Category Archives: Jack Kirby

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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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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Happy Birthday Jack!

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Jason

Today marks the 93rd anniversary of Jack Kirby‘s birth and to celebrate KIRBY-VISION proudly presents our second portrait gallery in honour of ‘The King of Comics’.

Marc Basile

J.A. Fludd

Uriel A. Durán

Jason Garrattley

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British illustrator Jonathan Edwards made his debut in the influential comic magazine Deadline. Since then has forged a successful career as a commercial illustration and a long standing relationship with The Guardian newspaper providing editorial art. He is also the curator of Draw Serge, an illustrative tribute blog dedicated to the French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. You can find more of Jonathan’s energetic work at his website and blog.

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A big shout-out to all the artists who took the time to contribute to today’s gallery. And of course a huge thank you to Jack Kirby whose inspiration lives on. Long live The King!

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Last call for Birthday Gallery Submissions

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jason

There’s still a few days left for submissions to our second Jack Kirby portrait gallery, which will be posted on August 28th to celebrate Jack’s 93rd birthday.

If you would like to contribute please send your portraits to the usual address by Thursday 26th August, marked ‘Birthday’.

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Contribute to the Jack Kirby Birthday Gallery

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Jason

Saturday 28th August marks the 93rd 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 second Jack Kirby portrait gallery.

Last year’s birthday gallery was 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 Thursday 26th August, please mark your emails ‘Birthday’. Thank you.

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The King and The Worst

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jason

David Galán Galindo presents the complete, English subtitled version of The King & The Worst.

The King & The Worst: Part One.

The King & The Worst: Part Two.

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Portrait (with Darkseid Shadow)

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Jason

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Luis Chichón comments on the creation of this striking Kirby portrait:

I superimposed the features and helmet of Darkseid not to say that Kirby is one of the “bad guys”, but to say that he created his own gigantic worlds and populated them with characters whose lives were in his hands. Think of Darkseid as a Kirby avatar whose biggest interest is to put order in that (4th) world.

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Inking Kirby

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Jason

Kirby-Vision in motion with this short video from David Dell’oso. Dave is based in Phoenix, Arizona and self publishes his own comic book, Cartown Comics. A keen photographer and sculptor, Dave also keeps a regularly updated sketchblog here. Presented below are Dave’s finished inks taken from an unused page from New Gods #7, originally reproduced in Jack Kirby Collector #46.

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Marvel Smartass!

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Jason

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Welcome to the world of Marvel Smartass!, a blog dedicated to exploring the Marvel Universe through incessant mockery. Tim Miner‘s blog affectionately lampoons the unbridled imagination and lack of common scene of the comics that shaped his childhood.

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Tim has recently championed Kirby-Vision contributors Dylan McCrae and Marc Basile in his weekly feature, Marvel BadAss! And this week the spotlight falls upon Kirby-Vision itself with an interview with your humble curator and a new Kirby collage especially created for the piece. Read all about it here.

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Avengers #151

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Jason

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Avengers #151, inked and coloured from original Kirby pencils by Scott Reed.

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Original cover by Jack Kirby and Dan Adkins can be found here.

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Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Jason

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Burning Bush (above) and Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire (below) courtesy of Californian artist/graphic designer, Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik. Taken from his latest exhibition, Paper Midrash, these paper-cut art pieces are based on bible stories and intersect comic mythology with the mythos of Judaism by use of cut-up comic books as background textures.

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The backgrounds incorporate a mix of different artists and characters including Alex Ross, Gil Kane, John Byrne, classic Sub-Mariner, early JLA and the Fantastic Four. Of particular interest to readers of Kirby-Vision is the inclusion of Jack Kirby’s artwork of  The Human Torch and The Watcher, highlighted in the details below (click to enlarge).

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Isaac’s show runs from January 24th to February 27th at the Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County, details of which can be found here.

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Above: The Flood, Revelation, The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (click to enlarge).

A short article by John Morrow on the influences of Judaism on Jack Kirby’s work can be found here.

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Fantastic Four

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jason

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Al Bigley presents the Fantastic Four and a gallery of frightful foes in this piece taken from original Jack Kirby pencils.

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Captain America #199

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Jason

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Captain America #199 re-imagined by Al Bigley. Original cover by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia here.

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Captain America

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jason

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Al Bigley provides this study of Captian America from original Jack Kirby pencils. Al’s diverse career has included comics for Marvel, D.C., Archie, Image and Disney, character design for the classic Batman: Animated series, a host of merchandising and licensed products and more recently the iPhone/iPod comic Geminar. He is the author of Draw Comics Like a Pro. Check out his website for more fabulous artwork.

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Daredevil

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Jason

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Regular contributor Jay Piscopo provides this Daredevil pin-up taken from a rare Kirby sketch.

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Hawkman

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Jason

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Thanks to Juan Ortiz for passing on this beautiful pastel rendering of Hawkman (from original Jack Kirby pencils), by Los Angeles based concept artist Scott Seeto. Scott’s has worked in both the film and the gaming industries, his most recent project being the latest Astro Boy film. For more of Scott’s work be sure to visit his blog here.

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Silver Surfer #1

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Jason

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UK artist/print-maker Mick Statham re-imagines Silver Surfer #1, inked from an original Jack Kirby sketch and rendered in Mick’s own unique style. For more of mick’s work take a look at his website and blog. The original cover by John Buscema can be found here.

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The King & The Worst

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Jason

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“During the Second World War, terrible things happened but what was never known was that the fate of the world depended on two soldiers: “The king of comics” Jack Kirby and “The worst film director ever” Ed Wood. Their mission was to embrace their unusual fate. Bats, dead Nazis, evil beings and a strange mentor will change their lives, but not in this world, it will all be on the other side of the mirror.”

The King & The Worst is a short Spanish film by David Galán Galindo, looks like a lot of fun. For more info take a look at David’s Blog (in Spanish).

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Captain America

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Jason

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Captain America – inked from original Kirby pencils by Michael Cho.

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So Speaks Galactus!

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Jason

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A fresh perspective on the First appearance of Galactus courtesy of Euan Mactavish. Insert art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott from Fantastic Four #48.

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Bullseye

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Jason

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Bullseye - inked from blue-line printout of Kirby pencils by Terry Beatty.

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Speedboy

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Jason

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Speedboy inked and coloured from Jack Kirby pencils by Steven Brower.

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Una Aventura Fantastica

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Jason

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This pulp fiction homage to Kirby comes courtesy of Vancouver based illustrator Josue Menjivar. Josue is the author of the comics Cicada and Broken Fender and the newspaper strips Everyday Things and Way Off Main. You can view more of Josue’s work at his website Fresh Brewed Illustration.

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What-if?

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Jason

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“What-if Jack stayed at Marvel and decided to introduce his ‘Midnight Men’ there?” poses Australian artist, Shane Foley, in this piece based on a Kirby pin-up. Shane’s work has been published in numerous Australian comics, including ‘Australian War Stories’, ‘The Dark Nebula’ and ‘Krash’. He is also is a frequent contributor to The Jack Kirby Collector magazine. Shane is currently without a website but you can see some of his work at the site of friend and frequent colourist Randy Sargent.

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