Category Archives: Jack Kirby

Hero, Number One

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jason

Mario Zuccarello pays homage to “the creative genius who has built a large part of American comics, my hero number one, Jack Kirby”.

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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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The Demon

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Jason

A panel from The Demon #7 recreated by illustrator/inker/writer Gary Martin. Gary has worked for all the major comic companies on such titles as Spider-Man, Batman, Star Wars and Mickey Mouse. He is best known for his work with Steve Rude on Nexus and Moth and author of two volumes of The Art of Comic Book Inking. You can find more of Gary’s work at his website and comicartfans gallery.

Original art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer (via What If Kirby).

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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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Geek Tragedies

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jason

Classic Kirby covers parodied by Josel Nicolas (art) and Adam David (colour & design) to accompany Carljoe Javier’s book of short stories, Geek Tragedies. The book is a mixture of “realist fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror …zombies, alien-hands, comic book geeks, convention-attending promo girls and an iPod time machine”. You can find out more about the book and the creation of these covers here and here. Geek Tragedies is available for Kindle via Amazon.

Original covers below by Kirby, Ayers and Sinnott.

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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’.

David Clayton

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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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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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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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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A Kurtzberg Gallery

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jason

Many thanks to Minneapolis artist Jason Sandberg for inviting Kirby-Vision to feature a selection of his Kirby inspired artwork. Jason credits Kirby as a catalyst for his “love of drawing” and these acrylic painting’s “mix aspects of different Kirby drawings into a new composition, I try to paint the canvas as if I were Jack”. Jason has exhibited his work in Minnesota and Manhattan and has appeared in print in various national indy art magazines. You can find more of Jason’s work at his website – here.

Clockwise from top left: The Kurtzberg Monster vs U.S. Army, The Kurtzberg Skyline, The Kurtzberg Sprinter, The Kurtzberg UFO, The Kurtzberg Paradise and The Kurtzberg Aristocrat.

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Contribute to the Annual Jack Kirby Birthday Gallery

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Jason

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 contribute to our annual Jack Kirby birthday portrait gallery.

You can find the previous galleries here and here, both were a great success and all of the artists who contributed excelled themselves with their tributes. 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 of.

All contributions can be sent to the usual address, deadline is Friday 26th August, please mark your emails ‘Birthday’. Thank you.

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Thor Inked & Coloured

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jason

The Mighty Thor inked and coloured from original Kirby pencils courtesy of Mark Welser. “I’ve been doing a lot of Kirby styled art lately and felt it was starting to get too far away from the source material so I did what I’ve wanted to do for a very long time -actually ink over some of Jack Kirby’s pencils. If you ever want to discover how much you still need to practice as an inker, do this.” You can find more of Mark’s artwork, including an impressive gallery of re-imagined movie posters, at his DeviantArt page here.

Original Kirby pencils via comicartfans

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Mercuri & Guilotina

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jason

A big welcome to these pages to fellow Kirby Museum blogger, Robert Steibel, who presents two pieces of Kirby inspired art for your viewing pleasure. First up is an original character, Mercuri. Created in Gimp and utilising Kirby’s trademark visual dynamics, Robert describes Mercuri as a “kick-ass, female version of Jack’s Silver Surfer.”

Secondly, Robert inks and colours Jack’s pencils of Guilotina, a sketch produced for the unrealised project, Big Barda and her Female Furies.

Robert writes and draws the daily comic Apple Creek and you can see his other new comics projects like Wild Life at his blog, here. Last but not least, Robert writes the weblog, Kirby Dynamics for The Kirby Museum, which we recommend as an essential part of your daily Kirby intake.

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Savage Thing

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Jason

Today Kirby-Vision features two gorgeous pieces of Kirby inspired artwork courtesy of Bill Reinhold. Above you will find commission artwork of a surly Ben Grimm in black ink and wash, and below Bill inks Jack’s pencils for a piece that originally appeared in Gary Martin’s The Art of Comic Book Inking.

Bill is a renown penciller/inker who kicked off his comics career in the early eighties. Since then he has worked for all the major comic publishers on a host of books such as The Punisher, The Badger, Earth X, Green Arrow, Detective Comics and Jack of Fables. The co-creator of the Epic Comics mini Spyke, Bill is currently illustrating Magnus Robot Fighter for Dark Horse Comics. For more check out Bill’s extensive portfolio at DeviantArt.

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Colour Me Kirby

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jason

One of Jack’s legacies is the wealth of pencil and black white artwork which continues to inspire artists to indulge in honing their techniques. A perfect case in point is this colouring exercise courtesy of regular Kirby-Vision contributor, Marc Basile.

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Hail to The King… The Movie!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jason

The recent Kirby tribute exhibition Hail to The King is showcased in this great little mini-doc which includes interviews with the co-curators Jason Atomic and Garry Vanderhorne on the inspiration behind the show.Due to popular demand Hail to The King will be opening for a month long run at London’s Orbital Comics from June 9th – July 9th. Kirby-Vision would like to wish Jason and Garry all the best on what looks like an exceptional show.

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Hail to The King! …a slight return

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Jason

Just time for another heads-up about the forthcoming Kirby tribute show, Hail to The King!, which opens this week at the Resistance Gallery in London. Co-curator Jason Atomic has been drumming up publicity at his blog for what promises to be a Kirby-tastic night. Here’s just a small selection of some of the artists contributing:

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to be continued…

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Jason

Kirby-Vision will be taking a break for the next few weeks but fear not as we’ll be back in April with more of the same, so keep those submissions coming in to the usual address. Meanwhile here’s a couple of Kirby-related links to keep you going until we return.

Brendan Tobin and Pedro Delgaro‘s annual celebration one of Kirby’s most bizarre creations, March MODOK Madness, is currently in full swing with some equally bizarre fan-art posted daily.

25 writers & artists analyze Jack’s work panel-by-panel in a series of short articles entitled, Kirb Your Enthusiasm, at the Hilobrow website.

And don’t forget to check out the sterling work of my fellow bloggers here at The Kirby Museum. All of the blogs hosted here are listed on the left-hand side of the home page which you can access by clicking the Museum logo at the top of this page.

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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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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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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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2011: A Scream Odyssey

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jason

Kyle Latino pays tribute to a unique period in the Kirby checklist with this recreation of a panel from issue#2 of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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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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Portrait

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Jason

This delightful portrait of ‘The King of Comics’ comes courtesy of Toronto based artist, James Edward Clark. Taken from a series of illustrations entitled ‘People I like’, you can find more from the series, alongside an abundance of sketches and mini-comics, at James’ website and blog.

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