy of Turkish artist Yildiray Cinar. After an early career in animation Yildiray produced dozens of comic fanzines as part of the Capa Comics group. His US comic credits include Nothingface, Noble Causes, Teen Titans and currently Legion of Super Heroes. You can find more of Yildiray’s artwork at his blog and DeviantArt page.

With thanks to Mark Kardwell.

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A Christmas Darkly

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Jason

An early Christmas present from Marc Basile.

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Darkseid & Doom

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Jason

London based artist Feroze Alam pays tribute to The King of Comics.

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The King & The D-Men

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Jason

New Jersey based artist Blair Campbell created this portrait of Jack Kirby “kicking the snot out of Darkseid” to celebrate Jack’s recent 93rd birthday. A self confessed “novice illustrator” Blair decided earlier this year that it was time to get serious about his art and “hone his skills” with a daily drawing blog, Draw, Blair! Draw! Each day at the blog has a different theme and Blair frequently takes requests such as this homage to Kirby’s cover to The X-Men #1 featuring the students of Hogwarts.

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Black Light

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Jason

Graphic artist & art director Lanny Lathem expertly captures the phosphorus colour palette of the Marvel Third Eye posters using pin-ups created by Kirby during his tenure at DC Comics.

You can find a gallery of the original “Black Light” posters here, lovingly collected by Nick Derington.

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Making Kirby Krackle

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Jason

An informative tutorial on how to draw Kirby Krackle, courtesy of Los Angeles based artist Karl Altstaetter. Karl has worked Marvel, DC and Image as well as designing for video games, motion pictures and theme parks productions. For his own company, Hyperwerks Comics, he has co-created and illustrated such titles as Deity and Q-Unit. You can find more of Karl’s tutorials over on YouTube and more art can be found at his blog and DeviantArt page.

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Judgement Day!

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jason

The Judgment of Darkseid (2)

Darkseid The Destroyer, falls under the judicial gaze of the Celestial, Arishem the Judge. A recent commission piece courtesy of Dan McDaid.

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