Category Archives: Jack Kirby

Happy 100th Birthday Jack!

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents a very special portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

J.A. Fludd

Brendan Tobin

Russell Payne

Vince Stone

Scott Ligon

Kevin Paul Shaw Broden

Renato Stevanato

Volker Stieber

Mike Sullivan

J.P. Vilchi

Marc Basile

  

  

Portrait & 3D art ‘A Meal fit for a King’ by Dale Martin

  

Portrait and Kirby recreations by Stuart Roach

Tom Kelly – Pen & ink illustrations for Challengers Comics and Conversation‘s Kirby 100th event.

Derek Langille – Inks & colours from Kirby original.

Shannon Slayton once again treats us to some of the Kirby portraits he has commissioned over the past few years.

David Williams

Josh Bayer

Karl Slominski

Dean Stahl

Video games & comic book artist -3- rounds of this year’s gallery with the above portrait and a 100 clues/answers crossword challenge which comes as a downloadable PDF via this link –
KING KIRBY 100 Crossword Challenge – Good luck!

A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to this year’s very special
celebrations. Happy Birthday Jack!, your inspiration lives on. Long live The King!

 

 

 

 

 

Contribute to Jack Kirby’s 100th Birthday Portrait Gallery

Monday 28th August marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. To celebrate
the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all of our readers to contribute to our annual Birthday Portrait Gallery.

As you can see from our previous galleries – 2016201520142013201220112010 and 2009 – there’s a lot of love out there for ‘The King of Comics’ and everyone who has contributed in the past has excelled themselves with their tributes.

If you would like to contribute to this years’ gallery please send your artwork to the
usual address. The deadline for submissions is Friday 25th August and please title your
email ‘Kirby Portrait Gallery’.

Thank you.

Happy 99th Birthday Jack!

Today marks the 99th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

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Richard A. Fuscia, Jr.

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J.A. Fludd

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Jim Stewart

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Russell Payne

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Jason Garrattley

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Renato Stevanato

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Marc Basile

A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to this year’s celebrations. Happy Birthday Jack!, your inspiration lives on. Long live The King!

Contribute to Jack Kirby’s 99th Birthday Portrait Gallery

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Sunday 28th August marks the 99th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. To celebrate
the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all of our readers to contribute to our annual
Birthday Portrait Gallery.

As you can see from our previous galleries –201520142013201220112010 and 2009 – there’s a lot of love out there for ‘The King of Comics’ and everyone who has contributed
in the past has excelled themselves with their tributes.

If you would like to contribute to this years’ gallery please send your artwork to the usual
address. The deadline for submissions is Friday 26th August and please mark your
emails ‘Kirby Portrait Gallery’.

Thank you.

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J.A. Fludd works a variation of the classic Kirby-Sinnott cover for Fantastic Four #164, a birthday gift for his British born boyfriend, Karl.

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Renato Stevanato pays tribute to the ‘King of Comics’ on the anniversary of his death 22 years ago today.

Holiday Gallery

Kirby-Vision would like to wish each and everyone of our readers the very best for the holiday season. To celebrate, and to take us into the new year, we’d like to present a mini-gallery of Kirby inspired creations for your enjoyment. Happy Holidays folks!

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Marc Basile

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Infinitely Spectrum by Jeremy Landis

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Rusty Gilligan

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Jim Stewart

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Rick Baiker

 

Happy Birthday Jack!

Today marks the 98th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our annual portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

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Ghen Martin is a Spanish illustrator and graphic designer, and at the same time a great, great fan of Jack Kirby’s art. You can know more about his comic book projects and work on his website here.

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J.A. Fludd

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Dale Martin

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Peder Riis

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Joel Gahr

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Rick Baiker

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Lanc Godwin

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Jim Engel

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Jason Garrattley

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James Burns

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Graziano Donati

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Jim Stewart

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Joe Zierman & Derek Langille

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EXTRA BIRTHDAY TREAT!! – Kirby-Vision recommends – kirbyans – a Kirby tribute blog coordinated by Daniel featuring a wealth of Brazilian artists.

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Michael Adams

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Renato Stevanato

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Sid Teles

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Marc Basile

A huge thank you to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s Birthday celebration. And of course a huge thank you to Jack Kirby for his continuing inspiration.
Long live The King!

 

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The very gracious Shannon Slayton got in touch with Kirby-Vision and offered to share some of the Kirby portraits he has commissioned from artists over the past few years. Many thanks Shannon, we are privileged to present your awesome gallery.

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J.K. Woodward

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Steve Rude

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Joe Sinnott

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Andrew Maclean

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Terry Beatty

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Tom Scioli

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Thomas Boatright

Contribute to Jack Kirby’s 98th Birthday Portrait Gallery

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Friday 28th August marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of Jack Kirby. To celebrate
the occasion, Kirby-Vision would like to invite all of our readers to contribute to our annual
Birthday Portrait Gallery.

As you can see from our previous galleries – 20142013201220112010 and 2009 – there’s a lot of love out there for ‘The King of Comics’ and everyone who has contributed in the past has excelled themselves with their tributes.

If you would like to contribute to this years’ gallery please send your artwork to the usual
address. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 26th August and please mark your emails ‘Kirby Portrait Gallery’.

Thank you.